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An Eastern Kentucky couple is in jail, accused of abuse and neglect after police said they found kids and pets living in deplorable conditions. The discovery was made on Wednesday afternoon at a home in Clay City in Powell County. The home is at a trailer park just off the Mountain Parkway. Powell County Middle School alerted police to the situation, and when police responded, they said the smell was almost unbearable. Inside the home, police said they found more than two dozen pets and animal waste everywhere. The home did not have running water. Four children, from elementary age to teens, were found, and officials said they had very poor hygiene. Social services and animal control were called. Police arrested Loretta Daniels, 35, and Matthew Bowen, 42. They were charged with criminal abuse and cruelty to animals. Both Daniels and Bowen are in the Powell County Jail. The children are in the care of social services, and the dogs and cats are at the animal shelter.
An Ohio man facing federal drug charges after being arrested in Pike County with a large quantity of meth last year has entered a guilty plea in the case. Pierre Lidge, 25. of Akron, Ohio, was arrested June 5, after Kentucky State Police got a tip from Virginia State Police to be on the lookout for him. On Wednesday, Lidge pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in connection with drug trafficking. Those charges potentially carry a maximum sentence of life in prison, but as part of the plea agreement, prosecutors will recommend that he serve no more than 10 years, which is the minimum sentence. He will be back in court for sentencing Aug. 29.
A Pike County man was arrested recently on charges including trafficking in methamphetamine. According to an arrest citation written by Kentucky State Police Trooper Zachary Burgess, he and Trooper Brennan Eckart went to the East Big Creek Road, Sidney, residence of Harley Tubbs, 24, to serve an arrest warrant. Upon arrival, the citation said, there was a male subject outside the residence who appeared to be Tubbs, but denied he was and told the trooper he had not “seen him in a while.” The troopers, the citation said, were able to confirm that the man was Tubbs who later admitted his identity. Inside a box that Tubbs admitted to owning, the troopers found approximately 14 grams of a crystal-like substance believed to be methamphetamine, a quantity of a brownish powdery substance believed to be fentanyl and a scale. Tubbs was lodged in the Pike County Detention Center.
If you’ll remember a while back, we brought you a report of a man from Martin County that had been arrested for spray painting “in the name of love” on the Brookshire Inn on 292 near Warfield in Martin County, well this same guy is back in the news. In a tense confrontation last Friday, police arrested 57-year-old William H. Preece again, this time… at gunpoint after he allegedly attempted to run over an individual and a deputy sheriff in Warfield. Preece was arrested in the parking lot of the Zip Zone store in Warfield, according to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office. The confrontation happened Friday night when Special Deputy J.C. Kirk noticed Preece driving recklessly on Route 40 at about 11:15 p.m. Preece then drove off the road into the Zip Zone parking lot, where he aggressively pursued Scottie Thompson, attempting to ram Thompson’s parked vehicle while shouting threats, according to Chief Deputy Chris Kidd. Preece now faces multiple charges of reckless driving, first-degree wanton endangerment, driving under the influence of a controlled substance, trafficking in marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and third-degree terroristic threatening.
The Inez Commission shot down Tobacco Plus owner Jason Hammond’s request that the city amend its alcoholic beverage ordinance to allow malt beverage sales on Sundays. Hammond stated during a city meeting Thursday that allowing Sunday sales would prevent his customers from having to travel to Warfield and would keep spending within the city. After only recently beginning to sell liquor along with malt beverages, Hammond told commissioners that he now closes his store on Sundays to prevent customer disappointment.
