-from wfrv.com-By Hilary Golston

Authorities arrested at least seven in an early morning drug bust.
It happened near the intersection of Doty and Webster just before 6 am. Four police units stormed four homes to execute 6 drug warrantsInside police say they found cocaine, marijuana, evidence of drug use and a large amount of cash.
Community police started investigating the houses about a month and a half ago - after they got a tip from someone living in the neighborhood.Neighbors said they suspected drug activity at the homes. Danielle Walton told Channel 5’s Hilary Golston that she bought her house about a year ago and lives right next to where the bust happened. “I’ve gone over to their house and asked them to quiet down a couple times,” Walton said. Danielle is happy authorities are working on the drug problem.
Community Policing Captain, Bill Galvin, says a drug problem in one area can easily spread if it’s not taken care of quickly. Galvin was on scene this morning and assisted with the bust.

-from kentucky.com-

By Jennifer Hewlett

Police arrested 15 people and were seeking seven others suspected of illegally selling drugs, mostly oxycodone, in Menifee County.

An official said that a lot of the pills involved came from Florida, and that the suspects were either going to Florida themselves to get them or knew someone who would.

The arrests followed an eight-month undercover investigation and came as a growing number of Kentuckians have traveled to Florida to obtain prescription drugs legally and then brought the drugs back to be sold by illegal traffickers in Kentucky.

The trips are made to escape the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting system, which tracks who prescribes, dispenses and receives controlled drugs.

Kentucky doctors and officials have blamed the Florida pill pipeline for widespread drug addiction and overdose deaths.

The Florida General Assembly recently passed legislation authorizing a similar tracking system there.

By late afternoon, 15 of the suspects targeted by Operation UNITE (Unlawful Narcotics Investigations, Treatment & Education) had been charged and jailed in the Montgomery County Regional Detention Center.

The suspects and the charges against them (all are Frenchburg residents unless otherwise noted):

■ Sherry L. Bargo, 39, two counts of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.

■ Brittany Caudill, 18, second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.

■ Aldo Combs, 32, of Wellington, cultivating less than five plants of marijuana.

■ Eric L. Craig, 29, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, trafficking in a controlled substance within 1,000 yards of a school, and second-degree persistent felony offender.

■ John Donathan, 24, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and first-degree persistent felony offender.

■ Sheronna Byrd Helton, 27, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and trafficking in a controlled substance within 1,000 yards of a school.

■ Misty Himes, 29, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.

■ Kenneth Jenkins, 34, first- and second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.

■ Jimmie L. Jones, 23, trafficking in a controlled substance within 1,000 yards of a school.

■ Jeremy Martin, 23, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and second-degree persistent felony offender.

■ Franky L. Randall, 21, two counts of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.

■ Dustin A. Roberts, 26, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.

■ William H. Rowe, 42, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.

■ Anthony J. Wells, 24, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and second-degree persistent felony offender.

■ Thomas R. Wells, 29, of Frenchburg, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.

UNITE detectives and officers from the Menifee County sheriff’s office, the Kentucky Attorney General’s office and Kentucky State Police served the arrest warrants.

-from wciv.com-

By Josh Cascio

Producer Deidra Dunn

North Charleston -

By the looks of it, the suspects’ Grand Prix is like any other on the road, but looks can be deceiving according to the North Charleston Police Department. “This is one of the most unique ways that a courier brings drugs into the community that I’ve ever seen,” said Police Chief Jon Zumalt. While small compartments are common on most cars, police say the console held a hidden secret, a place to stash nearly 400 grams of heroin with a street value of about $200,000. “The console is the entry point, it was actually along what you would call the axle,” said Deputy Chief Reggie Burgess Caught on I-26 after making an illegal lane change, Naarl Richard and Kitia Coney are charged with Trafficking Heroin and Possession within a half mile of a school. Police call the bust one of the largest in the city’s history. ”This is cutting the head off the snake. Taking off a major supplier. This is a huge supply of heroin coming into our city and was going to be distributed in our city,” Chief Zumalt said. Described as a huge case, officers are hoping it serves as a clear deterrent to other suspected drug dealers, no matter how creative they think they are.