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LAUREL COUNTY - Two New York natives have been arrested after Laurel County deputies found 9.5 pounds of suspected methamphetamine, 15 firearms - four of which have been determined to
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A suspect was reportedly apprehended on Ky. 914 after a shooting incident in Laurel County on Ky. 80 outside of London.
JANIE SLAVEN
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LAUREL COUNTY â A London man was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon and another man was charged with murder following a shooting on Hal Rogers Parkway.
Timothy Preston Miller, 59, of London was pronounced dead at the scene by Laurel County Coronerâs Office after being shot multiple times by another driver.
Brian Keith Eldridge, 46, of London was arrested for Millerâs murder and lodged in the Laurel County Detention Center, after Laurel County Sheriffâs Office says he admitted to shooting Miller. Eldridge also said he didnât know why he shot him, the Laurel County Sheriffâs Office said in a press release.
Items seized in the investigation including about $41,000. | Photo contributed
Five people were arrested, including two on federal drug charges, Thursday after an investigation into a methamphetamine supply source for Laurel and Knox counties.
Laurel County Sheriff s Office investigators said Harvey Couch of Beaver Dam, Kentucky and Amber Price of Harrisburg, Illinois were estimated to be moving 5 kilograms (11.02 pounds) of methamphetamine between Atlanta, Georgia and London and were reportedly also trafficking to Illinois, every two weeks.
Investigators arrested Price, 54, and Couch, 24, at a residence off Hopkins Cemetery Road Thursday as they arrived to collect drug proceeds, according to a Laurel County Sheriff s Office press release. They are facing federal DEA charges.
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A Laurel County man was arrested Monday after reportedly pulling a knife out on and threatening an ambulance crew who was trying to help his unresponsive wife.
Charles B. Smith, 38, had called Laurel 911 center from his residence on Cane Creek Road, approximately 10 miles south of London.
He requested an ambulance for his unresponsive wife and according to a Laurel County Sheriff s Office report, he decided to transport her to meet the ambulance crew along the way due to living so far out in the county.
The Laurel County Ambulance crew met with him near Penny Lane on KY 229, approximately 2 miles south of London, and upon EMS attempting to assist, Smith reportedly began screaming profanities at both ambulance crew members and threatened to kill and stab them.