Three indicted after Heroin Bust

Three New Lexington residents arrested after a heroin bust were indicted by a Perry County Grand Jury.

27-year-old Shelia Gordon is charged with two counts of trafficking in heroin and one count of trafficking xanax both with juvenile and forfeiture specifications, one count trafficking in heroin and one count of permitting drug abuse.

29-year-old Jason Ratliff is being charged with two counts of trafficking heroin with a juvenile and forfeiture specification and one count of permitting drug abuse.

And 48-year-old Vickie Westwood is charged with one count of trafficking in heroin.

The three were arrested as part of a month long investigation into the trafficking in heroin at two New Lexington homes.

They also will be arraigned in Perry County Common Pleas Court next month.