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Posted: 4:46 PM Aug 25, 2008
Eleven Arrested In Drug Round-Up, More Arrests Expected
A five-month undercover investigation by Operation UNITE into illegal drug trafficking in Knox County resulted in 23 indictment warrants last week.
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BARBOURVILLE – A five-month undercover investigation by Operation UNITE into illegal drug trafficking in Knox County resulted in 23 indictment warrants last week.
Law enforcement officials attempted to serve the warrants during a roundup conducted Monday, August 25, but apparently those being sought had advanced knowledge of the operation.
“Even before our officers had the indictment warrants in hand, people were turning themselves in,” said Karen Engle, president/CEO of UNITE. “It’s very disappointing that this information was made available ahead of time.”
“Thankfully nobody got hurt while attempting to serve arrest warrants today,” Engle continued. “When you go to someone’s house and they know you’re coming, it compromises the officers’ safety.”
Most of the cases resulting from the investigation involved the illegal sale of Hydrocodone, Oxycodone and Suboxone pills, UNITE officials said.
Assisting with Monday’s roundup were officers from the Barbourville Police Department, Knox County Sheriff’s Office, Kentucky State Police and the Drug Enforcement Agency.
Those who have been arrested in connection with the investigation through Monday afternoon are:
• Sonny Brock, age 72, Yellow Pine Road, Flat Lick, three counts second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and two counts second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.
• Mike Carr, age 39, Brian Drive, Corbin, three counts first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.
• Emmanuel Lee Collins, age 30, Coal Port Road, Artemus, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.
• Stacey Cox, age 43, Geneva Lane Drive, Artemus, three counts first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.
• Millard A. Davenport, age 58, T. Run Branch Road, Artemus, two counts second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.
• Frank D. Hamilton, age 29, Coon Branch Cemetery Road, Barbourville, three counts second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.
• Franklin Hammons, age 38, Tea Run Hollow, Artemus, three counts first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.
• Troy Partin Jr., age 39, Warren Camp Road, Barbourville, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and two counts second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.
• Johnny “Hook” Roark, age 62, Coal Port Road, Artemus, second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and second-degree conspiracy to traffic in a controlled substance.
• Jeremy Smith, age 29, Wendall Lane, Barbourville, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.
• Josh Ryan Smith, age 24, Bradley Martin Lane, Barbourville, two counts first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.
For more information about Operation UNITE visit their website at www.operationunite.org.
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Oh what a surprise!! Almost all of those goobers arrested have been arrested before for the same thing. Now what? Do something already!!Send them to prison, get them off the streets and stop waisting our tax dollars watching them because you already know they are dealers!! Pee or get off the Pot!! It is a never ending cycle, arrest the drug dealer and then they walk. The canary in the court house needs to have their wings clipped so they cant fly again!!
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Finally Manchester was cleaned out! Now knox needs a good cleaning.$!.! People in offices designed to uplift the community who strip it clean of all its funds...to rid it of drugs.LOL...by the same offices & allowing them to know and rid them selves of drugs before they are arrested and turn themselves into the law to continue teaching our students in our schools(go unite)maybe we should give more in donations Knox u know for all the activities they do to RID our community..LOL
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I hit send to soon. So I think law enforcment, jail, prisons, half way houses, and community corrections has it's role in the war on illicit drugs. As I mentioned in my previous post education alone does not work. Dangerous people and that can include drug users, who kill for their next fix, drug dealers, and a host of others need to be locked up. I never thought our country would spend more money on education than any other country but we do. That disproves you people who say education alone is the answer. I believe you educate, incarcerate, and go after criminals with every legal tool you have. Finally we have to face a harsh reality. We will always have social ills like drugs, murder and other societal miseries. I do feel sorry for drug addicts and I empathize with their pain. Especially those drug addicts who would not hurt people even to feed their addictions. I do want to help but I found those most successful at rehab are those who really want to help themselves.
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