LOCLAXN.TXT = Local action (c) Copyright 1981, 1997 by , proliferate freely. Local is Ritner, Wayne County, Kentucky, USA, unless otherwise specified. The bigger the action the farther away it can be and still be local. This list was compiled by David P Beiter, CAVE Inc, Rt 72 Box 66-G, Delta, KY 42613. 606/376-3137. byter@mcimail.com This file was last updated on 28 Feb 1997. 810000, Marion County, KY, Al Cross, reporter for The Courier-Journal, personal communication. Officials in the Kentucky state government became suspicious of cash excesses in banks in Marion County, KY. An investigation led to the purchase of the Bank [of Lebanon? (Marion County Seat)] by a cabinet official [The Kentucky State Secretary of Commerce?] Needless to say, no evidence of marijuana cultivation or other illicit activities was uncovered. 820000?, Hart County, Kentucky, Bowling Green, KY, Newspaper clipping, Hart Co? Jane Paquin, neighbor to a growing location, personal communication. "Thirteen arraigned in marijuana case" in Bowling Green, KY, after raids on Hart County, KY, marijuana fields on 26 July. Donnie Nunn, former Hart County, KY, Sheriff, Joe Dunagan, and Tm Chaney, all of Horse Cave; Hulen Russell, Charles Richardson, Jr, and Gary Coffee, all of Hardyville; James Stanon [Stanton?], of Munfordville; James Benningfield of Magnolia; Freeman Swartz of Summerville; and Randall Skaggs, Neal Lnu, James K. Mattingly, and James N. Mattingly, of Lebanon. Also Nunn, Stanton, and Russell were indicted on charges of attempting to bribe two state police, Ron West and Robert Sheldon, and Hart County Sheriff Daymond Humphrey. 22,500 marijuana plants in five locations in Hart Co confiscated on 26 July and 8,000 on 29 July at another Hart Co site. This was the biggest marijuana raid in Kentucky history, valued at over $12 million. Incidentally, Sheriff Nunn is the nephew of former Governor Louis B Nunn. 850912, Knoxville, TN, multiple news reports. Andrew Thorton III, retired Lexington, Kentucky, Police Department Narcotics Officer, crash landed via parachute in suburban Knoxville TN with 79 pounds of cocaine. Several other duffle bags of cocaine were found in the Chattahoochee National Forest, totalling approximately 400 pounds. See 870112, 871123, 890225, 900820, 930409, Sally Denton, The Bluegrass Conspiracy, Doubleday, 1990. 860220, Wayne Co, KY, multiple rumors. Rumors abound that the FBI had caught Joe Conn, former Wayne County, KY, Sheriff; Ralph Miniard, Monticello, KY, Chief of Police; and Don Richardson, local gas station operator. They are alleged to have been caught loading marijuana into an airplane owned by Nick Cooley, a local coal tycoon. This rumor sounded fresh, but there is also a rumor of letting Joe Conn serve out his term as Sheriff, which would put it as last year. Present Sheriff Jim Hill would neither confirm nor deny, but eventually admitted that he had heard the rumor. He was not happy about my questioning. My impression was that he was covering for his compatriots, and didn't like it. 860306, Whitley City, KY, multiple reports. In Whitley City, KY, in the biggest methamphetamine [speed] bust in DEA history, Butch Spencer was arrested for the manufacture of illegal drugs. 860319, Monticello, KY, personal communication with Wayne county Outlook. Brenda Sexton at The Wayne County Outlook says that they tried three times to check out the Joe Conn rumor at Federal Court in London, KY, but all were negative. She did not know the source of the rumors. [It may have been the local radio station.] Jim Hill, present Wayne County Sheriff, seemed very agitated when I questioned him, did not want to talk and ran out of his office. On 860809 Donald Jones says that Conn, Miniard, and Richardson were caught off-loading in northern Kentucky. Carl Jones says that were caught on-loading at Somerset airport. Other sources have said that Joe Conn was caught transporting marijuana three times, locally (McCreary County), northern Kentucky, and in Georgia. 860324, Morgan Co, KY, multiple reports. Marion "Butch" Campbell, Kentucky State Police Commissioner, is arrested for extorting a one million dollar bribe from a cocaine smuggler (also an FBI agent). This was for airport landing rights in Morgan Co, KY. Several other officials were arrested for assorted corruption: former Morgan County, Kentucky, Judge-Executive Gene Allen; Allen's son Steve; Morgan County, Kentucky, Sheriff Roger Benton; Coal Baron Titus Frederick; former Kentucky District Judge James H Noble; former State Senator and former State Trooper Lester Burns, Jr; and physician, Dr Bill Davis. ref: "Operation Leviticus" of the FBI. They weren't even looking for drug trafficking! The FBI thought they were looking at coal money!! 860330, Whitley Co, KY, multiple reports. The Whitley County Kentucky Sheriff, one other KY & 3 TN Sheriffs are arrested for drug trafficking. 860619, Marion Co, KY, WLEX, CNN. Kentucky State Police Detective, 19 year veteran of The Force, Joseph Greenwall (Greenwald), age 41, of Loretto, Marion Co KY is arrested for extorting $5000 to protect marijuana growers, after a two month investigation. Arraignment is set for 27 June. 860704, Marion Co, KY, multiple newscasts. 13,000 marijuana plants on 7 acres, and 46,000 marijuana plants on 30 acres, are found in corn fields in Marion County, KY, by DEA chopper. Presumably these were the growers protected by Joseph Greenwald, Kentucky State Police, retired. 860704, Clinton Co, KY, WFLW. Also 270 marijuana plants are found in Clinton County, averaging 4 feet tall, and valued at $600 each by Kentucky State Police at Columbia. 860716, Burnside, KY. In a squabble amongst Leviticus arrestees, Williams (of Detroit?) sues Lester Burns, Jr & Dr Davis alleging that he was bilked out of an annuity. 860800, TN, Sinsemilla Tips, v6#2. East Tennessee Sheriffs' report. Scott County, Tennessee, Sheriff Marion Carson & deputy Wayne Caldwell are charged by a Federal Grand jury with conspiracy & selling methaqualone, marijuana, cocaine & diazapam. Claiborne County, Tennessee, Sheriff Billy Wayne Smith & Juvenile Court Referee R. Jackson Rose pleaded guilty to conspiring to take payoffs to protect gambling operations. Since 82, The Sheriff of Cocke Co, TN, Bobby Stinson; The Sheriff of Roane Co, TN, Gillis Narramore; The Sheriff of Union Co, TN, Paul Hill; and The Sheriff of Anderson Co, TN, Dennis O Trotter also have been arrested for drug trafficking. 860804, Wayne Co, KY, The Wayne County Outlook, 7 Aug 86, p14. At Green Ford, 225 marijuana plants were found. At Griffin, 82 plants were found. It looks like they grew in the shade. 860806, Wayne Co, KY, The Wayne County Outlook, 14 Aug 86, p1. At Tuggle Hollow, Wayne Co, KY, 400 marijuana plants were found, making a total of 760. 860812, Wayne Co, KY, The Wayne County Outlook, 14 Aug 86, p1. Near Mt Pisgah, Wayne Co, KY, a Tennessee State Police helicopter found a field of 98 marijuana plants. They look pretty good in the picture. See 860821. There has been a total so far this year of 11 marijuana arrests by the Wayne County Sheriff this growing season. The State has set the value at $800 per plant this year, down from $1200 last year. 860819, near Bowling Green, Warren Co, KY, The Courier Journal, 21 Aug 86, pB4 Thomas Neal Cox, 36, & Walter Hale, 76, both of Bowling Green, were arrested with 18 marijuana plants & two booby traps. 860820, Delta, Wayne Co, KY, The Wayne County Outlook, 28 Aug 86, p2. 110 marijuana plants were found near Delta, KY. In Dry Valley, 20 marijuana plants were found on the property of David Kramer. Two pounds of processed marijuana were found in the home of Charles Odquist. At the home of Paul Odquist, the sheriff found 8 oz of processed marijuana & 1 plant. At the home of Joe Reheis, the sheriff found 1 pound, 8 ounces of processed marijuana & 159 marijuana plants in nearby open field. 860821?, Wayne Co, KY. Jackie Slagel was arrested when 106 marijuana plants were found at Mt Pisgah. 860821, Huntington, WV & Morgan Co, KY, The Courier Journal, 21 Aug 86, p1. Bobby Litteral, cocaine kingpin, & son Danny Litteral of West Liberty, Morgan Co, KY pleaded guilty to cocaine trafficking by the kilo. He also pleaded guilty to marijuana trafficking (110 lbs). 860828, Wayne Co, KY, The Wayne County Outlook, 4 Sep 86, p2. At Sumpter, Wayne Co, KY, 1316 marijuana plants were confiscated by the sheriff. They look pretty spindly in the picture. Also 416 plants were found in Parnell & Susie on 29 Aug. 860904, Preacherville, Lincoln Co, KY, multiple newscasts. In Lincoln Co, KY on the Homer Days farm, at Preacherville, 4 mi E of Stanford [otherwise given as SE section of county]. 260,000 marijuana plants were found in 15 to 20 acres of corn. 2 campsites were also found. The haul was valued at $250,000,000. Another 50 to 100 thousand plants were found on the same farm. Plus a third field? The final total was 384,000 plants. Note that by 920806, the haul had dwindled to only 347,000 according to a KNN story. 860910 Campbellsville, Taylor Co, KY, KET\WLEX. In Taylor Co, KY, 7 mi East of Campbellsville, 300,000 marijuana plants were found in one patch plus a campsite. 860911, Wayne Co, KY, The Wayne County Outlook, 11 Sep 86, p2. In Wayne Co, KY, the weekly marijuana harvest is 579 plants in a wooded area of Chestnut Grove, found on 5 Sep. Lindsey McGinnis, 30, of Powersburg was arrested with a search warrant. Two grass sacks full and a grocery bag full of marijuana, plus three bread bags full of seed, plus 50 unstripped plants were found on 5 Sep. A total of 164 marijuana plants in two patches in Susie & Greenbrier were found on 7 Sep. 105 marijuana plants four to five feet tall were found in Dry Hollow on 9 Sep. 860918, Wayne Co, KY, The Wayne County Outlook, p2. On 15 Sep, at Gap Creek, Kathy Randolph was arrested with a search warrant. An unspecified quantity of marijuana was confiscated. On 16 Sep, in the Gap Creek-Poplar Mountain area, 108 marijuana plants were confiscated. 860919, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW, The Wayne County Outlook, 25 Sep 86, p2. 184 marijuana plants were found in the Dry Hollow- Slickford area. 860922, New Albany, IN, KET\WLKY. James Evans, 36, reputed marijuana & cocaine wholesaler was returned from Mexico & California. His property was bulldozed trying to find drugs, to no avail. 860925, Wayne Co, KY, The Wayne County Outlook, p1. In Wayne County, KY, 17 persons have been arrested on marijuana charges this growing season. "'I'd venture to say that we have seized 25 to 30 patches and up towards 10000 plants', said [Sheriff] Hill." How interesting that no exact accounting is kept! The biggest find was in Sumpter, with 1316 plants. 860914, Albany, KY, The Wayne County Outlook, 25 Sep 86, from Clinton County News. The Clinton County Court Clerk Lloyd Stockton, & James Stonecipher of Albany (landowner of site) are charged with marijuana production. The weed was grown in a tobacco patch in far eastern Cumberland County. 634 marijuana plants (2 pickup loads) and 350 to 400 stumps were found. The field was guarded by two men in a pickup. Two pickup trucks were seized. 860919?, near Albany, Clinton Co, KY, The Clinton County News/The Wayne County Outlook p2. 289 well cultivated marijuana plants were found when a thief was apprehended by and shot a guard. 860928, KY, WBKY. Kentucky is 4th in national marijuana production, with the 85 crop valued at 850 megabux. NORML, The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. 860928, Wayne Co, KY, The Wayne County Outlook p2. Wayne County crime magnate Joe Bill Prince was cut on the left arm at Twyford Point Rd. He was quickly found by his brother. Presumably a drug deal gone sour. 861000, Whitley City McCreary Co, KY, WSEK. No trial date yet set for Butch Spencer, whose methamphetamine lab was busted about March 86. Police are still searching for Roy Blakeney of Florida. 861007, Pikeville, KY, The Courier-Journal, p1. Not a drug story, probably. Pike County, Kentucky, Sheriff Charles "Fuzzy" Keesee "misplaced" $300,000 in tax collections during his previous administration. 861007, Louisville, KY, The Courier-Journal, pB4. The Jefferson County, Commissioner, Carl Brown, is charged with distribution of marijuana and cocaine. 861011?, Whitley County, KY, The Wayne County Outlook p22, from The Whitley Republican. Larry R Patrick of Williamsburg is convicted on conspiracy to import cocaine. He was found guilty of scheming with former Scott Co, TN, Sheriff Marion Carson & Deputy Wayne Caldwell. 861018, KY, The Courier-Journal, pB1. Kentucky State Police Commissioner, Captain Marion "Butch" Campbell & Kentucky State Trooper Gerald Griggs were arrested for cocaine trafficking. 861021, Elizabethtown, Hardin Co, KY. Near Elizabethtown & Grayson Co, KY, 3500 marijuana plants and 200 pounds of processed weed were found by police. Two people from Loretto, Marion Co were arrested, (one a Jones?). Some of Joseph Greenwald's friends? (This may be the same as 4 acres in Hardin Co "worth" 7M$ found by "deer hunters", grown by folks from Loretto. 32 News) 861025, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM, The Wayne County Outlook, 30 Oct 86, p2. Near Parmleysville, Wayne Co, KY, 13 marijuana plants were found by the sheriff. 861030, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. Near Mt Pisgah, Wayne Co, KY, 45 marijuana plants were confiscated from a corn field by sheriff's deputies Davis, Koontz, & Monticello police chief Miniard. 861030, Albany, KY, The Wayne County Outlook, p18, from The Clinton County News. Clinton County Court Clerk Lloyd Stockton, 39, and James Stonecipher, 39, pleaded not guilty to charges of cultivating marijuana. See 860914. 861031, Lee County, KY, WBKY. H. Bowling from Owsley County and two Ohio motorcycle gang members were kidnapped & robbed by Stanley Terry & two others during an abortive marijuana buy. WBKY, 11:30PM 861107, near Versailles, Woodford County, KY, KNN, 12N; KET (Lexington). Ten men, one from Louisville, and nine from Marion County were arrested near Versailles, Woodford County, KY. Others escaped. This was on the Jimmy Jack Lewis farm, a major marijuana processing facility. It required 6 dumptrucks to remove the marijuana, approximately 4000 pounds. Marion County again. 861103, Wayne Co, KY, The Wayne County Outlook, 6 Nov 86, p2. Near Gap of the Ridge, Wayne Co, KY, 177 marijuana plants were confiscated on Jim Morrow Ridge. No arrests were made. 861109, KY, WBKY. In Kentucky 725 (1000?) plots of marijuana totalling 3 Tons, have been found by police this year in the Daniel Boone National Forest. 11PM, WBKY 861113, London, KY, Lexington Herald-Leader, Nov 13, 86, pA1, A16. "Corruption probe: Half of cases resolved" by Assistant US Attorney James E Arehart. Gene Allen, 3 time Judge-Executive of Morgan County, Kentucky, was convicted of conspiracy to murder. Gerald Griggs, Kentucky State Police Trooper, was convicted in the same murder for hire scheme. Both were represented by Kevin Charters of Lexington, KY. William Titus Frederick, coal operator and businessman, of West Liberty, KY, pleaded guilty to manufacturing marijuana. Benny Neely, London, KY, pleaded guilty to transporting stolen heavy equipment across state lines. Norman B Williams III, of Detroit, MI, pleaded guilty to transporting a stolen car across state lines. Dr Billy Davis, Urgent Care Center of Burnside, KY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud two insurance companies of $1.1 million for a phony traffic accident. Lester H Burns, Jr, former Kentucky State Senator[, former Kentucky State Trooper] & attorney, Somerset, KY, pleaded guilty to insurance fraud and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport stolen money ($1.9 million stolen from the Dr R J Acker robbery & murder) across state lines. James H Noble, former Kentucky District Judge, convicted of obstruction of justice and yet to be tried in the insurance fraud conspiracy. Captain Marion "Butch" Campbell, Kentucky State Police Commissioner, to be tried on Jan 5, 87, for extortion for allegedly taking money for protecting drug-trafficking activities. Roger Benton, Morgan County, Kentucky, Sheriff, accused of conspiracy of drug-trafficking. 861113, Knoxville, TN, Knoxville TV. 9 cops arrested in the Charles Walker cocaine trafficking ring. 861117, Louisville, KY, WBKY. In Louisville KY, 54 warrants were issued by the DEA. 861118, WBKY, 4AM. Noble in the news again. Guilty plea?? 861119, New Brighton, Minnesota, WSFC, 11:05 AM. David E Meyer (28), a witness for the prosecution in the Butch Spencer methamphetamine manufacturing case, was shot and killed. The Butch Spencer trial was set for 15 Dec. 861119, Lexington, KY, KET, Lexington. Ten men from Marion and Jefferson counties had a hearing for the manufacture of over 1000 pounds of marijuana. See 861107. 861126, Somerset, KY, personal communication, Dallas Hammond. The younger brother of David Dick, Kentucky State Police Trooper, was arrested last month for cultivating 78 marijuana plants. The police missed a quarter acre plot. James Dick, older brother, was recently arrested on drug charges. Trooper Dick was finally apprehended 901104, see 901108. 861100, Whitley City, KY, The Wayne County Outlook, 861126, p 18; from The Commonwealth Journal. William C "Buddy" Wolk, 56, of Naples, FL, died of a barbiturate overdose in an accidental spill at Herbert W "Butch" Spencer's drug lab. Formerly it was believed that he had died of a heart attack. Rumors have it that he was dragged behind a pickup truck (Dallas Hammond, personal communication) altho Alberta Spencer reportedly contacted the coroner. The DEA raid of 860306 was the largest in its history. In Minneapolis, MN, indictments in a major drug and bookmaking ring were opened in August 86: William C "Buddy" Wolk, unindicted co-conspirator; Mary Louise Wolk, former wife; John Joseph Mussehl, St Paul, MN; Gary Evans Lundgren, Naples, FL; Allan Richard Blake[ney], Naples, FL; Charles Lee Miller, Omaha, NB; James Thomas Mussehl, St Paul, MN; Raymond Edward Gaier, FL & MN, unindicted co-conspirator, deceased of drug overdose in 84. 861216, Whitley City, KY, KET. The Butch Spencer drug lab is said to have had $1 million in drugs and $40 million in chemicals at the time of the bust. 861200, London, KY, The Wayne County Outlook, 861224, p19. From The Sentinel-Echo. Sherry Lorraine Hodge pleaded guilt to conspiracy to transport stolen money across state lines in $1,900,000 (that's 1.9 megabux) Acker robbery & murder. Hodge says that she gave $300,000 to C Gene Foust, 49, Detective Sergeant and Head Narcotics Officer and 21-year veteran of the Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Police Department. The Head Narcotics Officer was to invest it "to make more money for me." Mrs Hodge's attorney is Robert Wilmott of Lexington, KY. Formerly her attorney was Lester Burns, Jr, former Kentucky State Senator, former Kentucky State Police, of Somerset, KY, who pleaded guilty to receiving stolen money and is now disbarred. The Judge is Eugene Siler, Jr. Co-transporters of stolen money are Anna Louise Farley (mother of Donald Terry Bartley), Sharon Joyce Wilson, & Barry Wilson, with whom she transported $1,200,000 from Florida to Knoxville, TN, after the arrest of her husband, Benny Lee Hodge. Donald Terry Bartley, Roger Dale Epperson, and Benny Lee Hodge are to be tried May 1987 for robbery & murder of a Jackson County, KY, couple, and also face unspecified charges in other unspecified states. The FBI searched the home of Head Narcotics Officer and Investment Advisor to the stars, C Gene Foust on 861202. 861212, London, KY, KET, WLEX. Gene Allen, Judge-Executive of Morgan County, Kentucky is sentenced to 5 years for conspiracy to murder. Gerald Griggs, Kentucky State Police, had his sentencing delayed. Titus Frederick, coal baron, was let off in return for testifying against Captain Marion "Butch" Campbell, Kentucky State Police Commissioner, in his trial for conspiracy to distribute illegal drugs. 861224, Louisville, KY, KET. Two Californians were arrested after selling 8 pounds of cocaine to undercover cops for $250,000 in 100's. This was purported to be worth $500,000 on the street. That's $138/gm. 861229. London, KY, The Wayne County Outlook, 870108, p14; from The McCreary County Record. The Government rested its case against Herbert "Butch" Spencer, represented by Julius Echeles of Chicago and Warren Scoville of London, KY. The Judge is Eugene Siler, Jr. Jane Graham, Assistant US Attorney, is prosecutor. Spencer claimed that he had leased a walled off section of his garage to Roy Creighton Blakeney and William Charles "Buddy" Wolk, but there was no agreement to manufacture methamphetamine. A small amount of methamphetamine and a walkie-talkie tuned to a unit in the lab were found in Spencer's house. Unfortunately, they were found in an area not covered by the search warrant. Even more unfortunately, this was before The Supreme Court had declared that a search warrant is unnecessary for police acting in "good faith". 861230?, London, KY, The Wayne County Outlook, Jan 15, 1987, p18; from The Commonwealth- Journal. Herbert "Butch" Spencer was found guilty after 57 minutes of deliberation. Another federal drug trial for Spencer is scheduled for 27 Jan as well as two civil proceedings. On 861219 Spencer was propositioned to intimidate a juror for $20,000 (5K$ down & 15K$ later) by Billy Rollin Phillips (46), of Clay County. Spencer met with Judge Siler, prosecutor Jane Graham, and DEA agent James Malone. Phillips was arrested 30 Dec. 861231, Somerset, KY. Lester Burns, Jr is ordered to return $175,000 to Dr Roscoe Acker. This was his attorney's fee for the defense of the murderers/robbers. 870105, London, KY. In the Butch Spencer trial, Government witnesses claim that Spencer bought 50 pounds of cocaine in 1980 and hundreds of pounds of marijuana from 80 to 83. And then they waited for 3 years to bust him for crank?! 870108, London, KY. Butch Spencer is convicted in methamphetamine production case. The methamphetamine confiscated was valued at 1 megabuck and there was another 40 megabux worth of chemicals. Spencer is to be sentenced on 9 Feb. Max sentence = (15 years + 125 kilobux)*4. The Judge is Eugene Siler, Jr. Spencer's claim of leasing his garage for a plastics operation was not believed. 870109, Louisville, KY, KET\WLKY. Walker, a Jamaican, was sentenced to 20 years for wholesale importation of marijuana; 18 plane loads. One lot which came into Louisville was valued at 200 kilobux, and was transshipped to New York, where it was valued at 1.2 megabux. An associate was sentenced to 5 years. 870112, Lexington, KY, KET\WLEX. Captain Marion "Butch" Campbell, Kentucky State Police Commissioner, and Roger Benton, Morgan County, Kentucky, Sheriff, are on trial. Houston McNeal, two years a undercover FBI agent, testified that he had made payments of $5000 a month to Campbell, Benton, and Titus Frederick for landing rights at the West Liberty, KY, airport. (It is unclear if this was each or total.) 870113, Lexington, KY, WBKY (Lexington, KY). In the Captain Marion "Butch" Campbell, Kentucky State Police Commissioner trial, Campbell is represented by William Johnson. The Trial apparently started 9 Jan 87. Houston McNeal, two years an undercover FBI agent from Virginia, testified that he had made installment payments to Roger Benton, Morgan County Kentucky Sheriff; Gene Allen, Morgan County Kentucky Judge-Executive; and Marion Campbell, Kentucky State Police Commissioner, for assistance in drug trafficking. McNeal said that he met Campbell on a dark backroad, where Campbell thanked him for the money. A tape recording of Campbell taking payoffs from McNeal was played. 870114, Lexington, KY, WBKY, KET, WLKY(?). In the Kentucky State Police Commissioner Captain Marion "Butch" Campbell trial, Titus Frederick, coal baron and marijuana manufacturer testified that in a meeting at Frederick's house in 1984, three-time Morgan County Kentucky Judge-Executive Gene Allen and Marion Campbell had asked him for contacts in the marijuana and cocaine business. Lester Burns, Jr, former Kentucky State Senator, former Kentucky State Police Trooper, former attorney (now disbarred) bankrolled the operation, and Marion Campbell was in charge of security at the Morgan County airport. Their business grossed about 3/4 of a million dollars a week in cocaine. Houston McNeal, undercover Virginia FBI investigator, testified that Campbell said that he was receiving payments from undercover agents. It is unclear whether Campbell thought that they were FBI agents or drug dealers. Or both. 870115, Lexington, KY, WEKU, KET\WLEX In the Kentucky State Police Commissioner Captain Marion "Butch" Campbell trial, Steve Allen, son of the Morgan County Judge-Executive, testified that he saw a $90,000 cocaine sale in November 85 at the house of his father, Morgan County, Kentucky, Judge-Executive Gene Allen. In this transaction, Gene Allen was paid his share plus a share to pass along to Marion Campbell. Gene Allen, Morgan County, Kentucky, Judge-Executive and convicted murder conspirator, testified that he has known Marion Campbell for 25 years and Morgan County Sheriff Roger Benton all of his life. He met several times in late 1983 with Marion Campbell, Titus Frederick, and Lester Burns, Jr to import cocaine from Okalachee, FL. Campbell was said to want the money for his retirement fund. Titus Frederick testified that Gene Allen and Marion Campbell had pushed him to find a cocaine connection. 870116, Lexington, KY, KET\WLKY, 10:07PM. In the Kentucky State Police Commissioner, Captain Marion "Butch" Campbell trial, Gene Allen, former Morgan County, Kentucky Judge-Executive who has been convicted of conspiracy to murder, was cross examined. He has changed his story because he got religion in jail. In his trial in September 86 he claimed that he and Campbell were running their own investigation of drug corruption, without telling anyone else and keeping no records of what they had discovered. He passed money to Campbell once by laying an envelope full of money on the dash of Campbell's truck, and once on the truck seat, but never actually in Campbell's hand. 870123, Lexington, KY, WBKY. In the Kentucky State Police Commissioner, Captain Marion "Butch" Campbell trial, Jack Evans, Kentucky State Police, testified that he had talked with Campbell thrice about the trial, and got the idea (but was never told openly) that Campbell wanted him to perjure. 870126, Lexington, KY, KET\WTVQ. In the Kentucky State Police Commissioner, Captain Marion "Butch" Campbell & Sheriff Roger Benton trial, Louie di Falais, US Attorney & apparently part of the "Operation Leviticus" investigation, testified that in two years of investigation of Marion Campbell, Campbell gave no indications of ever conducting his own investigation. The Chief of Police of West Liberty, the Morgan County Seat, said that he knew nothing of the two years of drug traffic thru the West Liberty airport. Roger Benton, Sheriff of Morgan County, Kentucky, has a previous conviction for bootlegging. 870127, Lexington, KY, WBKY. In the Kentucky State Police Commissioner, Captain Marion "Butch Campbell & Morgan County Kentucky Sheriff Roger Benton trial, Roger Benton testified that he went along with the drug trafficking in hopes to make some arrests and stop the drug operations. 870204, Lexington, KY, KET\WKYT. Morgan County Kentucky Sheriff Roger Benton says that he will appeal his conviction on drug trafficking charges on grounds that his trial should have had nothing to do with the trial of Marion "Butch" Campbell. He obviously thinks that Campbell will be found guilty. This came after one verdict was reached but not announced. 870205, Lexington, KY, WLAP (Lexington, KY), 2PM. Roger Benton, Sheriff of Morgan County, KY, is found guilty on all counts, three counts of extortion and two of drug trafficking conspiracy. He faces a maximum sentence of 80 years. 870206, Lexington, KY, WLAP. Captain Marion "Butch" Campbell, Kentucky State Police Commissioner, is acquitted on four counts of extortion and given a mistrial on one count of conspiracy to traffic in marijuana and cocaine. 870206, KY, Comment on Kentucky, KET. Three reasons are given for Kentucky State Police Commissioner, Captain Marion "Butch" Campbell's acquittal on charges of extortion and drug trafficking. 1) Gene Allen, Morgan County Judge-Executive changed his story from his trial where he was convicted of conspiracy to murder. Formerly, he had said under oath that Campbell was conducting his own investigation. The new story is that they were indeed trafficking in cocaine. 2) Allen said that on four occasions that he gave payoff money to Campbell, but never directly. Allen was the only solid witness against Campbell on this, but he is a self-confessed perjurer. 3) In a taped meeting with an FBI informant, Campbell thanked him for "information". The prosecution said that this was code word for protection money; the defense said that this was just normal information. The FBI never actually got Campbell on tape accepting payoff money. The jury was leaning towards acquittal on the drug trafficking conspiracy charges, with at least two holdouts. Prosecutor Arehart wants a retrial. I'm sure that none of the jurors would have been in the least bit concerned about their personal safety after finding the State Police Commissioner guilty of drug trafficking! 870200, KY. There are various news reports of a retrial for Kentucky State Police Commissioner, Captain Marion "Butch" Campbell on charges of trafficking in cocaine and marijuana, but no date was given. 870313, Lexington, KY, Various radio reports. Kentucky State Police Commissioner, Captain Marion "Butch" Campbell is scheduled for retrial on 11 May 87 for conspiracy to traffic in cocaine and marijuana. But 11 May 87 will come and go with absolutely no mention on any newscast that a Butch Campbell had ever existed. Morgan County Kentucky Sheriff Roger Benton is denied a retrial on his conviction for extortion and conspiracy to distribute cocaine. 870318, Whitley City, KY, McCreary County Record, p1. Butch Spencer is tried again on drug charges. Garrett, a drug dealer turned DEA informant, says that he bought one kilo of cocaine from Spencer for $45,000. 870322, Richmond?, KY, WBKY, 11PM. Kentucky State Police crime lab director Glen Morgan Baxter is accused of falsifying hundreds of tests, including his own qualifications. 870326, Lexington, KY, KET. Morgan County, Kentucky, Sheriff Roger Benton is sentenced to 10 years in prison and a fine of $10,000 on three counts of extortion and two counts of conspiracy to traffic in illegal drugs. 870331, Louisville, KY, KET. Jeffrey Miles of 2401 Coolridge Ave, Okalona, age 24 or 25, is shot and killed by Louisville cop, John Rucker (Rutger) in a raid on Miles' home. Miles' crime was to be living in an apartment inhabited two years ago by a suspected drug dealer. (The correct address was available in the phone directory.) The murderer was sentenced to paid leave and consultation with the chaplain. 870402, Breathitt Co, KY. James H Noble, Kentucky District Judge, Breathitt County, Kentucky, previously convicted of obstruction of justice for offering to lie in the witness stand for Lester Burns, Jr in a mail fraud trial, is temporarily disbarred. Judge Noble was sentenced to two years on the obstruction of justice conviction. 870400, Wayne Co, KY, rumors only. More unconfirmable rumors that Joe Conn, former Sheriff of Wayne County, Kentucky, is in prison for drug trafficking. Dallas Hammond says that Joe Conn was jailed about five months ago. Reportedly the FBI caught him near Wayne/McCreary line with 18 wheeler full of marijuana headed for the airport in Pine Knot, KY. Harold Tucker says that he was told by Roosevelt Jones that Joe Conn was in prison on drug charges, but could not confirm the details of the reputed arrest. These are unconfirmed rumors only. Nobody has any hard news. See 860220. 870429, Jeffersontown (Louisville), KY, WHAS. Policeman John Rutger is indicted for second degree manslaughter and suspended from the police department. This is for "accidentally" shooting Jeffrey Miles for the crime of living in an apartment inhabited two years ago by a suspected drug dealer. See 870331. 870504, Wayne Co, KY, The Wayne County Outlook, May 7, 1987, p2. Kenneth Roberts of Gap Creek was arrested after 233 marijuana plants were found near his home. 870505, WSFC, Noon News. ________ Heins, brother-in-law of Pulaski County Sheriff Sam Catron, was appointed Chief of Police of Eubank. Persistent rumors have it that a brother-in-law of Sheriff Catron is marketing the drugs confiscated by the Sheriff, but it is unknown if this is the same individual. 870515, Somerset, KY, WBKY. Lester Burns, Jr., former Kentucky State Senator, former Kentucky State Police, former attorney, is sentenced to 8 years in prison; 4 each for receiving stolen money from Epperson's Acker robbery/murder, and conspiracy to defraud insurer. Burns will be eligible for parole in 2 years. See 860324, 860716, 861113, 861200, 861231, 870114. 870604, KET, Lincoln Co, KY. Homer & Jerry Day are arrested for growing $300,000,000 of marijuana in 1986. 870611, Wayne Co, KY, The Wayne County Outlook, 11 Jun 87, p12. 1) Bobby Prince was arrested for cultivating 107 marijuana plants in Dry Valley. 2) Gary Dennis was arrested for cultivating 21 marijuana plants in Slat. These are busts 4 & 5 this year in Wayne Co. 870611, Wayne Co, KY, The Wayne County Outlook, 18 Jun 87, p2. At Mt Pisgah, Wayne Co, KY, 223 pot plants were harvested by the Sheriff, but no arrests were made. In a picture the plants look 5' tall & spindly. 