PIKEVILLE, Ky. — The Pike County Sheriff’s Office has been filling up the jail this week, with a roundup of suspected drug dealers.
Armed with 11 indictments, the office began fanning out across the county on Wednesday and had arrested seven people, with two others already in custody. Those arrested Wednesday include:
• Kevin Blankenship, 48, of Stopover
• George Compton, 34, of Pikeville
• Nicholas Darnell, 38, of Mouthcard
• Brian Hurley, 51, of Stopover
• Dennis Justice, 51, of Mouthcard
• Mark Smith, 50, of Phelps
• and Jamal Stoutmire, whose age and address were not listed
Also charged were Jeffery Johnson, who is already in the Pike County jail, and Bradley Brown, who is incarcerated in Tennessee.
The charges are a result of an investigation that included undercover drug buys. All of those arrested have been charged with first-degree drug trafficking.
