IVEL, Ky. — A Floyd County couple is accused of neglecting to take their sick child to the doctor, while they stayed in a motel room with heroin. Deputies were called to the Alpike Motel to check on the welfare of a 4-year-old, who was said to be sick and being neglected by possibly intoxicated…
Read MoreGRETHEL, Ky. — Two men were arrested in Floyd County last week, after police on the hunt for a stolen car not only found the vehicle, but a sizable amount of meth as well. State troopers were patrolling Grethel on the hunt for a Chevy Sonic that had been stolen when they spotted it parked outside…
Read MoreSALYERSVILLE, Ky. — A Magoffin County man is sitting in jail, after police say he beat his mother. Deputies were called to the home on Kel Patton Road, over reports that Brian Clay Perkins, 40, was assaulting his mother. Witnesses told officers that Perkins kicked in the door of his mother’s…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Johnson County woman whose family had reported her as missing has been found dead following a single-vehicle crash. Vanessa Crum, 52, of Van Lear, had left for work at Pikeville Medical Center early Sunday morning, but never arrived. Police were able to ping her cell phone to…
Read MoreRANSOM, Ky. — A Pike County fire department is mourning the loss of a long-serving member. Carl Edward “Buddy” Fields, 70, of Ransom, died at his home on Friday. Fields served as a member of Blackberry Volunteer Fire Department for 34 years, most recently as president and safety officer.…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County woman has been arrested after she was indicted on federal drug and gun charges last month. Sasha Adkins, also known as Sasha Sword, 36, of Jonancy, was arrested Thursday afternoon. She was charged with one count of possession of fentanyl and more than 50 grams of…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Johnson County man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison, after pleading guilty to federal drug and gun charges. Timothy Morman, 55, of Flat Gap, pleaded guilty to possession of meth, fentanyl, cocaine and oxycodone with the intent to distribute and using a firearm in a drug…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — Five people face criminal syndicate charges, over a scheme to smuggle drugs into the Floyd County jail. According to court records, jail Sgt. Casey Hutchinson learned that three inmates at the jail, identified as Jeffery Hunter, 34, of Melvin; Andrew Prater, 24, of Betsy Layne;…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A former Pikeville psychiatrist has admitted to prescribing ADHD drugs without a legitimate medical purpose. In a signed plea agreement filed in his case ahead of his guilty plea hearing on Thursday, Jason Noah Stamper, 52, of Coal Run Village, admitted to prescribing Ritalin…
Read MorePAINTSVILLE, Ky. — An Ohio man and woman pulled over after police clocked them going 3 miles over the speed limit were taken to jail after police found more than 2 lbs. of meth in their SUV. A state trooper spotted the Chevy Equinox traveling at 58 mph on U.S. 23 north of Paintsville just after…
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