870624, Wayne Co, KY, The Wayne County Outlook, July 2, 1987, p12. In Duncan Valley, 638 marijuana plants were found. 870625, Wayne Co, KY, The Wayne County Outlook, Jun 25, 1987, p3. In Wayne County, KY, 375 marijuana plants were found at Coopersville Ridge Tuesday and 638 marijuana plants at Duncan Valley were harvested by the sheriff. Duncan Coffey arrested on marijuana cultivation charges in another incident. WKYM. Or was it Scott Fairchild of Coffey Mountain? 870626, Monticello, KY, The Wayne County Outlook, July 2, 1987, p2. Marijuana grand jury indictments are: Kenneth Roberts, 117 marijuana plants; Bobby Prinz, 107 marijuana plants; Kenny Rains, 25 marijuana plants. 870630, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. Tommy Morris is arrested with 100 marijuana plants. 870702, WKYM, Slat, Wayne Co, KY. Earl Meyers is arrested with marijuana in his garden. There have been eight marijuana cultivation arrests in Wayne County so far this year. 870707, Parnell, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. Billy Brumley is arrested with 67 marijuana plants. That's Billy B Brumley, 36 of Parnell, charged with cultivating 24 plants on Friday, July 3, 1987. A total of 67 plants were recovered in the raid, but they decided to only make it a misdemeanor. The Wayne County Outlook, July 9, 1987, p12. On 9 Dec 88, I (David P Beiter) talked to Billy Brumley about neighboring land. He volunteered that he had been caught with (I thought he said 78) marijuana plants, but that the number was reduced to 24, for which he paid a $137 fine. Coincidentally, his sister is married to Jim Hill, Wayne County Sheriff. 870715, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. Floyd Neeley is the fourteenth arrested this year in Wayne County for marijuana cultivation. 870714, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. Joe Adams of Slat (Lynchford) is arrested with 148 marijuana plants in his garden, Raymond Troxell of Elk Ridge is arrested with 70 marijuana plants, and 92 marijuana plants were found in Parnell with no arrests. 870725, Cumberland and Clinton Cos, KY, The Wayne County Outlook, Aug 6, 87 from the Clinton County News. Lloyd Stockton, Clinton County Clerk, and James Stonecipher hang the jury on marijuana cultivation charges. Found on Sep 14, 1986 were 3 patches with 300 estimated plants already harvested, and 634 plants in a tobacco field. See 860914. 870727, Wayne Co, KY, The Wayne County Outlook July 30, p10. 405 marijuana plants were confiscated in Meadow Creek, Wayne Co, KY. No arrests were made. WKYM. This was a single patch in wooded area. 870728, Owsley Co, KY, KET. In Owsley County, KY, a Kentucky State Police helicopter found nearly 1000 marijuana plants in one patch. 870729, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM, County Outlook July 30 p10. 49 marijuana plants were confiscated near KY 761, Piney Woods, Cumberland Point, by State police & sheriff. Clifford Meadows (25) and Tracey Meadows (28) were arrested. 3 plots were found. 870730, KY, KET. Kentucky State Police got 110 marijuana plots in the past 3 weeks, mostly in Marion & Washington Counties, using a $600,000 helicopter. 1.3 million plants were found last year. 870801, KY, WBKY. Two people were given two years suspended sentence for marijuana processing? Bad reception. 870806, Pulaski Co, KY, WSEK. In Pulaski Co., KY, 4000 marijuana plants were found in assorted locations by the Kentucky State Police chopper. 870814, Wayne Co, KY, WSFC. Tony Blevins (23) of Parnell was arrested for marijuana cultivation. 870817, KY, WBKY, KET. In "Operation Green/Gray Sweep 87", 90 Kentucky State Police and National Guardsmen and 8 helicopters searched out marijuana fields. The take varies, according to who you listen to, but apparently Nelson, Trimble (200 plants), Shelby (200 plants), Marion (1000 or 2000 plants), LaRue, Taylor (150,000 plants) and Cumberland counties were raided. 870818, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. Operation Green/Gray Sweep #2 nets 922 plants in 10 plots in Wayne County. Also one greenhouse belonging to Forrest Southwood of Parnell. 870822, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. Leland Flynn of Barrier was arrested for marijuana cultivation. "Over 20 arrests in Wayne County this year for marijuana cultivation." Over 20?! Perhaps they just have to estimate when they run out of fingers & toes. 870826, Wayne Co, KY, WSFC. 15 marijuana plants were found behind the Alpha Post Office, and Mack Smith of Alpha was arrested. 870826, KY, WAVE. Kentucky State Police and National Guard get 1952 marijuana plants in 33 plots in 9 counties, including Owsley. The total so far this year is 380,000. 870827, Monticello, KY, The Wayne County Outlook p8. Jackie Slagel of Coopersville was found not guilty on 19 Aug of marijuana cultivation in Mt Pisgah. 870827, Wayne Co, KY, The Wayne County Outlook, p1. In Wayne Co., KY, the number of marijuana cultivation arrests this year is "over 20.". Last year there were 81 arrests. Pulaski Co has 6 arrests for marijuana cultivation. An estimated $7,000,000 of marijuana was grown in Wayne Co, @ $800 per plant. "30 to 35 plots" have been found, the largest was 634 plants in Duncan Valley; last year's biggest was 1,300 in Sumpter. Last week State Police, with Sheriff Hill as guide, got 922 plants in 10 plots, including a greenhouse operation in the basement of a house in Frazer with over 400 plants. Forrest Southwood of Parnell was arrested with 281 plants. 870902, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. In Parnell, 300 marijuana plants were found in or on Russell Woods. The Wayne County Outlook, Sep 3, p10 says 300 marijuana plants were found in the Russell Ridge area of Parnell on Aug 31. In a photo they look like they were growing in the woods. 870902, KY, WSFC. Green-Gray Sweep #2 has found 18,500+ marijuana plants in 166 plots and made 3 arrests, since when. The total for the year is 392,626 plants in 1687 plots with 151 arrests. WBKY. Since Monday the take has been 6000+ plants, including 535 plants in 11 plots in Pulaski Co; 950 plants in 7 plots in Rockcastle Co; 788 plants in 5 plots in Laurel Co; and 3916 plants in 61 plots in Clay Co with 2 arrests. 870903, KY, WFLW. The toll is 42,162 plants in 118 plots and 6 arrests. Or is it 18,508 plants, "worth" $14.8 megabux, in 12 counties? 4100 plants in 34 plots were found in Leslie Co, 3900 plants in 61 plots were found in Clay Co. 870903, Pulaski Co, KY, WSEK. 18 plants in 2 plots and 7 plants in 1 plot were found near East Highway 70. 870904, Wayne Co, KY, WSFC. 173 marijuana plants were found at Slickford & Edwards Mountain. 23 plants were found by state police on Frisby Road on Wednesday. 870907, Leslie Co, KY, WBKY. 4 or 5 men shot at raiding state police, then escaped into the brush. 870912, Owensboro, KY, 11:01 PM, WBKY. A drug bust in Owensboro, KY, in June 1986 lead to conviction of a staff officer and 6 other officers of the Philadelphia, PA, Police Department for drug manufacturing. 870913, Clay Co, KY, 3:20PM, WBKY. Cooms? of Clay Co, KY, busted for marijuana production two weeks ago, says that the police should be spending their time chasing criminals, not pot patches. Kentucky State Police Commissioner Elkins replies that there is nothing under the law to make them do so. This may be the same as J. C. Lawson, see Sinsemilla Tips, Fall 87, p24. 870921, Okalona, Jefferson Co, KY, KET. Frank Morgan Jr & Louis Henry, Jr are arrested with great media coverage for cultivating 52 marijuana plants, worth $42,000. That's for the whole patch, not each. 870922, Wayne Co, KY, The Wayne County Outlook Oct 1, 87, p14. 305 marijuana plants were found by police off the Sarah Rogers Road in Parnell. No arrest. 870923, Owensboro, Daviess Co, KY, KNN. 119 arrest warrants were issued for assorted illegal drug activities; LSD, PCP, cocaine, marijuana. This is the result of information received from June 86 busts. 870925, Monticello, KY, The Wayne County Outlook 1 Oct 87, p 14. Recent Grand Jury indictments are: Forrest Southwood, 281 marijuana plants; Joe Ed Shelton, 33 marijuana plants; Tracey Meadows & Clifford Meadows, 49 marijuana plants. 870926, Wayne Co, KY, The Wayne County Outlook 1 Oct 87, p14. 40 marijuana plants from Pueblo are confiscated by the Sheriff. Wayne Co holds the record for the largest number of marijuana cultivation arrests for Kentucky. 871019, Louisville, KY, KET, 32. Tringle, a Louisville Kentucky narcotics officer wrecks his undercover cruiser at high speed while off duty. A cooler full of liquor was found in the vehicle and officer Tringle was found to have a blood alcohol level of 2.5 (said to be too drunk to stand up). [That's gotta be 0.25 blood alcohol!] 871109, WBKY. 40 tons of marijuana worth 40M$ are captured and 17 are arrested. The investigation started first of the year. 871111, Bowling Green, KY. KET, WAVE. John Rucker is found not guilty in the murder of Jeffrey Miles. 871114, Lexington, KY, KET. Three Columbian nationals none of whom spoke English [Rogue Momomera is first] are arrested in the McDonald's parking lot on Winchester Road, in the biggest cocaine bust in Kentucky. 28.5 pounds of cocaine were found in a tractor trailer from Miami, after a sale to an undercover agent. DEA has a new [5 months old] office in Lexington. This operation has been responsible for 43 pounds of coke since May. 871118, KY & IN. 17 are arrested from Loretto, Marion County, KY for growing 20M$ of marijuana in southern Indiana. 871123, KY. Congressman Carroll Hubbard asks FBI to investigate the involvement of Henry Vance (Lexington bigwig recently convicted of supplying the gun used to kill the prosecutor in a drug case in Florida) in wholesale cocaine and marijuana trade in western Kentucky. Hubbard states that major drug smugglers are using local airports, including Bowling Green, KY. On 930416, Comment on Kentucky, Bonnie Kelly (the shooter) is the wife of Mike Kelly, Lexington cop. 880112, KY, WBKY. NORML [The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws] sets the 1987 marijuana production in Kentucky at $1.1 billion, making it fourth in the nation. $0.85 billion in marijuana was produced in 1986. Kentucky State Police claim 1.2 million plants in 1529 plots in 1987, number one in the nation. 408,000 in 86. [??? 30 July 87, 1.3 million plants given for the 86 take. On 4 Sep 86, 384,000 plants were found in 3 plots on one farm in Lincoln Co. 10 Sep 86, 300,000 plants were found in one plot in Taylor Co. 9 Nov 86, year take of 3 tons in 725 plots in Daniel Boone National Forest in 86] 880205, Cincinnati, OH, KET. Kentucky State Police Commissioner Marion "Butch" Campbell is appealing in Federal Court the government plans for a retrial on drug trafficking conspiracy charges. Morgan County Kentucky Sheriff Benton, convicted on conspiracy to murder witnesses to drug trafficking, is still not in prison. 880210, Booneville, KY. 3300 marijuana plants were found by State Police growing in rooms in a hardware store. Reputedly this was worth $3/4 million, or $227 each. Neighbors noticed after hours traffic. 880316, Bowling Green, KY. There is a big roundup of drug dealers, with 15 head & 82 indictments. 880321, WSEK, Somerset, KY. A plane was searched at the Somerset airport and was found to have been used for marijuana smuggling. Thomas Allen Douglas of Bristol VA was arrested. Aeromag was the registered owner. 880322, Lexington, KY, KET. Karl Bartholomew, 34, of Mesa AZ was caught at Bluegrass Airport with two suitcases containing 57 pounds of marijuana valued at 26K$ [456$/lb]. A baggage handler at Covington smelled it. 880406, Lexington, KY, KET. Abdul Kakar, 59, of Afghanistan was arrested in Lexington, KY as part of recent heroin ring. 880513, Eastern KY, WSFC. Mitch McConnell, Senator from Louisville, KY, states that the 1987 marijuana confiscated from the Daniel Boone National Forest was 70,000 plants. 880604, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 107 marijuana plants were found by police in Dry Valley, Wayne County KY and Bobby Prince arrested. There have been four pot raids in Wayne County so far this year. 880616, Wayne Co, KY. 110 marijuana plants are confiscated from the Parnell area in the first pot raid of the season. Wayne County Outlook, 16 Jun 88, p10. If this conflicts with the four pot raids as of 4 Jun, you must be hallucinating. 880628, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. 146 marijuana plants were found by the sheriff at Ritner, Wayne County, KY on 28 June 88. Apparently near the Bidwell line on Zorie Jones, above driveway, in thicket. I was surveying there, and never saw them. 880629, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. 21 marijuana plants were confiscated by the sheriff in Betsey, Meadow Creek, Wayne County, KY on 29 Jun 88. 880630, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. 152 marijuana plants were found by the sheriff at Frazer & Conley Bottom, Wayne County, KY, on 30 Jun 88. 880705, Leslie Co, KY. 700 marijuana plants in 5 plots were found in Leslie County, KY. Or was that 500 plants in 5 plots? 880711, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW, 12 noon. 123 marijuana plants were confiscated and Eugene Russell was arrested in Parnell, Wayne County, KY. 100 plants were confiscated in Meadow Creek. 880712, Wayne Co, KY, Wayne County Outlook, Jul 21, 88. 532 marijuana plants were harvested on Tuesday, July 12, 1988 on J M Huber land near the Daniel Boone National Forest in Mt Pisgah, Wayne County, KY. 880726, Clay Co, KY, radio. One million dollars in marijuana was confiscated in Clay County, KY on or about 26 July 88. 880726, Franklin Co, KY, radio. 200 marijuana plants were confiscated in Franklin County, KY on or about 26 July 88. 880729, Wayne Co, KY, radio. 105 marijuana plants were confiscated in Strawberry, Wayne County, KY on 29 July 88. 880808, Wayne Co, KY, Wayne County Outlook, Aug 11, 1988, p2. 328 marijuana plants were confiscated in the Daniel Boone National Forest near Mt Pisgah, Wayne County, KY this past Monday. 880808, Wayne Co, KY, Wayne County Outlook, Aug 11, 1988, p2. With picture. Clyde Neal was arrested after 121 marijuana plants were discovered on his property in Denney Hollow, Powersburg, Wayne County, KY on or about 8 Aug 88. 880815, KY. 8,000 marijuana plants were found by Green Gray Sweep, mostly in Floyd County, KY on 15 Aug 88. Some reports say only 7,600 plants, but "worth" $6 Million. 880818, Wayne Co, KY, Wayne County Outlook, Aug 25, 1988. 1425 marijuana plants worth $1,140,000 were found by helicopter in Dry Hollow, Wayne County, KY on Thursday, 18 Aug 88. State Police were looking for a specific crop. They started their air search in Clinton County, but the crop was on a mountaintop in Wayne County. 880818, Harlan, KY, radio. 109 people were arrested in Harlan County, KY on cocaine and marijuana charges. 880824, KY, WSFC. Green Gray Sweep #3 at the London Kentucky State Police Post has gotten nearly 10,000 marijuana plants in 51 plots. 3,200 of these were in Bell County, KY on Monday, 22 Aug 88. 880826, Clinton & Cumberland Cos, KY, The Wayne County Outlook, Sep 8, 88, p4, from The Cumberland County News. Marijuana worth nearly $4 million was confiscated in 2 sweeps thru Cumberland & Clinton Counties, KY and Clay County, TN. 1,563 plants in 22 plots in Clinton Co were confiscated on 29 Aug. 106 plants in 3 plots were confiscated on Hayes Rd & Ronnie Gene Thurman, Rt 2, Albany was arrested. On 30 Aug 176 plants were confiscated in one plot in Jackson Hollow near Burkesville. 3,039 plants in 22 plots were confiscated on 26 Aug in the Ashlock area near Cumberland County, KY, & Clay County, TN. 880829, Wayne Co, KY, The Wayne County Outlook, SEP 8, 1988, p14. With picture. 134 marijuana plants were confiscated in the Coopersville & Griffin area, Wayne County, KY on 29 Aug 88. 880906, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 81 marijuana plants were confiscated in Bryant Hollow, Cedar Sinking, Frazer, Wayne County, KY on 6 Sep 88. 880908, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 228 marijuana plants were confiscated in Slickford, Wayne County, KY and Jason Hancock, age 36 was arrested. 880908, KY, KNN. So far 375,000 marijuana plants have been found by Kentucky State Police. At this time in 1987, 410,000 plants had been found, including one field with 200,000 plants. 880913, Knox & Clay Cos, KY, WYMT, KET. 840 marijuana plants and 50 pounds of processed weed were confiscated in Horn Branch, near the Knox Clay County line, KY and 4 arrests were made on 13 Sep 88. 880919, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 104 marijuana plants were confiscated in Powersburg, Mt Pisgah, and Murl, Wayne County, KY on or about 19 Sep 88. 880920, Pulaski Co, KY, WSEK. 114 marijuana plants, two tripwire explosive boobytraps, and two sets of former boobytraps were found in the Walnut Grove area of Pulaski County, KY. 881020, Wayne Co, KY, Wayne County Outlook, Oct 20, 1988. David "Beaver" Taylor, age 30, was arrested when police found six marijuana plants growing near his house. 881129, Lexington, KY, KET. Marvin Washington, Lexington Fayette County Kentucky police officer for the past eleven years, is arrested for armed robbery and possession of illegal drugs. Officer Washington accosted at gunpoint two restaurant employees attempting to make a night bank deposit. He was also found to be in possession of cocaine. 881214, Irvine, KY, KET/WKYT. Delmus "Bunt" Gross, Oldsmobile dealer of Irvine, KY; William Patrick of Florence, KY; and Joseph and Kathy Moish of Norcross, GA, are arrested on 39 counts of cocaine and marijuana trafficking and money laundering. Union Bank and Trust of Irvine, KY was used as the laundry, but was not indicted. Gross's lawyer is Charles Coy, of Richmond, KY. This follows a 2.5 [or 4, depending on which story you chose to believe] year investigation by the FBI and IRS. 881219, Pulaski Co, KY, 11:03AM, WSEK. Brian Pleeman of Mesa AZ wrecked on the Cumberland Parkway with 300 pounds of marijuana in his car. He was arrested for drunken driving as well as marijuana trafficking. 881221, Miami, FL, 9:58AM, ABC News, WKYM. 6700 pounds of cocaine on two freighters was seized at Miami FL. 890100, Clay County, KY, KET. J.C. Lawson is arrested. A vendetta is specifically denied by the cops. This is the fellow who had the nerve to suggest that the police spend their time chasing murderers and thieves, rather than pot patches. Ain't no money in murders and thieves. 890210, Somerset, KY, WSEK. Reginald Pennington, age 66, and his son were arraigned on charges of boobytrapping a marijuana field on Oct 19 1988. Two explosive traps and two former sets were found by police. 890210, Lexington, KY, KET. At Day's Inn, a shootout between 3 purported Columbian hit men and over 20 FBI agents kills one hit man and wounds two others. The score on the FBI is unclear. The FBI claims that an unspecified Lexington resident refused to pay for 15 kilograms of cocaine priced at $300,000 and that the three thugs were sent from Texas to kill him. It is unstated how the FBI got into the game. That is $20/gm wholesale. David Walker says that New York City street prices for cocaine are $50 per half gram and for marijuana are $150 to $200 per ounce. 890220, KY, KET. On a Crime in Kentucky program, it was mentioned that 90% of prison inmates in Kentucky are imprisoned for either drug or alcohol charges. 890225, Lexington, KY, WSEK. Fayette County, Kentucky, Sheriff Lonas Taulbee and five others are indicted on cocaine trafficking charges. 890308, WBKY, 11:05PM. Darrell Gibson, 32, arrested by FBI for distribution of cocaine was the target of a hit squad. 890231, Lexington, KY, WBKY, KNN. Fayette County Sheriff Lonas Taulbee resigns effective 14 April. He was convicted and sentenced to 5 years for theft and malfeasance. He is yet to be tried for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. 890411, Lexington, KY, KNN. Fayette County Sheriff Lonas Taulbee, convicted for stealing $15,000 from the Sheriffs Department, will resign and rerun for election. 890421, Monticello, KY, Wayne County Outlook, May 4, 1989, p2. Dennis Doss of Homestead Housing Project is arrested with 170 marijuana plants in pots in a bedroom. 890505, Lexington, KY, WBKY, 3:15PM. Fayette County, KY, Sheriff Taulbee and 5 others including Arnold Freeman and Bobby Issacs have trial for conspiracy to plant cocaine in the vehicle of chief deputy Joe Albauh, postponed. 890518, Monticello, KY, WKYM, 10AM. On 18 May 89, 72 marijuana plants worth $56,000 were found by the Sheriff and State Police on Town Creek behind Eastview Subdivision. 890613, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM, 7:30AM. 80 marijuana plants found on Spann Hill Saturday afternoon. 890615, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM, 7:30AM. 200 marijuana plants attributed to Scott Hurt. 125 marijuana plants found near Fall Creek Road, 14 June. 890616, Loretto, Marion Co, KY, WHAS, 11:20AM. The Feds are investigating "The Cornbread Mafia", who have been credited with operations in 8 states, with 182 tons of marijuana produced at 29 sites on 25 farms and involving 68 people. The headquarters are in Marion County, KY. 890616, Loretto, KY, KET, 18 News rebroadcast. In an investigation started in 87, 182 tons of marijuana were produced by "The Cornbread Mafia". This is supposed to be 90 joints per head in Kentucky worth 364 million dollars. The leaders are Shewmaker, Boone, and James H Elder. Also in Marion County, Paul Elder of the prison staff moved 100 kilograms of marijuana. 890622, Whitley City, McCreary Co, KY, The McCreary County Record, 27 Jun 89, p1. 3 arrested in $2.28 million marijuana bust. That's $2000 each for 1,140 plants between 5 & 8 feet tall. Well cultivated 2 acre plot about a mile out Flat Rock Road. Arrested after a stake-out of several days were Pearlie Lewis Ritchie, 48, (from Leslie County) and her husband Barry Dean Ritchie, 33, (from Hazard) both now of Whitley City and Howard Shannon Middleton, 46, of Bledsoe in Harlan County. 890709, Lexington, KY, WBKY, 11PM. David White & $500,000 were arrested in Lexington KY for marijuana distribution on a warrant from Southern Illinois. 890712, Monticello, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. Last Friday 214 marijuana plants worth $160,000 were found and attributed to David Wilson of 617 Virginia Avenue. Also Geo Gippy? of Zula arrested for marijuana. Unsure if same or different incidents. 890717, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 227 marijuana plants in 2 plots in Parnell and Slickford in Wayne County raided. 890719, KY, WBKY, 4PM. Kentucky State Police gets $250,000 grant for marijuana eradication from the Federal Bureau of Justice Assistance. /WSFC reports surveillance teams are targeting significant growers, and hope to catch eight in the state. 890721, Clinton County, KY, WBKY. Kentucky gets a new Federal judge to replace the local judge in marijuana trials. Said local judge, Eddie Lovelace, sues the local radio station for telling the peons of this secret. 890724, Irvine, KY. Supposed start of Bunt Gross trial for drug money laundering. 890727, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 1211 marijuana plants worth a million dollars found by sheriff in Slagel Hollow. 890727, Henderson Co, KY. 400 marijuana plants and processing facilities found in Henderson County, KY. 890802, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. Michael Kidd found with several marijuana plants in Griffin, Wayne County, KY. 890807, Liberty, Casey Co, KY, WKYM. On Sunday, 6 Aug, 3986 marijuana plants in 14 plots on 800 acres, and worth 3.2 million dollars were raided 24 miles north of Liberty, Casey County, KY. / The DEA ranks Kentucky as the #3 marijuana producing state in 1988. KSP harvested 500,000 plants and made 177 arrests in 88. 890808, Pike County, Henry Co, KY. The Sheriff is charged with corruption by two deputies, who were then fired. Also 4000 marijuana plants were found in Henry County, Kentucky. 890810, Whitley Co, KY, WSFC. 1276 marijuana plants found on 21 plots in Whitley County on 9 Aug. 890810, Pulaski Co, KY, WSFC. 1700 marijuana plants worth 2.13 million dollars were found in a part of the Daniel Boone National Forest near the McCreary County line in Pulaski County so remote that four wheel drive was needed to harvest it. 42,000 plants so far this year, but unclear of area. DB National Forest? 890810, Russell Co, KY, WKYM. Judge Eddie Lovelace files suit against a Russell County KY radio station for reporting on 24 July 89 that he was suspended for 6 months for interference with the Clinton County marijuana cultivation case against Clinton County Court Clerk Lloyd Stockton. Believe it or not, it is illegal to mention that a lawyer has been reprimanded! 890814, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. On 14 Aug in an operation lasting from midday until dark, a large marijuana bust was executed in Alpha, Wayne County, KY and some in Clinton County. Scores of State Police, 5 National Guard helicopters, and a National Guard tanker harvest several truckloads of marijuana. No arrests are made. 890814, KY, KET. This year Kentucky State Police have harvested 149,000 marijuana plants worth 150 million dollars. This includes one plot of 20,000 in Clay County, 21,000 in Leslie County, and 19,000 in Owsley County. Judge di Falais says that only ten corruption cases are under investigation in Kentucky. 890818, Somerset, Pulaski Co, KY, WSFC. Somerset and Kentucky State Police make drug bust on south highway 27 between Somerset and Burnsides, Pulaski County, KY. Arrested were Lisa Par..., John Glover, Linda Davidson, of Burnsides, and Richard Miller of Somerset. LSD and marijuana. In a separate incident, Gordon David Greg was arrested with 7 marijuana plants. 890818, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM, 12:02PM. In southwestern Wayne County Kentucky and adjoining Clinton County, many truckloads of nearly ripe marijuana were hauled out on 17 Aug. 890819, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. Several hundred marijuana plants were found near Alpha, Wayne County, KY by Columbia State Police on 18 Aug in the third day of operations. There has been no official report on the operation, but the State Police admit that there is an operation and promise a report on Monday. 890822, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. 479 marijuana plants found in Parnell, Wayne County, Kentucky. John Sloane and Russell Smith of Frazer and Donald Dickens of Parnell charged with marijuana cultivation in a separate incident. 890824, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM, 10AM. It is not Monday, but the State Police report is finally released. The take in three days of action in Wayne and Clinton Counties, Kentucky was 8420 marijuana plants worth 8.5 million dollars. Notable things about this operation are its secrecy, that the Columbia State Police post did the raiding in London territory, and that this is the territory of former Wayne County Sheriff Joe Conn. Despite five National Guard helicopters, scores of State Police troopers, and marijuana being hauled out by the truckloads, nobody bragged to the news about it. The bust which was not supposed to be, became the bust that nobody heard. 890825, Irvine, KY, WBKY. Bunt Gross found guilty on 18 counts of money laundering between 83 & 87. Someone else for cocaine marijuana trafficking. 890829, Scott Co, KY, KET\WTVQ. 6200 marijuana plants accidentally found in Scott County, KY alongside of I-75. Commuting cops saw a vehicle stopped on roadside and 4 persons ran & were caught. 890830, KY, KNN. Captain Marion "Butch" Campbell wins! On a final appeal, Judge Carl Forrester rules that evidence is inadmissible for a retrial. Kentucky State Police Commissioner makes a good front for cocaine smuggling. 890831, KY, KET, WTVQ. Bunt Gross, Bill Patrick, Charles Johnson, and Joe Moish are among 17 arrested in drug money laundering scheme. 890906, KET, Breathitt Co, KY, WYMT. Sheriff reports a total of 20 to 25 thousand marijuana plants found his year in county, 7 or 8 thousand this week. Dynamite booby traps also found. 890907, Owsley Co, KY, WTVQ. Jackie, son of [Bill Robert ?], Owsley Co, KY, Judge-Executive arrested on CBS TV by FBI for marijuana cultivation. 890908, Whitley City, McCreary Co, KY, WFLW. Blakeney and James Boch are indicted in Butch Spencer's speed lab. 890926, Clinton & Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. For the 5th day National Guard & State Police harvest a large number of ripe marijuana plants. 890914, Monticello, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. James Edgar Whilhite of Kendrick Ave, Monticello, arrested with over 8 oz marijuana in 2 bags. 215 marijuana plants were accidentally found by Paul Bates on Cherry Street while mowing around rocks in a vacant lot. 46 plants found at Flat Springs. 134 plants found at Barrier. Jimmy McGee and Betsy Foster of Wray Hill arrested for possession and cultivation of marijuana. 890920, KY, KET. The fourth annual Green-Gray Sweep has scored 151,352 marijuana plants in 785 plots, and 22 have been arrested. 890920, Hopkins Co, KY, KNN. A decomposed body is found in a marijuana field long after a gun battle. 890921, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. 35 marijuana plants found between Flat Springs and Bethesda on 20 Sep by Delmer Corder. 890922, KY. Last year the Green-Gray Sweep found 91,748 marijuana plants in 436 plots, and made 4 arrests. This past week London State Police found 394 plants in 19 plots were found in Rockcastle, Laurel and Whitley Co, KY. The pace is slowing down. 890928, Clinton Co, KY, WFLW. Judge Eddie Lovelace has his suspension for protecting the local marijuana barons reduced from 6 months to 45 days. 891000, KY, Acres USA, p28. Kentucky is now third largest marijuana producing area in the country. In Clay County, 40% of the county's 24,100 citizens grow marijuana. 891106", Marion Co, KY, USN&WR, p 28. "Cornbread Mafia" grew marijuana on 25 farms in 9 states and distributed as far as Maine. 75 have been prosecuted and 182 tons of sinsemilla seized. Marijuana industry sales estimated at $16 billion per year. Domestic production is estimated at 4350 to 4850 tons, 25% of supply. 891122, Lexington, KY. Gatewood Galbraith runs for Governor of Kentucky on a marijuana platform. A tax of $1000 per pound is proposed. Kentucky consumption is estimated at 700,000 pounds per year. 891122, Louisville, KY, KET\WAVE. $200,000 in marijuana in 4 suitcases is found by sniffer dogs and seized and 2 arrested at Louisville airport. 900118, Hopkinsville, KY, WHAS, KNN. Christian County, KY, Sheriff William Dillard & chief deputy & others arrested 17 Jan 90 on Federal indictment for cocaine distribution & accepting bribes to protect cocaine distribution after a one year FBI investigation. 900300, Pulaski Co, KY. Hubbard of 202 S Horseshoe Drive arrested for cocaine dealing. 900305, Barren Co, KY. 3 killed in probable drug ripoff. 900306, KY. 3 convicted in Cornbread Mafia trials. 900314, Jefferson Co, KY. 72 indicted in 7 month drug sting. 900320, Wayne Co, KY, personal communication, EMG. Much of Billy Brumley's crop was in Russell Co. Much weekend traffic to Brumley's now. 900329, Harrodsburg, KY, KET. Ron Simpson, 35, and Keith Scott Brun(?), 29, found guilty of distributing 33 and 80 pounds of cocaine. There have been 12 or 13 new arrests. 900403, Warren Co, KY, WDCL. Bowling Green, Warren Co, KY, Jailor Bunch & 7 deputies indicted on many charges including drug dealing at the jail. 900414, Bowling Green, KY WHAS. John Roger McDonald, age 22, dispatcher at Bowling Green, KY, State Police is accused of stealing an undisclosed amount of cocaine from evidence. 900416, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. Kathleen Rednour & Jennifer Armstrong, of Ohio, are arrested in Bethesda for cultivation of marijuana in the attic under grow lights on 13 April 90. This is the second grow light bust in Wayne County. 900418, Louisville, KY, WHAS. 31 people arrested in 2 year probe of cocaine dealing in Louisville. Imports were about 20 Kg per 2 to 4 weeks from Florida, about 250 Kg per year. 900400, Whitley City, KY. Blakeney & Cunniak of Butch Spencer's speed lab in McCreary Co, 1982-1986, are sentenced to 30 years in prison. 900516, Wayne Co, KY. 221 marijuana plants found on Julie Road, Rocky Branch, and 30 plants found on Elk Ridge. Total arrests are 6 this year. 900607, Clinton & Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. Columbia State Police got 696 marijuana plants on Poplar Mountain of 5 May, and 616 plants in Simpson Hollow & Edwards Mountain. 900608, Clinton Co, KY. 2246 marijuana plants found 6 June. Total for 5 & 6 June is 2936 in Clinton Co. 900608, Jackson Co, KY, KET. In the county's biggest drug bust, 700 marijuana plants valued at $1/2 million were found from the air. Tony Hayes arrested. 900615, Lexington, KY, WEKU. Lexington, Fayette Co, KY Sheriff Taulbee loses appeal on theft & malfeasance and is sentenced to 5 years. 900615, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. Lucille Lair of Elk Ridge is 6th arrest in Wayne Co this year for marijuana cultivation. 900616, Nicholasville, KY, KNN. Danny Allen Murphy is charged with suffocating his wife in 85. Also on trial next month on Federal drug charges. His occupation is given as Lexington-Fayette County Police Officer. 