Pikeville, KY — A Pike County man faces local and federal charges. According to the arrest citation, Kentucky State Police Post 9 Troopers assisted Kentucky State Police DESI East and the FBI in the execution of a search warrant and a federal arrest warrant at the residence of 37-year-old Curtis Hight of Belfry. Hight was transported to the Pike County Detention Center to be lodged. During the booking process, a strip search was conducted on Hight and a plastic bag was found hanging out of the buttock region. The bag was retrieved and was found to contain a brown powdery substance believed to be heroin. Hight was then taken to Pikeville Medical Center for an x-ray and no other foreign objects were found inside his body. Hight was medically cleared and returned to the Pike County Detention Center and charged with Promoting contraband 1st degree and possession of controlled substance, heroin. Hight remains lodged.
Curtis Hight