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Trafficking charges against Bankses dismissed; could be re-indicted next week
tkleffman@amnews.comLEXINGTON — Drug trafficking charges against Jimmy and Regina Banks were dismissed before their scheduled trial Wednesday in Fayette Circuit Court, but a prosecutor says he hopes to have them reinstated next week along with additional charges. The...Tags: Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Trials, Litigation
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11 face charges by feds after raids in Clark County
Eleven people have been indicted by the FBI after drug raids in Clark, Madison and Fayette counties earlier this month. According to the indictment, Rondale Lamont McCann has been charged with two counts of distributing crack cocaine in Clark County...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Drug Trafficking, Cocaine, FBI, Prosecution
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Boyle plea deal settles drug charges
tkleffman@amnews.comA Danville man was sentenced last week to three years in prison for trafficking in and possession of oxycodone but may already be eligible for parole. Robert D. Martin, 21, pleaded guilty to trafficking in oxycodone and two counts of possession in 2012...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Trials, Justice System, Prisons
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Winchester physician loses medical license
The Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure issued an emergency suspension of the license of a Winchester doctor who allegedly overprescribed painkillers to a woman with whom he was having an affair, according to the order issued last week. Dr. Quentin...
Tags: Suboxone (drug), Theft, High Blood Pressure, American Medical Association, Chemical Industry
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Three indicted on new rape charges in Mercer
tkleffman@amnews.comHARRODSBURG — A man and the couple he was living with have been indicted by a Mercer County grand jury on additional charges alleging the rape of minor girls staying in the homes they all shared. Jordan S. Floyd, 22, was indicted last week for...Tags: Heroin, Theft, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Trials
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Stanford man indicted on two-counts of rape
LANCASTER — A Garrard County grand jury has indicted a Stanford man on charges that he twice forced a woman to have sex with him. Jordan Floyd, 23, of 3345 Wilderness Road, was indicted on two counts of first-degree rape for allegedly using...
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Stanford man indicted on two counts of rape
LANCASTER — A Garrard County grand jury has indicted a Stanford man on charges that he twice forced a woman to have sex with him. Jordan Floyd, 23, of 3345 Wilderness Road, was indicted on two counts of first-degree rape for allegedly using...
Tags: Theft, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Trials
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Clark County law enforcement seeing rise in heroin
Until a year ago, it had been years since Winchester Police officers made a controlled buy for heroin. It just wasn’t in demand. Pills — narcotic painkillers of many types — were plentiful. In other parts of the state, meth had a strong...
Tags: Pain, Heroin, Drug Trafficking, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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Lincoln grand jury indicts 15 on drug charges
STANFORD — Kentucky State Police Detective Keith Addison was the only person called to testify before a Lincoln County grand jury last week, leading to the indictment of 15 people on drug-related charges. All of those indicted either allegedly...
Tags: Drug Trafficking, Hydrocodone (drug), Methamphetamine (drug)
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Lincoln grand jury indicts 15 for drug trafficking
ben@theinteriorjournal.comSTANFORD — A Lincoln County grand jury has indicted 15 people on drug trafficking or complicity to drug trafficking charges based on testimony from state police. The people, all of whom reside in Stanford according to court documents, face charges...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Trials, Hydrocodone (drug)
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Six indicted by Mercer grand jury
HARRODSBURG — The following people were indicted last week by a Mercer County grand jury: - Wayne Johnson, 33, 472 Lynn Drive, alleged trafficking in oxycodone and possession of marijuana on April 26. Bond was set at $15,000. Trooper Matt Hutti...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Methamphetamine (drug)
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Dangers of prescription-drug-abuse preached to West Jessamine students
mmoore@jessaminejournal.comSarah Shay was a vibrant young girl with a bright future, according to her mother, Dr. Karen Shay, a Morehead dentist. “She was a great girl,” Dr. Shay told students, faculty and local officials during an assembly in the West Jessamine...Tags: Heroin, Pain, Epidemics and Plagues, Health and Medical Professionals, Alprazolam (drug)
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