900623, Hopkinsville, KY, WKYU. William Dillard, Christian Co, KY, Sheriff is convicted of cocaine trafficking and taking a $5000 bribe from the Feds. Found not guilty on some other charges. 900623, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. 360 marijuana plants found in Parnell and Duncan Valley. 900628, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. 317 marijuana plants found in Wayne(?) Hollow, Cabel. 900706, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. 456 marijuana plants found on 5 July in Burfield. Kenny Miller of Eadsville is arrested in a different bust. 900709, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 183 marijuana plants found 6 July in Susie. 900717, Vine Grove, Hardin Co, KY, KNN. Police Chief Abshire pleads guilty to cocaine possession. 900718, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 670 marijuana plants found in Parnell & Murl on 16 Jul. Bud Greer of Susie was caught with 183 plants and is the 9th marijuana growing arrest this season in Wayne Co. 900718, Whitley Co, KY. Former Whitley County Judge-Executive Archie Powers is charged with cultivating 849 marijuana plants in 2 plots in the National Forest in Whitley County. 900725, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 570 marijuana plants found 23 Jul on Kelley Lane. 900726, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 770 marijuana plants found 25 Jul in Mt Pisgah & Slagel Hollow. 900726, Perry Co, KY, KET\WYMT. 8000 marijuana plants found. Or was it 5000 plants in 4 plots worth $5million as claimed on KNN for the first bust of Duh Guvner's new marijuana cops. 900727, Whitley Co, KY, WSEK. Former Whitley County, KY, Judge-Executive Archie Powers and Clifford Silers plead not guilty to cultivating 849 marijuana plants in 2 plots in the National Forest in Whitley County. 900727, Orlando, FL, WSEK. William Sam Renner, age 58, and his wife Virgie of Shopville, Pulaski Co, KY, are sentenced for cocaine trafficking. On Feb 9, they bought 15.4 pounds of cocaine from police at Disney World. 900802, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 345 marijuana plants were found Sunday (or was it Tuesday?) at Spann Hill. 1042 marijuana plants found at Mt Pisgah Tuesday & Wednesday. 900802, Clinton Co, KY, WFLW. The National Guard set up shop at Erwin School in Beech Bottom and harvested an undisclosed quantity of marijuana. In a conversation with Gene Tuggle at the Wayne County Airport on 901229, Tuggle said that the National Guard was flying to a report of 30 plants when they accidentally overflew 6,000 plants and a tractor at Piney Woods, Clinton County. 900804, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. 100 (300?) marijuana plants were found 3 Aug in Rocky Branch. Also a raid Friday night of Steven Hutchinson of Frazer got 5 pounds of processed marijuana. 900808, Lexington, KY. Murphy wants change of venue. 900809, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 537 marijuana plants were found in Mt Pisgah and Slickford on 6 & 7 Aug. 900811, KY, KNN. The marijuana harvest in Kentucky last year by Kentucky, Federal, and local cops was 600,000 plants. This years crop is 4 to 5 feet tall. 900814, Louisville, KY, KET. 400 marijuana plants in pails were found in the possession of Rawls, 27, the maintenance man at an apartment building. 900815, KY, KNN. 206,000 marijuana plants have been discovered and 94 have been arrested made in the past two weeks in Duh Guvner's pot harvest. Last year the total was 439,000 for Operation Green Grey Sweep. 900816, Eastern Kentucky, WSEK, WKYU. In "Operation Walking Short", the FBI produces a 42 count indictment of Kentucky law officers for conspiracy to extort and protect illegal drug traffickers. Arrested were: John Mann, Sheriff of Lee County, allegedly the master-mind, who took $38,500 in bribes from FBI agents; Lester Dickerson, Sheriff of Wolfe County; Billy MacIntosh, Sheriff of Owsley County; Dean Spencer, Sheriff of Breathitt County; Wilson Stone, Deputy Sheriff of Wolfe County; and Omer Noe, Police Chief of Beattyville. Two FBI agents masqueraded as big Chicago "businessmen", in the business of importing marijuana and cocaine. They got a business license to air-drop and outship their products from backwoods airstrips. This is supposedly the biggest [bigger than catching the Kentucky State Police Commissioner doing 3/4 million dollars per week in cocaine trafficking??] bust in Kentucky. Several newscasts emphasized that this is no reason for good citizens to question the integrity of their police; other radio stations issued an appeal for their good citizens to report such activities to the FBI hotline. 800/752-6000 900820, WFLW, KY. The take for the Kentucky marijuana harvest is reported at 138,421 plants in 1082 plots with 87 arrests. The best day was August 7th, when 28,932 were harvested. The best county was Clinton with 13,183 plants. McCreary had 606 and Wayne 38. This is Kentucky only, not counting the take for the Sheriffs. Note that this is down from that on 15 Aug. 900820, KY, WEKU. The Kentucky marijuana harvest reports 118,504 plants from Leslie County. The increase in cost of the campaign over last year is $4.1 million. 900820, Lexington, KY, KET. Lexington Police Officer Dan Murphy is on trial for distribution of marijuana, and weapons charges. Judge Forrester will decide if the jury should see Murphy's Jessamine County fortress/plantation/home. The charges are worth 30 years. 900820, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 1153 marijuana plants were found by Sheriff Jim Hill in Johnsons Fork at Coopersville. The total for the year is approximately 14000. 900822, Lexington, KY, KET. Danny Allan Murphy, former Lexington Kentucky Police Officer is convicted on marijuana distribution and machine gun charges. He is yet to stand trial for murder in Jessamine County. 900825, Somerset, KY, WSEK. Local police do not get to share the booty in the March 88 seizure of an aeroplane registered to Earl Mc[Cutchen] of Aero-Mag in California, captured at the Somerset airport. It was alleged to have been used for drug trafficking, and Thomas Allan Douglas was charged with possession of less than 8oz of marijuana. 900828, Lee Co, KY, WSEK. James Richardson of Lee County alerted FBI to the local police scene when his uncle was kidnapped and held for ransom and collateral in a drug debt in Chicago. This was the impetus for "Operation Walking Short". The FBI businessmen used the names David Keller and Ron Pool. 900828, London, KY, KET\WYMT. Drug Czar William Bennett visits London, KY, to witness the destruction of 12,000 marijuana plants valued at $30 million! It is stated that the Daniel Boone National Forest is the top marijuana producing national forest, accounting for 1/3 of the marijuana produced on public lands. 900829, Lexington, KY. Police are rounding up 85 suspected drug dealers. 900831, KY, Comment on Kentucky, KET. Last year state marijuana harvest was 450,000 plants, so far this year is 300,000. The New Guvner's Marijuana Task Farce is an attempt to smooth the conflicts between the National Guard and the State Police. 900831, Monticello, KY, WFLW. Police Chief Ralph Miniard reports finding eight large marijuana plants between three and a half and five feet tall on South First Street. 900903, KY, WFLW. As of 27 Aug 90, the state take in Duh Guvner's marijuana harvest is 302229 plants in 1898 plots and 109 arrests. County breakdowns are: Casey, 428; Clinton, 13288, Cumberland, 1882; McCreary, 417; Pulaski, 506; Wayne, 39. The Sheriff's haul in Wayne Co is approx 14000. 900904, Louisville, KY, KET\WAVE. Two are arrested with 500 grams of cocaine, valued at $75,000. That's $150/gram. 900910, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. William Bailey and James Worley were arrested last Friday (7 Sep) for marijuana trafficking on separate warrants. 900911, Knox Co, KY, KET. 5 were arrested for marijuana cultivation on a tip from a confidential informant. 4 names were given, the fifth is a state secret. Some officer stated that the bust was delayed because of the Governor's Dope Force, and others are pending. 833 plants were either confiscated, or else the count was 833 up until this bust, in what jurisdiction. No mention anywhere else. 900914, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 77 marijuana plants harvested in Griffin yesterday. 900915, Wayne Co, KY, Dale Jones, personal communication. Dale sez that last summer someone drove into his place and lurked in the woods for a day and night. The 107 marijuana plants were harvested. He questions that it was the sheriff. He said that this year his house was searched by someone he did not know, but was wearing a gun and a uniform. 900917, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. Freddie Gregory of Griffin was arrested with 25 pounds of marijuana and charged with trafficking. 900917, Clay Co, KY, KET. 3 Whites arrested 10 mi NW of Manchester for marijuana in a greenhouse. The street price is reported to be $80-$200 per ounce! 900920, KY, WFLW. The Guvner's Marywanna Task Farce has harvested 421,389 plants and made 147 arrests. Clinton Co had 13,786 plants with 2 arrests, Russell Co 119, Pulaski Co 506, and Wayne Co 39. 900924, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. Harold Rigney and Jim Worley of Susie are arrested for possession of three pounds of processed marijuana valued at $1500 per pound. 900924, Estill Co, KY, WSEK. Gary Joe Binsten[?], of Frederick Maryland, age 25, a Secret Service Agent, is found dead of one gunshot on the Mountain Spring Cemetery Road, 14 miles east of Ravenna. Birtsten? 900927, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 175 marijuana plants seized by Sheriff Jim Hill in the Susie and Delta communities. 901004, McCreary Co, KY, WSEK. 1019 marijuana plants were found in the Daniel Boone National Forest, last Saturday. One man from Somerset and one from Lancaster were arrested, and made $50,000 bond today in Covington. 901011, Christian Co, KY, KNN. Christian County Kentucky Sheriff Dillard is sentenced to 9 years in prison for selling cocaine & stealing $12,000 from the government. 901013, KY, WSEK. Kentucky State Police gets $250,000 federal justice dept grant to investigate marijuana cultivation. 901016, Springfield, Washington Co, KY, KNN. A few weeks ago a marijuana factory was busted north of Springfield. 400 pounds of processed marijuana and $11,000 were confiscated. 901018, Hart & Barren Cos, KY, KNN. After a three month undercover operation, fifteen drug dealers are rounded up in Hart and Barren Counties, Kentucky. 901018, Perry Co, KY, KET\WYMT. In Perry County, Kentucky, 40 state and 14 federal indictments were handed down for assorted drug dealing in a joint FBI & KSP case. 40+ have been arrested, including former county attorney Kenneth Baker who is charged with taking gratuities for influencing drug cases in court. This is thought to be independent dealers rather than a conspiracy. 901022, Frankfort, KY, WEKU. 90 of 115 people are arrested with 163 charges of street level drug dealing after an eight month investigation by Kentucky State Police and Frankfort Police in Franklin, Shelby, & Scott Counties, Kentucky. 901022, London, KY. Lee County KY Sheriff Jonathan Mann is being held without bond in the Laurel County jail. He is charged with 19 counts of drug trafficking and extortion, and taking $85,000 in payoffs from drug traffickers posing as FBI agents. He is running the Sheriff's Office from jail, having appointed his wife as administrator. 901024, USA, WUKY. In Operation Southern Star, the feds arrest 3700 drug suspects in 32 states & several foreign countries, including Bermuda and New Zealand. $7Million in drugs & weapons, and $5Million in cash were seized. The investigation lasted for for 10 weeks. 901024, Monticello, KY, WFLW. Ed Reynolds was arrested by the Wayne County Sheriff last Friday with 24 pounds of processed marijuana. Rumors are that Reynolds was a Wayne County Special Sheriff's Deputy for Drug Operations. 901108, Somerset, KY, WFLW & WSEK. Ten year veteran Kentucky State Police Trooper David Dick was issued a criminal summons (not arrested) as the result of his superiors finding marijuana less than two ounces in the trunk of his cruiser Sunday. He claimed that this was leftover from an arrest and that he had forgotten about it. On Monday he resigned, according to Pulaski County attorney Fred Neikirk. On Thursday he pleaded guilty, was fined $25, and immediately had his conviction voided. His attorney was Larry Whittaker. Trooper Dick has been rumored to be involved in marijuana production and marketing for several years. See 861126. 901110, Wayne Co, KY, personal communication, MG. Ed Reynolds, a member of the auxiliary police ( or Monticello Police?), who lives at Gap of the Ridge near Fred West, had a pre-trial hearing (Thursday, 8 Nov ?) for possession of 25 pounds of processed marijuana. A trial is set for May. A buyer from Ohio is looking for 50 pounds at $2200 per pound. 901200, Louisville, KY, KET. This is not news yet, but the new Police Chief of Louisville, KY is from Loretto, of Cornbread Mafia fame. 901205, Monticello, KY, WFLW. Freddie Wayne Gregory is sentenced to five years plus one year for marijuana cultivation and sale after a two day trial. 901207, Lexington, KY. Former Fayette County Kentucky Sheriff Lonas Taulbee loses an appeal on conspiracy to traffic in cocaine. His grounds were that since he got caught before he was actually able to have the cocaine planted in the car of his Chief Deputy, he obviously was not distributing cocaine. Appeals on the charges of theft, misfeasance, and malfeasance for stealing from his office also failed. 901208, Wayne Co, KY, Donald Jones, personal communication. Sez that Dale Jones told him today that a buyer is in McCreary Co offering 1400 to 1600 $ per pound. He has $50,000 in a long type wallet. 901211, LaGrange, KY, KNN. 51 persons are indicted with 98 indictments for drug dealing in Jefferson thru Gallatin counties, KY. State Police spent $24,000 and one year setting this up. 901212, Lexington, KY, KET. 75 persons were arrested yesterday in Lexington on drug possession charges. Two of these are repeats from the August drug sweep of 85 criminals. A new expedited processing procedure will reduce the time between arrest and conviction to less than 30 days. 901231, Parnell, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. Tony Blevins of Parnell was arrested in a raid Monday afternoon and charged with bootlegging and marijuana trafficking by Sheriff Hill & deputies. 910102, I-65, KY. Gerardo Salizar was found with five pounds of Mexican marijuana in a stalled car on I-65 by State Police. Another 47 pounds was found in the trunk. 910108~, St Regis, suburb of Louisville, KY, KET? St Regis policeman Bersot (Bursoe?) is accused of planting drugs & guns on David Trigley(sp?). Trigley's crime was to date the cop's ex-wife. Captain Eppeley deplored the accusation. See 920826 & 930320. [David Trigley may have been one of the cops. A David Tingley was involved with another drug planting case on Ricky Lee Pardu.] 910207, Hazard, KY, KET, WKYT. Three men from Breathitt County, KY, are arrested with 48 pounds of marijuana and money at the Super 8 Motel. 910214, Lexington, KY, KET. Paul J Adams, 40 and Gregory A Frankel, 33 are arrested for buying 3oz of cocaine from the police department. 910222, Hopkinsville, KY, KNN. Whalen, LaRue judge, arrested in Hopkinsville for cocaine trafficking yesterday? 910226, Pike Co, KY, WYMT, KET. A greenhouse and 200 marijuana plants are seized. Morgan & Mortan are arrested? 910306, IN, KET. Barbara Grier (or is it in Grier, IN?) is listed in serious condition after the cops invaded her house to arrest her boyfriend. The shot was meant for the dog, but missed, hitting her in the stomach. 910307, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. Danny Jones of Rocky Branch is arrested for 12 oz of marijuana Monday. 910307, Rockcastle Co, KY, WSFC. 25 pounds of marijuana is seized at Orlando, near Mt Vernon. See 920418 for probable continuation. 910314, Lee Co, KY, WKYT. Lee Co Sheriff Jonathan Mann is served several grand jury indictments for theft. He is alleged to have used $7K of Sheriff's Department funds for his house payments. How careless. 910314, McCreary Co, KY, Dale Jones. 500 marijuana plants busted on Wayne Ridge last week. I take it to be grown to harvest under light, but it is hard to get a straight story from Dale. This is the same person reported by Dale to have been buying last year with the trucker's wallet with $50,000. 910318, London, KY, WSFC. The trial of two men accused of having 1019 marijuana plants in the Daniel Boone National Forest of McCreary Co, KY, is postponed. 910321, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. On Saturday, Scott Hurt of Powersburg was arrested in a marijuana raid. 910330, London, KY, WSEK. 96 warrants issued for 72 persons for LSD, cocaine and marijuana trafficking in a year long narcotics investigation. 2 from Wayne Co. 13 more warrants on 12 persons. 85 Laurel, 9 Pulaski, 4 Clay, 8 Whitley, 2 Wayne, & 1 Russell. 910402, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 53 marijuana plants were found in a plant bed by a fisherman at Conley Bottom on Sunday. 910514, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 830 marijuana plants harvested by the sheriff Tuesday on Strawberry Road. 910531, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. The sheriff harvests 40 marijuana plants in Mt Pisgah. 910611, Wayne Co, WFLW. 135 marijuana plants were harvested by the sheriff in Susie. 910615, KY, KNN. 24 street dealers are busted in Oldham, Carroll, Gallatin & Trimble Counties. 910615, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. 80 marijuana plants found in Denney Hollow. 910616, McCracken Co, KY, KNN, WFLW. 86 indictments are handed down on 31 persons in a drug bust after a year investigation. 910617, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 1089 marijuana plants were harvested Friday in location(s) unknown by the sheriff. 910619, Frankfort, KY, KET. 5 marijuana plants were found growing in an apartment owned by Gary Faulkner, KY Drug Czar and Commander of The Governor's Marijuana Strike Farce. This time they believed the landlord when he said that he did not know of this activity and furthermore, he had no way of knowing. 60 more plants were found in another Frankfort indoor harvest. 910620, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 151 marijuana plants harvested in Mt Pisgah Wednesday by the sheriff. 910620, KY, KNN. 6 drug arrests in Hopkins Co and 20 in Garrard Co. 910625, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 400 marijuana plants harvested by the sheriff from Russell Ridge, Parnell. 910702, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 69 marijuana plants were found by the sheriff behind the house of Robert Long on the Cumberland Point Road. Long was arrested. 910702, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 44 marijuana plants were found in Sunnybrook, and Paul Hanby, Scott Flynn, and another were arrested. 910702, Wayne Co, KY, personal communication, Billy Brusewitz. Much marijuana harvested by helicopter in Dry Hollow. About 50 men in ground crew. 910708, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 853 marijuana plants were harvested Friday from Russell Ridge, Parnell. 910709, Campbellsville, Estill Co, Lee Co, KY, KNN. Big drug sweeps over the weekend. 910709, Eastern KY, KNN. The Governor's Marijuana Strike Force harvests a total of 7200 marijuana plants in several eastern Kentucky counties. The biggest take was 800+ in 2 plots in Leslie Co. In Bell Co, Tennessee resident Becker is caught in a marijuana patch. 910712, London, KY, KNN. In the trial of Jonathan Mann etc, evidence showed that informant David Richardson was paid $77,000 by the FBI for salary & expenses. His previous career was a marijuana dealer. 910712, Eastern KY, KNN. In 10 eastern Kentucky counties, 6200 marijuana plants in 26 fields were harvested Tuesday by The Governor's Marijuana Strike Force. The biggest finds were in Clay, Owsley, Laurel, and Breathitt Counties. 910712, KY, KNN. The Governor's Marijuana Strike Force has harvested a total of 126,000 plants and made 61 arrests so far this year. Almost half of the take came from Clay, Owsley, & Knott Counties. 910712, London, KY, KNN. A car broken down on the side of I-75 was determined to fit the undisclosable criteria of probable cause, and was detained for sniffing by a police dog. $400,000 in small bills was found in a fake gas tank. Miguel Angel Garcia of Glen Ellen, IL, was arrested. Later rumors are that the probable cause was that the criminal asked for a tow truck to haul his car to Florida, and the haul bill would be more than the value of the car. 910712, Bowling Green, KY, KNN. 7 persons arrested in drug roundup. 910713, Montgomery & Bath Co, KY, KNN. 23 residents caught in drug roundup. 910715, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. Bill Wood of Griffin arrested for marijuana cultivation. Lonzo Phillips of Delta arrested for bootlegging and marijuana cultivation. 910716, KY, KNN. 9600 marijuana plants in 48 plots harvested yesterday in 10 counties including Bell, Clay, Floyd, Bourbon, & Breathitt, but not McCreary. The National Guard helicopters were personally observed in McCreary Co on 910715 & 16. 910716, London, KY, WSFC. John Quinn (or maybe Flynn?) of Lebanon, OH is Jonathan Mann's attorney. Mann has had a jailhouse conversion, and now has found God, who should forgive all his sins. Mann gave an interview to a Lexington newspaper, but this was declared insufficient to grant a mistrial. 910717, KY, KNN. As of 910710, since the first of the year, the 13 agencies of The Governor's Marijuana Strike Farce have harvested 125,781 plants statewide and made 61 arrests. 40,000 plants have been harvested in the past two weeks. 910718, Lake Cumberland area, WKYM. The Governor's Marijuana Strike Force has harvested 8,694 plants and made 11 arrests in the 10 county Lake Cumberland Area Development District. This excludes actions by sheriffs and local police. 910718, London, KY, WKYM. In the Mann et al trial, David Richardson is alleged to have killed fellow agents Doug & Brenda (Davidson?). But he passed a FBI lie detector test, and that's that. These allegations are adjudged to be irrelevant and not admissible as evidence. 910719, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 1003 marijuana plants were harvested yesterday from Sarah Rogers Ridge, Parnell. No arrests. 910719, Nicholasville, KY, KNN. Former Lexington cop Murphy pleaded guilty to suffocating his wife and was given 20 years. 910722, Bourbon & Harrison Co, KY, KNN. 18 arrested in drug roundup for cocaine & marijuana dealing, some within 1000 feet of a school (a heinous crime). 910724, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. Sheriff Jim Hill harvests 220 marijuana plants from Dean Ridge, Parnell, yesterday. 910725, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. Sheriff Jim Hill harvests 308 marijuana plants from Slickford on Wednesday. 910726, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. Sheriff Jim Hill harvests 441 marijuana plants from Slickford Thursday, for a total of 749. 910731, London, KY, WSEK. Jonathan Mann etc trial prosecution finished. James [not David] Richardson of Owsley Co given as the marijuana dealer who cooperated with the FBI. The judge is Siler. 910801, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. Sheriff Jim Hill harvests 112 marijuana plants in Mt Pisgah on Tuesday. 910801, Kentucky, WSFC. The Governor's Marijuana Strike Farce has harvested 350,000 plants so far this year. Last year the take was 536,262. I assume that was for the entire season. 910802, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. Wayne Co Sheriff Jim Hill, his deputies, Kentucky State Police, and a helicopter from Frankfort found 2663 marijuana plants in 12 patches in the Tom Upchurch Hollow at Slickford yesterday. Hill says that this operation would have taken two weeks without the chopper. 910803, Jefferson Co, KY, KNN. In what is billed as a big marijuana bust, 100 plants are found growing outdoors in Jefferson Co (Louisville) KY yesterday. The haul was estimated to have a value between $100,000 and $150,000. 910806, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. Sheriff Jim Hill & deputies, Kentucky State Police, & helicopters from Fort Campbell harvest 2813 marijuana plants from the Eadsville & Parnell areas yesterday. 910807, Ashland, KY, KNN. In the past two days the Governor's Marijuana Strike Farce has found 1100 marijuana plants in 20 plots in the Ashland area. The biggest find was in western Carter County where 750 plants were found. A boobytrap was encountered near Lawton. The crop was evaluated at over $100,000. 910808, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. The Sheriff, his deputies, Kentucky State Police, and the 101st Airborne from Fort Campbell harvested 1160 marijuana plants from the Cedar Hill area of Delta and from Oil Valley yesterday. 910809, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. The Sheriff, his deputies, Kentucky State Police, and the 101 Airborne from Fort Campbell harvested 913 marijuana plants from the Parnell and Mt Pisgah areas yesterday. This is the fourth day of operations. 910809, Jefferson Co, KY, KNN. James Greenwood sentenced to 12.5 years for cocaine distribution. 910810, Carter Co, KY, WSEK. The Governor's Marijuana Strike Farce finds 1100 marijuana plants in 2 fields near Lawton, worth over a million dollars. The fields were "boobytrapped" with fishhooks. 910812, KY, WFLW. There are seven teams in the Governor's Marijuana Strike Force. The latest (as of 09 Aug?) totals are almost 0.5 million plants eradicated, 144 criminals arrested, and 104 (of 120) counties attacked. In the LCADD 29,883 plants have been eradicated and 27 criminals arrested. 910813, Pulaski Co, KY, WSEK. Two are arrested for growing marijuana in the Daniel Boone National Forest, (Danny?) Sizemore and another Sizemore. So far the take in the DBNF is 177,000 plants and 12 other arrests. 910814, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. The home of Bill Taylor, age 38, of Alpha was raided Tuesday afternoon and 1933 marijuana plants were harvested by the Sheriff. And in a daring 3 AM raid Wednesday morning, Chris Stinson, age 31, of Parmleysville, was arrested with 743 marijuana plants. 910814, Hart & Barren Co, KY, KNN. The Governor's Marijuana Strike Force harvested 67 marijuana plants in Hart County and made one arrest. They also harvested 48 marijuana plants in Barren County. 910815, Edmonson Co, KY, KNN. Kentucky State Police from Bowling Green raided six plots and harvested almost 650 marijuana plants, most near Brownsville, yesterday. 910816, Clinton Co, KY, KNN. The Governor's Marijuana Strike Farce harvested 850 marijuana plants from 12 plots, mostly on Koger Mtn in the eastern portion of Clinton County, yesterday. No arrests were performed. 910816, London, KY, KNN. Late today a verdict was delivered in the drug conspiracy trial of Lee County Sheriff Jonathan Mann and Associates. I think that 5 of 6 were convicted on one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, but reports are very unclear. Sheriff Dean Spencer of Breathitt Co was the odd man. Five were convicted of conspiracy of extortion, and three were convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. 910819, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 1365 marijuana plants were harvested Friday in the John T Hollow of Parmleysville by the Sheriff, Kentucky State Police, and the Kentucky National Guard. 910820, Clinton Co, KY, WFLW. On Monday, 1200+ marijuana plants were harvested by The Governor's Marijuana Strike Farce near KY 696, east of Albany. 910821, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. Paul Eugene "Gene" Upchurch, age 44, is found shot dead by his pickup truck on the Millsap Mountain Road. 910822, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. Yesterday, 868 marijuana plants were harvested by the Sheriff, Kentucky State Police, and the Kentucky National Guard in Parmleysville, 910823, Bell & Knox Co, KY, KNN. The Governor's Marijuana Strike Farce harvests 5300 marijuana plants in Knox Co & makes three arrests: Herbert Sinkon, Franklin Whit, & another. 910824, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 4 grand jury indictments for marijuana cultivation. Bill D Taylor, 1933 plants; Lowell Jones, 7 plants; Robert Long, 69 plants; Chris Stinson, 743 plants. 910826, KY, WSFC. As of 23 Aug, a total of 565,590 marijuana plants had been harvested and 176 criminals arrested by The Governor's Marijuana Strike Force. A toll-free tattle line has been set up: 800/367-3847 910826, Laurel Co, KY, WSEK. The Robert Foley, age 56[?], of Harlan, alleged to have recently killed two brothers (& Harry Lynn Vaughn) and dumped their bodies into Sinking Creek is a FBI informant, according to an Ohio lawyer. A Federal judge issues a gag order on the subject. Foley's father and wife are arrested and alleged to have intimidated witnesses. 910826, Marshall Co, KY, KNN. Bruce E Buchanan, deputy jailor of Marshall Co, KY, is charged with marijuana trafficking in the county jail, and trafficking within 1000 feet of a school, since the school is only a block from the jailhouse. 910828, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. Sheriff Jim Hill harvested 573 marijuana plants in the Dry Hollow & Slickford area yesterday. 910828, Harlan & Knox Cos, KY, KNN. The Governor's Marijuana Strike Force harvested 3800 marijuana plants yesterday, including 3500 at Kayjay, Knox Co. 910829, Harlan, Bell, & Knox Cos, KY, KNN. 5000 marijuana plants were harvested yesterday by the Governor's Marijuana Strike Farce. 910903, Bell Co, KY, WSEK. Federal Judge Louis di Falais announces that George Patrick of Arjay was sentenced to 80 months in prison upon conviction of marijuana possession with intent to distribute (as determined by psychic divination). This criminal was found to be in possession of several ounces of marijuana, $165,000, and 3 weapons at the time of his arrest at his home on 28 Nov 90. 910904, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. The Sheriff & his deputies find 640 marijuana plants in Denney Hollow, Powersburg. A special response demolition expert is called in from London to disarm a dynamite boobytrap. 910904, Knox & Harlan Cos, KY, KNN. 2700 marijuana plans are seized in Knox county and 140 in Harlan Co, yesterday. 910907, Letcher Co, KY, KNN, WSEK. The Letcher County Sheriff raids four major marijuana plots and makes two arrests, yesterday. Included were a raid a 11:45 PM on a trailer in Blair Branch where processed marijuana and 300 plants still growing, as well as guns and money were seized. A million dollars of marijuana was claimed to have been grabbed. 910908, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. The 101st Airborne et al defeated 2203 marijuana plants in the Patton Creek & Martin Hollow area of Mt Pisgah & Parmleysville yesterday. 910909, KY, WFLW. This year, from 1 Jan 91 thru 6 Sep 91, The Governor's Marijuana Strike Farce has collected 667,864 plants and 236 criminals in Kentucky. In the ten county LCADD, the take is 46,839 plants & 52 criminals. In Wayne Co, it is 17,637 plants and 0 criminals. The entire take last year in Kentucky was 536,262. 910911, Clay Co, KY, KNN. In a KSP/FBI joint venture, a pickup truck driven by James Hubbard, 34, of Manchester, was stopped on the Daniel Boone Parkway and found to have 45 pounds of marijuana in a toolbox. This lead to 20 more pounds and 8 more people, including Rudolph Hill, 45, and Michael Perkins, 29, in a barn at Caudill Gap on Little Goose Creek. Total take was 65 pounds pf marijuana and 10 criminals. 910913, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. The 101st Airborne killed 625 Enemy in a search and destroy mission on Patton Creek yesterday. 910913, Henderson, KY, KNN. Eight criminals are arrested on drug charges in Henderson & Union Cos, KY, after an eight month undercover investigation. 910916, Somerset, KY, WSEK. A yearlong undercover narcotics investigation by Rod Schwartz, a city police detective masquerading as a Somerset cab driver nets 43 criminals with another approximately 20 more to be arrested. A total of 108 charges are filed and 9 vehicles seized. Most charges are for for low level dealing of marijuana, lured to within 1000 yards (didn't it used to be only 1000 feet?) of a school, with some LSD and alcohol. The biggest buy was a five pound marijuana deal, which ended the scam. See 920507 for conviction of LeRoy Hunter of Frazer. Was this SomerSweep The Original? 910922, Wayne Co, KY, WSFC. 123 marijuana plants were harvested by the Sheriff's deputies in Frazer, along with a tent. Another 62 marijuana plants were discovered in Coopersville. 910924, Lexington, KY, KNN. Gregory Drake Wahl, a Fayette County Sheriff's Deputy, was arrested Monday for selling 1/4 pound of marijuana within 1000 feet of a school. 910928, McCreary Co, KY, personal communication of Dale Jones. The helicopter raid of 16 July got at least 4 patches in Jones Hollow, tho it's a bit hard to decipher Dale's stories. 