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Mingo man charged with fentanyl trafficking in Pike
MAJESTIC, Ky. — A Mingo County man who was wanted on warrants is facing even more trouble, after police found him with drugs and a gun when they went to arrest him. Just before 3 a.m., Sunday, state troopers went to a field in Majestic, where they were informed they could find 42-year-old Tyrone Davis, of Williamson, working as part of a logging crew. They found Davis sitting in the driver’s seat of a log truck.
Pike and Johnson County men arrested in Floyd drug case
Floyd County Sheriff’s deputies and officers with the Martin Police Department arrested a Pike County and a Johnson County man on Thursday, July 11, following tips they received about drug trafficking in the Allen and Middle Creek communities. According the Floyd County Sheriff’s Department, Michael Ousely, 41, of Pikeville,...
Delbarton woman jailed on charges related to ATV crash
A Delbarton woman was jailed after she allegedly crashed an ATV that seriously injured two other individuals and then subsequently left the scene without rendering aid to the victims. According to Mingo County Magistrate Court documents, at around 8 a.m. on July 13, an officer was dispatched to the scene...
Three arrested on crack trafficking charges
Three men were arrested recently on charges related to the trafficking of crack cocaine, according to the Mingo County Sheriff's Department. According to a criminal complaint written by Deputy T.J. Justice II, on July 9, he and Deputy M.E. Tiller were traveling in the Maher area when the deputies saw a Chevrolet Malibu that was halfway in the road.
Pair arrested and jailed on drug charges
A Mingo County man and woman were arrested and jailed after, police said, a routine traffic stop revealed that they were in possession of illicit drugs with intent to deliver them. According to Mingo County Magistrate Court documents, on July 11, officers on patrol in the Matewan area observed a...
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