PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Pikeville Police executed a pair of search warrants early Sunday morning, resulting in the seizure of a variety of drugs and five arrests. Police conducted the first raid at an address on Island Creek Road at 6 a.m. Sunday. There, they found meth and marijuana, along with paraphernalia,…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is heading to the state Court of Appeals in an effort to keep more than 240 convicted felons behind bars. At issue is a portion of the Safer Kentucky Act, passed by the General Assembly in 2024 that was struck down by a Franklin Circuit…
Read MoreWHITESBURG, Ky. — Special Judge Christopher Cohron will remain on the Shawn Mickey Stines murder case. Stines is the former Letcher County sheriff charged with murder for the Sept. 19, 2024, shooting death of Letcher District Judge Kevin Mullins in the judge’s chambers. Back in December,…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — The son of a former Paintsville doctor who pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge in 2024 now has a criminal conviction of his own, after a jury found him guilty of all charges in a federal drug trial. Jeremy Bryson was found guilty conspiracy to distribute controlled substances,…
Read MoreLONDON, Ky. — A Lexington man has been arrested on allegations he was the source supplying fentanyl dealers across Eastern Kentucky. Ramando “Scoop” Taylor Jr., 27, is charged with distributing more than 40 grams of fentanyl and conspiracy. Hazard Police Captain James Grigsby, who…
Read MoreHUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A Martin County man has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for his part in a drug distribution network in Huntington. Kody Harless, 28, of Tomahawk, pleaded guilty back in November to possession of fentanyl with the intent to distribute. With his plea, he admitted…
Read MoreLONDON, Ky. — The second of two defendants in a federal meth trafficking case out of Floyd County is expected to enter a guilty plea tomorrow. Briana Hunter, 31, of McDowell, was indicted along with Stephanie Hall, 32, of Maytown, on a single count of conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Perry County has been arrested more than four months after being indicted for drug trafficking in Pike County. Tyler Scott Darnell, 28, of Jeff, was arrested in Russell County on Tuesday. He was indicted Oct. 29 along with Henry Cleaver, 28, of Elkhorn City, on charges of meth…
Read MoreLONDON, Ky. — A last-minute settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against a former Letcher County deputy, filed by a woman who had accused him of demanding sex in exchange for favorable treatment. The case involves Ben Fields, who pleaded guilty in state court to sex crimes while supervising…
Read MoreABINGDON, Va. — A former Grundy mail carrier is expected to plead guilty this week to stealing mail. Norman Vincent Arrington is expected to plead guilty to theft of mail by a postal employee and opening, destroying and detaining mail without authority. According to a factual basis signed by Arrington…
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