1) in river. I saw a chopper descend to the river a bit upstream from the big spring. A ground search after Dale's story (a month & a half stale) could find no evidence of any pot patch in the area. 2) Roberts boy. I presume that is the house they hovered over for half an hour. The highway patrol stated that the resident was the who grew the stuff, amongst other threats. 3) James, 2 houses up from David Jones, a chopper almost landed on house. Dale also said that a chopper investigated his car with an open trunk at a range of about 50', and left with a "whump". A helicopter was shot, but not disabled, on Parker Mtn. The area was blockaded and every house searched, but the culprit was not found. 911002, Clinton Co, KY, WMKZ, WKYM. Following a two year undercover investigation, the FBI arrested David M Stonecipher, 47; John Henry Cravens, 45; Anthony "Tony" Seratto, 39; and was attempting to find Paul A Brown; on charges of conspiracy to distribute marijuana. The break came with a $14K sale by Stonecipher the previous Tuesday & Wednesday to a KSP agent. This Duvall Valley operation was a marijuana clearinghouse, exporting to GA, OH, IL. The FBI does not usually investigate mid-level drug dealers, but this was an exception. Capt Gary Lusher of the Bowling Green SP and Terry O'Connor of the FBI publicized the bust. Seratto is an 14 year veteran of the Albany police, and was charged with use of a firearm in a drug offense, an well as conspiracy. 911004, Anderson Co, KY, KNN. Kevin & Marilyn Smith of Diamond Point Road arrested for LSD. 911005, Brandenburg, Meade Co, KY, KNN. Roy Lee Knott is busted with 100 pounds of marijuana in a sophisticated indoor growing operation. 911015, Frankfort, KY, KNN. 102 street level drug dealers are indicted in Franklin, Anderson, Shelby, & Spencer counties after a 9 month investigation. Charges are marijuana, cocaine & LSD. 911019, Clinton Co, KY. Benny & ? Davis and Jacky & Lily Rednour are arrested Thursday 17 Oct in a continuation of the Duvall Valley bust. 911025, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. The take this year in The Governor's Marijuana Strike Force is 819,531 plants & 364 arrests. The take for the Wayne County Sheriff's Office is 24,854 plants (7th place in 120 counties) & 19 arrests (3rd place). In the Great Pulaski County Marijuana Roundup, LeRoy Hunter of Frazer was supposed to have supplied 500 pounds at $450 per pound, but the crop was harvested prematurely by the Governor's Marijuana Task Force. 911029, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. Jimmy Coomer of Eadsville is arrested with three pounds of marijuana by Sheriff Jim Hill. 911029, Laurel Co, KY, KNN. Robert Foley, 39, is arrested & pleads not guilty for the murder of four people found entombed in an abandoned septic tank since 1989. This was on a farm at Bald Rock, Laurel Co, owned by his father, and formerly owned by ___________, also alleged to have been murdered by Foley. Victims include Kimberley Bowersods (?) 20, of Ohio; and Calvin Reynolds, 22, of Laurel Co, KY. See also 910826 for rumor that Foley is a FBI protected informant. Note that Foley had aged -17 years during this unfortunate incident. See 940404. 911030, Breathitt Co, KY, KNN. After a two month investigation, Mike Goff of the Kentucky National Guard working in The Governor's Marijuana Task Force, is among 31 arrested for marijuana trafficking. According to Mike Powell, the Governor's mouthpiece, participants are carefully screened for drug use, criminal tendencies, and correct thinking before being allowed to participate in The Governor's Marijuana Task Force. 911101, Laurel Co, KY, WSEK. Ron Pool, FBI handler for Operation Walking Short, the Jonathan Mann case, attempted to influence Judge Watson to release Robert Foley on murder charges. 911105, Clinton Co, KY. Eddie Lovelace wins election for Circuit Judge. During the campaign, no mention is made of his disbarment. However, new connections to the marijuana industry are alleged when Lovelace accepts a $500 contribution from an arrestee (Cravens?) in the 911002 FBI marijuana raids. 911113, Kentucky, WMKZ. The total take in the 1991 season for The Governor's Marijuana Task Force is 823,088 plants and 428 arrests. This is an increase over last year of 284,426 plants and 131 arrests. Thus the statistics for 1990 should be 538,662 and 297. 911121, Charleston, TN, KNN. Four of four police officers of Charleston, TN, are arrested for conspiring to have a town councilman arrested last year. Said harassee was investigating corruption in the police department. 911210, Loretto & Raywick, Marion Co, KY, WDCL. Seven Marion County residents are arrested in a continuation of the case of The Cornbread Mafia marijuana barons. Marijuana farms were located in Michigan & Missouri, as well as Kentucky. 911210, Monticello, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. Lindsay Tinker Lowe, age 32, of the Frisby Road, was arrested in a 2 AM raid by Sheriff Jim Hill with 13 pounds of processed marijuana. Bond was $20,000 property. 911211, Monticello, KY, WMKZ. Gene East, Lindsay Lowe, & Jerry Coomer arrested for marijuana distribution. 911211, Monticello, KY, WMKZ. Alan Sexton is sentenced to 2 years probation and Chris Stinson to 3 years probation for marijuana cultivation. 920120, Marion Co, KY, KNN. Francis Mattingly of Marion County kills his brother John Steven Mattingly in a family argument. Note that two James Mattinglys of Lebanon were a part of the Donnie Nunn operation in Hart Co in 82. 920120, Garrison, Lewis Co, KY, KNN. A private bridge four miles west of Garrison, built at a cost of $23,000 and belonging to Dottie Tackett, was destroyed by explosives. This is claimed to be in retaliation for denial of access by marijuana growers. The dynamite was claimed by the State Police to have been stolen from a construction site in Carter County. 920120, Monticello, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. Gary Carroll, age 38, of Monticello is arrested for selling marijuana to an undercover State Police narc. The sale apparently was over eight ounces, and a total of 2.5 pounds was eventually recovered. Grand Jury indictment returned 920220. 920124, Monticello, KY, WKYM. In a coordinated raid, the Monticello Police Department and the Wayne County Sheriff's Department raid the apartment of Timmy Hellman in downtown Monticello. The charge was marijuana possession. 920130, Laurel Co, KY, WSEK. Robert Foley was being handled by FBI agent "Ron Poole" at the marijuana arrest of Larry Vaughn, who Foley later murdered. 920204, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. Robert Shelton, 43, of Alpha is arrested with one and a half pounds of marijuana by the Sheriff. 920205, Casey Co, KY, WSEK, WMKZ. James Kenneth Watson of Hustonville, Jeffrey Daniels, Bruce Rogers, 44, and Gerald Thomas Sneed, are arrested with twelve pounds of marijuana, $1600, a 22 pistol, and three vehicles. 920207, Henderson Co, KY, KNN. State Police, BATF, & IRS make a drug sweep in Henderson County Kentucky after a three month investigation. So far 21 of 31 criminals have been arrested. 920212, Hazard, KY, WFLW. Somerset Attorney Larry Whittaker, age 41, of Burnside, is arrested for felony possession of cocaine by the Kentucky State Police in a Hazard Super 8 Motel room. The setup was made by two Officers of the Kentucky State Police, with the assistance of the DEA Special Investigations Unit. Taken along in the haul were a 85 Porsche, 2 handguns, and $941 in cash. 920221, Powell Co, KY, WSEK. The question of who shot whom first still rages. Blaise says that as he walked towards the Officers, he was shot in the leg, dropped to the ground, crawled behind a stump, and returned fire. This was an attempt to serve four warrants from Toledo, OH. 920310, Somerset, KY, WSEK. Jennings Gilbert, 31, is sentenced to 6.5 years and his father Charles Gilbert, 64, to 5 years for growing 105 marijuana plants in Eastern Kentucky. 920313, WKYM, KY. State Police roundup 28 criminals on 38 warrants in Adair, Clinton, Russell, Taylor & Washington counties KY on charges of cocaine & marijuana. In a separate operation, 30 criminals are arrested on 35 drug warrants in Rowan, Bath & Flemming counties, for marijuana, valium & LSD. 920324, Knox Co, KY, WSEK. Sheriff Bingham & Judge-Executive Hampton wrote letters of recommendation of lenient sentences for growers of 300 pounds of marijuana in the Stinking Creek area. Also "Ron Poole" of the FBI is accused by Kathy Putnam, wife of his ex-partner, of buying drugs for cash and buying drugs without accompaniment. Pardner Putnam is presently serving 16 years for the murder of an informant rather than take responsibility for her pregnancy. Talk about screwing a confidential informant! 920404, Parnell, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. Tommy Mac Alley is arrested for bootlegging, marijuana cultivation, and marijuana possession. 920407, Adair Co, KY, WSEK. Perry H Denton of Adair Co is arrested with 30 marijuana seedlings. 920410, Pulaski Co, KY, WSEK. Linda Marie Porter, 27, of Raceway St is arrested for possession of 150 marijuana seeds. 920418, Somerset & Rockcastle Co, KY, WSEK. $31K in drug money, taken from Jack Douglas & Betty Hinsley in a Mt Vernon marijuana raid on March 6, 1991 is split up among the cops. Somerset got $22K, $1.5K was given to the Rockcastle Sheriff and $8K kept by the FBI for administration costs. A 1990 Chevy was donated to the London State Police. Also 40 pounds of marijuana and 15 firearms were taken, destination unknown. The Hinsleys have not been convicted of anything, conviction being unnecessary. The case started with investigation of street dealers by Somerset cops Larry Bowling & ? Dinsmore, and went from there to the State Police and then to the FBI. 920420, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. Ronnie Dobbs & Ellen Crabtree of Barrier were arrested for 195 (193?) marijuana plants on Saturday, 18 Apr. 920421, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. LeRoy Hall & Angela Sexton of Morris Hill were arrested for marijuana cultivation. 920421, Bullitt Co, KY, KNN. 19 marijuana plants worth $1000 each were found on a Bullitt Co farm. 920422, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. Indictments for Christy Lyons, as well as Dobbs, Crabtree, Hall & Sexton for marijuana. 920427, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. Betty Dishman of Short Street Trailer Park was arrested for marijuana cultivation by the Wayne Co Sheriff. 920428, Pulaski Co, KY, WSEK. Mark David Kaiser, 18, arrested at 3AM for marijuana cultivation on information from a confidential informant. 920429, Eadsville, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. Michael Holds(?) trailer in Eadsville raided Tuesday for marijuana cultivation. 920430, Monticello, KY, WFLW. Clyde Foust arrested for bootlegging. The cops got $37,411 and a 84 car. Rumors have it that beer wasn't the only merchandise. Also Robert Parker of Missouri Valley arrested for marijuana cultivation. 920506, Pulaski Co, KY, WSEK. Linda Gail ? of Piney Woods arrested in a warrant from a confidential informant for 39 seedlings 2 to 3 inches high, plus the new contraband of dixie cups and potting soil. Also another seeding bust, name unknown. 920507, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. Murl Young, 63, and Barbara Anne Menfry, 43, arrested by sheriff with 825 seedlings. Also, in Pulaski court, James LeRoy Hunter of Frazer is found guilty of LSD distribution as a result of the undercover operation last September. Two counts of marijuana trafficking within 1000 yards of a school wouldn't stick. See 910916. Hunter's conviction was later voided on grounds that his previous drug trafficking convictions were mentioned in court. Interestingly, he was being tried as a persistent drug dealer, so it was hard not to mention his previous deeds. 920508, Somerset, KY, WSEK. 107 marijuana plants from 6 to 10 inches high were found in four plots in a remote area behind Somerset Village Apartments. 920509, Union Co, KY, KNN. Henderson State Police harvested nearly 700 marijuana plants in four adjacent plots in Union County near the Webster Co line. 920513, Susie, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. 136 marijuana plants were seized on 12 May by Sheriff Jim Hill & his deputies in Simpson Hollow, Susie. 920513, Anvil, Jackson Co, KY, WMKZ. David Johnson was arrested with 204 marijuana plants, several gallons of moonshine and some stolen property in Anvil, Jackson. 920513, Harlan Co, KY, WMKZ. LeRoy Helton and Don Helton file a $12 million lawsuit against Sheriff Bill Redwine & 2 deputies for unlawful arrest in a 1988 drug raid. 920514, Lexington, KY, KNN. Nelson Wayne Meyan of Texas was arrested in Lexington or Versailles by DEA, Lexington police & Woodford Co Sheriff with 5 pounds of marijuana & $5K. Supposedly he was making pot runs from Texas to New York. 920521, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. A total of 959 marijuana plants were seized in two raids by The Sheriff & his Deputies. One was in Chriswell Hollow in Rocky Branch, the other in Raleigh Hollow, Denney. 920522, Russell Co, KY, WSEK. Chester Voles of Voles Road was arrested and two cars and $2500 taken as booty. The 15 pounds of marijuana reputed to be worth $30,000 was found. 920527, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. 220 marijuana plants were harvested yesterday by the Sheriff and his deputies on Kelly Lane. 920528, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. Raymond Troxell, 39, of Elk Ridge was arrested yesterday on charges of marijuana cultivation. This makes the total so far in Wayne County this year 11 arrests and 2500 plants. 920529, Somerset, KY, WSEK. Rodney Gene Whittaker, 32, was arrested for proximity to 78 marijuana plants. 920529, Eastern Kentucky, KNN. 25 people (6 from Kentucky & others from OH, TN, NM, TX) are indicted in Lexington after a two year investigation by State Police & FBI. Allegedly tons of marijuana valued at $1400 to $2000 per pound were imported from Mexico to eastern Kentucky & Tennessee. This is reputed to be the biggest multi-state marijuana operation ever uncovered in Kentucky. Kentucky operations were centered in Breathitt and Laurel counties. The initial break came with the discovery of 7000 marijuana plants in Breathitt County in 1989. This cut supply & produce was then imported from Mexico. Distribution was to Fayette, Scott, Pulaski, Breathitt, Perry, Laurel Counties. 920604, Wayne co, KY, WFLW. 333 marijuana plants were harvested yesterday in the Griffin and Delta areas. 920610, Pulaski Co, KY, WSEK. Barry Lynn Bodkin, 37, of Ferguson, was arrested with 16 marijuana plants. 920612, Pulaski Co, KY, WSEK. Leonard Stinson, 63, and his grandson Brian Abbott, 18, of Clinton County, are arrested for marijuana cultivation in western Pulaski County. They are credited with 483 plants in 9 plots on the North Tater Road. This brings the score for Pulaski County so far this year to 1600 plants, 19 plots, and 12 arrests. 920616, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. The Sheriff's deputies found 198 marijuana plants in Windy and Mill springs over the weekend. Two arrests are pending. 920617, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. Grand Jury indictments include Lenny Dobbs for marijuana cultivation & persistent felon, and Ricky Patrick & Cindy Brinstead [?] for marijuana cultivation. 920617, Logan Co, KY, WMKZ. During the course of an arrest for "custodial interference", 300 marijuana plants & grow lights were found. 920617, Pulaski Co, KY, WSEK. Doug Stevens of Breezy Hills is arrested in connection with the Stinson marijuana plantation on North Tarter Road. But now the size has been reduced to 214 plants in 7 plots. The fate of the other 269 plants is unknown. 920619, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. Yesterday (18 Jun) 486 marijuana plants were harvested in Powersburg, Parnell, & Frazer. 920622, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. On Friday, 2647 marijuana plants were harvested in the Parnell, Russell Ridge, & Griffin areas by KSP choppers. 920623, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. On Monday, 6100 six to seven foot tall marijuana plants were harvested in Parnell by KSP, Army Air helicopters & the National Guard. Larry Morrow was the spotter and Bruce Hatfield the ground coordinator. The total take by the Wayne County Sheriff (exclusive of the KSP harvests) is now 5000 plants and 14 arrests. 920624, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. On Tuesday, 5500 marijuana plants were harvested in the Dean Ridge area of Parnell by KSP, Army Air helicopters & the National Guard. 920624, Kentucky, WKYU. The total marijuana harvest for the State Task Force so far is 23,000. 920625, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. Yesterday, approximately 1800 to 1900 (later revised to 2000) marijuana plants were reported taken by Kentucky State Police, the National Guard, and Army Air helicopters in the Bugwood and Slickford areas. 920625, Science Hill, KY, WSEK. Stanley Gene Jasper was arrested for contempt of court at his home, and thus the marijuana growing in his back yard was noticed. 920625, Florence, KY, KNN. Two or ten people were charged with marijuana distribution after a bust at a Florence hotel. Records were seized which indicated 1000 or 1100 pounds and $600K. 920626, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. The total take so far this week by the KSP air raids (presumably 22 to 25 June, which total 15,200 in previous reports) has been 15,000 plants. Yesterday 1600 were harvested in Slickford. 920701, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. The Wayne County sheriff reports that the State Police Task Farce harvested >100 plots of marijuana containing >16,000 plants during the week of 22 June. Included were 3000 plants in 25 plots, 5 miles from town in Dean Ridge; 620 plants in one plot on Russell Road; 6000 plants in 16 plots in Parnell; 2300 plants in seven plots, north of Monticello; and some in Powersburg, and north & south of Monticello. 920701, Henryville, IN, KET\WAVE. Charles Sweeney (31) is accused of murdering Danny Guthrie, age 30. Sweeney just pleaded guilty to bombing a narc's car last February and was sentenced to 30 years. He lead police to the burial site of Guthrie's body, claiming that he found Guthrie shot in their marijuana field. Police claim that Sweeney must have shot Guthrie before he found him. 920703, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. The Sheriff seized 207 marijuana plants in 2 plots, in addition to that found by the Kentucky Task Force. 920703, Pulaski Co, KY, WSEK. Roger (36) and Carolyn K Bryant and Darrell Napier (38) of Bernstadt were arrested with 1186 marijuana plants in Short Creek. The value is reputed to be 1.8M$. 920704, Garrard Co, KY, WKYU, KNN. The second largest indoor marijuana growing operation seized (in eastern Kentucky?) was found in a Lancaster basement. Over 1600 plants worth $1000 each were harvested. Arrested were James Hope (21), Thomas Mitchell (20) and Theresa _____. 920706, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. On last Friday, 225 marijuana plants were seized in Kelly Lane and 55 in Parmleysville. 920706, Wayne Co, KY. Dennis Spradlin arrested in Griffin with 69 marijuana plants. 920708, Christian Co, KY, KNN. The Kentucky State Police Madisonville post harvested 366 marijuana plants NE of Crofton in Christian County on a confidential tip. 920709, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. Yesterday, the Sheriff harvested 1483 (1487?) marijuana plants in the Duncan Valley-Cooper area. This makes >15,000 plants for the Sheriff alone this year. 920709, Louisville, KY, WMKZ. Two duffle bags with 35 pounds of marijuana and 100 weapons were discovered and Marx (39) and Belinda (38) Walker arrested. 950715, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. The Sheriff made unsuccessful marijuana flights on 13 & 14 July. The total is between 15000 & 16000 this year. 920716, Clinton Co, KY, Clinton County paper. 2500 marijuana plants were harvested by the National Guard near the Irwin School on 13 July. 920717, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. The sheriff harvested 186 marijuana plants at Happy Top in Wed the 15th. 920717, Owsley Co, KY, WFLW. Charges have been dropped against Cotton Little, Blake, & Johnson for possession of 107 pounds of marijuana. 920723, London, KY, WMKZ, WSEK. James A (34) & Virginia (33) Kennedy attempted to rob an undercover drug dealer on the Willie Green Road, (8 mi E of London?). 970723, Pulaski Co, KY, WSEK. In a continuation of a raid on 0713 upon Phyllis R Coleman, Ricky Dean Kirby (33) was charged with 181 marijuana plants on the Peach Orchard Road & 148 on the Don Elrod Road. 920724, KY, WFLW. Cops in Berea, Lexington, KSP & Feds divide $121K taken from the Columbian Detrick Rojas on 0411. $62,298 to Berea, $24,919 each to Lexington & KSP, and balance to Feds. Also Pulaski County was given $8000 of the $10000 for selling Ralph David Perkins's car. 920730, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. Hill & Guinn harvested 122 marijuana plants in Eadsville yesterday, and arrested Jimmy Morris of 129 Stokes Ave for cultivation of marijuana. 920730, Pulaski Co, KY, WSEK. Danny Earl Fox & Edna Marie Hardwick (25) of Burton Rd, Nancy, are arrested on various marijuana charges. 920801, Laurel Co, KY, WFLW. Police are searching for yet another victim of Confidential Informant Robert Foley. 920804, Kentucky, WKYU. Operation Roundup. In what is billed as "The Biggest Drug Sweep in State History", a roundup of 841 suspected drug dealers is underway. State Police have arrested six in Bowling Green as of 8AM. 920804, London, KY, WSEK, KET. In The Drug Sweep, charges range from possession of marijuana to trafficking in cocaine. Most charges are in rural Kentucky, since similar operations have been run in cities such as Lexington and Louisville. In April each of the 16 State Police post was given $5,000 for drug buys. Later reports give the Federal Grant for this scheme at $250,000 and a total of $1million to the State for drug buys. The London post has captured 50 criminals as of noon, of a total of 63 criminals and 93 warrants. Most are in Laurel County, none in Pulaski County, and the Lincoln County Sheriff reports nine arrests in connection with the Operation. 920804, Burnside, KY, WSEK. Dewayne Troxell (34) and Marsha Collier (27) of 740 Jaxboro Road are arrested for cultivation of marijuana >=5 plants, possession > oz, and possession of paraphernalia. 920806, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW, WMKZ. The Sheriff harvested 404 marijuana plants on the old Denney farm in Griffin yesterday. This makes his total score about 25,000 plants and 19 criminals. 920806, Kentucky, WMKZ. "Operation Walking Short" continues. Former Lee County Sheriff Jonathan Mann is accused of taking $40,000 in payoffs from phony drug dealers. The Feds are confiscating $132,000 in property as drug profits. Meanwhile, Sheriff Mann is serving 24 years 4 months in prison. Wolfe County Deputy Sheriff Wilson Stone was sentenced to 10 years 1 month. 920806, Clark Co, KY, WMKZ. 5000 marijuana plants are found in Clark County near McClivett. 920806, Mercer Co, KY, WMKZ, KET. 20,000 marijuana plants are accidentally found by a State Police chopper en route to another search area. Later reports give two plots of two acres and six acres on the Zane Leeds (local School Bored member) farm near Burgin, containing about 100,000 plants. 30,000 plants were destroyed yesterday, many 12 to 14 feet tall and ready for harvest. A small part had already been harvested. By 920806, 80,000 had been burned, with an estimated total of 150,000. Some estimates go to 200,000 plants, but at the end of the harvest 150,000 appears to be the total. The official count as of 920808 is 250,000 plants and $250 million. (KNN). This is billed as the largest bust since the Homer Day, Preacherville, Lincoln County bust of 86. Incidentally, that harvest is now given as 347,000. The figure then was 384,000. Apparently, 37,000 marijuana plants have been disappeared. More impressive is the 300,000 plants found in Taylor County on 860910 which have been disappeared. 920807, Gilbertsville, Trigg Co, KY, KNN. Joel Lee Simmons (38) pleads guilty (?) to cocaine distribution. Two kilograms of cocaine was found in the body panels of his vehicle. 920807, Nashville, TN, WKYU. Circuit Court Judge Thomas Brothers is indicted at Nashville, TN, for his part in laundering $1.3million in cocaine profits into several corporations. Also indicted are Russell Brothers, nephew of The Judge, and G Thomas Newell, their attorney. 920808, Pulaski Co, KY, WSEK. James Dalles Hilton (39) of eastern Pulaski County is arrested for having seven marijuana plants in his vicinity. 920809, Lyon Co, KY, WSEK. Several plots containing 7500 marijuana plants were spotted from a State Police helicopter in Lyon county Kentucky. They were 1/2 mile east of the Cumberland River & 1/4 mile south of I-24. 920809, Clay Co, KNN. Marijuana claims another young victim. Melissa K Cotton (20) of Patterson, New Jersey, a Ft Campbell soldier, was killed in Clay Co, KY, as part of The Governor's Marijuana Task Force (GMTF). She was a passenger in a fuel tanker truck which ran off the road. The shoulder collapsed, and the truck rolled down a hill and into a tree. The truck was in the area supporting helicopters searching for marijuana. The claim was made on several newscasts that "The Army is not heavily involved in marijuana eradication". The GMTF score so far this year is about a half million plants. 920810, McCreary Co, KY. The Sheriff stops a car and finds a pound a marijuana in it on the Hogue Creek Road. This was a setup. 920812, Clinton Co, KY, WFLW. State Police yesterday arrested 14 criminals in Clinton and surrounding counties on drug trafficking charges in a continuation of a three year investigation into the Marijuana Clearinghouse. See 911002. The only Wayne County arrestees are Jackie Roberts of Windy on two charges of cocaine trafficking and James L Bookout of Windy on one charge of marijuana trafficking. Most are from Albany. 920813, Louisville, KY, KET\WHAS. A cocaine operation grossing $4.5 million per week for the past three years is busted. Arrested were Chauncey Turner (25) and associates. The drug route was from Los Angeles, CA, to Birmingham, AL, to Louisville, KY. 920821, Rockcastle & Jackson Counties, KY, WKXO. The Rockcastle County Sheriff harvested 200 large marijuana plants near Mullens Station. In Jackson County, 22 plants were found on rental property of Donald Turner, 122 in Forest Service land, and 58 near Southern Pine. 920824, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. Thomas Farmer was arrested for marijuana cultivation in a raid on his home at West Bridge (?) by The Sheriff Friday. Booby Coomer was arrested for marijuana cultivation in a raid by the sheriff on his home at Eadsville Saturday. 920825, Floyd Co, KY, KNN. Floyd County Kentucky Deputy Sheriff Larry Newsome (45) plea bargains guilty to one of five counts of drug trafficking. He was charged with selling pills to an undercover agent. This must have happened a while ago, since a trial was scheduled for tomorrow. 920826, Louisville, KY, many including KNN, KET, WLKY, WAVE, WHAS. Four law officers are arrested on charges of violating the civil rights of Ricky Lee Pardu by planting cocaine and a silenced pistol in his car. Jefferson County Deputy Sheriff Ron Pike was the mastermind of the operation. Saint Regis Police Captain Gary Epperly was the operations chief, and Saint Regis Policeman James Goodman his assistant. They were hired by Jefferson County Deputy Sheriff George Tingley, who supplied the cocaine. Pardu was arrested by Epperly and Goodman on 1 Nov 90. David Tingley, Charles Bookout, and John Bursoe were also involved. Epperly and Goodman were also questioned in the murder of State Policeman Johnny Eddrington with his own gun in Laurel County, but have not been charged. Pardu was believed because he was an informant passing information on activities of Special Security Services, an operation of the officers located on the Rest Haven Cemetery property. See 930225, 930723 920829, Clinton Co, KY, KNN. Anthony Seratto is sentenced to 70 months for marijuana trafficking. Not mentioned was his occupation (Albany city cop) or the disposition of charges of use of a firearm in the commission of conspiracy to traffic in illegal drugs. 920831, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. On Wednesday 1410 marijuana plants were discovered by Sheriff's deputies in Kidder and Sunnybrook. On Thursday, 1180 plants were discovered in Eadsville. The total this season is 30,000. 920902, Nancy, Pulaski Co, KY, WSEK. Tracey Lee Meadows (33) is arrested with 4.4 oz marijuana and paraphernalia on advice of a confidential informant. 920902, Mercer Co, KY, WSEK. The count is now given as 80,000 plants ranging in height from 4 to 15 feet, and another 98,000 plants of unknown dimensions found on the Zane & Carolyn Leeds farm. The government is taking the farm, worth $400,000 but no charges have been filed nor is there any evidence that Leeds knew of the crop. However, this is unnecessary. 920902, Sunnybrook, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. On Tuesday, 200 more marijuana plants were discovered at Sunnybrook. 920905, Breathitt Co, KY, KNN. The Breathitt County, KY, Sheriff seized 700 pounds of marijuana, plus the money, guns & cars. 920911, Clay County, KY. Vicki ____ wins $70K lawsuit against Clay County jail for a BCS. While six months pregnant, her anus and vagina were searched with the same unlubricated glove. No contraband, but a nice infection anyway. 920911, Wayne Co, KY, WSFC. Dwight McGuinnes is arrested for marijuana cultivation in a home raid by the Sheriff. 920911, Russell & Pulaski Co, KY, WSEK. Frank "P D" Coe (45) was arrested after giving less than eight ounces of marijuana to an undercover agent. James Russell West (57) of Eula Branch Road was arrested after marijuana over five plants was spotted by air near his house. 920911, KY, KNN. As of last week, the GMTF score was 670K. 920914, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. 08, KSP-GMTF 11 plots, 1000 plants, Dry Hollow; 1 plot, 13 plants, in Monticello at the junction if Warsham Lane & The Bypass. 09, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. KSP-GMTF 4 plots, 180 plants, Rt 200 four miles from TN; 11 plots, 1404 plants, Dry Hollow. 10, 9 plots, 287 plants, Rt 287. 11, 16 plots, 1600 plants, Dry Hollow. 14, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. KSP-GMTF 1 plot, 62 plants, undisclosed location. 920916, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. Grand Jury indictments for Jack Lewis Roberts for cocaine trafficking & about 8 for assorted marijuana charges. 920918, Leslie Co, KY, KNN. In a exciting helicopter assault on a strip mine, the KMTF swoops in to arrest three criminals in a marijuana patch. WSEK on 19 gave them as Randall Tackett (60), Randy Tackett (36) [relationship undisclosed], both of Kemper [Leslie Co?]; and Johnny Lee Hull (42) of Mt Gay, WV were arrested and charged with conspiracy to produce marijuana plants. Also 146 plants were found near the dam at Fishtrap Lake in Pike Co. Also James Hope of Lancaster was arrested with 1500 plants growing indoors at his home. 920919, KY, KET. The total this year for indoor busts by GMTF is 55. 920930, KY, WMKZ. Drug profits of $377,000 are distributed to Kentucky lawmen. The biggest haul is $243,000 to Clay County for harvesting $400,000 and two bags of pot in a traffic stop. Also $9,000 to Lexington. 920930, Marion Co, KY, KNN. Five of seven members of the Cornbread Mafia plead guilty, including Joe O'Daniel (34) and his brother Dennis O'Daniel (38) both of Bowling Green; Andrew Bradey (37) of Raywick; Terry Ford of Lebanon; and another from Lebanon. 920930, Henry Co, KY, KET, KNN. A harvest of one thousand plants in Henry County causes GMTF to break the record, tho it is unclear just what record is being broken. It may be for the most marijuana harvested in a state, or it may be the old Kentucky record. The amount harvested to date is variously given as 840K, nearly one million, and 900K. 921002, Shelby Co, KY, KNN. Another 450 marijuana plants are discovered by GMTF in Shelby County, Kentucky. This farm was leased by Tim Roberts. He had also leased the farm in Henry County on which 1000 marijuana plants were harvested yesterday. Three men and a boy were arrested in this raid. 921014, Ohio, WMKZ. The DEA recently disclosed that Zane Leeds built a house in Ohio valued at $425,000. Paid in cash. On one occasion the contractor was paid with $30,000 in a paper bag after Mr Leeds made a trip to Kentucky. Perhaps the 178,000 marijuana plants found on his farm were not an accident. 921019, Monticello, KY, WFLW. Danny Braden of Indianapolis, IN was arrested for marijuana trafficking on Saturday. 921019, Russell Springs, KY, KNN. 90 pounds of processed marijuana was confiscated near Russell Springs, Kentucky, and six men were arrested. Four were Mexicans, one a Cuban, and one Good Ol Boy. 921020, Hardin Co, KY, KNN 300 marijuana plants were found in Hardin Co, KY, on a confidential tip. Another 5,000 plants were found hanging in a barn and attributed to Glenn Moore (48) of Corbin. Moore claims to use the land only for occasional hunting, and knows nothing of any marijuana. 921020, Lexington, KY, KNN. City worker Gary Wayne Brown was arrested with four pounds of cocaine. 