PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Efforts by Pikeville Police to find an Ohio fugitive resulted in officers finding the suspect as well as an assortment of drugs.

Pikeville Police and a U.S. Marshals Task Force had a information that Dennis Washington, 51, of Columbus, Ohio, could be located at an apartment on Hambley Boulevard and went to locate him April 14. Washington was wanted in Columbus for multiple counts of drug trafficking and possession.

When they arrived at the apartment, they found Daryl Adkins, 58, of Pikeville, sitting outside. When they showed him a picture of Washington and asked if he knew where he was, he said he didn’t recognize him but would let them know if he saw him.

Police later learned from the apartment owner that Washington was in the apartment and officers soon placed him under arrest. While doing so, they spotted a glass pipe nearby, and used that information to obtain a search warrant for the apartment.

That search turned up two gallon-size plastic bags of meth hidden in the washer and dryer, multiple bags of fentanyl, some crack cocaine and six oxycodone tablets.

Washington also let the officers know that Adkins had let him know that police were looking for him.

Washington, Adkins and Lashawn Walker, 51, of Columbus, who was also in the apartment, were all arrested and charged with meth and cocaine trafficking, aggravated fentanyl trafficking and drug possession. Adkins was also charged with hindering prosecution for lying to police, as well as promoting contraband and fentanyl possession when jail staff found a bag of the drug hidden in his jeans.

All three remain in the Pike County jail.

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HARDY, Ky. — A man was arrested Wednesday on drug charges in Pike County, as well as an outstanding warrant for drug charges in Dickenson County.

A state trooper had pulled over a car for expired tags on Toler Road just after 8:30 Wednesday night. One of the passengers in the vehicle identified himself as Shane Bowman, but another trooper recognized that name as an alias used by William Bowman, 48, of Hardy, who was wanted on a number of warrants.

Bowman was asked to get out of the car, at which time he was spotted putting something in his pocket.
When asked about it, he said it was “dope.” Police then found a bag of about 12 or 13 grams fentanyl in his pocket, as well as two other bags of a powder which he also called “dope,” and another bag, which he identified as cocaine.

Bowman was arrested and charged with fentanyl trafficking and cocaine possession. He is also being held on a Virginia extradition warrant, due to being wanted for delivery of drugs to an inmate and possession of a controlled substance in Dickenson County.

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BANNER, Ky. — A Johnson County woman is facing multiple drug trafficking charges, after she was pulled over for not using her turn signal.

A Floyd County sheriff’s deputy spotted a 2004 Lincoln Navigator turning onto Prater Creek from U.S. 23 without signaling, so he pulled it over. When he spoke to the driver, Kimberly Marie Osborne, 46, of Tutor Key, he spotted a used meth pipe in the vehicle.

The deputy then searched the vehicle and found vacuum-sealed bags of meth, marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms, a bag of fentanyl, and more than $1,100 in cash.

Osborne was arrested and charged with four counts of drug trafficking. She is being held on a $10,000 cash bond.

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Two Floyd County women have been arrested for drug trafficking, after police raided their hotel room in Pikeville.

Early Wednesday morning, Pikeville Police served a search warrant for room 321 at Comfort Suites as part of a drug investigation. They reported finding fentanyl, meth, cocaine and a variety of pills, along with cash, packaging materials and cutting agents.

The occupants of the room, Gretchen Bevins, 46, of David, and Monica Hall, 49, of Teaberry, were arrested. They are charged with aggravated fentanyl trafficking, meth and cocaine trafficking, possession of a variety of drugs and other charges.

They are each being held Pike County jail on $15,000 cash or property bonds.

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SALYERSVILLE, Ky. — One man has been arrested, but deputies are on the hunt for another, following a drug raid at a Magoffin County home.

Magoffin County sheriff’s deputies served a search warrant at a Lakeville home of Eddie McFarland, 34, on Sunday. Sheriff Bill Meade tells Mountain Top News the raid was the culmination of a long drug investigation that resulted in several undercover buys.

