Drier and warmer are some key words to describe the weather outlook over the next few days and it’s a forecast many will enjoy, It’s Monday May 20th, 2024
A Prestonsburg man is facing a long list of charges, including drug trafficking and evidence tampering, following a traffic stop early Thursday morning. A Floyd County deputy spotted an SUV at a home that had been the subject of numerous complaints about drug trafficking, then saw it leave and turn onto Route 80. The deputy pulled the car over and the driver, identified as Travis Michael Hall, 42, couldn’t produce proof of registration or insurance. The officer began writing him a ticket, while K9 Bear was brought in to sniff around the vehicle, which produced a hit. The deputy began examining the car, but saw that Hall kept fidgeting while standing outside. After the officer found a set of scales and a syringe in the car, he went back to talk to Hall, when he spotted a package on the ground which hadn’t been there earlier. Inside the package were a bag of meth and a loose meth rock, as well as a debit card for a man who had been arrested at the drug house several days earlier. Hall was arrested and charged with meth trafficking, evidence tampering, DUI and several traffic violations. He is being held on a $50,000 cash bond.
(Travis Michael Hall)
Three people were arrested after a traffic stop Wednesday afternoon near Shelbiana in Pike County Kentucky. A state trooper pulled over a GMC Sierra for what he said in his report were several traffic violations. When he spoke to the driver, identified as 50-year-old Clarence Kilgore, Ashcamp, he saw the Kilgore appeared to be under the influence of something. After showing signs of impairment during a field sobriety test, Kilgore was arrested and the officer searched the vehicle, finding more than 2 grams of heroin, a small amount of meth, more than $4,000 in cash, and several types of drug paraphernalia. Neither Kilgore nor the two other occupants of the car, identified as 39-year-old Brooke Scroggins, of Elkhorn City, and Anthony Coleman, 35, of Lookout, would claim ownership of the drugs, so all three were arrested for heroin trafficking, meth possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. Kilgore was also charged with DUI and numerous traffic violations.
(Clarence Kilgore, Brooke Scroggins, Anthony Coleman)
An East Ridge High School student died as the result of car crash Friday morning. People who knew 17-year-old Zena Faith Newsome of Elkhorn City said she was a light and wonderful to be around. Kentucky State Police Post 9 in Pikeville got a call at 8:33 a.m. reporting a single vehicle collision had occurred on Route 80 in Elkhorn City. A trooper from Post 9 responded and started the investigation. Initially, it seems Miss Newsome was operating a 2010 Jeep Wrangler on Route 80, when she struck an embankment, causing the vehicle to overturn. Newsome was pronounced dead at the scene by the Pike County Coroner’s Office. Trooper Terry Mounts is investigating the collision and was helped on scene by Kentucky State Police Post 9 personnel, Elkhorn City Volunteer Fire Department, and Lifeguard Ambulance Service. East Ridge High School announced on its Facebook page that the start of summer school would be delayed and that counselors would be at the school to talk to students at 10 a.m. A prayer circle is also being planned outside the school at 11 a.m.
(Zena Faith Newsome)
(“She was a light to everyone that knew her”)
A one-vehicle collision led to the arrest of a Flat Gap woman on charges of alcohol intoxication and leaving the scene of an accident May 10. Deputy Isaac Owens of the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office said he was dispatched to a Flat Gap residence in reference to a woman who called 911 and said she was involved in a single-vehicle crash and could not open the driver’s side door, according to the arrest report. Owens made contact with the Flat Gap Volunteer Fire Department and was advised that the woman had crawled out of the passenger side of the vehicle and started walking toward McKenzie Branch, the report said. Owens located Jennifer Denise Vanhoose, 37, of Patterson Creek, Flat Gap, about 500 feet onto McKenzie Branch, the report said. Vanhoose was arrested and transported to Paintsville ARH, where she denied any medical treatment, and then taken to the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center, the report said.
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A former state employee has been indicted for stealing thousands of dollars from a Kentucky government agency. 35-year-old Brittany May worked at the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, where she allegedly used the identities of at least 40 clients to write checks to herself. May allegedly initiated over 500 transfers to accounts she controlled, resulting in a 444,000 loss to the cabinet. She faces five charges of wire fraud and three charges of aggravated identity theft.