921021, Glasgow, Barren Co, KY, WKYU. In the second drug roundup this year Glasgow arrested 20 assorted cocaine & marijuana dealers. 921022, Jackson Co, KY, KNN. In a case of a thousand marijuana plants grown in the Daniel Boone National Forest, Kevin & ? & Earl Gene Rose plead guilty? 921030, Jessamine Co, KY, WSEK. Former Jessamine County Sheriff Steven Roy Walker, is given a one year diversion in lieu of a retrial on 35 counts in 1989 of illegally obtaining pain killers. This means that if Sheriff Walker stays clean for a whole year that his record will be wiped clean. Carl Forster, judge. 921131, Somerset, Pulaski Co, KY, WSEK. Apparently there was a big coordinated drug bust in Somerset with 97 criminals. Later information dubbed this as Operation SomerSweep II. This operation netted 196 felony drug trafficking warrants for 34 criminals. The original SomerSweep had yielded 68 criminals. 921104, Louisville, KY, KET-WHAS. A half million dollars worth of marijuana was found in Louisville, and four criminals were arrested. 220 pounds of processed and bricked marijuana at $2000 per pound were reputed to be imported, probably from Mexico. Aggressive action has raised the cost of an ounce bag of pot from $100 to $300 in recent years. 921105, Louisville, KY, KET. An elaborate marijuana growing operation was found behind a false wall in the basement of a Cane Run home in south Louisville. Danny & Sheila Thompson were arrested and 140 marijuana plants valued at $200,000 were seized. The four criminals accosted yesterday were arraigned today. Police found 85 one pound packs of marijuana in one home. 921106, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. Danny Pazzoli of Eadsville was raided by the Sheriff. A 9mm pistol, $1400, drug paraphernalia, and two pounds of marijuana were seized. 921110, Slate Branch Road, Pulaski Co, KY, WMKZ. Phillip D Eller (55) of Bertram Ave, Monticello, Lena Carol Yanders (33) and David Wayne Yanders (32) locals were arrested for cocaine trafficking etc. 921110, Louisville, KY, KET. David Tingley turns state witness against his brother Deputy Sheriff George Tingley in their conspiracy to plant cocaine on an informant. 921110, Kentucky, WKYU. In 1992 the 17 agencies of the Kentucky GMTF scored 900,000 plants, 9,000 plots, 401 criminals, evaluated at $1.3 billion. 921112, Kentucky, KNN. The Governor's Marijuana Task Force score is 905,000 plants. The biggest take was 180,000 in Mercer county. The harvest was worth $1,300,000,000. The cost was between $10,000,000 and $12,000,000, most of which was supplied by the Federal government. 921113, Erlanger, KY, KNN & WSEK. Inspector David Woods (42) of the Erlanger, KY (suburb of Cincinnati, OH) police was arrested for selling confiscated drugs. The East Kentucky Task Force of DEA, FBI, KSP, ETC, charged Inspector Woods with drug trafficking and theft of government property after a five to six month investigation. 921116, Martin Co, KY, WSEK. James McCoy (44) of Ohio and Norma Blackburn (55) of Beauty, KY, were arrested for drug trafficking by Kentucky State Police. Over five pounds of marijuana plus several other schedule whatzits were seized. 921116, Monticello, KY. Norman Upchurch (49) was arrested by the Monticello Police Department with 18.5 pounds of marijuana valued at $37,000. 921123, Whitesburg, Letcher Co, KY, WKYU, KNN. Circuit Court Judge Larry Collins was arrested on five bribery charges for taking $7,000 and some marijuana in return for protection of a marijuana dealer. This came after a one year Grand Jury investigation. When Judge Collins took over his office in January 92, he immediately dismissed a Grand Jury which was investigating corruption. 921212, Louisville, KY, KNN. A drug sweep in Louisville, KY, catches 24 drug dealers, including a Jefferson County Deputy Sheriff. Deputy Gerald LaMotte Gray was charged with two counts of marijuana trafficking. Also paraquat has just been declared safe and efficacious for use on homegrown marijuana. 921214, Bardstown, Nelson Co, KY, KNN, KET(32). A local marijuana ring was destroyed by BATF agents with the arrest of 16 criminals, mostly in Bardstown. Included were William Nalley (25) and Wilmsett of Nalley & Wilmsett truck sales. A total of about 500 pounds of marijuana was moved from production in Nelson County to a sales outlet at The Old Louisville Dog Salon. The break came in 91 with discovery of the outlet. Police also got to keep two cars, $35,000 in cash, and some assorted weapons, including a machine gun found in the possession of Criminal Wilmsett. 921214, WFLW. According to a DEA report, Wayne County ranks as the 9th county in terms of the amount of cultivated marijuana harvested by the Governor's Marijuana Task Force in the past four years. The four year total for the Federally Funded GMTF is 84,810 plants killed. High ranking counties were Leslie, Owsley, Clay, Monroe. The rank of states in the 87 to 91 period was HI, MO, KY, TN, KS, OK, CA, AR, NB, GA. Kentucky marijuana is reputed to be some of the most potent in the country. In 91 and 92, Kentucky was the leading state in the country for the number of cultivated marijuana plants destroyed by DEA forces. 921218, Comment on Kentucky, KET. Bill Estep of Lexington Herald-Leader says that the value of the marijuana crop has been forced below the value of the tobacco crop in Kentucky this year, which is 900M$. [But on 921112, the harvest was claimed to be worth $1,300,000,000.] During the 80's, marijuana was usually of more value than tobacco, 1B$ in some years. Most is produced in southeastern Kentucky, Clay, Leslie, Laurel, Harlan, Whitley, McCreary, Wayne, Clinton counties. Prices this year are $1200 to $2600 per pound. Judge Collins has been suspended with pay after continuing to hold court after his arrest on bribery charges. Al Smith speculates as how the drug trade has caused a lot of corruption. 921221, Pike Co, KY, WSEK. In another Federally funded drug sweep, 89 criminals are indicted in the Pikeville, KY, area. Crimes are possession and low level dealing of marijuana & LSD. In another separate action, three criminals were arrested in Magoffin Co on marijuana trafficking charges. 921226, Russell Co, KY, WSEK. Matthew Gene Roy, Russell Co, KY, Magistrate is arrested in Lake Charles, LA, for marijuana trafficking in a "routine traffic stop". 921230, Eastern KY, KNN. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the "Operation Walking Short" convictions of five Eastern Kentucky cops on assorted drug trafficking conspiracy charges. It does admit that maybe the punishment of Omer Noe was too harsh. 921231, Lexington, KY, KNN. Lexington City worker Gary Wayne Brown and ? Barry were convicted of cocaine trafficking. 9212??, Pulaski Co, KY, WSEK. Mike Cowan & others were convicted of drug trafficking. LeRoy Hunter was sentenced to five years for marijuana and LSD trafficking. 930112, South Africa, Paul Harvey. Police have confiscated 583 million tons of marijuana in South Africa, or 16 tons per head. Presumably in 1992. That exceeds even the production of Kentucky! 930118, Marion Co, KY, KNN. James Gregory Benningfield of Marion County was killed in what police claim to be a domestic argument. 930120, St Regis, KY, WKYU. St Regis Police Captain Epperly pleads guilty to planting drugs to facilitate the arrest of an inconvenient criminal. It is unclear whether this concerns the case of David Trigley or that of Ricky Pardu. See 920826 & 910108. 930126, Perry Co, KY, KNN. State Police have bought 800 hits of LSD over a period of 6 months from an unnamed criminal. Also I think that there was a another big drug criminal roundup in Lexington recently. 930128, Lexington, KY, KET. Former Lexington Police Officer Danny Murphy has his charges of use of a machine gun while drug trafficking overturned in the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, OH. He still is in prison for murdering his wife. In a personal conversation with DPB at Rainbow 93, an individual volunteered that his brother-in-law was one of the fronts for Murphy, holding title to Murphy's estate in alternate years. Murphy beat the machine gun rap because the gun was in the attic and the pot was in a freezer in the basement, this being a sufficient distance that he could not be using his machine gun in perpetration of a drug crime. 930209, Beattyville, Lee Co, KY, WMKZ. Beattyville Chief of Police Omer Noe of Lee County, KY, is resentenced to 12 years 7 months in prison for his part in in the "Operation Walking Short" drug smuggling. The Appeals judge was Eugene Siler, who had originally tried Noe. Not that Noe doesn't deserve another 12 consecutive life sentences for hypocrisy, but has a judge ever overturned himself on appeal? 930212, Richmond, KY, WMKZ. In the biggest cocaine bust in the state [??], Wendell Dale Roberts was arrested at his home 16 miles south of Richmond, KY. Two pounds of cocaine valued at $29,700; 8 to 10 pounds of marijuana valued at $20,000; $3000 in cash; scales; firearms; and vehicles were seized. 930217, Mt Sterling, KY, KNN. Seven drug criminals were arrested in Mt Sterling, KY, and another nine are being sought after an eight month undercover investigation. 930217, Kentucky, WSEK. The Mt Sterling bust apparently was in addition to Operation CUPID (Corralling Undesirable Persons Involved in Drugs) which has netted warrants statewide for 661 criminals who sold drugs to undercover state police. The State Police Commissioner (not Butch Campbell) states that this is the second major street level drug bust in less than a year, proving how serious the State Police are about drugs. 142 of the warrants are for criminals lured to within 1000 yards (or is it feet? it changes even within the same newscast.) of a school. 930218, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. According to State Trooper Larry Morrow, three criminals were arrested in Monticello, Wayne County, KY, in Operation CUPID. They are: Pam Poore of 306 Davis St; Sheila Hardwick of Bell Subdivision; and Roger G Crabtree of Fair Street; all charged with marijuana. The Operation netted 881 charges for 661 criminals, of which 359 were misdemeanors and 522 were felonies, which included 142 for criminals lured to within 1000 yards (it's yards now) of a school. A total of $98,502 was spent by the state police on drugs, which is $112 per buy. 930225, Louisville, KY, KNN. Jefferson County policeman Ron Pike is convicted of possession of two automatic weapons. No mention of any connection with his planting drugs and weapons on Ricky Lee Pardu who was informing on their security service. See 920826, 930723. WSEK says that the trial for drug planting is scheduled for April 6. 930226, Lebanon, KY, KNN. Three State Troopers bound and robbed Garry Mattingly and family near Lebanon, Marion County, KY. The authorities say that the armed robbers were actually phoney state police. There may be no connection, but the name Mattingly is famous in marijuana production. See 820000 & 920120. 930313, Monticello, KY, WFLW. Timmy & Marty Harriman were arrested in their home for cultivating marijuana, possession of marijuana, and bootlegging by The Sheriff yesterday. 930318, Lexington, KY, KET. Former Lexington, KY, police officer Danny Murphy is convicted of possession of a pistol while marijuana trafficking and sentenced to five years in prison. He was formerly acquitted of possession of a machine gun while engaged in his moonlight business. See 930128 & 910719 & 900822 & 900820 & 900816 & 900608. 930409, Lexington, KY, KET. Former (fired in 1979 for insubordination after 8 years of service) Lexington Police Officer Bill Canan is arrested by Federal Marshals on charges of drug trafficking and intimidation of a witness. Officer Canan allegedly bought 24 oz of cocaine and then threatened to kill Robert Scott, his supplier turned Federal Witness, if he squealed. This is part of an investigation ongoing for 1.5 years. Police Chief Walsh vows that he is "finally gonna clean up the Good Ole Boy Network" [his words]. See 850912, 930716. 930410, Somerset, KY, WSEK. In yet another Somerset drug sweep, 45 criminals and 5 cars are arrested on 39 felony and 6 misdemeanor counts of drug trafficking. Of these, 24 are for marijuana, 9 for cocaine, 1 for crack, 2 for LSD, and 9 for prescription drugs. 930416, Covington, KY, WSEK. Undercover Narcotics Officer Randy Sebastian is charged with perjury for lying to obtain a search warrant on Dr Patricia Canfield. Officer Sebastian resigned when confronted. 930416, Lexington, KY, WSEK. Ella Flynn, mother of Melanie Flynn who was disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 1977, claims police ineptitude & indifference. Mrs Flynn claims that she gave police many details of names, places, times, etc, which were ignored. She also claims that part of the case file was disappeared. Chief Walsh denies all these false allegations. This re-surfaced upon the arrest of Bill Canan former Lexington Police Officer on cocaine trafficking charges. Rumors at the time of Melanie Flynn's disappearance were that she knew too much about the Lexington Police drug trafficking. See 850912, 870112, 871123, 890225, 900820, 930409, Sally Denton, The Bluegrass Conspiracy, Doubleday, 1990. 930421, Lexington, KY, KET. Former Lexington Kentucky Police Officer Bill Canan is indicted on 14 counts. Charges include drug possession and distribution in '88, possession of a fake DEA ID, and possession of a pen gun and machine gun. His lawyer is Fred Peters. One of the character witnesses at the bail hearing was the same as for Danny Murphy. (See 900608, 900816, 900820, 900822, 910719, 930128, 930318). The Judge had enuf sense not to pay any attention to him this time. Officer Canan is ajudged to be a danger to the community and an escape risk. 930527, Russell County, KY, KNN. After a lengthy Federal investigation, 26 pounds of Mexican marijuana, records, and $12,300 were captured at the Cardo (Carl Doe) Wilson auto dealership. 930528, Duvall Valley, Clinton County, KY, WMKZ. 4071 marijuana plants were destroyed. 930528, Christian County, KY, WKYU. Sheriff William Dillard has his conviction overturned on appeal. Thus he really did not partake in cocaine trafficking or take bribes for protection of the drug industry in his dominion. See 900118, 900823, 901011. 930528, Lexington, KY, KET, 36. Four people are arrested for importation of cocaine from Chicago in kilogram quantities. 930529, Albany, KY, KNN. Jerry Mason (44) was arrested in a marijuana patch of 3700 plants located nine miles north of Albany, KY. 930529, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. 1157 marijuana plants approximately two feet tall were found at Denneys Gap, just off from the Brammer Hill Road. 930531, Louisville, KY, WMKZ. Marijuana abuse claims another life. Thomas Mudd, Jr, (34) choked to death on a bag of marijuana after his arrest by Louisville, KY, police. 930531, Kentucky, WKYU. So far this year in Kentucky, The Guvner's Marywanna Strike Farce has captured over 10,000 plants in 75 plots, 200 pounds of processed marijuana, and 80 criminals. 930600??, Monticello, KY. Lonnie Prince charged with 1238 marijuana plants and Bobby Prince with 34 plants. Grand Jury? 930601, KY, KNN. The 1992 GMTF score was almost one million plants and almost 600 criminals. 930601, Ossier, Floyd Co, KY, KNN. Marijuana claims another young life! Shawn Fader (19) was shot and killed by three marijuana thieves (Martin & Blackburn) while chasing them out of his pot patch. 930611, Monticello, KY, WSFC. KSP choppers found 27 marijuana plants growing in 8 plots on Beech Street. Randall Matthews (34), Nancy Matthews (48) and Larry Klingman (24) were the presumed guilty residents. 930612, Louisville, KY, KNN. Carl Campbell was arrested with an elaborate indoor marijuana growing operation. It was located in part of a auto body shop, accessed by turning a secret clothes rod in the closet. 930616, Eubank, KY, WSEK. Pamela Marie Fox (36) and ? (24) were arrested in Eubank KY for less than five marijuana plants growing near their home. 930618, Somerset, KY, WKYU but not WSEK. Somerset city police are turned down for a state grant of $500,000 for drug enforcement. The reason given was that they were not cooperating with surrounding agencies. Somerset has a population of 10,649 which is $47 per person (not all of which are drug offenders). 930619, Lexington, KY, WMKZ. In a big Lexington cocaine bust, 12 are indicted for running a several kilogram per month cocaine business. In addition to the drugs and money, police also appropriated 10 cars, one boat, three houses, a 350 acre farm, and one Bearded Seal Restaurant. Arrests were also made in Chicago and Los Angeles. The sources were Chicago, LA, and Florida. The cocaine was distributed from Lexington to Louisville, Cincinnati, and Somerset. 930620, Somerset, KY, WSEK. Mr & Mrs Fletcher are arrested for felony cultivation of marijuana. 930623, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. KSP choppers found 5,000 plants in 20 plots on Highway 200 of Wednesday, 2281 plants in 19 plots eight miles west of Monticello and 2906 plants in 8 plots along Highway 90 on Thursday. The GMTF take thru Monday in Wayne County is 10,873. 930624, Paducah, KY, WKYU. Captain William Gorden of the Narco Squad is fired for recording and reporting corruption in the drug unit by city manager Pennington. A whistle blower lawsuit is filed. 930626, Catletsburg, KY, WMKZ. Timothy Woods (39), a Kentucky Department of Forestry Ranger, is arrested for cultivation of marijuana, tending a patch on a hillside, while on duty in uniform. 930628, Lexington, KY, KET(WTVQ). The legal take of the Lexington Police from drug dealers is almost a half million dollars. 91, $200,000; 92, $191,000; 93, ? 930629, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. The score for the London State Police District is 262 plots and 26,137 plants captured. Of these, 18,916 were in Wayne County. 930629, Parnell, Wayne Co, KY, personal observation DPB and conversation with Earl McGuire. Major marijuana harvest of 30+ plots. After weeks of helicopter searches, today the helicopters went directly to the plots, hovered for a few minutes while ground crews in humvees crashed around in the community. 22 plots were observed from the yard of Earl McGuire. A downed Army helicopter was being loaded onto a truck near the Piney Woods Mission, but the soldiers were uncommunicative. 930629, Mt Victory, Pulaski Co, KY, personal observation by DPB & conversation with Rainbow leaders. In a demonstration of Federal Power, GMTF finds six marijuana plants growing in the vicinity of the Rainbow Family national gathering, and invades with helicopters and humvees. 930630, KY, KNN. The GMTF score is 100,000+ plants and 200+ criminals. 930702, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. Terry Sexton & Rick Sexton were arrested with 232 plants on the Frisbee Road. Also 272 plants were captured in Mt Pisgah & Murl. 930713, Southern Indiana, KET. In six counties in Southern Indiana near Louisville, KY, the score is 8,000 plants worth $8 million [the ones shown were worth about three joints each] and 40 criminals arrested. 930716, Lexington, KY, KET. Former Lexington Police Officer and accused cocaine trafficker Bill Canan has his 13 counts (didn't it used to be 14 counts?) dropped to 6 counts. Apparently he is still charged with threatening to kill a confidential informant. See 850912, 930409 930718, Wayne Co, KY, personal conversation with Billy Brusewitz. The GMTF has harvested 20,000 marijuana plants in the Chestnut Grove area. This is supposedly more than the rest of the state. [This contradicts 930630]. Local growers are supposedly replanting as fast as The Army pulls it out. 930721, Monticello, KY, WFLW. Larry Klingerman, Nancy Matthews, and Randall Matthews are indicted on marijuana cultivation charges. Terry Sexton and Ricky Sexton are also indicted for marijuana cultivation. 930721, Jackson Co, IN, KET. A big cocaine bust in the Jackson County, Indiana, area nets Ted Melencamp on two counts of cocaine sales. 930722, Monticello, KY, WFLW. Doil Humble is arrested on his Mt Pisgah farm with a search warrant for marijuana by the Sheriff. 930722, Paducah, KY, WSEK. The Western Kentucky Narcotics Unit "needs to restore credibility", and be moved out of Paducah city hall. The corruption ridden operation was funded by $220K in state money and $73K in local taxpayer extortions. 930723, Louisville, KY, WHAS-KET. Louisville, KY, police officers Ron Pike and James Goodman are convicted of planting cocaine on a Federal informant, George [wasn't it Ricky Lee?] Pardu. George Tingley was found not guilty. See 920826, 930225 930725, KY, WSEK. This year is running well ahead of previous years for the Governor's Marijuana Task Farce. The score so far is 125,000 plants for the state of Kentucky. For 92, the final score was 911,000 and for 91 the score was 824,088. So far this year 225 criminals have been arrested, compared with 558 for all of 92. Kentucky was the leading state in marijuana cultivation for 86, 91, and 92. 930726, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. The count in Wayne County last week was 885 plants in 12 plots located 8 miles south of 1288 and 9056 plants in 57 plots in the Post Eleven (I think that this means London State Police) area. 930802, Danville, KY, WSEK. In what is claimed to be the biggest cocaine bust in Eastern Kentucky, several thousand dollars worth of cocaine was seized at Danville, KY. Arrested were Jerry Wilburn (34) of Junction City, George Buddy Menick (42) of Danville and James Scott (30) of Danville. 930802, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. Sheriff Jim Hill harvested 449 marijuana plants at Slickford and Wright Hollow on Friday. 930802, Laurel Co, KY, KNN. Robert Foley, confidential informant for the FBI, was convicted of the murder of Rodney and Harry Lynn Vaughn. The jury did not believe his claim of self defense. 930803, Danville, KY, WTVQ-KET. Buddy Menick [Merrick?]is arrested again and two kilograms of cocaine are found in his house. He is purported to be The Kingpin of Kentucky cocaine. [Doubtful, but possibly the biggest operator outside of the Lexington Police Force] 930803, Ritner, KY, personal observation, DPB. GMTF helicopters sporadically searched within earshot thruout the day. Hunting behavior below 100 feet elevation was seen on the north side of Jones Hollow about a half mile upstream from the mouth, and over Dean Phillips' house. There was much more helicopter traffic (~20 overflights) than normal (~2 overflights). There appeared to be some activity on both sides of the county line, as contrasted with previous years. 930804, Ritner, KY, personal observation, DPB. GMTF activity moved downstream to the Freedom area, much out of hearing. The Findley fields were overflown several times. 930804, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. Last week's take by GMTF was 2600 plants in 29 plots, found 15 miles west of Monticello, along road 1008, and along route 200. The total in the London State Police Post (presumably the "Post Eleven Area") was 12,000 plants. 930806, Harlan Co, KY, WMKZ. Howard Taylor, Harlan County Kentucky Jailor, is accused of stealing two pounds of marijuana from the Sheriff's evidence room. 930806, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. The Sheriff found 506 marijuana plants in the Steele Hollow area of Griffin and at Slickford. 930806, Shelbyville, KY, KET-WTVQ. Lloyd Jacob Ort of California is arrested on a confidential tip. Fifty pounds of processed marijuana was found in his pickup truck by Shelbyville police. Does the tipster get his pot back? 930809, Mt Vernon (later given as Brodhead), Rockcastle Co, KY, KNN. Gary Shepherd (45) was shot several times in the head and chest and killed in his yard. GMTF helicopters landed in his back yard, where Shepherd held them off for seven hours with an "assault type weapon" before they decided to kill him. Der Gestapo ist defunct; long live the DEA. I wonder if this is the same Gary Shepherd who used to be my neighbor in Dry Valley? 930811, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. The Sheriff harvested 264 pot plants at Elk Ridge and Cooper yesterday. 930812, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. GMTF score for the week ending 09 Aug are 41 plots with 3761 plants in Wayne County and 111 plots with 6605 plants in the London district. The breakdown included 2 plots with 287 plants on Route 200, 13 plots with 443 plants and 5 plots with 1128 plants. 930813, Monticello, KY, WMKZ. Glen Cole was arrested for having some undisclosed number of marijuana plants present in his backyard on Columbia Ave, Monticello. 930818, Monticello, KY, WFLW. Gorden T Cowan, Glen Cole (Coil?) and Doil Humble are indicted by the grand jury for "planting and cultivating marijuana for the purpose of sale". Psychic cops. 930819, Laurel Co, KY, WMKZ. FBI Confidential Informant Robert Foley is to go on trial for the murder of Rodney (Robert) Vaughn and Harry Lynn Vaughn after being released from other murder charges upon request by FBI Handler "Ron Poole". 930819, Louisville, KY, WKYU. The sentence of David Tingley was ruled too lenient, even tho he testified for The State. David Tingley had turned State Witness against his brother Deputy Sheriff George Tingley in his trial for planting drugs on another narc. 930820, Hardin Co, KY, WSEK. On a confidential tip, police have discovered approximately 50,000 cultivated marijuana plants and 250,000 to 500,000 wild marijuana plants in an overgrown twenty acre pasture 16 miles southwest of Elizabethtown, Hardin County, KY. No one was present when to police arrived. Prior to this discovery, the GMTF take was almost 400 criminals and over 400,000 plants for the year. 930820, Whitesburg, Letcher Co, KY, WSEK. Circuit Court Judge Larry Collins decides to plead guilty to bribery for taking marijuana to protect drug dealers, among other indiscretions. 930823, Griffin, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. The Sheriff and KSP found 321 marijuana plants at Griffin last Friday. 930824, Mt Pisgah, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. The Sheriff and KSP harvested 640 marijuana plants in the Mt Pisgah area. The total this year for the county is 60,000. It is unknown whether this includes the GMTF take. 930824, Whitley City, KY, WFLW. Allen James M'Haffy (38) of Pason AZ was arrested when he appeared to take delivery of 800 pounds of cheap furrin marijuana. The stash was concealed in a 1950 Chevrolet tanker truck being hauled on a tractor trailer from California. This Mexican pot sells for $300 per pound in Texas and Arizona, and is imported to blend with the higher priced Kentucky product. 930824, Frankfort, KY, KNN. Frankfort State Police arrested nine criminals who were accused of importing crack from New York City. The operation was run from an apartment complex next to the State Police Headquarters. This gang supposedly supplied most of the crack in Lexington. 930824, KY, WKYU. An outfit called "Kentuckians for Freedom, Inc" has been formed to combat increased militarization of The War on Marijuana. The head is given as Mike Dean, a London, KY, lawyer. Approximately 100 members are claimed in seven eastern Kentucky counties. Also, Gary Shepherd, victim of The War, was given an address of Brodhead, not Mt Vernon. Gatewood Galbraith presented some petition against the war to The Guv'ner about 930918. Sounds like the same bunch. 930824, Somerset, KY, WSEK. Glen Ray Roark of Somerset was arrested for cultivation of marijuana by the Pulaski County Sheriff and ABC. 930824, Whitesburg, KY, KNN. Letcher County Circuit Court Judge Larry Collins pleads guilty to bribery for extorting drugs and money from James Braddock. Several other charges are dropped. 930825, Somerset, KY, WSEK. Police Chief David Gilbert finally gets his Multi-County Drug Task Force. Whitley City has agreed to chip in with $1200 and Pulaski County $35,000. This will garner $200,000 in Federal money. 930831, Paoli, IN, WAVE-KET. Robert Boxler was killed and James Lett is still missing after an attempted rip-off of a marijuana patch in Paoli, IN. Four men from Beckell, IN, including Boxler and Lett, were surprised in the marijuana field. Three shots were fired from a shotgun by an as yet unapprehended guard, but no pellets were found in Boxler's corpse. Police claim that the four hundred marijuana plants are worth a half million dollars. 930831, Louisville, Jefferson Co, KY, WAVE-KET. George Bishop of southwestern Jefferson County was killed by marijuana thieves. Several men from Bullitt County were charged. 930905, Paducah, KY, WKYU. The Western Kentucky Drug Task Force has been found to have been the subject of "loose management by the Paducah Police". Some Kentucky Cabinet Committee has investigated. 930907, Louisville, KY, WSEK. This year 60 people have been arrested for marijuana growing indoors in the Louisville area. The GMTF has arrested 550 criminals and harvested 923,000 illegal weeds this year, presumably for all of Kentucky.. 930907, personal communication, WEM. Billy Brumley and associates were relieved last night of $150,000 in standing marijuana. The helicopters overflew the patch thrice, but never saw it. The guard left at about 11PM and the theft was noticed the next day. The patch has been guarded for two months. There have been two GMTF invasions of the area; one in late June & early July, and another in late Aug & early Sep. 930908, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. The GMTF take in Wayne County for the week ending 06 Sep was 3608 plants in 23 plots. Booty was captured at North Russell Road, East Hwy 92, and North Hwy 789. 930909, Danville, KY, KET\WTVQ. Buddy Merrick [Menick?] is on trial for possession of four pounds of cocaine. This was purported to be the biggest cocaine bust in Eastern Kentucky Legislative Zone. 930910, Lexington, KY, KET\WTVQ. The Bearded Seal trial in in its third day. Reda Ghazallah (27 or 37) and Abu ShaNab are accused of cocaine trafficking. Ghazallah was the RingLeader. ShaNab was the Louisiana connection, and claims to have thought that he was working for the FBI. There was no mention of a Louisiana connection at the time of the arrests. Nine have pleaded guilty. The accused are Palestinians, one from Jordan, the other Israel. A twelfth person escaped, to (Jordan?). 930914, Adair Co, KY, WFLW. Anthony D Belcher (33) and Alex D Wethington (34) were arrested by State Police after ten pounds of [processed?] marijuana was found in their basement late Sunday. 930914, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. The score for the GMTF in the week ending 13 Sep was: Tuesday, 9 plots with 869 plants; Wed, 16 plots with 369 plants; Thurs, 1 plot with 2710 plants found 12 miles south of Monticello. 930915, Climax, Rockcastle Co, KY, WSEK. Hunters tripped a boobytrap and reported anonymously to the Sheriff. Three plots with 87 plants were found. The boobytrap was described as a battery and blasting cap (no dynamite). A house across the road from the contraband was raided and James F Dewey (39) was arrested and 195 more marijuana plants were found in a greenhouse under lights. 930916, Letcher Co, KY, WFLW. Howard Ratliff, Jr (49 or 59) of Kings Creek, Letcher Co, KY, was arrested while cutting more than 400 marijuana plants in a field behind his house. Officer Ratliff is a fifteen year veteran Forest Ranger. His uniform is being subjected to forensic analysis to determine if he wore it in his marijuana patch (apparently a greater crime). 930917, Louisville, Jefferson Co, KY, many. Jim Greene, former High Sheriff of Jefferson County, Kentucky, goes for a six month vacation at Maxwell AFB (AL?) for tax evasion. Also $128,000 fine. He seemed bitter about it, complaining that he had made a deal for no prison time. He declared that, "My debt to society will be completely paid after this six months." This contradicts the three year probation. All they could make stick to Al Capone was tax evasion, too. 930920, Lexington, KY, KEY-18. In the Bearded Seal trial, Reda Ghazallah (27 or 37) was found guilty of cocaine trafficking. Abu ShaNab was found innocent of same. 930920, Kansas, KET-18. Kansas has suffered a 80% drop in marijuana production due to the summer's flooding. 930922, Monticello, KY, WMKZ. Grady Pauls indicted by grand jury for 443 marijuana plants. 930923, Kentucky, WMKZ. There is some sort of scandal in the GMTF. I only got part of the story, and it was never repeated. It apparently relates to falsification of expenses, not diversion of confiscated property. Since GMTF is a federally funded operation, this is a major crime. This may be the story reported on 931104 of expense account padding. 931019, Kentucky, WSEK. In Operation Fall Harvest, Kentucky State Police net 880 criminals on a total of 1331 assorted drug charges. Of these, 882 charges are felonies, including 214 for the crime of dealing the wrong kind of drugs to the wrong kind of informant within a thousand yards (or is it feet?) of a school. Two from Wayne County were apprehended; Jerry Bell Poore and Tim Denney. 931019, Perry Co, KY, WSEK. In a FBI-KSP joint operation, 150 pounds of inferior grade Mexican pot was prevented from being admixed with the superior Kentucky product. Operations were in Perry, Leslie, and Letcher counties, KY. The cops were especially impressed by their haul of weapons. 