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Perry County Commonwealth Attorney arrested on federal charges
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT LONDON, Ky. — Commonwealth’s Attorney for Perry County, 51-year-old Scott Blair of Hazard, went to jail Friday after the unveiling of a federal criminal complaint accusing him of honest services wire fraud. The criminal complaint alleges that from April 2020 to March 2024, Blair used his position to assist various individuals facing
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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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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
