BIG STONE GAP, Va. — A Wise County man faces a potential life sentence, after being indicted on drug and gun charges in federal court. Rodney Allen Pickett, 50, of Coeburn, is charged with conspiracy, four counts of distributing meth, felon in possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm in…
Read MorePRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A traffic stop of a suspected impaired driver led Prestonsburg Police to a drug trafficking arrest. It happened Friday morning on Route 114. After Charles Cantrell, 47, of Salyersville, was pulled over on suspicion of DUI, police located more than two ounces of meth, along…
Read MoreCORNETTSVILLE, Ky. — Reports of a man being held at gunpoint in Letcher County led police to make an arrest for drug trafficking. Police responded to a pair of campers on Appletree Branch Road in Cornettsville. When a state trooper arrived, no one was being held at gunpoint, but four people were…
Read MorePAINTSVILLE, Ky. — Paintsville Police arrested three residents of a homeless shelter after finding a large amount of marijuana in their room. Police were called to the Opportunity House on Sunday over a report that one of the residents, identified as 33-year-old John Strong, was walking around…
Read MoreLOUISA, Ky. — A Lawrence County man was arrested after he admitted hitting a woman with a tire iron. The woman reported to police that Lonnie Maynard, 50, of Louisa, had been in her yard screaming profanity at her 6-year-old grandson, when she got in her car and told him to leave. She said he…
Read MoreBELFRY, Ky. — A man was arrested after he was found passed out in Belfry High School. Cleaning staff went into the school just after 4 a.m. Tuesday, when they found 31-year-old Bobby Cantrell passed out in the gymnasium. They told police they woke him up and asked him to leave, but he refused,…
Read MoreMARROWBONE, Ky. — A Pike County woman thought something was suspicious when she was pulled over by a black Crown Victoria with flashing blue lights, and then the car sped past her after she got on the side of the road. She also noticed it had Ohio tags as it passed. She called police, who caught…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A federal grand jury has indicted two men for distributing fentanyl in Johnson County. Kevin Clay, 47, of Staffordsville, and William Hylton, 38, of Salyersville, were charged Thursday evening. Both men are charged with conspiracy to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl,…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pikeville psychiatrist already charged with drug trafficking after federal authorities raided his office back in December is now under a federal indictment as well. Jason Noah Stamper, 51, of Coal Run Village, was charged in Pike District Court with trafficking and possession…
Read MoreST. PAUL, Va. — Police have captured a southwestern Virginia man wanted for stealing multiple cars and other items. It all began on Tuesday, when the Dickenson County Sheriff’s Office got a report from JWT Well Services that a man had broken into the shop, taken tools and stole a pickup…
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