PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — The judge over the Amber Spradlin murder trial has placed restrictions over when one of the defendants can visit a restaurant he co-owns. Prestonsburg dentist Michael McKinney is charged with eight counts of evidence tampering related to the June 18, 2023, killing of Spradlin…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Johnson County man pleaded guilty to child porn charges in federal court on Monday. Jason Ryan Campbell, 45. of Hager Hill, appeared in U.S. District Court in Pikeville, where he entered guilty pleas to one count of producing child porn and one count of possessing it. Campbell…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Knott County man will appear in court next week to answer a federal meth trafficking charge. Danny Slone, 52, of Pippa Passes, was indicted Jan. 23 on a single count of distributing more than 50 grams of meth. If convicted, he could face a sentence of between five and 40 years…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Floyd County man currently jailed on federal drug and gun charges has reached a plea deal with prosecutors. Joshua Vajda, 35, of Harold, was arrested in September, after Kentucky State Police made an undercover buy from him, then executed a search warrant at his home and seized…
Read MoreUPDATE: At 8:21 p.m., Kentucky State Police announced Jerome Norman has been found and taken into custody. RACCOON, Ky. — Following the arrest of a Pike County woman accused of torturing a child, police are asking for the public’s help locating a man also wanted in the case. Kentucky State…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — Police are investigating after a body was found in the remains of a burned home. According to Kentucky State Police, a call came in just after 10 p.m., Wednesday, reporting a house fire on Caney Drive. Firefighters then discovered a body inside the building. Police say the cause…
Read MoreSTOPOVER, Ky. — A Pike County man drew unwanted attention to himself by cutting trees, and now he is in jail for outstanding warrants as well as a new criminal case. State troopers were called Wednesday to a home on Widows Branch at Stopover, after a resident reported that her neighbor, Tyrone…
Read MoreRACCOON, Ky. — A Pike County woman is in jail after a boy returned to school showing signs of what doctors called “torture.” Mary Hall, 42, of Raccoon, was arrested Wednesday afternoon and charged with first-degree child abuse, first-degree assault and kidnapping. The charges were…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — The next hearing in the Amber Spradlin murder case has been postponed for two weeks. In an order filed in the case on Wednesday, Special Judge Eddy Coleman rescheduled the hearing from Feb. 27 to March 13. No reason was given for the delay. Spradlin’s body was found in the…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man has been arrested, one month after being indicted on federal drug and gun charges. Isaiah “Jay” Harrell, 20, of Ransom, is charged with possession of more than 500 grams of meth and more than 40 grams of fentanyl with the intent to distribute, as…
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