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   Mark Wilson and Houston Harwood, Evansville Courier & Press   
   Sun, July 31, 2022 at 8:09 AM·5 min read   
   EVANSVILLE — Evansville police say school board member Amy Word   
   "had knowledge" of narcotics trafficking at the West Franklin   
   Street bar she owns, Lamasco Bar and Grill.   
      
   Word was booked into the Vanderburgh County jail at 6:34 a.m.   
   Saturday morning on a charge listed as "controlled substance-   
   common nuisance-maintaining," a Level 6 felony.   
      
   She was later released after posting a $500 bond, according to   
   jail logs. The Courier & Press left Word a phone message seeking   
   comment. No one answered a knock on the door of her home.   
      
   Evansville Police Department spokeswoman Sgt. Anna Gray said   
   Word was one of 22 people arrested during the course of a   
   narcotics investigation targeting drug trafficking along the   
   Franklin Street corridor. According to police, that   
   investigation has led to the seizure of pound-quantities of   
   narcotics and multiple firearms.   
      
   In a news release, Gray said detectives initiated a traffic stop   
   on a vehicle owned by Word at 4:30 a.m. Saturday. Detectives   
   "noticed a strong smell of marijuana coming from the vehicle,"   
   the news release states.   
      
   Word was allegedly in the passenger seat of the car, which   
   police said was being driven by 29-year-old Zachary Clark, who   
   has since been charged with possession of marijuana and   
   possession of a controlled substance. Detectives allegedly found   
   cocaine and marijuana in the vehicle.   
      
   During the traffic stop, Word allegedly told police that she   
   knew cooks at Lamasco are always "high" while working, according   
   to an affidavit of probable cause filed in her case.   
      
   The affidavit also said multiple confidential informants   
   provided information that they used to sell cocaine to Word.   
      
   "Word has increasingly become short tempered, aggressive and   
   careless, causing many employees to save photographs and videos   
   that showed her erratic behavior and using cocaine in case her   
   anger turned on them," the affidavit states.   
      
   Earlier in the night, detectives say they witnessed "hand-to-   
   hand" drug transactions in the Lamasco Bar & Grill parking lot   
   between individuals who were already under investigation for   
   dealing narcotics.   
      
   During a 1:30 a.m. traffic stop, police said they confiscated   
   approximately eight grams of cocaine that also field tested   
   positive for fentanyl. The two men allegedly inside of the   
   vehicle – Aaron Funkhouser and Steven Driesbach – have since   
   been charged with dealing narcotics, according to court records.   
      
   The news release states that a later traffic stop was conducted   
   on a vehicle operated by 35-year-old Demario Holman, who was   
   taken into custody for dealing cocaine.   
      
   After securing search warrants for Holman's vehicle and   
   residence, detectives said they recovered more than $22,000 in   
   cash, more than a pound of cocaine, a pound of marijuana and   
   five firearms — including a semi-automatic rifle.   
      
   Detectives also executed a search warrant at Lamasco Bar & Grill   
   on Saturday morning "in furtherance of the investigation."   
      
   To date, police said, the probe has resulted in the seizure of   
   $43,000 in cash, over 1.7 kilograms of marijuana, 1.1 kilograms   
   of cocaine, over 100 grams of "hallucinogenic drugs,"   
   approximately 10 grams of meth, over 3 grams of fentanyl, over   
   1,100 grams of cocaine and various pills.   
      
   In the news release, Evansville police said the investigation is   
   ongoing and "more arrests are expected."   
      
   Police aware of dealing at Lamasco Bar & Grill since before 2019   
   According to an affidavit of probable cause filed against Word,   
   detectives investigating an overdose death several years ago   
   learned that a Lamasco employee "frequently sold heroin,   
   marijuana, cocaine and pills at both Sportsman's Bar & Grill and   
   Lamasco Bar on West Franklin Street."   
      
   Police detail numerous drug transactions in the affidavit that   
   allegedly took place at Lamasco Bar & Grill, and cite multiple   
   conversations with confidential informants who claimed it was   
   "common knowledge" that a Lamasco bathroom was used to make   
      
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