Shots fired in war on drugs – Commonwealth Journal’s History

Local law enforcement capped a particularly busy few days with a round up aimed at some 30 suspected drug traffickers.

Officers from various agencies divided into teams and fanned out across the county early Tuesday morning to serve both grand jury indictments and district court warrants pertaining to a variety drug offenses. The majority of offenses were for Trafficking in Controlled Substances including heroin, methamphetamine, oxycodone, methadone, suboxone and hydrocodone.

Pulaski County Sheriff Greg Speck noted that officers dont find many meth labs anymore with passage of legislation that makes it more difficult to obtain some of the precursors but that crystal meth is still being transported in mainly from Mexico.

If we keep doing this, hopefully, theyll get the message, Sheriff Speck said of the roundups deterring the local drug trade. He also expressed a hope that staying vigilant can prevent overdose increases locally as has been reported recently in Madison and Jefferson counties.

More than half of the suspects being sought were arrested during the roundup and processed at the Hal Rogers Fire Training Center before being lodged in the Pulaski County Detention Center by deputy jailers. They include:

Kenneth Gill, 35, Tateville first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, 1st Offense (Methamphetamine) (Indictment)

Paige Flynn, 49, Bronston first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, 1st Offense (methamphetamine) (Indictment)

Barry Bray, 37, Burnside first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, 1st Offense Drug (unspecified) (Arrested)

Jerry Phillips, 61, Somerset first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, 1st Offense (Indictment)

Brenda Sammons, 45, Science Hill first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, 1st Offense (unspecified) (Arrested)

Chelsea McGowan, 26, Somerset first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, 1st Offense

Jason Lewis, 34, Burnside first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, 1st Offense (methamphetamine) (Arrested)

Theresa Sweeney, 48, Burnside second-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, 1st Offense (drug unspecified) (Arrested)

David Mahaffey, 43, Nancy second-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, 1st Offense (drug unspecified) (3 Counts) (Arrested)

Jesse Morgan, 38, Somerset first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, 1st Offense (methamphetamine) (Arrested)

Shannon Lockard, 42, Bronston first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, 1st Offense (methamphetamine) (Arrested)

Kensey Jones, 25, Monticello first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, 1st Offense (heroin) (Arrested)

Robert Coffey, 34, Nancy first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, 1st Offense (heroin) (Arrested)

Greg Marlow, 56, Somerset first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, 1st Offense (methamphetamine) (3 Counts) (Arrested)

Cheri Wilson, 42, Somerset first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, 1st Offense (drug unspecified) (Arrested)

Joseph Meeks, 28, Somerset first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, 1st Offense (methamphetamine) (Arrested).

Two other arrests were made that were not part of the initial roundup list. Samantha Henson, 47, of Somerset, was charged with Violation of Condition of Release. Joshua Wilson, 29, of Somerset, was charged with Failure to Appear.

Sheriff Speck anticipates more arrests will come within the next 48 hours.

PCSO was assisted by several law enforcement agencies including the Somerset Police Department, the Kentucky State Police, the Lake Cumberland Area Drug Task Force, the Burnside Police Department, the Ferguson Police Department, the Eubank Police Department, the Science Hill Police Department, and 1st District Constable, Danny Weddle.

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