A traffic stop on an expired tag, resulted in a man being arrested on drug trafficking charges over the weekend. According to the Lawrence Co Sheriff'.
One Eastern Kentucky man is facing a host of charges following a police chase.
Officials with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office said in the early morning hours of Wednesday, January 20th, a deputy on patrol noticed a car leaving the Woodland Court Apartments with the passenger door open.
When the deputy tried to pull the car over, the driver, later identified as Jonathan Dale from Paintsville, took off. The chase ended at Number One Hollow in VanLear when the car left the road and Dale took off on foot. There was a passenger in the car at the time of the crash. She was detained, but not charged.
A fatal shooting took place in the Little Mud Lick community of Johnson County on Thursday.
The name of the deceased has not yet been released but the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in the shooting.
Deputies arrested 64-year-old John D. Trimble of Staffordsville and charged him with murder.
Trimble was taken to the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center.
More information will be released later.
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