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State police seize large drug haul at traffic safety checkpoint
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT SALYERSVILLE — Police arrested two men and seized a cache of illegal drugs at a traffic safety checkpoint March 7 in Salyersville. Kentucky State Police troopers and the Post 9 Drug Interdiction Unit confiscated approximately 75 grams of suspected fentanyl, 1 pound of suspected marijuana, an ounce of suspected cocaine, drug paraphernalia…
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KSP investigates fatal shooting
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT MOUNT VERNON — The Kentucky State Police is investigating a fatal shooting in Mount Vernon. KSP Post 11 in London responded to a call at approximately 9:50 a.m. Sunday reporting the shooting. The preliminary investigation revealed that 48-year-old Joseph A. Dawson of Berea was in a heated verbal altercation with his wife,…
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Kentucky State Police investigates mysterious death in Floyd County
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT DRIFT — In a developing story from Floyd County, the Kentucky State Police Pikeville Post is investigating a death in the Drift community. On Tuesday evening, Kentucky State Police were alerted to a situation involving a deceased male on Drift Hollow Road. Responding to the call received at 9:57 p.m., KSP investigators…
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Police investigating death in Pike County: Melissa Wolford identified as deceased
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PIKEVILLE — The Kentucky State Police Pikeville Post has identified the deceased individual found in the Jamboree community Nov. 1 as 42-year-old Melissa Wolford from Phelps. The cause of her death remains a mystery as investigations continue. The case, which has caught the attention of the local community, began when the…
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Kentucky State Police apprehend suspect in high-speed narcotics trafficking chase
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT CANNONSBURG — Kentucky State Police apprehended a suspect involved in narcotics trafficking following a high-speed chase in Boyd County. The arrest of Benjamin Layne, 44, was a joint operation by the KSP Post 14 Ashland criminal interdiction team and their canine unit. The incident unfolded Dec. 21 when troopers initiated a traffic…
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Kentucky State Police investigate attempted murder
OLIVE HILL — A Morehead man is in jail on an attempted murder charge after shooting a man Sunday morning in Olive Hill. Paul J. Hensley, 40, of Morehead, is in the Carter County Detention Center facing attempted murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, third-degree possession of a controlled substance and drug…
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Louisa man arrested for sex crimes
LOUISA — A Louisa man remains behind bars following his arrest Nov. 21 on multiple counts of distributing obscene material to minors, procuring a minor by electronic means and terroristic threatening. The Kentucky State Police, in collaboration with the West Virginia Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force and the Ashland Police Department, arrested Jerod…
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Kentucky State Police identifies victim in 45-year-old cold case
LONDON — Kentucky State Police Post 11 London has positively identified remains found nearly 45 years ago with the help of advanced fingerprint identification technology. KSP Detective James Royal of Post 11, with the help of the Kentucky State Police and FBI Laboratories, utilized the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) fingerprint database to…
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Sandy Hook man arrested for sex crimes at Grayson Lake after luring victim with deceptive ride offer
GRAYSON, Ky. — An alleged rape and sodomy at Grayson Lake has led to the arrest of a Sandy Hook man. According to a press release from the Kentucky State Police Post 14 Ashland, law enforcement was alerted to the incident Aug. 23 by Carter County 911. The alleged female victim said she was picked up in…
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Kentucky State Police Post 9 welcomes new troopers to serve and protect
PIKEVILLE — The Kentucky State Police announced that 51 cadets have graduated from the agency’s training academy and are now ready to report for duty across the commonwealth. Cadet Class 103 graduates increase the number of KSP troopers protecting Kentucky’s 120 diverse counties to approximately 940, which is the highest number of troopers the agency…
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