931019, London, KY, WSEK. Former Lexington, KY, Police Officer Bill Canan's trial started on 12 Oct. Today he took the witness stand and swore that he had never engaged in the trafficking of cocaine!! More to come, I expect. See 850912, 930409, 930716. He was eventually convicted on the cocaine trafficking and witness intimidation charges & not guilty on the weapons charge. 931021, Kentucky, KNN. The State (GMTF) marijuana harvest as of the end of September (why does it take three weeks to add up the numbers??) is 633,000 plants (down some from last year) and 628 criminals (up a bunch). The value of the harvest was set at 2.7 billion dollars (Two thousand seven hundred million dollars). That's $4000 per plant! Top counties were Wayne and Leslie. Also 841 pounds of processed marijuana were confiscated and 63 indoor growing operations discovered. The incidence of booby traps and heavy weaponry is up. 931101, Monticello, KY, WMKZ. Donald Lee Hollars of Race Street was arrested for marijuana trafficking, possession of a schedule two substance (whatever that means), and possession of a firearm by a felon. 931104, Kentucky, KET-WAVE. Joseph Shawn Kelley and three other National Guard members of GMTF plead guilty to padding their expense accounts in last summer's War on Drugs. 931108, Evansville, IN, WKYU. A trial starts today at Vanderburgh Circuit Court for Richard Witlow (38), an Evansville, IN, narcotics agent. Witlow is charged with attempted bribery, attempted theft, and theft. Witlow solicited $100,000 to disappear evidence from Harris Roach, father of Tocio Roach, who was convicted of cocaine trafficking along with his wife. The FBI was present at the cash pickup. Witlow is also accused of stealing $6500, a semiautomatic pistol, and a gold bracelet while searching the home of Edward Cooper. 931110, Somerset, KY, WSEK. Somerset police arrested Darrell Haggard (38) for marijuana and cocaine possession at a routine traffic stop. 931110, Garrard Co, KY, WSEK. Kenton Caudill (34) and Hazel Padget (35) were arrested for selling 5 oz of cocaine for $8500 to an undercover narc. That's $61 per gram. 931112, Miami, FL, WMKZ-USA radio. A stash of cocaine was found in a Miami, FL, warehouse hidden in religious books. Four tons of coke was valued at 400M$; $100 per gram. 931113, Whitesburg, Letcher Co, KY, WKYU. Circuit Court Judge Larry Collins is sentenced to five years for taking a bribe to protect drug dealers. Also some other official has been implicated. See 921123, 921218, 930820, 930824. 931113, McCreary Co, KY, personal communication from Earl McGuire. Dick Young was arrested for loaded gun in car, 2 oz marijuana, and a pipe, on Rattlesnake Ridge, McCreary Co. He was hauled to Cookeville, TN. 931114, LA, & Corbin & Pineville, KY, WSEK. A van containing 146 pounds of Mexican marijuana was stopped in Louisiana. It took so long to turn the occupants that the van, confidential informants, marijuana, and a herd of Federal Agents was loaded aboard an Army C-130 and flown to Corbin, KY, to make the pickup connection. Three more criminals from Pineville were arrested at Corbin. 931114, Mt Vernon, KY, WSEK. A Grand Jury recommendation for an investigation into the murder of Gary Shepherd was rejected because the State Police are still investigating themselves. Shepherd's plantation was about 50 plants. He was shot in self defense by the SWAT team after less than one hour of negotiations. See 930809. 931124, Somerset, KY, WSEK. Brenda Jean Smith (26) of Dixie Bend and James Lee Stevens (37) of Mt Zion Road were arrested for possession of marijuana, paraphernalia, etc. 931201, Lexington, KY, KET. Six are sentenced in the Bearded Seal cocaine operation to from 17 months to 6 years. 931210, Louisville, KY, KET. In what is described as a major LSD raid, six are arrested in Louisville. LSD, marijuana, paraphernalia, and $10,000 is cash were taken. 931213, Morehead, KY, KNN, WSEK etc. Twelve students charged with assorted drug trafficking at Morehead State Univ. This was the result of a State Police Undercover Operation running since spring semester. 931216, Lexington, KY, WSEK. Lexington Police Officer Bill Canan has his convictions on cocaine trafficking, intimidation of witnesses, and carrying a false DEA badge upheld. 931217, Lexington, KY, KET. "Randy" Ghazallah, kingpin of the Bearded Seal cocaine ring, is sentenced to 30 years. Ten have been previously sentenced, and more indictments are promised for next year. 931217, Hardin Co, KY, KET. $293,000 in captured drug money is given to an assortment of agencies. The loot was the result of a "routine traffic stop" in Hardin County, KY. 931231, Nigeria, Paul Harvey. Heroin valued at over one billion dollars was seized in Nigeria. The source was Thailand. If it's over a billion dollars, Nigeria is "local". 940104, Lexington, KY, KET. Horrace Inman, 15 year veteran of the Lexington Police Force, is charged with felony possession of cocaine. The Police Department has no further comment. 940106, Lexington, KY, KET. Four men from Dayton, OH, were accosted with 2 oz crack cocaine, $2000 in cash, and a 38 pistol at a routine traffic stop on the interstate. 940128, Knox Co, KY, KNN. A marijuana greenhouse and three criminals were apprehended in Knox County, KY, yesterday. Jack Edward Sears, John Sears, & John(?) Smith were arrested. 940128, Static, Clinton Co, KY, WFLW, WSEK. A major amphetamine lab was found in the basement of a rural house along US127 one mile north of the Tennessee line. The Sheriff noticed a car in the yard of a supposedly abandoned house, and thought that perhaps he could catch a burglar. Two men claimed to be repairing floors and plumbing, but the floors did not look refurbished. Permission was extorted to search the premises, and laboratory equipment was found in the basement. Production was stated to be one pound per day at $1800 per ounce. A great show was made of how dangerous the chemicals are. An Ohio hazardous waste outfit will be paid an estimated $10,000 to remove these chemicals. Arrested were Karl W Powell (51) and Jerry Beatty (55) of Jamestown, TN. The property was owned by Mrs J H Cross of Albany, and leased to Charles Gross. 940129, Pulaski Co, KY, WKYM. Danny Paul Poore & Jerry[??] Poore were arrested yesterday in Pulaski Co for drug trafficking. 940204, Louisville, KY, KET. Valley High School Coach George Hudson and 16 others (mostly juveniles) were arrested at a crack house. 7K$ of cash and 2K$ to 4K$ in drugs were seized. 940216, Monticello, KY, WFLW. Scott Hurt, marijuana possession & paraphernalia. 940217, Albany, KY, KET. In what is called the biggest underground marijuana growing operation in Kentucky history, a growing operation was busted in Clinton county, 4 miles west of Albany. Two workers were caught in the raid. The land owner was Paul Avery. A criminal conspiracy is evident, because of the size of the operation. The TV shots showed a house with a walkin cellar of about 20 x 30 feet. Maybe 200 plants two inches tall in pots, and maybe 10 lights on growing plants. One plant in the foreground looked three feet tall with mature buds about two inches in diameter. 940218, Albany, KY, KNN & WFLW. The arrestees are Ricky Lee Daniels (31) & David Gene Tapley (30). The volume was one thousand plants and 30 pounds of processed product, a "multi-million dollar operation". The operation was conducted in two underground greenhouses, entered thru a 60 foot tunnel from an unobtrusive toolshed on a 150 acre farm with two lavish houses. Power was a generator "the size of a car". Police have been investigating for two or three years. Later info stated that the growing room was constructed from an olympic size swimming pool with a wall down the middle and covered over. The police were alerted by complaints from the neighbors of late night helicopter landings. The entrances were spotted by IR helicopter. 940218, Lee County, KY, KNN. Lee County, KY, Sheriff Brandenburg passes a lie detector test, proving that he was not responsible for the disappearance of 1650 marijuana plants worth $100,000 [must be real little plants] from evidence. This merited attention because his predecessor was Sheriff Mann, presently serving time for extortion and cocaine trafficking. 940221, Murl, Wayne Co, KY, WSFC. Joey Frost was arrested at his home with 6 pounds of marijuana Friday. 940222, Beattyville, Lee Co, KY, WKYU, WSEK. Lee County Sheriff Douglas Brandenburg was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury last Friday on charges of conspiracy to distribute hundreds of pounds of Mexican and domestic marijuana. Their market was southeastern and eastern United States. 25 others were also arrested, tho no names were given. As of 22 Feb, Sheriff Brandenburg was being held without bond. The Federal investigation has been ongoing since Sheriff Mann was caught. See 940404, 960608. 940223, Beattyville, Lee Co, KY, WSEK. Sheriff Brandenburg is released on $25,000 bail on drug conspiracy charges. Strangely, the charges are now cocaine trafficking. 940225, Nicholasville, KY, KNN. A mass arrest of drug buyers from the police in Jessamine County netted 40 criminals, of which 10 were juveniles. 940312, Tateville, KY, WSEK. Berl Martin Smith and Emma ? (both 26) were arrested in a marijuana raid in Tateville, Pulaski County, KY. The normal charges of possession, cultivation, paraphernalia. 940312, Hazard, KY, WSEK. Kentucky State Police Narcotic Officer Mark Lopez is indicted on five charges of forgery. What he forged was another officer's signature on reports on how he used money which was supposed to be used for undercover drug buys. He was also reprimanded for taking home ("I didn't steal it! Honest!!") vehicles seized in drug raids. 940315, Kentucky, WSEK. The USDEA reports that in 93 Kentucky lead the nation in the number of marijuana growing arrests with over 1900. Kentucky was second in number of plants seized with 645,232. Hawaii had 779,000. The Kentucky harvest was 923,000 in 92, including the monster plantation in Mercer County. Wayne County lead the state with 71,800. Leslie, Clay, Perry, and Clinton followed. 940317, Wayne County, KY, WFLW. Danny Paul Poore is indicted on a mixed bag of about 8 marijuana and drug trafficking charges, plus arson. Also Roger Ramsey, Dishman, and Gerald Singer for drug trafficking. 940318, Middlesboro, KY, KNN, WKYU, WSEK. Two Middlesboro, KY, city police and another former policeman are among eight charged with drug trafficking. This is the result of a FBI sting called "Operation Broken Shield". The investigation started October 92. Steeley Arlis Barnett and Garrett Russell are the greedy cops. Their business included OH, PA, and TN as well as Kentucky. 940401, WSEK. The FBI had wiretapped the home phone of Officer Barnett. 940330, Lexington, KY, WSEK. Five persons were convicted of crack cocaine dealing in Lexington. Serita Brookes was the leader of the "First Family". This was a mid level importing operation, from [New York?]. 940331, Lexington, KY, KET. Seven are arrested in Lexington, KY, for marijuana trafficking. This was the result of a two to several month operation by DEA and Lexington police. Imports were from Phoenix in 100 pound lots, every 6 to 10 days. The TV shot looked like pound sausage rolls. The criminals were from Lexington, Arizona, & Texas. Besides the 100 pounds of marijuana, police took guns, $25,000 in cash and two vehicles. First is Charles Chaney (30). 940402, Knox Co, KY, WSEK. Yesterday, The Judge ruled: The greenhouse equipment used by the Sears gang to grow marijuana has been donated to a school for educational purposes. The criminals were identified as Jack Sears, Keith Sears, and ?. 940404, Madison Co, KY, KET. Twice convicted murderer and sometimes FBI Confidential Informant Robert Foley (37) [still 37?] is on trial (moved to Madison Co) for the murder of four more persons in 89. [So that's before the Vaughn murders, & while he was working for the FBI?] Three bodies from Van Wert, Ohio, Kimberley Bowersocks (20), Lillian Cantini (26), and Jerry McMillan (36) and one from Laurel Co, KY, Calvin Reynolds (22) were found in the septic tank on a burnt-out farm near Baldrock in western Laurel County, KY. On September of 93, Foley was convicted of murder for disposing of two other persons who had become inconvenient to his operations. He was also earlier convicted in a single murder. See 911029 940404, Beattyville, Lee Co, KY, KET. Irvine Shouse (32), a prospective witness to the theft of pot from the Lee Co jail has unexpectedly become dead. No other reason for his demise was apparent. Sheriff Brandenburg is out on bond on charges of conspiracy to traffic in drugs. See 940222. 940408, Madison Co, KY, KET. FBI Confidential Informant Robert Foley refuses to take to the witness stand in his own defense. He is convicted on all counts of murder after 2.5 hours deliberation. 940411, Mt Vernon, KY, KNN. It has been determined by a county jury that Gary Shepherd forced the confrontation with GMTF, justifying his execution. But see a letter from his family's attorney in WORMSCAN.& Date: Thu Dec 01, 1994 9:07 am CST 940415, Lexington, KY, KNN. Terry York (29) was found with 60 marijuana plants growing in his basement as a result of a confidential tip. 940425, Owensboro, KY, WKYU. After a five month investigation, Bee's Classic Motorcycle Shop on Highway 60 E, Owensboro, KY, was raided by 10 assorted cops last Saturday. $3million (5 to 6 pounds) in methamphetamine, $12,000 is cash, 17 guns, thousands of rounds of ammunition, a police scanner, and drug paraphernalia were seized. Arrested were Bert Bloomer (42) of Macio, Harold Feldman (64) of Owensboro, and Theresa Lawrence (25) of Owensboro. The source of this dangerous drug was thought to be out of state. 940425, Morganfield, Union Co, KY, KNN. Two men from Washington and Taylor counties, KY, were arrested at the Morganfield airport Friday with a load of marijuana. James Bell Rich (40) of Springfield and ? were arrested after selling more than thirty pounds of processed marijuana to an undercover cop at the airport. Rich is the pilot who had to be rescued after he ditched in the Gulf near St Petersburg, FL, last year after passing out in Kentucky and flying on autopilot until he ran out of gas. 940429, Barbourville, Knox Co, KY, KNN. Senator Tom O'Dell Smith's conviction is upheld for solicitation of a $10,000 bribe for his efforts to reduce the sentence of a drug dealer. Senator Smith offered his services to the wife of the unfortunate citizen. 940504, Simpson Co, KY, KNN. Yet another drug sweep of 17 criminals. 940504, Beattyville, Lee Co, KY, KNN. Beattyville, KY, Chief of Police Townsend is suspended following the strange death of drug dealer in Lexington who had implied involvement with the disappearance of marijuana from evidence. 940504, Louisville, KY, KNN. There is an investigation of police drug tactics as a result of the attack on a black police officer mistaken for a drug dealer a couple weeks ago. 940505, Lexington, KY, KET. Big drug raid with National Guard helicopters on Hollow Creek Road nets six crack dealers. 940505, Leslie Co, KY, KET. Deputy Sheriff Lyn Doyle Parr and Roger Wells were sentenced for protecting marijuana dealers. 940506, Middlesboro, KY, KET. Middlesboro Policeman Garrett Lee Russell was given a postponement of his trial for running a multi-state marijuana trafficking ring. 940521, Laurel Co, KY, KNN. Gilbert & Juanita Cauldwell (39) were arrested yesterday with 20 bags of marijuana & some alcohol. 940524, Atlanta, GA, Paul Harvey. A Nigerian gang has been importing heroin into Atlanta GA. $33 million. # arrested. 940601, Middlesboro, KY, KNN. Middlesboro Police Officer James Patterson pleads guilty to cocaine trafficking. Sentencing is scheduled for August. Note that as of 941104 he was still running loose and still doing coke. 940603, Lexington, KY, KET. Seven people, including James Lee Sanford and Robert Sanford, were arrested on cocaine and marijuana charges. Included in the booty was $40,000 and two cars. 940604, Louisville, KY, KNN. FBI Agent Withers is accused of heroin trafficking. He reputedly stole 100 pounds of heroin from the evidence room and sold it to dealers who were under FBI surveillance. Solicitations were by telephone and mail, and payment was to various Post Office boxes. Much of the evidence was found in a relative's home in Louisville, KY. 940603, Somerset, Pulaski Co, KY, WSEK. A criminal was arrested 8 miles south of Somerset by the Pulaski County Sheriff on a home search warrant. Assorted drug charges against James? Woolsley. Prescription drug not in original container, paraphernalia, drug trafficking, marijuana. 940610, Beattyville, Lee County, KY, KET? Sheriff Brandenburg is real careful when he busts 123 marijuana plants. He is under indictment for trafficking in marijuana confiscated last year. 940613, Sunnybrook, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. 175 marijuana plants were discovered by Deputy Sheriff Hale last Saturday in Sunnybrook. No arrests. 940614, Hazard, KY, WKYU, KNN. A internal investigation hearing in Frankfort was indefinitely postponed for another of Kentucky's Finest yesterday. Hazard Post Kentucky State Police Officer Mark Lopez (28) is accused of stealing $2000 [not clear if of or in addition to] marijuana from evidence and threatening to kill an informant. WSEK says that an informant got $450, but Officer Lopez claimed $2475 in his report. No mention of how much marijuana he scored. 940614, Nicholas County, KY, WMKZ. A drug sweep in Nicholas County, KY, collects eight drug dealers, including two females. 940614, Somerset, KY, WSEK. Somerset Police get $5850 in booty from the sale of the property of drug criminal Robert M Little. 940621, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. The GMTF take in Wayne County last week was 8 plots with 4382 plants. 940621, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. Wayne County now leads the United States in number of marijuana plants per area! The London Kentucky State Police in the week ending 20 Jun harvested over 3000 plants in 43 plots. The biggest haul was 1000 in Burnett Hollow. Other locations were in Monticello, along Rts 90, 92, 674. Half the harvest was reported to be males. 940621, Louisville, KY, KET\WHAS. Louisville Police Officer George Bell is busted for cocaine possession. 940623, Danville, KY, KET\36. Tami (sp?) convicted for the second time for killing two men in his marijuana patch. 940628, Somerset, Pulaski Co, KY, WSEK. After an investigation of one month by Sheriff, Ferguson police, and probation & parole, Michael E South (27) of Lakeview Drive was arrested for felony marijuana cultivation. 940628, Beattyville, KY, Kentucky Tonight, KET. Beattyville Police Chief Townsend is finally fired after being on suspension with pay since May. The fate of the 16,000 marijuana plants which were disappeared under his care is still unknown. 940629, Wayne Co, KY, Earl McGuire repeating radio news. Marijuana take is 4996 plants in 4 plots and 2600 plants in 2 plots. He reported lots of helicopter activity further down old Rt 92. Three helicopters with spotters dangling on cables this morning. Two nets of marijuana captured. 940701, Pulaski Co, WSEK. $195,000 has been given for another year of the local Drug Task Farce. 75% federal money, 25% from local taxpayers. This pays for a director, a secretary, and two undercover narcs. 940705, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. In the week ending 04 July, Kentucky State Police harvested 12851 marijuana plants in 89 plots in the Beaver Creek, Powersburg & Sunnybrook areas of Wayne County. 940707, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY, WKYU. A NCIC All Points Bulletin is out for Special Deputy Badges issued by Jefferson County Sheriff Jim Green. Sheriff Green is presently serving time for tax evasion (he didn't report the money he extorted from his deputies). 940709, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. The Sheriff reported harvesting 125 marijuana plants in the Sunnybrook & Powersburg area yesterday. 940712, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. The week's State Police marijuana take was 13327 plants in 124 plots. On Thursday alone, 9433 were harvested in southern and southwestern parts of Wayne County. 940712, Eastern Kentucky, WKYU, WMKZ. An unnamed Eastern Kentucky man (25) pleaded guilty to selling marijuana within 1000 yards of a school in the Mexican dilution connection. He was sentenced to 8 months in jail. The real target is Lee County Sheriff Douglas Brandenburg. 940715, Berea, KY, WKYM. In what is called the biggest marijuana crop (in what area?), 262 plants were found in 2 plots near I-75. The plants were about three feet tall and were valued at $314,400. I presume that is for the whole haul, not each plant. If so, that's still $1200 per plant! 940715, Frankfort, KY, KNN. Another roundup of 60 drug criminals on 109 charges in Frankfort, KY. Mostly crack and marijuana users. 940715, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. The State Police marijuana harvest for Wayne County this year is 50197, and the state total 107902. The Wayne County harvest is valued at $100,081,500. This is about $1994 per plant. The news announcer had trouble with these big numbers and it doesn't come out even, so there is probably an error. 940720, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM, WMKZ. The State Police Govner's Marywanna Task Farce got 5177 plants in 39 plots in the week ending 18 July. Most came from the southern part of the county, around Rt 200. The total for the London Post was 20233 plants in 363 plots. And today, the Sheriff's Department got 202 plants; 156 in Oil Valley and 46 in Shaw Valley. 940727, Lexington & Beattyville, KY, WSEK. Deceased drug dealer Irvine Shouse (32) died 03 Apr 94 of acute cocaine and diamulid (sp?) (a strong cancer painkiller) poisoning. No fowl [sick] play is suspected! Shouse claimed that Beattyville Police Chief Townsend tried to sell him part of the 1600 marijuana plants which were disappeared from evidence and mysteriously reappeared in his car trunk, but didn't live long enough to tell that to a jury. 940727, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. Zeke Jones of Slavens was arrested yesterday for marijuana cultivation, marijuana possession, and paraphernalia possession by the Wayne Co Sheriff. 940800?, Irvine, Estill County, KY, KNN. 4600 marijuana plants were spotted by chopper west of Irvine in Estill County. 940800?, Wayne County, KY,. Dewayne Hicks indicted by Grand Jury for marijuana cultivation. 940800?, Wells, Pulaski County, KY,. Ellis Davis of Wells, western Pulaski County, KY, arrested for marijuana cultivation, etc, etc, after a month's investigation. 940802, Daniel Boone National Forest, KY, WKYU. The take for three weeks of harvest activity by the Governor's Marijuana Task Farce is 92,000 plants in 1500 plots. It was noted that the plots are becoming smaller. 940804, Middlesboro, KY, KNN. Former Middlesboro Police Chief Steeley Barnett and sidekick Gerald Pratt, superintendent of the streets department now want to plead guilty to federal drug trafficking charges. 940805, Jefferson Co, Louisville, KY, KNN. The Grand Jury is ready to indict 50 jailors and employees of the Jefferson KY County jail on charges of drug smuggling within the jail. 940806, Covington, KY, KNN. State Police have arrested another 30 drug dealers in Covington. Mostly crack cocaine. 940822, Albany, KY, WFLW. Federal Grand Jury indictments have been handed down for six criminals the case of the olympic swimming pool pot factory. The raid last February got 1276 plants and 70 pounds of processed marijuana (up from the 1000 plants and 30 pounds gathered then). The operation was detected by infrared. Criminals are: John Avery (55) charged with eight counts of assorted conspiracy and laundry of $62,000; Michelle Avery Daniels (32) his daughter; Ricky Lee Daniels (31) her husband; Sherry Avery Daniels (33) another daughter; and David Stonecipher, a good ole boy. 940823, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. The Sheriff's Dept harvested 204 marijuana plants in Mt Pisgah and Jabez last Friday. 940825, Lexington, KY, KET. Police made a raid on what was described as a big drug ring on Oxford Circle, Lexington. Only a minor amount of drugs were found, but it had to be a big drug ring because they got $30,000 in cash for their efforts. 940826, Casey Co, KY, WSEK. A state police drug sweep got 13 criminals in Casey County and one in Russell County on mostly cocaine and within 1000 yards of a school charges. 940826, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. The Sheriff harvested 18 marijuana plants near Flats Springs yesterday. 940827, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. The Sheriff harvested 331 marijuana plants yesterday in Slickford and Slat. 940903, Breathitt Co, KY, WKYU, KNN, WSEK. Three men were killed by explosive device boobytraps in a marijuana patch on remote coal company land near Evanston in eastern Breathitt County, Kentucky. There were 55 plants in 4 plots. The victims were Luke & Lloyd Miller of Waldo, Magoffin County, and Luther van der Pool, of Martin in Floyd County. 940906, Pikeville, KY, WKYU. The trial of Lee County, KY, Sheriff Douglas Brandenburg is scheduled to start today in Pikeville. Sheriff Brandenburg is accused of importing cheap Mexican marijuana to adulterate his higher quality domestic product. 940906, Pikeville, KY, KET. George Nobel, Jr, of Breathitt County pleas guilty in the Mexican adulteration operation. He is the fourth of seven to plea guilty. He got seven years. Sheriff Brandenburg still maintains his innocence. 940907, Pikeville, KY, KNN. Lee County Sheriff Douglas Brandenburg is said to have taken payments of "thousand of dollars per month" to protect the drug operations in his county, starting shortly after he was elected and ending in June 94 as his operation was taken down by federal action. 940908, Eastern Kentucky, KNN. Yet another drug sweep nets 32 "A-level dealers" in Knox, Whitley, and Laurel counties. An "A-Level dealer" is defined as on who supplies a street-level dealer. KET. This is a continuation of an investigation which in February got $21,000 in cash along with the criminals. 940909, Pikeville, KY, WKYU. Three more codefendants plead guilty in the Lee County Sheriff Douglas Brandenburg marijuana adulteration trial. 940909, Breathitt Co, KY, KNN. The marijuana booby traps each contained ammonium nitrate equivalent to 2 to 4 sticks of dynamite. Ignition was by a battery & spark. Police still claim not to know why the victims were in the marijuana patches! Anybody wanna make a guess? 940909, Pikeville, KY, KNN. Lee County Sheriff Douglas Brandenburg is given a mistrial. The reason given is that his co-conspirators have all plead guilty, and it looks bad for him. 940912, London, KY, KNN, WSEK. The drug trial of Middlesboro Officer Garrett Lee Russell starts today. He is accused of three counts of dealing in cocaine, marijuana, and pain killers, 1 count of possession, 2 of use of a firearm in the commission of drug dealing. He was arrested in March in "Operation Broken Shield", after a 20 month investigation. He is accused of also being a USER, using, dealing and letting his customers use in his cruiser. All of his co-conspirators have pleaded guilty , but this apparently is not sufficient for a mere city cop to be given a mistrial. 940912, Bardstown, Nelson Co, KY, KET\WHAS. State Police seized 250 pounds of Mexican marijuana in a vacant house in Bardstown, Kentucky. It was in five bales which looked a bit over a foot cubed. This inferior furrin pot was valued at $1/2 million, or $2000 per pound. 940912, Louisville, KY, KET(WHAS). The Jefferson County Grand Jury is investigating drug smuggling in the Jefferson County Jail. Thirty indictments are expected. Five jailer officers have already resigned. 940914, London, KY, WKYU. Middlesboro City Police Orificer Garrett Lee Russell claims on the witness stand that the FBI Special Informant who busted him is the same [ ] who addicted him to cocaine. 940914, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. Bob Sharp of Shaw Valley was arrested by the Sheriff on marijuana trafficking charges in a raid on Tuesday. 940916, London, KY, WSEK. Middlesboro City Police Officer Garrett Lee Russell claims that FBI Informant Benny Meyers gave him free cocaine, and then demanded that Orificer Russell supply him with other drugs. He carried a firearm during these drug transactions because it was part of his uniform. 940916, London, KY, WKYM. Middlesboro Kentucky City Police Officer Garrett Lee Russell is convicted of drug dealing charges, but not of the use of a firearm in the commission of a drug crime charges. 940922, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. The take for Wayne County, Kentucky, by the Governor's Marijuana Task Farce so far in 1994 is 68,489 plants. 940922, Louisville, KY, KNN. 16 persons have been indicted for drug smuggling (including cigarettes) at the Jefferson County jail. 8 of these are staff, the rest, inmates. 940923, Perry Co, KY, WSEK. State Trooper Tony Watts was snakebit in Perry County while cutting down marijuana. In addition to the copperhead, 89 plants, a 4-wheeler and two criminals were taken. 940927, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. One hundred pounds of processed marijuana was found by the Sheriff in an abandoned house in Sumpter. 320 plants were seized in Cooper and Griffin. 940930, Cave-In-Rock, IL, WSEK (ABC?). Kentucky & Illinois authorities have found $ 1/4 million in marijuana on an island in the middle of the Ohio River at Cave-In-Rock, IL. That's Tolu, Crittenden Co, KY. 940930, New Haven, LaRue Co, KY, KET\WAVE. A fortified barn on the property of J E Fisher near New Haven, KY, contained three elaborate marijuana grow rooms. Over 100 plants worth $150,000 to $175,000 were found by an assortment of cops. They were very coy about how they were informed of this indoor plantation. 941004, Beattyville, Lee Co, KY, KNN. Beattyville, KY, Police Chief Townsend is suing someone for $700,000 over the accusation of his involvement in the disappearance of marijuana from a Lee County, KY, jail cell. 941007, Lexington, KY, KET. Big drug raid with 50 cops on crack house at 408 E Second St nets 12 criminals. This resulted from a tip from an anonymous informant. 941014, Shively, Jefferson Co, KY, KNN. In what is claimed to be the biggest (indoor?) marijuana operation in Jefferson County (Louisville) KY, in five years, a 500 (900?) plant operation was found in Roscoe Driskell's cold and dry storage. This was a sophisticated operation with timer controlled lights and water, and the 500 plants in various stages of growth. These 500 plants were purported to be worth one million dollars. The site was reported by an anonymous informant, and was under observation for three months. 941014, Louisville, KY, KNN. At the Standiford Field airport, Louisville, 17 pounds of methamphetamine were seized from David McKennon and Shannon Kelley of Fresno, CA. This is touted as a big bust. 941019, Monticello, KY, WFLW. Grand Jury indictments are: Bob Sharp, marijuana cultivation 0.5 < x < 5 pounds; Johnny & Catherine Young, marijuana trafficking over 5 pounds. 941026, Union, Henderson, & Webster Counties, KY, KNN. Six arrested on cocaine and Marijuana distribution charges after a four months long investigation. More arrests are promised. 941026, Paducah, KY, KNN. William Ballard (30) was arrested selling marijuana from a Paducah Parks truck. Charges are selling marijuana over 8oz and within 1000 miles of a school. The customer, David Bought, was charged with possession of 1/4 oz. 941104, Middlesboro, KY, KNN. Middlesboro, KY, policeman James Patterson was sentenced to 16 months for drug trafficking. Since he is still using cocaine while free on bond, Judge ______ ordered him to prison immediately. 941104, Madison Co, KY, KET\WLEX. A Detroit woman and a Cincinnati man were arrested with 56 rocks of cocaine. Mouthpiece Bozo ranted about permanent prison terms for those bringing this poison into his community. 941115, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. The State GMTF harvest was 484,000 for the state and 94,800 for Wayne County. Again, Wayne County had the most plants harvested. This is for the state National Guard action only. The Sheriff's take was not reported. 941116, Monticello, KY, WMKZ. Richard Haggett is indicted for trafficking within 1000 yards of a school. 941117, Los Angles, CA, NPR. Second biggest cocaine bust in Los Angeles. Undercover cops were the transportation for 5.5 tons of cocaine worth 5.5 million dollars (that's $1 per gram. ?? Must be 550 megabux.). Route was Columbia to Mexico to Nogales to Los Angeles. The cops got 2 million and are still owed 1.5 million for their transportation charges. 941117, Somerset, KY, WMKZ. Former Wayne County resident Tim Gregory (29) of 232 March St, Somerset, KY, was arrested for the 1991 murder of Gene Upchurch. Upchurch had been found shot in his truck near Mt Pisgah, Wayne Co. Rumors had it that he was a special confidential informant for the Wayne County Sheriff. 941118, Middlesboro, KY, WSEK. A couple civilians caught in Operation Broken Shield are sentenced. Pratt got 3 months for selling marijuana, Moyers got 12 months for selling cocaine. Two active police orificers and one retired policeman were the prize catches. 