(FRANKFORT, Ky.) – Kentucky State Police (KSP) released the 2010 methamphetamine lab statistics today and the number indicates an all-time high in the Commonwealth. KSP reports that there were 1,080 meth labs found during 2010, exceeding all previous year totals.
The top five counties with the highest incidents of meth lab occurrences were Jefferson (154 labs), Laurel (113 labs), Warren (70 labs), Barren (57 labs) and Hardin (53).
Earlier this week, KSP responded to a meth lab at a home in Leslie County where three children were found and treated for chemical burns at Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center. A total of four arrests were made for that incident.
The 2010 methamphetamine lab response costs to law enforcement totaled $2.9 million. This figure includes investigative costs, waste removal clean up, supplies, lab analysis, and transportation of waste from the scene.
Methamphetamine is not just a Kentucky problem. Occurrences of meth labs have been on the rise across the country and states are scrambling to find solutions.
KSP advises that if you suspect someone is making meth or you encounter a meth lab, call 1-800 DOPETIP (1-800-367-3847). Callers can remain anonymous.
On Saturday, January 29, 2011 at approximately 7:00 a.m. the Campbellsville Police Department received a complaint at 14 Greenbriar Drive Apt. F1. While officers were on the scene they discovered a step one Meth Lab. Detectives with the Kentucky State Police Drug Task Force were notified to secure and contain the lab.
Marsha Gail Curry age 32 and Amanda J. Beard age 31 both of Campbellsville were arrested and charged with Manufacturing Methamphetamine. They were both lodged in the Taylor County Detention Center.
Agencies Involved: Campbellsville Police Department and the Kentucky State Police Drug Task Force.
Investigating Officers: Officer Ben Riggs and Officer Nelson Bishop
Richard H. Humphress, 48 was arrested yesterday at 4:00pm for attempted murder after Sheriffs Department received a complaint of a shooting in the Elkhorn Community. After arriving at the scene deputies learned that 52 year old, Tony Vaughn of Campbellsville had been shot in the back by Humphress. Vaughn advised that he was riding in a wagon being pulled by his mules when Humphress drove up behind him, got out of his truck and shot him in the back with a shotgun. Humphress was located at a residence on Eastridge Cemetery Road where he was arrested. Humphress was lodged in the Taylor County Detention Center. Vaughn was treated for his injuries at Taylor Regional Hospital. Adair County Sheriff’s Dept and the Kentucky State Police also assisted.
(Marion County, Ky) Trooper Justin Phillips is investigating a collision that occurred at 12:26 am on 1/16/11 on KY 527, 6 miles west of Lebanon. Jimmy Karnes age 66 of Campbellsville was operating a 1992 Ford pickup westbound on KY 527, when he struck a rock wall and overturned. Karnes was transported to Springview Hospital and later flown to U of L.
Trooper Phillips was assisted at the scene by Marion County Fire, EMS and Rescue.
(Adair County) Trooper Bradley Stotts is investigating a shooting incident that occurred on 1/15/11 at approximately 9:30 p.m. in Adair County. State Police in Columbia received a call from Adair County Dispatch of shots fired at 304 Harris Road in Adair County.
Upon arrival units located the victim, Carl Harrison age 74 of Columbia, who had been shot in the head. Harrison was transported to Westlake Regional Hospital by Adair County EMS and later transferred to UofL hospital for non life threatening injuries.
KSP located and interviewed a suspect, as well as, the victim and witnesses. The investigation is ongoing by Trooper Stotts. KSP was assisted by the Adair County Sheriff’s office.
(Adair County, KY) – Post 15 received a call from the Adair County dispatch at 10:48 CST today advising that a shooting had occurred at 177 HWY 1952, 7 miles south of Columbia. Upon arrival, KSP Units found that Tammy Bledsoe, who had called 911, shot her husband during a domestic argument.
42-year-old Richard (Ricky) D. Bledsoe was shot multiple times and received treatment at the scene from Adair County EMS. He was then transported to Westlake Hospital in Adair County and then airlifted to University Hospital in Louisville where he is currently in critical condition.
42-year-old Tammy Bledsoe was arrested and charged with Assault 1st Degree and lodged in the Adair County Jail. The couple are married and reside at the location of occurrence. No one else was at the residence. Detective Russell Decker is investigating.
The Healing Place of Campbellsville would like to announce the addition of Brenda Allen as the Executive Director and Shannon Gray as Program Director.
Allen served as the Mayor of Campbellsville from 2003-2010. During that time she was instrumental to the start of The Healing Place (formally known as the Alternative Recovery Center) from site selection to getting the project off the ground. She will join the staff on February 1, 2011.
“Brenda brings her passion, dedication and empathy to this position,” says Jay Davidson, Founder, President and CEO of The Healing Place. “This will make her a tremendous asset to The Healing Place of Campbellsville and the Campbellsville community.”
Allen served as City Clerk from 1999-2002 and in the President’s Office at Campbellsville University from 1995-1999. She was awarded the BPW Woman of the Year in 1985, 1992, and 2002. She is currently a member of the Campbellsville Business and Professional Women’s Club, Habitat for Humanity, Campbellsville Housing Authority, Greater Campbellsville United, Green River Ministries, Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services (Governor’s Appointment), and the KBEMS Executive Committee.
In addition, Allen serves as an Executive Board Member of Kentucky Heartland Outreach, the Chair of the Executive Board for the Lake Cumberland Area Development District, a member of the Kentucky League of Cities Site Selection Committee, and Ex-officio member of the Campbellsville Renaissance/Main Street Project.
Gray is a certified alcohol and drug counselor and has been working in the field of addiction for nine years. He has been an alumni of The Healing Place since July of 2001.
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The Healing Place of Campbellsville is one of three The Healing Place campuses. The Healing Place serves as the process model for all Recovery Kentucky sites and has been named “A Model That Works” by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Healing Place model has been replicated in Huntington, WV, Richmond, VA, and Raleigh, NC
The Kentucky State Police, Post 15, Columbia, which provides coverage for Washington, Marion, Taylor, Casey, Russell, Green, Metcalfe, Monroe, Clinton, Cumberland and Adair counties will be conducting periodic traffic safety checkpoints at locations approved by the Kentucky State Police Policy and Procedures Manual. These checkpoints will be conducted in an effort to enforce the traffic laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Special attention will be paid to occupant protection (seatbelt adherence), sobriety and insurance and registration violations.
(12-30-2010) Video shot today at Green River Lake of 2 Juvenile Bald Eagles feeding on a deer carcass. Bald Eagles do not get their distinctive white head and tail until they reach 4-5 years of age.
