West Alabama Judge Held on Meth Charge in Mississippi

COLUMBUS, Miss. - An Alabama judge was jailed on methamphetamine possession charges Tuesday in the same Mississippi town where his wife was arrested earlier this year on similar charges.

Ira D. Colvin, a district judge from Pickens County, Ala., was arrested Monday afternoon by police investigating suspects who were believed to be traveling store-to-store purchasing ingredients for the drug, said sheriff's officer Ivan Bryan.

Officers found precursors for methamphetamine in Colvin's vehicle along with about a gram of powdered meth and a small amount of the drug in liquefied form like it was ready to be injected, Bryan said.

"He had two needles ready to go," said Bryan.

Details here from the AP via the Sun Herald.