941124, Monticello, KY, WKYU, WSEK. Cecil Baker (34) of Monticello was arrested for the murder by three gunshots three years ago of Gene Upchurch who had reported their marijuana operation to the police. Earlier Tim Gregory (29) was arrested on the same charges. The marijuana was located on the farm of Baker's wife's grandfather. Police say that this is a grim reminder of how dangerous marijuana really is. 941205, Somerset, KY, WSEK, WMKZ, KNN. Police raided what was called the largest indoor marijuana growing operation so far in southeastern Kentucky, claimed to have produced two million dollars per year. Police found more than 400 mature marijuana plants growing in two trailers and a barn, and 50 pounds of processed marijuana ($100,000) in Cabin Hollow, south of Somerset. There were documents on how to grow pot and launder money. Booty included $16,000 cash, property, cars, etc. But they are aggressively pursuing several bank accounts. Apparently they did not catch any criminals at the time. In another incident, Kenneth Soule (Sewell?) of Ferguson was found in a traffic stop to have 128 pounds of marijuana and $400. Or maybe they are connected. 941207, Covington, KY, WSEK. Trina Anderson of Tacoma, MD, was arrested with 24 pounds of marijuana in her luggage at the Cincinnati airport. This was the result of a confidential tip. 941209, Adair, Russell, Pulaski Counties, KY, WSEK. Kenneth Sewell (Soule?) was the owner/operator of the indoor marijuana plantation in Cabin Hollow, near Somerset, KY. He also owns three properties in Adair County. Police found 700 marijuana plants growing in a new 1500 square foot metal building on one of these properties. The Cabin Hollow operation was thought to have been operating for several years, but the Adair County building had new electric service in April 94. 941209, ?Owensboro?, KY, WSEK. The conviction of Jay Sibley for selling marijuana within 1000 miles of a school was overturned by Judge John Miller. It was ajudged that the audio tapes presented as evidence were unintelligible as well as impossible to determine the individuals speaking. 941209, Marion Co, KY, KNN. 27 drug criminals arrested in Marion County, KY, on assorted trafficking charges. 941115, Boston, MA, ABC radio. A mother and step-son were arrested in a Boston hotel with 300 pounds of marijuana, "worth" a quarter million dollars. Actually, that sounds cheap. Supposedly they were trafficking up and down the east coast. 941215, Paul Harvey. 400 billion dollars per year estimated illegal drug trade by InterPol. Much of this supports terrorism. Corruption of public officials is also mentioned. 941215, Burgin, Mercer Co, KY, KET, 36. Zane Leeds (55) and his son Adam (28) are indicted on drug conspiracy and money laundering charges. This is touted as the biggest marijuana bust in the state with 178,000 plants. The laundry was $197,000. 941216, ?, WFLW. 9 tons of cocaine taken from Calis cartel. 941218, Breathitt Co, KY, WSEK. Charles Wayne Barefoot of North Carolina was arrested with 100 pounds of processed marijuana. This was the result of a confidential tip. It is emphasized how important this method of producing criminals is. 941220, Somerset, KY, WSEK. Judge Mike Henry reduced bond for Kenneth Eugene Sewell (40) from $250,000 to $50,000 on charges of marijuana cultivation. Also, there were two other locations found in Adair County. Sewell was stopped on a purported drunk driving excuse the next day in Russell County with 128 pounds of processed marijuana, which might not have been such a coincidence after all. 941222, Bowling Green, KY, WKYU. Two pounds of cocaine were confiscated from Colin Carpenter (23) at the Western Hills Motel. It is "worth" $70K to $300K. This is Warren County's biggest coke bust. 941227, Bowling Green, Warren County, KY, KNN, WKYU. Operation New Year's Resolution yields 87 charges against 41 criminals on drug trafficking charges. At noon, 17 criminals had been captured. Mostly marijuana, crack, cocaine. 6 month undercover investigation. 7 arrest teams are collecting to High School gymnasium?? 3 cars, guns among booty. 950124, Coranado National Forest, Paul Harvey News. A pack train with 2400 pounds of cocaine from Mexico was found in Coranado National Forest. 950206, Beattyville, Lee County, KY, KNN. The day before their trial in Pikeville, Lee County Sheriff Douglas Brandenberg and two co-conspirators plead guilty on one charge of obstruction of justice in interference with a Federal Drug Investigation. But they are now NOT guilty on charges of taking bribes to protect the illegal drug business. 950214, Frankfort, KY, KNN. Yet another drug sweep in Franklin Co, KY, with 21 criminals. 950218, Floyd Co, KY, WSEK. Deputy Judge-Executive James Stumbo, son of Floyd County Judge-Executive John Stumbo, pleads guilty to drug dealing. 950301, Lexington, KY, KNN. Big crack sweep in Lexington, KY. More than 200 counts for 180 criminals, 16 of which are juveniles. This operation started in May. 950302, Lexington, KY, KET. So far 95 criminals have been arrested (or is it counts served?) with 86 to go. Police are purposely going slow to instill terror and confusion into the dealer community. They seem proud of this strategy. 950304, Lexington, KY, WSEK. (Former) Lexington Policeman and cocaine dealer Bill Canan loses his appeal. He claimed that the search warrant was based on old information, and the evidence should be suppressed. Also his diary of cocaine transactions deciphered on videotape by a confidential informant held, even tho the informant was subsequently deceased. His 17 year 8 month sentence is said to stand. Also, Lexington's biggest (for a while) cocaine haul resulted from the arrest of one of the criminals from this weeks crack dealer collection. 950307, Lebanon, KY, KNN. James Rich, Lebanon Airport Manager, sentenced to 14 months for transporting 32 pounds of marijuana in his airplane from Springfield to Morganfield. 950314, Paris, Bourbon county, KY, WSEK. In a continuation of the 01 March operation, 19 more crack criminals were arrested on 38 warrants. Of these, 12 were in Paris and\or Bourbon County. Besides crack, charges included being lured to within 1000 yards of a school, marijuana, and persistent felony. 950320, KNN. Zane & Adam Leads on trial. Lexington? The take was given as 178,000 plants. Also filing false tax returns and money laundering. 950324, West Liberty, Morgan Co, KY, KNN. Jacky Johnson of West Liberty, Morgan County, was arrested with several hundred marijuana plants growing in his home. Also possession of growing paraphernalia and a pickup with defaced identification. 950327, ?, KY, WSEK. David Keebler had fire in apartment. Firefighters found 11 marijuana plants & turned him into the cops. 950327, Lexington, KY, WSEK. The Zane Leeds trial is billed as the second largest marijuana bust in Kentucky history, at 178,000 plants. Seems like I remember there have been several larger. 950405, Lexington, KY, KET. The Cookes of Ellendorf Farm, high society types, busted with three grams of cocaine. Hearing today, bust a couple weeks ago. 950422, London, KY, WSEK. Six time murderer and sometimes FBI Special Informant Robert Foley has another murder to his credit. Robert Tucker, beaten to a pulp by Foley has finally died from his injuries. Also there is a victim of another assault in 89. Foley demands a speedy trial, but the judge says that six death sentences are sufficient. 950501, Bowling Green, KY, KNN. John Paul Avery (55) of Albany, Clinton Co, KY, is on trial for assorted drug charges. The present claim is 1276 plants and 70 pounds of processed marijuana, found in an elaborate underground growing operation located beneath two lavish rural homes. 950502, Beattyville, KY, WKYU. Lee County Sheriff Douglas Brandenberg goes to federal prison for nine months for interfering with a drug investigation. But he got off on the drug trafficking charges. 950504, Wayne Co, KY, Wayne County Outlook. 46 marijuana plants plus 876 plants still in two seed beds were found on Rt 200. 950506, Albany, KY, WSEK. Richard Lee Daniels has pleaded guilty in the Clinton County elaborate underground bunker marijuana growing case. Daniels was the operations manager, and is the son-in-law of Avery, known to the government as The Master Mind. Profits were laundered thru Twin Lakes Oil Corp. 950509, Clarksville, TN, WKYU. Big cocaine bust in Clarksville, TN, nets 5 pounds of coke "worth" $700,000 and one criminal, Bernard Mylan. He accepted a package mailed from Miami. That's $310 per gram. 950509, Hazard, Perry Co, KY, KNN. George Feltner, Troy Combs, and David Combs plead guilty to cocaine distribution from a bar in Hazard. 950511, Bronston, Pulaski Co, KY, WSEK. Police got an unexpected bonus when they answered a domestic disturbance call to the residence of Larry Allen Nichols in Bronston. Twelve marijuana plants were found growing in the house, as well as an unreportable quantity of "processed marijuana". 950512, Chicago, IL, AP, drctalk-l. (Copyright: 1995 by The Associated Press) CHICAGO (AP) -- An elderly woman worried that an abandoned rental truck parked in her neighborhood might contain a bomb helped police Saturday to make one of the biggest drug seizures in Chicago this year. Officers called to check out the truck uncovered cardboard boxes containing about 810 kilograms of pure, uncut cocaine and 500 pounds of marijuana worth at least $225 million, said patrolman L. Redman of the police department's narcotics section. No arrests have been made. Police did not know who rented the truck but said they believed it was from out of state. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has joined the investigation. Hmmm. $2000/pound marijuana and $277/gram cocaine. 950512, Wayne Co, KY, WKYM. State Police & National Guard got 10,585 marijuana plants in one plot in Dry Hollow. Last week they only got 922 plants. 950515, Monticello, KY, WMKZ. Cecil Baker files a motion to have all mention of previous criminal acts which did not result in prosecution be prohibited from his murder trial. But he does not admit that such acts exist. 950516, Jefferson City, IN, WKYM. Two men sentenced to 6 years for growing marijuana in a Jefferson City, Indiana, warehouse. 950516, Wayne County, KY, WMKZ. The Sheriff harvested 630 marijuana plants in the Zion community on Rt 790 today. 950517, Monticello, KY, WMKZ. David Morgan was arrested with more than five marijuana plants on Kentucky Avenue. 950518, Albany, Clinton County, KY, WFLW. The Avery clan is found guilty in less than 15 minutes of deliberation of 12 assorted counts in the elaborate underground bunker marijuana growing operation case. Paul Avery was found guilty on eight counts including conspiracy to manufacture marijuana and running a continuing criminal enterprise. Daughter Michelle was found guilty on six counts, including conspiracy and money laundering. Daughter Sherry was found guilty on three counts including money laundry. 950518, Franklin, Simpson Co, KY, KNN. A drug sweep in Franklin captures nine drug criminals, mostly cocaine. 950526, Harlan Co, KY, KNN. Timothy and Herman Helton, of Leslie County, are indicted by a London, KY, federal grand jury for growing 1300 marijuana plants in a remote area of Harlan County. They are threatened with $4 million fines and life in prison. 950530, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. Kentucky State Police destroyed 1675 marijuana plants in 4 plots on Lynch Road, 3 mi west of Monticello. Plants were 4 feet tall. James A Dishman (19) was arrested. 950530, Lexington, KY, KNN. Patrick and Kimberley Lorenz and ___________ from Tucson, AZ, were found to have 41 marijuana plants growing in their Lexington home. Also seized were 20 pounds of processed marijuana, growing equipment, paraphernalia, and $5700 in cash. 950531, Monticello, KY, WFLW. Gerald Stringer of Conn St arrested by Jim Hill for a great assortment of drug offenses. 950526, New York City, NY, New York Daily News. * Accused smuggler Morteza Farakesh, 48, was convicted in May of possession of $2 million worth of morphine during a 1993 layover at Kennedy Airport in New York. According to the prosecutor, Farakesh was on his way to California and could have picked a less Customs-intense airport than JFK but chose to make his connection there in order to take advantage of an Alitalia super-saver fare. 950531, Breathitt County, KY, KNN. Breathitt County, KY, Deputy Sheriff Larry Smith sentenced to 80 months and a $25,000? fine for marijuana distribution. 950605, Louisville, KY, KET (WAVE). 1100 pounds of kat in a UPS shipment from England were seized by customs at Louisville airport. This dangerous narcotic has only been in the area for a year. 950609, Somerset, KY, WSEK. In a "routine traffic stop" on South 27, police discovered 25 potted pot plants in a late model van. Ricky Todd Anderson (35) of Louisville was charged with marijuana cultivation and Mark Addison Birch (31) was charged with marijuana possession. 950616, Lexington, KY, WKYT, KET. Lexington, KY, Police seized 70K$ in cocaine and 40K$ in cash from two cocaine dealers. And in the 150 criminal sweep three months ago, over half have been ajudged or pleaded guilty. Lexington Official Whatzit claims that they ar TOUGH on cocaine dealers, at least those who are not protected by the cops. 950619, Monticello, KY, WFLW. So far this year, the Kentucky State Police and National Guard have harvested 49,833 marijuana plants, of which 26,140 were taken from Wayne County. Wayne County also had three arrests, of 271 (or just 71?) statewide. 950621, Lewis County, KY, WSEK. In what is called the biggest pot crop in the county, Lewis County, KY, sheriff & Deputies harvested 3245 marijuana plants ranging from seedlings to 3.5 feet tall. It was found in a holler off KY Rt 9 nears Tollesboro. 950621, Marion County, KY, WSEK. Two men were arrested when they sold 52 pounds of marijuana to DEA narcs. Harold Pitman (25) of Bradfordsville, and Victor Richards (41) of Houstonville were the dupes. 950622, McCreary County, KY, WFLW. A Big South National Park Ranger was shot at. This was near a marijuana patch. 950627, Scott & Knox County, KY, WSEK. Kenneth Cole (29) is convicted of "Aiding and Abetting" for distributing 3 pounds of marijuana in Knox County on Feb 17, and 76 pounds in Scott County on Feb 21. The Northern Kentucky Drug Task Force or somesuch. 950629, Pike & Floyd County, KY, KNN. Another drug roundup of 18 criminals in Pike & Floyd Counties, KY. 950629, Eadsville, Wayne county, KY, WMKZ. Wayne County Sheriff Jim Hill harvested 85 marijuana plants in the Eadsville area earlier this week. 950703, Louisville, KY, WLKY, KET. A jail employee, Johnson, is accused of selling drugs to the inmates for two years. 950705, Jeffersontown, KY, WLKY, KET. Operation Spring Cleaning in Cane Run Road, Jeffersontown, nets 13 crack dealers. Residents protest that the police rounded up anyone with dark skin. 950707, Louisville, KY, KNN. Floyd Richardson (26) of California pleads guilty?? to distribution of cocaine base. 950710, Frankfort, KY, KNN. Police are arresting 23 street level crack dealers after a three month investigation in Frankfort, KY. 950710, Meade & Grayson County, KY, WSEK. The Sheriffs of Meade and Grayson Counties, KY, have bought four used Army helicopters. Actually, the helicopters were "free", but insurance, fuel, and repairs are the problem of the county taxpayers. They will be used to eradicate marijuana. Interestingly, last year Meade county harvested 29 plants; Wayne over 100,000. 950710, Wayne County, KY, WMKZ. Kentucky State Police marijuana harvest in the week ending 10 July is: Wayne, 8848 plants in 76 plots; Clay, 93 plants in 6 plots; Laurel, 15 plants in 1 plot. Biggest plantation was in Mt Pisgah, harvested 4 thru 9 July. Wayne County Sheriff Jim Hill also reports one arrest, Adam Baker (18) of Bell Subdivision. 950711, Wayne County, KY, WFLW. The State Police marijuana harvest for the entire state so far this year is 75,739 plants in 675 plots outdoors and 2005 plants in 37 indoor growrooms. The take in Wayne County is 36,310 plants in 90 plots. 950711, Lexington, KY, KNN. Lexington police got 527 grams of cocaine worth more than $100,000 in a local residence. Also seized were $6,000 cash, guns, and a limo. Four criminals were arrested, including Larry Pendergast. 950712, Columbia, KY, WSEK. Adair County, KY, Magistrate Jeff Miller (34) was arrested yesterday. Magistrate Miller was stopped for no license plate, but fled. He was finally stopped on the Columbia Town Square. He was found to have a large quantity of marijuana, cocaine, crack, and prescription drugs, as well as guns and money. 950714, Somerset, KY, WSEK. Mike Heath (23) is convicted of two counts of selling Tylox (aka Percodan) to a narc during Jan & Mar 94. 950716, Campbell County, KY, WSEK. Guard Timothy Mahan (29) was charged with selling marijuana in the Campbell County, KY, jail. 950717, Wayne County, KY, WMKZ. Troy Johnson and Joseph Lee Frost are indicted on marijuana cultivation. The State Police take so far this week is 11585 plants in 79 plots. Monday 6517 plants were found in 54 plots in Burfield, Rocky Branch, and Griffin. Tuesday 92 plants in one plot. Wednesday 4758 plants were found in 15 plots on the Delta Road. 950721, Tennessee, WKYU. Tennessee authorities claim that they have harvested 60% of their marijuana. 950721, Oldham County, KY, KET (WHAS). 600 untended marijuana plants were found in Oldham County, "worth" only $5000. It was speculated that someone had dumped a bag of seeds. 950725, Wayne County, KY, WKYM. In the week ending 24 July, the body count in the marijuana war is: Wayne County, 13,255 plants in 169 plots, largest haul was in the Cooper Road area with 2951 plants in 9 plots; Whitley County, 2418 plants; McCreary County, 1474 plants; Laurel County, 962 plants; and Pulaski County, 404 plants. Then on 26 July the story was 15275 plants in 169 plots for Wayne County and 15532 plants in 422 plots for the 10 county London Police district. Watch out tryna say dem BIG numbers. 950728, Wayne County, KY, WKYM. According to spokesperson Shelby Austin, the Kentucky State Police marijuana harvest this year is 223,205 plants in 2,136 outdoor plots and 48 indoor plots. The Wayne County take alone is 73,270 plants in 555 plots. 950804, Chihuahua, Mexico, AP. MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Authorities are calling it one of the most important drug seizures in Mexican history. Federal agents seized and burned more than 3.6 million marijuana plants from a 220-acre field in the northern state of Chihuahua, the Attorney General's Office said Wednesday. It did not say when the seizure occurred or when the plants were destroyed. Agents were tipped off by an anonymous telephone caller, and eight suspected drug traffickers were arrested, authorities said. Federal agents last month seized more than 26 tons of marijuana in northwestern Sonora state after surveillance pilots flying over the area spotted fields where the drug was being grown. Agents in Sonora also seized weapons and arrested nine men suspected of growing and packaging the drug for transport to the United States. 950808, Corinth, Grant County, KY, WSEK. Harold Walker, his wife Virginia, and a juvenile were arrested with the record biggest indoor (in Corinth?) marijuana growing operation. The haul included 40 marijuana plants growing in a shack, cocaine and an assortment of other "drugs", and assorted paraphernalia. 950811, Eubank, Pulaski County, KY, WSEK. Pulaski County, KY, Sheriff Sam Catron arrested Barry Anton Duncan of Eubank for cultivation of twelve marijuana plants and possession of paraphernalia. 950817, Lexington, KY, KET. ?? (26) convicted of possession of 200 pounds of marijuana and growing paraphernalia. 950818, Somerset, KY, WSEK. Travis West of Ferguson, and his father Everett West were arrested yesterday in federal charges of distributing methamphetamine. 950818, Assorted National Forests. Subject: Forest Service News-- 8/95 LAW ENFORCEMENT & INVESTIGATIONS WEEKLY REPORT 95/08/18 Daniel Boone NF, Special Operations - To date surveillance has been conducted on 17 cannabis targets using surveillance equipment and five by LE&I personnel. Last week two arrests were made by ground eradication teams and eleven others are pending. Six search warrants have been executed for cannabis cultivation with six individuals awaiting indictment. To present 1,490 cannabis plots have been eradicated with a total of 58,685 cannabis plants removed from the forest. NFs in NC, Highlands RD - Two search warrants were executed by FS agents assisted by Jackson County Sheriff's Department. A father, age 65 and son, age 40 were linked to a marijuana growing operation. Seized in the search were 91 marijuana plants, 100's of marijuana seeds, four gallons of moonshine, and components for three moonshine stills. Asset forfeiture proceedings are pending as well as possible indictments of other conspirators. Ouachita NF, Tiak RD - LEOs are participating in Operation Deep Thrust II. The operation has netted approximately 6,000 marijuana plants, one arrest has been made and one weapon has been seized. Operation Deep Thrust I & II has seized a total of 13,000 plants from southeast Oklahoma. Buffalo RD - A joint investigation with Newton County Sheriff's Department yielded 40 pounds of processed marijuana. The marijuana was packed in one pound bricks and stored in two large ammo containers. Investigation is continuing. Shawnee NF - A LEO assisted DEA and Illinois State Police in arresting Roderick Harvey, a marijuana grower. Harvey is a convicted felon and had two active felony warrants from Kentucky as well as prior convictions for drugs. Harvey has been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for the manufacture of marijuana. Chatham Area - FS LEOs found and confiscated several marijuana plants growing on the Sitka RD. The officers encountered an intoxicated subject in the proximate area at a campsite who was also in possession of a sawed-off shotgun (illegal length) which was confiscated by the officers. This investigation is continuing. --------------- 950819, Floyd County, KY, WKYU, KNN. Kentucky State Police raided the home of former Kentucky Supreme Court Judge Dan Jack Combs and produced 4 ounces of processed marijuana, one marijuana plant growing in a container, rolling papers, pipes, and scales. Judge Combs says that he has no idea of how such things might have gotten into his home. Really! Judge Combs retired in 1993 because of a "memory disorder". By 950822, His Honor Combs has decided that State Police have framed him by planting the evidence on him. 950820, Parnell, KY, WKYM. The Wayne County Sheriff seized 400 marijuana plants in Parnell. 950822, Pikeville, KY, WSEK. Pike County, KY, Judge Charles Huffman III pleads guilty to extorting drugs from Vivian Adams. His Honor Huffman demanded loracet (lorazepam??) for quashing drunken driving arrest. His Honor is subject to a twenty year prison sentence. 950823, Jefferson City, IN, KNN. Victor Custis of Louisville, KY, was arrested in Jefferson City, IN, for selling methamphetamine and guns to a federal narc. 950825, Floyd County, KY, WKYU. Former Kentucky Supreme Court Judge Hiz Honner Dan Jack Combs now says that he uses marijuana to help him sleep. His memory disorder must have made him forget his previous claims. The first story was that he had no idea of how this diabolical substance could have appeared in his house. Then he claimed that the cops planted it. Stay tuned for the next story. 950826, Floyd County, KY, WSEK. Former Kentucky Supreme Court Judge Hiz 'Onher Dan Jack Combs now claims that he did not smoke marijuana while he was judging pot smokers. His insomnia began after he retired, and a friend suggested the evil weed. Stay tuned for the next claim. 950826, Kankakee, IL, UPI. -- Kankakee police say (Saturday) three Texas men face federal drug charges in connection with a seizure of 5, 000 pounds of marijuana after the truck in which they were riding got struck. The truck, with a 13-foot-6-inch-high semitrailer, jammed trying to clear a 12-foot-9-inch viaduct, and police found the drugs after they arrived to help the stranded vehicle. 950830, Henry Co, KY, KET. State Police in an independent operation made for TV, find some pot growing in buckets. 950830, Bowling Green, KY, KNN. Robert(?) Schaffer (sp) in Federal trial for methamphetamine. 950901, Floyd County, KY, WKYU. Former Kentucky Supreme Court Judge Dan Jack Combs pleads guilty to marijuana charges. 950902, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. Kentucky State Police harvested 4617 marijuana plants in 13 plots near KY 167. The total this year is 88,431. 950904, Eastern Kentucky, WSEK. Last week Kentucky State Police cut 200 marijuana plants in 40 plots in Eastern Kentucky last month. The State total has gone from one million in 1992 to only a half million in 1994. This is said to be because the federal subsidy is now only $4 million a year. Last year the take in Wayne County, KY, was more than all but seven states. Unclear if each state or the cumulative thereof. 970905, Floyd County, KY, WSEK. Hiz Honner Combs accuses the Kentucky State Police with Gestapo tactics while they searched his home. 950905, Wayne County, KY, WFLW. Kentucky State Police harvested 7475 marijuana plants in 82 plots last week. This includes 113 plants in 5 plots on Rt 1546, 183 plants in 1 plot on Bethell Road, 1327 plants in 32 plots 5 miles west of town on Rt 92, and 5132 plants in 44 plots on Rt 167. The take last week for the entire London post was 8441 plants in 163 plots. 950907, Lexington, KY, WSEK. Lexington, KY, police found two pounds of cocaine in the wheel well of an abandoned sport-utility vehicle. The haul was valued at $250,000. The Lexington cops would know all about the price of cocaine. 950908, Frankfort, KY, WKYU. State Police found 42 marijuana plants in the right-of-way of I-64. This was just east of the Kentucky River bridge, uphill from the roadway. This is not the first time dangerous drugs have been found growing on the interstate. 950908, Mercer County, KY, KET. State Police using a spotter plane found one thousand marijuana plants in a cornfield on the Ron Sexton farm near Rt 127. The Zane Leeds take is now down to 170,000 (what's 8000 plants one way or the other?). The case is still being continued. 950911, Monticello, KY, WMKZ. Mammie Perriman of Third Street was arrested for marijuana possession after a raid at her home by Jim Hill. 950912, Wayne Co, KY, WCO 960110. Kentucky State Troopers destroyed a total of 17,817 marijuana plants in only eight days in Wayne County at the end of June and beginning of July. 950913, Somerset, KY, WSEK. The Somerset narcs have $25,000 left over which they must spend or loose it. They want a sniffer dawg, among other toys. 950913, Knott County, KY, WSEK. State Police Paul Sandlin was seriously burned while trying to burn some marijuana at Big Branch, near Hindman. 950914, Floyd County, KY, WSEK. Former Hiz 'Onher Dan Jack Combs says that he still smokes marijuana, in a WTVQ interview. His attorney says that Judge Combs has a memory disorder, and thus may not really mean it. 950919, Southern Kentucky, KET. Drug Czar Lee Brown was along for a photo op on the cutting of a patch of 500 marijuana plants. Location only given as near the Tennessee border. Someone from the Nation Guard was begging for more money for more helicopters. The value of the GMTF crop last year was given as just a bit less than 3/4 billion dollars. Wayne County exceeded the sum of CA + IN + 3 more undisclosed states. 950926, London, KY, WSEK. State Police are rounding up 45 more criminals, on 62 charges, who were enticed to deal illegal drugs and\or alcohol to agents of the Kentucky State Police. 950927, The Netherlands, Reuter. Dutch customs has seized 23.5 metric tons of marijuana in the country's largest ever drugs haul, Dutch news agency ANP said Wednesday. 950929, Bell Co, KY, WSEK. The Bell County pot patch harvested by Drug Czar Lee Brown is attributed to Edward Hurst of Clairfield, TN. Hurst is charged with marijuana over 100 plants. 951006, Pike Co, KY, KNN. Judge?? already indicted for ?? is now charged with cocaine trafficking. 951006, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. The marijuana take so far this year by the Kentucky State Police in Wayne County, KY, is 98,004 plants in 780 plots. The entire Kentucky take is 546,535 plants in 8,695 plots. The Wayne County take last year was 94,802. 951007, Albany, KY, WSEK. Ricky Lee Daniels was sentenced to 70 months in prison for his part in the "Great Underground Marijuana Plantation" case in Clinton County, KY. His wife Michelle Avery was sentenced to 10 years, Her father John Paul Avery, owner of the property, was sentenced to 20 years. Sherry Avery was sentenced to 78 months. Yet to be sentenced is David Gene Tapley. The take is reported as 1200 plants and 70 pounds of processed marijuana valued at $2000 per pound. More in WORMSCAN.& 951011, Monticello, Wayne Co, KY, Outlook. Circuit Judge Eddie C Lovelace is honored as The Outstanding Trial Judge of the Year, the Henry V Pennington Award of the Kentucky Association of Trial Attorneys. Quite a improvement from being disbarred by the Feds for interfering with the Clinton County marijuana cultivation case against Clinton County Court Clerk Lloyd Stockton. Then again, maybe he is honored to be protecting his own kind. 951013, Louisville, Jefferson Co, KY, KET. In a big cocaine bust, police raided an apartment in the Deerfield Apartments in eastern Jefferson County, KY. Arnold Alston of Richmond (KY?) and another man from Los Angeles, CA, were arrested. The take was 11 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride worth more than a million dollars, 2 kilos of marijuana and 2 9mm pistols with IR sights. Incidentally, the criminals are "white". 951016, Caracas, Venezuela, American Reporter. National guard officers seized 55 kilos (121 pounds) of high-grade cocaine over the weekend and were immediately able to trace it to the Cali cocaine cartel in Colombia as part of an original shipment of 900 kilos (1,980 pounds). Drugs police also busted a drug trafficking ring which used an international overnight air courier service to send camouflaged compact discs of cocaine to addresses in the U.S. and Canada. Audacious smugglers had removed CDs from their covers to fill the cavity with cocaine before putting on a new factory seal. It's feared that thousands of discs may have reached U.S. destinations before the ruse was discovered. And Gen. Orozco Graterol has just returned to the capital from an aerial survey of mountainous borderlands with Colombia aboard a newly-loaned U.S. aircraft, specially equipped with sophisticated equipment to detect illegal drug plantations. More in WORMSCAN.& 951017, Campbellsville, Taylor County, KY, KNN. State Police are rounding up 51 drug criminals, mostly marijuana and cocaine users. 951021,,KY, WSEK. Marijuana charges against former Kentucky Supreme Court Judge Dan Jack Combs will be dismissed in two years if he will use a different sleeping potion. His liars imply that the marijuana was planted on his property in an attempt to frame him. 951103, Bowling Green?, KY, KNN. O'Brian arrested with hundreds of pounds of marijuana and $90,000. This was part of some police investigation. Then they segued into the rant on cocaine distribution by Lexington Police Chief Walsh. 951111, Lee County, KY, WSEK. It's official. Beattyville Police Chief Danny Townsend is elected to the Lee County, KY, Jailor's office. His opponent was ______ Noe, brother of Omer Noe, the former Beattyville Police Chief. Chief Danny Townsend is still officially a suspect in the disappearance of 1600 marijuana plants from a locked jail cell and the subsequent reputed offer of sale of the booty. The reputer died of an "overdose" [really!] six days later. Chief Omer Noe is serving 12+ years in prison for his part in "Operation Walking Short". See 900816, 921230, 930209, 940504, 940628, 940727. 951122, Bowling Green, KY, WKYU. Information just released. William and Sharon Kimber were arrested 31 (?) Oct 95 for agreeing with a police dealer to trade marijuana (two ounces?) for cocaine. A total of $65,000 of marijuana was finally confiscated. 951128, Lexington, KY, KNN. Another 56 drug (mostly crack) dealers (mostly black males) are arrested in Lexington, KY. KET says 28 criminals on 41 charges in the first sweep and 24 criminals on 31 charges plus 12 juveniles. This was a three week operation in response to public tips. The standard buy was $20 for a rock of crack. 951201, London, KY, WSEK. The FBI is disciplining agents for keeping Confidential Informant Robert Foley free on assorted murder charges. The parents of the Vaughn brothers are suing for $10.3 million. 951204, Pikeville, KY, KNN, WSEK. Former (removed from office in 84 for drug abuse) Circuit Judge Randall Starnes is on trial for conspiracy and drug trafficking in cocaine and pain killers. Star witness is Judge Starnes' drug supplier, former Judge and Compromised Informant Charles Huffman, who has already been sentenced for drug trafficking. Judge Starnes is on tape bragging about snorting coke with Governor John Y Brown, Jr. 951206, Pikeville, KY, WSEK. Another tape has Judge Starnes saying that State Representative Kelsay Friends, Jr started him on cocaine. Rep Friends denies that he ever did cocaine, and claims to have no idea of why Judge Starnes would perpetuate such an obvious falsehood. Stay tuned for the Jury's opinion. 