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Drone carrying contraband intercepted near federal prison; one arrest made
BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN VAN LEAR — A significant police operation unfolded in Stoney Brook Estates on New Route 3 Thursday morning. Residents awakened to a large police presence as law enforcement swooped in to intercept a drone transporting a substantial quantity of contraband. According to a Johnson County Sheriff’s Department representative, the cargo…
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State drops first-degree rape charge against Beauty man due to 60-year federal sentence
BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — State criminal charges, including first-degree rape, were dismissed Thursday against a Beauty man recently sentenced to 60 years in federal prison. Martin Circuit Judge Kevin Holbrook granted Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Matt Runyons’ motion to dismiss charges against Donald York, 60, of Beauty. The charges included first-degree rape, first-degree…
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Kentucky man sentenced to 150 months for armed methamphetamine trafficking
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT LONDON — Michael Nolan Slone, 37, of Knott County, received a 150-month federal prison sentence Friday on multiple drug-related and firearm charges. U.S. District Judge Robert Wier handed down the sentence. Slone chose to represent himself during the two-day trial in March. The jury convicted him on several charges. Those include possession…
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Prison officers indicted
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN LONDON — Three federal prison employees face charges after authorities say they assaulted two inmates and attempted to cover it up at the U.S. Penitentiary Big Sandy in Martin County. Officers Samuel Patrick, 41, of West Van Lear, and Clinton Pauley, 40, of Ironton, Ohio, were indicted Thursday by a federal…
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