Vale man charged with drug trafficking and possession offenses

Kevin Lee Dunning, 33, of Horseshoe Bend Road in Vale, was arrested by Catawba County Sheriff's Office officers on Saturday (Nov. 9). He is charged with trafficking in opium or heroin, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana up to half an ounce and possession of drug paraphernalia. Dunning was lodged in the Catawba County Detention Center on $18,000 bail. An appearance in district court was scheduled for Tuesday (November 12).