The Floyd County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the vandalization of the Allen fallen officer’s mural city officials said happened Sunday evening.

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Fifth-graders at Allen Elementary brought history to life in a living wax museum presentation.

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Benefit will help Austin Greene, a crew member hit by a vehicle and severely injured in West Virginia.

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ALLEN, Ky. — A Floyd County woman has been charged with child abuse, after school staff noticed bruises on a 10-year-old girl’s face.

A Floyd County sheriff’s deputy was called to Allen Elementary last week, after staff spotted the bruises on the girl. She told the deputy the bruises were the result of her step-mother, identified as Allison Hamilton, 23, of Mink Branch at Harold, squeezing her face as punishment.

In addition to bruises on both cheeks, she also had bruises inside her mouth and she told the officer she had difficulty eating.

The girl and a 13-year-old boy in the home told police their step-mother also made them put diapers in their mouths as punishment. A 12-year-old girl in the home also had scratches on her hips, which she said she got from her Hamilton “clawing” her.

Hamilton was arrested and charged with first-degree child abuse and fourth-degree assault of a child. The case is now being considered for indictment by a Floyd County grand jury.

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ALLEN, Ky. — Three people were taken to jail and more could be on the way, following a raid at a Floyd County home on Sunday.

A drug investigation lasting several months culminated in deputies with the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office taking a search warrant to the home of 38-year-old Austin Shepherd, in Allen. At the home, they seized heroin, meth, fentanyl, pills and other drugs allegedly being sold out of the home.

Shepherd was arrested five counts of drug trafficking and other charges.

Also arrested was 37-year-old Bethany Hall, of Stanville, and 36-year-old James Lewis, of Galveston on outstanding warrants.

The sheriff’s office says the investigation is continuing and more arrests are expected.

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