Meade said McFarland and another man, Anthony Darrell Saylor, 38, of Salyersville, fled when they saw police coming.

During their search of the home, officers reported seizing a substantial amount of meth, fentanyl and heroin, along with guns, methadone and trafficking paraphernalia.

Monday night, deputies arrested Saylor during a traffic stop. He is being held in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center on charges of meth and heroin trafficking and receiving stolen property.

Sheriff Meade said his office is still looking for McFarland. He anticipates that the case will ultimately result in federal charges.

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ABINGDON, Va. — A Wise County man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty in a federal drug case.

Eric Bud Mullins, 34, of Big Stone Gap, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess more than 500 grams of meth with the intent to distribute, conspiracy to possess fentanyl with the intent to distribute, and possession of more than 50 grams of meth with the intent to distribute.

Prosecutors had asked the court for a sentence of more than 24 years, citing Mullins’ long criminal history and the fact that when he committed his crimes, he was under supervision after completing a 30-month sentence for Covid unemployment fraud.

Mullins’ attorney asked for a shorter sentence of 15 years, however, saying his crimes were a result of his own lifelong battles with addiction.

The judge agreed with the defense, sentencing Mullins to 15 years for the drug charges, plus an additional year for violating his supervision on the fraud charges. Following his release from prison, he will be on supervision for an additional five years.

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LONDON, Ky. — A Lexington man has been arrested on allegations he was the source supplying fentanyl dealers across Eastern Kentucky.

Ramando “Scoop” Taylor Jr., 27, is charged with distributing more than 40 grams of fentanyl and conspiracy.

Hazard Police Captain James Grigsby, who serves on a DEA task force, was among the investigators on the case and presented it to obtain arrest and search warrants.

Grigsby says in his affidavit that Taylor was first identified as a fentanyl supplier to Perry and Breathitt counties from information obtained by informants and cooperating defendants. Based on that information, police staged several undercover purchases of fentanyl from street-level dealers and later from Taylor.

In one instance back in September, police purchased 111 grams of fentanyl for $2,000.

After receiving permission to track Taylor’s phone and setting up a buy for Thursday, police tracked him traveling from Georgia, through Tennessee and into Kentucky on Wednesday, before pulling him over along I-75 in Whitley County.

During that stop, a drug dog alerted on the vehicle, but police were unable to find any drugs. However, Grigsby wrote in his affidavit that police believe the vehicle was modified to conceal drugs, and requested a warrant to conduct a more thorough search.

Taylor is scheduled to appear in court March 11 for a preliminary hearing and detention hearing. Until that time, he is being held without bail in the Laurel County jail.

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A Martin County man has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for his part in a drug distribution network in Huntington.

Kody Harless, 28, of Tomahawk, pleaded guilty back in November to possession of fentanyl with the intent to distribute.

With his plea, he admitted to obtaining nearly 5 grams of fentanyl from a source in Huntington, and that he intended to sell some of it. The drugs were later found by police during a traffic after the transaction.

Harless also admitted to other criminal conduct beyond what he was charged with. He told authorities he was part of a criminal conspiracy to distribute meth and fentanyl from July to November of 2023, adding he would obtain drugs in Huntington and distribute them back in Kentucky.

In Huntington federal court on Tuesday, he was sentenced to 106 months in prison.

Harless was one of 27 people indicted in connection with the investigation into the Huntington drug trafficking organization. To date, 23 of the defendants have entered guilty pleas.

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Cychlorphine is said to be 10 times more potent than fentanyl.

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Perry County has been arrested more than four months after being indicted for drug trafficking in Pike County.

Tyler Scott Darnell, 28, of Jeff, was arrested in Russell County on Tuesday. He was indicted Oct. 29 along with Henry Cleaver, 28, of Elkhorn City, on charges of meth and fentanyl trafficking.

Cleaver was arrested about two weeks after the indictment, but Darnell remained free until Tuesday.

The meth trafficking charge is punishable by 1-to-5 years in prison, while the fentanyl trafficking charge carries a 5-to-10 year potential sentence.

Both men are being held in the Pike County Detention Center.

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