UPDATE: Bourbon County boys’ head basketball coach pleads not guilty to multiple charges
Lamont Campbell faces multiple charges, including marijuana possession and tampering with evidence
UPDATE POSTED JUNE 28, 2022:
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (WTVQ) – Bourbon County head boys’ basketball coach Lamont Campbell has pleaded not guilty to the multiple charges he’s facing in Scott County.
It stems from an incident in May. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Campbell was arrested by Georgetown Police after a call about a reckless driver.
The report says Lamont was found inside a car with his driver’s side door open, unable to speak coherently. According to the arrest report, police also found marijuana in the car.
When Campbell took a breath test at the Scott County Detention Center, he had a blood alcohol level of 0.231, well above the legal limit of 0.08. Lamont was charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, tampering with physical evidence, and possession of marijuana.
Tuesday in court, his attorney stated they’re looking to get his felony charge dismissed.
“I was pretty surprised, in all my experience it’s very unusual to see this kind of charge based on what the police claim was even the evidence,” said Campbell’s lawyer Scott White.
Lamont has been Bourbon County Basketball’s head coach since 2017.
He is due back in court in August.
ORIGINAL STORY POSTED MAY 11, 2022:
PARIS, Ky. (WTVQ) – Bourbon County head boys’ basketball coach Lamont Campbell was arrested over the weekend in Scott County on charges of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, marijuana possession and tampering with physical evidence, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.
The report says Campbell was arrested Saturday night by Georgetown Police.
The initial call was for a reckless driver in a silver Chevy Impala, according to the report.
Officers say they found Campbell inside the car with the driver’s side door open and that he was “unable to coherently speak,” according to the report.
Campbell told police he had been at a wedding and had been drinking, according to the report.
When officers asked him to take a field sobriety test, Campbell dropped a clear baggie containing suspected marijuana onto the street and started walking away from the officers, according to the report.
The report says a sobriety test was not conducted due to safety concerns.
When Campbell’s car was searched, a small piece of rolling paper suspected to contain marijuana was found, according to the report.
According to the report, when Campbell took a breath test at the Scott County Detention Center, he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.231. A level of 0.08 or above is illegal.
He was released on a $500 surety bond. He is due in Scott District Court on June 28, 2022.
He has been the head coach at Bourbon County since 2017. Prior to that, he spent eight years as an assistant at Henry Clay High School in Lexington. He was a member of Henry Clay’s 2003 state tournament team.
The newspaper reports Bourbon County High School and the Bourbon County Board of Education declined requests for comment. Campbell did not respond to a request for comment, according to the newspaper.
