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RUSSELL The Tri-State Narcotics Task Force was at it again over the weekend, bringing five suspects into custody on various warrants, including drug distribution. This is the second round of weekend busts, which have so far netted a quarter-pound of meth, smaller gram amounts of heroin, fentanyl and weed, $8,600 in cash, a vehicle and drug paraphernalia, according to DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jack Sparks. So far, eight people have been caught up in the dragnet, Sparks said. Spanning Boyd and Greenup counties, drug officers assigned with the detail seized a mess of meth baggies, sc...

ASHLAND The Tri-State Narcotics Task Force announced Friday that a West Virginia man wanted since March has been apprehended on Carter Avenue, according to a news release.

RUSSELL Another DEA-led investigation at the Russell Best Western led to an arrest Thursday of two suspects during a burglary in progress. While performing a narcotics operation at the hotel, officers with the Tri-State Narcotics Team and the Russell PD spotted two suspects entering a room known to be out of service, according to a news release. The two suspects, 33-year-old Megan Brewer, of London, and 33-year-old Michael D. Adkins-Jenkins were arrested and charged with second-degree burglary and possession of drug paraphernalia. Adkins-Jenkins was also charged with possession of methampheta...

ASHLAND A federal grand jury has indicted a Westwood man on gun and meth charges in connection with a September 2020 traffic stop in Westwood. Steven M. Halley Jr., 27, was arrested Sept. 30 following a traffic stop performed by the Boyd County Sheriff’s Department in collaboration with the Tri-State Narcotics Team, according to a press release. During the traffic stop, officers seized 25 grams of meth, some Xanax and defaced a .38 Derringer with a pearl handle, according to authorities. Following that traffic stop, a second stop occurred at the Hillcrest Apartments in Ashland, leading t...