WORMSCAN: LOCLAXN [PART 2]
Local action in the Drug War. Local = Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky, USA.
NOTES: I made a few corrections to spellings but left the original document mainly untouched. All dates are in YYMMDD format. These files are only a portion of the entire LOCLAXN file. I had to break it up due to length. There are hundreds of pages in these files.
This is a continuation of the file named LOCLAXN.
WORMSCAN: LOCLAXN [PART 1]
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 rip-off.
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 year's 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 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. Says 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 yearlong 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 booby-trap 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 "booby trapped" 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 jailer 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 of 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 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.