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By Christopher Harris
Commonwealth Journal Feb 3, 2021
Feb 3, 2021
Items found during the traffic stop of a vehicle driven by Steven Worley Wednesday morning, according to the Pulaski County Sheriffâs Office. Submitted
Two Pulaski Countians were arrested after a traffic stop led to the discovery of illegal drugs, according to the Pulaski County Sheriffâs Office.
Steven Worley, 29, of Bronston, and Flora West, 42, of Somerset, were both charged and lodged in the Pulaski County Detention Center.
On Wednesday, Feb. 3, at approximately 1:16 a.m., Deputy Tan Hudson conducted a stop of a vehicle for traffic violations. Upon making contact with Worley, the driver, Hudson could smell a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle, according to the sheriffâs office.
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Irbin Rocha got a form about a month ago asking if he wanted to take the vaccine against COVID-19 while in immigration custody at the Jerome Combs Detention Center.
But an outbreak in January left Rocha and at least 21 other immigration detainees sick with COVID-19 just before they became eligible for a vaccine in Illinois, according to statistics from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s website. As of Monday, there were 13 active COVID-19 cases out of a total of 22, according to ICE.
“Everybody got different symptoms,” Rocha said last week during a phone call from the jail, which is about 60 miles south of Chicago. “Some of the older people, it’s hard for them. Some of them, they are still sick, they get out of breath.”
By Christopher Harris
Commonwealth Journal Jan 27, 2021
Jalen Alcorn
A Lexington man has been arrested in connection with a robbery that took place last week in southern Pulaski County, while another suspect remains under investigation.
Javonte Groves, 26, and Jalen Lamar Alcorn, 19, both of Lexington, were determined to be involved in the incident that took place at approximately 3:52 a.m. on Friday, January 22, according to the Pulaski County Sheriff s Office.
In that incident, an armed robbery on Prather Road, not far from the Slate Branch area, was reported to the 911 Dispatch Center. Sheriff s deputies arrived alongside Somerset Police officers were immediately dispatched to the victim s residence. Upon arrival, they learned that a male individual had come into a home on Prather Road armed with a handgun and robbed a man and his girlfriend, as well as another male friend who was visiting from Lexington, according to the sheriff s office.
Corky L. Hendricks
A local man identified as a witness to the 2019 murder of LeeAnna Brumley is awaiting trial on a separate charge.
Corky Lee Hendricks, 40, of Science Hill, was initially due to stand trial last week on charges of Convicted Felon in Possession of a Handgun; Cultivation of Marijuana, 5 or More Plants (1st offense); and two counts of first-degree Persistent Felony Offender.
Hendricks current charges are not connected to the Brumley murder and he has not been charged in that case. However, he was appointed conflict counsel so that he wouldn t have to be represented by the local public defender s office, which had already been appointed to someone else also involved with the Brumley case.