951207, Pikeville, KY, WSEK. Judge Starnes is given a mistrial. Some jurors thought that the Feds had overstepped their bounds by blackmailing Judge Hoffman. The Other Judge agreed to be a Compromised Informant after he was caught extorting drugs from a client. Other jurors thought that Judge Starnes should have known better than to sell cocaine to someone who had just been busted. 951207, New York City, NY, Paul Harvey. Some NYC 30th Precinct cops are on the payroll of the drug dealers to protect them against other cops. 951213, Bowling Green, KY, WSEK. A big FedEx bust. Three packages were considered suspicious, and a drug dog was summoned. Three coolers containing 85 pounds of processed marijuana were found, worth $170,000 to $200,000 [$2000 to 2353 per pound]. Richard Roger (35) of Russellville was arrested when he picked up his packages. The dangerous drugs were shipped in from out of state, and other arrests are pending. 951221, Bowling Green, KY, KNN. Franklin Jenkins (53) was arrested yesterday with 9 ounces of crack at his H&H Pawnshop on College Street. The loot is valued at $36,000 ($4,000 per ounce; $141 per gram). 951221, Benton, AR, Dallas Morning News 12-21-95 p. 42 A. Benton, Ark. -- Another former wife of prosecutor Dan Harmon is under investigation in a drug-related incident. Benton police said Tuesday that officers were investigated Teresa Huchingson, 31, of Benton, Mr. Harmon's third wife, on accusations that she tried to ship a small amount of crystal methamphetamine and marijuana to Colorado. Ms. Huchingson declined to comment. Mr. Harmon's fourth wife, Holly DuVall, 27, of Benton was arrested Dec. 1 and charged with possession of methamphetamine. She is accused of buying the drug in a local police undercover operation. Mr. Harmon's drug task force is being investigated by federal authorities to determine whether it mishandled drug cases. 951226, Barren River Lake, KY, WSEK. James Sparkman (29) of Leitchfield, KY, was arrested for methamphetamine manufacture. He was renting a cabin at Barren River Lake under an assumed name, and had previously rented a similar cabin and absconded without paying the rent. When police went to collect, Sparkman was brewing methamphetamine on the kitchen stove. He also possessed beakers and other chemical paraphernalia. 950112, Spencer County, KY, WKYU. Leonard Barry McKinley was arrested in Spencer County in what is claimed to be the state's biggest methamphetamine bust. The take was 24 pounds, "worth" $400,000. That's $36.70 per gram. 960116, Lancaster, KY, KNN. The Richmond State Police are arresting 12 drug criminals entrapped on 23 counts in Lancaster, and Lincoln and Garrard Counties. 960118, Somerset, KY, WSEK. In a daring joint joint raid, Somerset and Pulaski County Police raided the motel room of Anthony Dewayne Drake of Lexington, KY, and found an ounce of methamphetamine and some marijuana. They also got $500 in cash for their efforts. 960119, Hazard, KY, KNN. Kentucky State Police and the FBI have arrested ten criminals for importing cheap Mexican marijuana. 960129, Somerset, KY, WSEK. Thomas Sewell pleaded guilty to assorted marijuana cultivation, trafficking, and investing of drug money charges. This cost Sewell $100,000, donated to his captors. 960130, Floyd County, IN, WSEK. In the biggest cocaine in the county, David N Smith (51), Dennis Hall (42), and his wife Patricia Hall (41) were arrested with $140,000 worth of cocaine. Apparently they were selling in Jefferson County, KY (Louisville). 960201, Ashland, KY, WEKU. Pike County, KY, Judge Stearns pleads guilty to avoid a second trial. The jury hung in the first trial. The prosecution promised to play more tapes of Hiz Hon'her dealing drugs. It is undisclosed exactly what was pleaded. Stearns was charged with one count of conspiracy to traffic in narcotics, three counts of cocaine distribution, and one count each of possession and distribution of pain killers. 960202, Mercer Co, KY, KNN. Ronnie Sexton Sr & Jr are arrested by the feds for growing 740 marijuana plants and having a gun while doing so. 960208, Williamsburg, KY, KNN. State Police found three pounds of methamphetamine (worth $200,000), a pound of marijuana, and $170,000 in cash in a Williamsburg warehouse. This came as a result of some woman being arrested in Missouri. This is _______ Peavey (41), who was indicted on 960329 in London, KY. 960214, Franklin & Woodford Counties, KY, KNN. Another drug user roundup. Kentucky State Police are arresting 30 criminals in Franklin and Woodford Counties. Two undercover detectives worked for six months to assemble 46 charges against these criminals. 960215, Providence, Webster Co, KY, WKYU. Another drug criminal roundup. Kentucky State Police are arresting six drug criminals on ten charges in Providence, Webster County, KY. This follows a two month investigation. 960245, Somerset, Pulaski Co, KY, KNN. Thomas [Kenneth] (33) Sewell was sentenced to 18 years for his $2million marijuana empire. This after he had donated $100,000 to his captors. Charges in Adair, Lincoln, and Garrard counties are still pending. 960220, Lexington, KY, KET. Big police meeting in Lexington on methamphetamine. 930221, Pikeville, KY, WSEK. Judge Stearnes is sentenced to six months for distribution of pain killers. 960226, Mexico, WKYU. Last year at the Mexican border, drug seizures by US Customs was up 19% to 51,000 pounds for cocaine and up 108% to 137 pounds for heroin. 960226, Abingdon, VA, WSEK. Cop Stevens, former Letcher County, KY, sheriff's deputy and former Whitesburg, KY, police officer is charged with handcuffing his girlfriend and pistol whipping her, and threatening to inject her with AIDS contaminated blood. In addition he is charged with narcotics possession with intent to traffic. Aren't you glad that these folks are protecting you? 960226, Ohio county, KY, KNN. Eric Burdon of Ohio County, KY, was sentenced for methamphetamine distribution when the two women that he had hired brought in the police. 960322, London, KY, WSEK. Former Kentucky State Police dispatcher Warren Wilkerson was released from prison today. He had been sentenced to three and a half years for keeping the corpse of his father and forging his checks. He was given this special treatment because the parole board only considered the forgery. 960322, ,,Paul Harvey. 51 pounds of cocaine found in the cockpit walls on an American Airlines jet. 960330, Louisville, KY, Courier-Journal. Louisville Police Chief Richard Frey (50) was sentenced to 5 years 3 months in prison for bribery. He was on the payroll at $4,000 per month of J Clifford Todd to supply criminals for Todd's private prison. More in WORMSCAN.& 960412, Louisville, KY, multiple. The woman (Gail Duncan?) executed in Louisville this week was a confidential informant who wore a wire for the police. A lawyer for four men due for a trial with her testimony says that it wasn't his clients. See 960725, 960918, 961030, 961104. 960412, Providence, KY, WKYU. In yet another drug criminal roundup, 8 criminals were charged on 19 drug counts. 960415, Wayne County, KY, WMKZ, WCO 960417p11A. On Friday, the Wayne County Sheriff collected $156,000 [!!] of marijuana plants in seven plots on Rt 200 at Flat Springs. 960416, Shepherdsville, KY, KNN. Police busted an "elaborate indoor marijuana growing operation" in a home near Shepherdsville, Bullitt County, south of Louisville. KET showed police carrying two potted plants about two feet tall. The haul was valued at one million dollars! On 960419, James Singleton of Mt Washington was arrested and held on four million dollars bond. 960416, ?, WKYU. Someone arrested on two cocaine trafficking counts. 960417, Pike County, KY, WSEK. Judge Gary Buncker has subpoenaed records of the Kentucky Mountain Area Drug Task Force, for undisclosed reasons. The Force gets $150,000 a year in Federal funds to entrap drug criminals in Floyd, Pike, Perry, etc counties of Kentucky. See 960627 for an obituary. 960417, Johnson Co, IN, Paul Harvey. A motor home was stopped on the interstate for "improper lane change", and found to contain 330 pounds of marijuana. It was worth only a third of a million dollars, much cheaper than our Kentucky product. 960419, Lexington, KY, KNN. Lexington cop Paula Hensinger demands a jury trial for ummm ..... "failure to properly book some cocaine". 960419, Carlisle, Nicholas County, KY, KET. Yet another Kentucky State Police harvest of street drug dealers. 25 criminals have been arrested, with 8 more to go. Most criminals are said to have sold less than 8 ounces of marijuana. 960423, Mt Vernon, KY, WSEK. Stuart and passenger Brock were accosted by State Police on a "routine traffic stop" about 3 miles south of Mt Vernon. Stuart fled, but was stopped by a tree downed in the road. Both fled on foot, but were soon caught. A "large amount of drugs" (unspecified) and a 9mm pistol were found in the car. 960427, Frazer, Wayne County, KY, WFLW. Richard Smith (41), of Frazer was arrested by the sheriff for marijuana cultivation. 960429, Hardin Co, KY, KNN, WSEK. A truck driver, Robert Zapada, was arrested at the Elizabethtown weigh station with 885 pounds of marijuana worth 1.6 million dollars in a load of Texas onions. The truck driver was deemed to be "acting strangely", which is good faith for calling in a drug dog. Police continued the delivery, but nobody in Ohio wanted it. 960502, Hardin Co, KY, KNN. Police raided a house and found 95 marijuana plants in Hardin County. Criminals are Ricky Upton (or from Upton?) and ____? 960508, Mt Vernon, KY, WSEK. State Police are arresting 20 drug dealers enticed into selling to narcs within 1000 yards of a school in Rockcastle County, KY. 960515, Mt Victory, Pulaski Co, KY, WMKZ. Larry Gibson (46) of Green Hills subdivision Wayne county, and Edwin Wayne Sellers (51) of Somerset were caught by the Marijuana Task Farce cultivating 2661 marijuana plants in two plots 18 miles east of Somerset. 960515, London, KY, WSEK. FBI Special Confidential Informant Robert Foley is demanding an overturn on his conviction for his murder of the Vaughn brothers. And the family of the victims is suing the FBI for $12,100,000 since Foley would have been in prison if the FBI had not protected him. 960516, Monticello, KY, WMKZ. Maudie Perriman (40) was arrested by the Sheriff for possession of marijuana and prescription drugs in a non-cop-approved container. 960519, Powersburg, Wayne Co, KY, WCO. Dennis Carter (36) was arrested for cultivation and possession of marijuana following a search warrant at his residence. 960521, Richmond, KY, WSEK. Police have arrested 8 criminals in a marijuana smuggling ring which distributed hundreds of pounds of the dread weed over the past 18 months. Destination was Estill, Madison, and Fayette Counties, Kentucky. source was GA, TX, and Mexico. 960523, Mt Vernon, KY, WSEK. Police scored again in Rockcastle on a "routine traffic stop". Jacky Woodall (29) and Shannon Burt (43) were arrested for possession of prescription drugs and marijuana. Also a white powder was claimed to be cocaine. 960529, London, KY, WSEK. Donald Galen Hurley (53) pleaded not guilty to distributing measurable quantities of methamphetamine in 94 & 95. Coconspirators include Travis West of Ferguson. His father, Everett West, pleaded guilty to methamphetamine trafficking last year. See 950818. 960529, London, KY, WSEK. Jacky Lee Currey (39) pleaded guilty to cocaine trafficking and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and was sentenced to 68 months. They also got $135,000 in loot. 960530, Pikeville, KY, KNN. Police are rounding up 15 drug criminals in Pike, Martin, and McGoffin counties. 960608, Elliot Co, KY, WSEK. Buster Fultz of Elliot Co, and [Lee?] Sheriff's Deputies Barry Shouse, Jr and Larry Smith, had their drug conspiracy convictions overturned. The reason given was that the judge erred in the jury instructions concerning multiple conspiracy. Would you believe? 960610, Covington, KY, KNN. Covington lawyer Robert Gettys, Esq., is to be sentenced for cocaine possession today. Gettys was stopped in 93 for speeding and found to be a dangerous criminal. He got 30 days plus 5 years probation. 960613, ,KY, KET. Kentucky just got $7 million ($7,000,000.00) more federal money to fund drug task farces. 960621, Madisonville & Jackson Co, KY, KNN. In Madisonville, 5 assorted drug criminals were arrested. In Jackson County, 5 were arrested for marijuana. 960621, Murl, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ, WCO 960626p1. The Sheriff got 280 thousand dollar marijuana plants in Murl on 19 June. 960624, Kidder, KY, WMKZ, WCO 960626p1. The National Guard, State Police, etc got 1204 marijuana plants in Kidder just off KY 790 on 21 & 22 June. There are three criminals under suspicion. 960626, London, KY, WMKZ, WCO 960703p1. The National Guard killed 12,359 enemy marijuana plants in 180 plots the London District last week. Clay County scored 4400, Wayne County 4100 plants in 16 plots, of which 3008 were in Frazer. 960626, Warren County, KY, KNN. In yet another State Police drug sweep, 35 low level dealers were enticed to sell cocaine and marijuana to the cops. 960628, Bell Co, KY, KNN. Police in Bell County are collecting 44 drug criminals after a year long undercover enticement operation. Chief Bozo of Middlesboro says that the police there are obsessed with drug crimes. I don't think that he meant the likes of previous Middlesboro Police Chief Steeley Barnett, Officer James Patterson, Officer Garrett Lee Russell, and Superintendent of the Streets Department Gerald Pratt, who were caught by the FBI in Operation Broken Shield. See 941104, 940916, 940912, 940804, 940318. 960629, Hazard, KY, KNN. The Mountain Area Drug Task Farce, servicing six counties, has been shut down due to violation of proper procedures. 960702, Leitchfield, KY, KNN. Thomas Sparkmann sentenced (10 years?) for methamphetamine lab and possession of a handgun. This was the lab at Barren River State Park. Peggy Ann Grimes and ___________ arrested for marijuana distribution. 960703, Ashland?, KY, KNN. Thomas Morgan ??, and 7 others including his son and daughter, of Ashland?? accused of methamphetamine importation into Kentucky. 960704, Stearns, KY, WSEK. Anthony Charles Murphy (26) of Stearns was sentenced to 16 months in prison and 4 years probation for the growing of 100 marijuana plants. Dana Cadill (33) of Stearns was sentenced to 18 months in prison and 4 years probation for a different marijuana crop. 960705, Pulaski Co, KY, WSEK. State Police and National Guard, etc, harvested 1500 marijuana plants in 15 plots yesterday. 960711, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. The take for the year by Duh Guvner's Marywanna Task Farce in Wayne County is 4869 plants in 33 plots. One indoor operation with 588 plants was found at Pall Mall [that's in Tennessee!!]. One arrest. 960718, Taylor County, KY, KET. 18 year old LeVerron Gaylor of Lebanon, KY, was killed in Taylor County near the Casey line. He was a confidential witness in several drug cases with sealed indictments. 960720, Lexington, KY, WSEK. Big methamphetamine bust in Lexington. Omar Ponche (44) of Chino, CA, was arrested. A Mustofe was also mentioned. It is claimed that a total of 50 Kg of Mexican methamphetamine was driven to eastern Kentucky and the cars exchanged for cars of money. 960725, Louisville, KY, WKYU. Another cocaine witness in Louisville is silenced. Darien Kolbe, Jr (20) was found in his mother's home, shot once in the back with a shotgun. See 960412, 960918, 961030, 961104. 960729, Lexington, KY, KNN. This year 250 dangerous fugitives have been arrested by a new Federal Task Farce in Lexington. Charges are mostly dangerous drugs & dangerous car theft. 960729, Kentucky, KET. The harvest in Scott County is 4000 and for the state 198,000 marijuana plants. Sheriff Hammonds and State Police Lieutenant Lawson were guests on Kentucky Tonight. 960731, Louisville, KY, KET. Louisville cop Geary did NOT get special treatment when he was escorted home after he passed out on the road in Oldham County. And then four months later, he had a wreck which could not be covered up. His blood alcohol was 0.28, which is very drunk (for a civilian). At least this one did not kill anyone. Yet. 960807, Wayne (Russell?) Co, KY, WCO p1. Mary Janes's Last Dance. The Sheriff harvested 66 marijuana plants in 3 plots in Smith's Bottom. Is this in Russell County, past Billy Brumley? Note "the seeds which indicate that the plant is male." 960809, Wayne Co, KY, WFLW. The marijuana take so far this year by the State Police, National Guard, Guvner's Marywanna Task Farce, etc, has been 6073 plants in 34 plots in Wayne County, and 31,477 plants in 724 plots in the total London District, with 11 criminals arrested. This is a puny showing, compared to last year when the Wayne County take alone was 73,270 plants in 555 plots. 960810, Laurel Co, KY, WSEK. Carleton Foley (a different Foley than FBI Confidential Informant Robert Foley) accused of murdering Forest Ranger Sizemore is now charged with marijuana cultivation. Police can not find Sizemore's body, but now they have an excuse to hold Foley. 960810, Powell Co, KY, WSEK. Father and son Bishop of Stanton are convicted of growing 42 marijuana plants in the father's basement. 960813, Kentucky, WKYU. A multi state marijuana harvest over the weekend got over 21,000 plants in Kentucky. The total in KY, TN, VA, WV, &? was 43,000? and 33 criminals. 960820, Wayne Co, KY, WCO Sep 11 p1. Secret sealed indictments of drug criminals as follows: Edward Glen Lashley for selling Tylox, and James David Denney, Charles Kresen, and Quincy W Hale for cocaine. Lake Cumberland Area Drug Task Force Agent Chris Hacker was apparently the entrapping officer. 960823, Pulaski Co, KY, WFLW; WCO Aug 28 p1. Larry Gibson (46) of Green Hill Estates, Wayne County, and Edwin Wayne Sellers (52) of West KY 80, Somerset, were indicted in federal court in London, KY, on charges of growing 2661 marijuana plants. They were caught in Mt Victory, Pulaski County, on 10 May. Charges include possession of a controlled substance and aiding and abetting. 960909, Wayne Co, KY, WSEK. State Police harvested 249 marijuana plants in 10 plots on Monday and 459 plants in 18 plots. An Army helicopter in hunting mode was observed several times northwest of Ritner on Labor Day by DPB. 960910, Jabez, Wayne Co, KY, WCO Sep 18, p1. John King (38) of Jabez was arrested by Deputy Sheriff William Hale for cultivation of marijuana valued at more than $100,000. Uh, that's only a hundred of those thousand dollar plants. Or are they two thousand this year? 960911, Pulaski Co, KY, WSEK. The Lake Cumberland Drug Task Farce and Kentucky State Police eradicated 75 of those thousand dollar marijuana plants in a cornfield in northwestern Pulaski County. 960917, Brodhead, KY, WSEK. Judge Johnson has dismissed a 23 million dollar lawsuit in the murder of Gary Shepherd. It is stated that the suit failed to name the officers individually and collectively and mumbledy, and that the suit was filed too late. Of course, the reason it was filed late was because the State Police refused to release any information. 960917, Monticello, Wayne Co, KY, WCO 960925 p1. Anna May Grider indicted for 8 oz to 5 pounds marijuana, class D felony. John P King was indicted for cultivating marijuana, class D felony. Edward Glen Lashley was indicted for trafficking in a unmentionable controlled substance, second degree, class D felony. 960918, Bowling Green, KY. The cocaine trial of Cornelius Anderson and Zelmer Hamilton was moved from Louisville to Bowling Green due to difficulty in seating a jury. This is because of "pretrial publicity". Said publicity includes the murder of a witness and a codefendant so far. See 960412, 960725, 961030, 961104. 960919, Covington, KY, J Orlin Grabbe. Five employees at the IRS regional office in Covington, Kentucky, were indicted for selling crack cocaine. Listed in the indictment are Larry Cummings, Gina Wells, Gregory Thornton, Holly Armstrong, and Corey Thomas, according to the office of public affairs (606-292-5652). All have been placed on administrative leave. They will be arraigned in federal court in Kentucky on November 4, or thereabouts. More in LOCLAXN.& 960925, Wayne County, KY, WFLW, WCO Oct 2 p1. Air strikes killed 1146 communist marijuana plants in Wayne County last week. On friday, Sep 20, 586 plants were killed in 9 plots on west 92, and on monday, Sep 23, the kill was 560 plants in 6 plots southeast of Monticello. 960927, Frankfort, KY, KET etc. The former Adjudant General of the National Guard Robert DeZarne is convicted of perjury. The actual offense was "encouraging" his subordinates to make political contributions to Brer Jones as a fast route to career advancement. No mention of skimming the crop. See LOCLAXN.& 961007, Owensboro, Davies Co, KY, KNN. Davis County Sheriff Deputy Alan Hertzog is on trial for stopping a female motorist and demanding a sex act or jail. 961007, Louisville, Pikeville, KY, KNN. Pike County Judge Charles Huffman convicted of extorting pain pills from a client. Turning Confidential Informant did not save him. See 950822, 951204. 961025, London, KY, WSEK. Larry Gibson (46) of Green Hill Estates, Wayne County, and Edwin Wayne Sellers (52) of West KY 80, Somerset, were convicted in a two day trial in federal court in London, KY, on charges of growing 2661 marijuana seedlings in screened trays. Professional witnesses testified that these seedlings were worth over two million dollars. [each?] 961029, Hardin Co, KY, KNN. Kentucky State Police collected $771,000 which was their share of the loot found on a tractor trailer. Also the police have over $2,000,000 of marijuana at traffic stops in Kentucky this year. But that could be only a few flats of seedlings, according to their Expert Witnesses. And Mobar Mustafa (41) of California had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute one kilogram of methamphetamine, sometimes known as California Diet Pills. 961030, Bowling Green, KY, KET. This trial was moved from Louisville because two witnesses have already been terminated. Clyde Ellington has turned government witness in return for a two year sentence. He claims that on Aug 12, 94, Delmer Hamilton brought 6 kilograms of cocaine ("worth" $150,000) to Ellington's kitchen to be cooked into crack. Cornelius Anderson thought that he had changed appearance enough to evade indentification by Ellington. See 960412, 960725, 960918, 961104. 961101, Louisville, KY, KNN. Louisville police got $200,000 of crack in a "routine traffic stop". Fidel Sahlhid and Mohammod Ali of Chicago were stopped on I-65. 961101, Monticello, KY, WSEK. The Wayne County Sheriff reports the arrest of Roger Crabtree (31) on marijuana possession and Douglas Atkinson (21) for cocaine, marijuana, and schedule 3 & 4 whutzits. 961104, Bowling Green, KY, KET. Delmer Hamilton and Cornelius Anderson are convicted of crack trafficking. See 960412, 960725, 960918, 961030. 961114, Morehead, Rowan Co, KY, WFLW (KNN?). Big tobacco bust in Rowan County. Cops got two vans full of untaxed cigarettes. 961115, Berea, KY, KNN. Karss Franklin (Chicago) and four passengers (Michigan) were stopped on I-75 for a "routine traffic stop". Dogs found a pound of crack and a half pound of powder cocaine in stereo speakers. 961110, KY, THIS is TRUE, AP. YOU IN A HEAPA TROUBLE, BOY: The Kentucky State Police has dropped charges against two Palestinian men after the state crime lab couldn't prove the charges against them. Arrested for possession of a large amount of cocaine, Fadel Salem and Mohammad Khalid insisted what they were carrying in their car was yogurt powder. The crime lab would only say that the powder was "not a controlled substance." (AP) ...Well, that and it was really good with honey. 961120, Wayne Co, KY, WCO Nov 20 p9A. William Hale stands with some marijuana recently confiscated from a corn field. There were 57 plants, with an estimated street value of $57,000. A picture of a car trunk full of brush. 961119, Monticello, Wayne Co, KY, WCO Nov 27 p1. Grand Jury indictments: Bobby Blevins, prescription drugs not in original container, possession of Lorcet Plus, Adifex, cultivating six marijuana plants, possession of less than 8 oz marijuana; Lewis Alton, criminal mischief for defacing the residence of Don Bryson; Randall Gene Hicks for bringing marijuana into the jail; Doug Atkinson, possession of cocaine, percodan and marijuana. 961121, Monticello, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ, WCO Nov 27 p1. BIG Drug Bust at the Wayne County Jail^H^H^H^HDetention Facility. At total of 17 already-criminals were declared super-criminals, on drugs and weapons charges. Included are John Russell (19), Kay Tucker (40), Steve Spradlin (35), Darell Huckabee (41). Chris Hacker and his Drug Dawg found some marijuana and pills, and confidential informants told about the weapons. The drugs included prescription medicines given to the inmates by the jailor, and such weapons as a spoon, kiddie scissors, and a jail issued disposable razor. Maybe not really so BIG a deal. I wonder if the dawg sniffed the marijuana on top of the ceiling tiles or if they found the knives on top of the heating ducts in the utility room. ;-) 961122, Jackson, Breathitt Co, KY, WKYU, WSEK, KNN, KET. Breathitt County Sheriff Ray Clemmons was arrested at 7AM at Hardees by FBI and State Police on felony misprison. In English, this means that he knew of a plantation of one hundred marijuana plants, and did nothing about it. His daughter Crystal and son-in-law Mike Southwood were also arrested for possession of marijuana plants. It is unstated if this is the misprisoned marijuana. This is coincidental to 700 street level marijuana and crack dealers who were caught with $104,000 in undercover buys. Note that later reports give 525 criminals and 949 charges. 961122, Burnside, KY, WSEK. Michael James Gort sp(?) (50) of Burnside, Pulaski Co, KY, was arrested with 50 pounds of processed marijuana. Loot included several cars, motorcycles, boats, and $16,000 in cash. 970115, Somerset, KY, WSEK. Gary Batista (40) and his wife Margaret are convicted of possession of 20 oz of marijuana found in their home. This was the result of a raid in Aug 95, based on the observation of plants growing in a nearby field. 970122, Lexington, KY, KNN. 69 drug dealers rounded up in Lexington after 8 month undercover operation. Includes 21 for prescription fraud. 970125, Mt Vernon, KY, WSEK. Police found a year around indoor marijuana growing system in a trailer 5 miles north of Mt Vernon, in Rockcastle County, KY. There were two independent growing systems with 54 marijuana plants, one ten feet tall!!! Carlene Davidson apparently was NOT arrested. 970204, Somerset, KY, WSFC, WSEK. Everet West (49) was sentenced to 37 months in prison for possession and attempted distribution of 4 oz of methamphetamine (also known as crank or California diet pills). The Authorities also appropriated $162,000 in cash, plus cars, boats, guns, and land. His son Travis was sentenced last year. 970210, Carter County, KY, KNN. James, Donald, and Thelma Frost are on trial for marijuana production. A multi-million dollar business, so they say. Thelma is declared innocent; James and Donald are convicted. 970212, Albany, KY, WFLW. An indoor growing operation was found Monday in the basement of an unoccupied house located three miles west of Albany on Rt 553. State Police took 180 marijuana plants and grow room equipment. One criminal has been implicated but not arrested. 970214, Russell County, KY, WSEK. Billy Ray Nelson (45) was arrested for crack possession at a motel. He implicated Donna Yates (33) of Columbia, who was soon added to the take. 970214, Versailles, KY, KET. Fifteen people were arrested on 24 counts of crack distribution in the Clifton Road area of Versailles. 970228, Lexington, KY, KET. Lexington Police target the strip clubs for their "narcotics" buys. They got 20 buys and 10 criminals. 970327, London, KY, KNN. State Police are rounding up 65 drug criminals, guilty of street level "drug" sales to narcs over the past eight months in Laurel County, KY. 72 felony charges, 56 misdemeanors. 970327, Laurel County, KY, WSEK. Cops found 830 pounds of marijuana covered in peanut butter in a tractor trailer at a weigh station on I75. Arrested were two men with commercial driver licenses from Florida. Distination was Willoughby Hills, Lake County, OH. A bunch of agencies involved. 970331, Albany, Clinton County, KY, WKYM. Four potted marijuana plants and associated growing paraphernalia were confiscated by State Police from Raymond Shelton's house. He claimed that the booty was in a rented apartment over the garage, but could not identify the tennant. Shelton is an Albany city concilman and ex city policeman. 970505, Somerset, KY, WMKZ. In Pulaski County, 16 criminals were entrapped on 30some charges of assorted illegal drugs. 970506, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. Bill Dixon of Parnell was arrested at his home on the 3rd by the Sheriff for marijuana possession. 970513, Pulaski Co, KY, WSEK. Ronald Jackson Hayes of western Pulaski County was arrested for felony cultivation of 40 criminal marijuana plants. Fish & Wildlife Service and ________ got in on the action. More criminals are being pursued. 970518, Monticello, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. The Lake Cumberland Drug Task Force entrapped 8 drug criminals. WCO says Jim Bob Lowe, Leslie L Barnett, Stacy Bell, Bobby Jenkins, Michael Scott Dean, Darrell Brown, Jarrad Curtis Bell, Audrey K Ramsey. 970522, Wayne Co, KY, WMZK. The Sheriff and State Police destroyed 5530 marijuana plants in the Mt Pisgah, Sunnybrook, Murl, and Morrows Landing areas. There are also four more criminals in the Drug Sweep. 970523, Somerset, KY, WSEK. Four people were charged by the Drug Task Force with criminal trespassing and possesion of paraphernalia. Sounds like they got sucked into a rendevous at the Sportsman's Club, but were suspicious enuff not to bring the goods. 970523, Monticello, KY, WSEK, WSFC. Homer Slagel and Michael Upchurch were federally indicted for Conspiracy and Aiding and Abetting. Really. And they were NOT charged with growing over 700 marijuana plants in Wayne County between July 18 and Sep 2, 1996. WCO June 4 p1 adds that the indictment was in London on 22 May. The investigation was by the Forest Service. Address was HC 74 for both. WCO Jun 11, trial set for July 28. 970528, Monticello, Wayne Co, KY, WSFC. State Police harvested 4800 marijuana plants in 4 [or 3] plots 10 miles south of Monticello on Rt 167 on 21 May, and 2600 marijuana plants were found in 1 plot 7 miles from Monticello on East Rt 92 on 24 May. Also 4 plants in 2 plots in McCreary County, 9 miles east of Whitley City. WCO 4 Jun p1. 970528, Warren Co, KY, WKYU. 25 criminals were charged on 39 assorted drug charges charges after a 3 month investigation. 970604, Wayne Co, KY, WMKZ. Last week's marijuana harvest was 305 plants in 2 plots 8 miles east of Monticello on Hwy 790. Also 30 plants in 2 plots in Laurel County. Also a couple arrests from the Coopersville field, Eldrich & Bell. 970528, Monticello, KY, WCO p1. Three more are charged. Richard Lyons, Jr, one count trafficking first degree. Henry Wallace, two counts trafficking, second degree. Daniel McGuire, two counts trafficking first degree. 970605, Columbia, Adair Co, KY. More drug criminals ensnared, 2 from Russell Springs and the rest from Columbia. 970609, Corbin, KY, WSEK. Henry Mosley and Carolyn Sparse of Corbin pleaded guilty of "Aiding and Abetting" the growing of 275 marijuana plants in the National Forest. I still am not sure what this new crime is. 970612, Monticello, KY, WMKZ. Chief Ralph Miniard arrested Dudley Appleby (28) for cultivation of marijuana over 5 plants in the Mercer addition. 970617, Somerset, KY, WSEK. Harold Douglas Woods (25) of Providence Road was arrested by the sheriff for marijuana cultivation. 970618, Wayne Co, KY, WCO p1. Kentucky State Police eradicated 1879 enemy marijuana plants in ten plots last week in Wayne County as follows: June 10, 252 plants in 1 plot 12 miles wast of Monticello on KY 92; 259 plants in 4 plots 6 miles west of Monticello on KY 167; and 568 plants in two plots 12 miles east of Monticello on KY 92; on June 11, 65 plants in 1 plot 9 miles east of Monticello on KY 1479; 135 plants in 1 plot 11 miles east of Monticello on KY 167; and 600 plants in 1 plot 13 miles east of Monticello on KY 167. 970624, Lexington, KY, KET. Javier Salvadoro Mendoza (33) on Gardenside was arrested with 500 grams of cocaine. The value was given as $392,000. Is that right? 970625, Monticello, KY, p11-A. Grand jury indictments: Dudley Appleby for 10 marijuana plants; Gary L Kidd and Richard Bell for 1013 marijuana plants. There was no Marijuana Task Farce report. 970702, Wayne Co, KY, WCOp1. The Sheriff harvested over 200 marijuana plants in Sandy Valley on 25 Jun. 970708, Clay co, KY, WSEK. State Police harvested 6200 marijuana plants last week. All exccept one plot in Laurel County with 251 plants were in 167 plots in Clay County. 970709, Wayne co, KY, WFLW. State Police got 738 msrijuana plants in 28 plots 15 miles south of Monticello on 167 and 54 plants in 1 plot 3 miles west of Burnsides in Pulaski County. Yesterday, they found 132 plants in Clay County. Today at about 2PM helicopter activity was observed in Ritner. This is the first time that I have seen a cable used on a helicopter. It appeared that there were two men, or two objects anyway, side by side, maybe a man and a bundle. They were most interested in the area at Floyd Jones.  [ This URL: http://www.pdxnorml.org/LOCLAXN ]