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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.
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LAUREL COUNTY â A 37-year-old London woman died Wednesday after she reportedly was thrown from the back of a pickup truck and hit a barn when the driver ran off the roadway and struck two fence posts and a tree. The driver was arrested for manslaughter following the crash.
Rebecca Warren was pronounced dead at the scene by the Laurel County Coroner s Office.
William Petrey, age 37, of Woodbine was arrested for second-degree manslaughter and is being held in Laurel County Correctional Center.
Laurel Sheriff s Lieut./Accident Reconstructionist Chris Edwards along with Laurel Sheriff s detectives and deputies investigated the crash which occurred on Pine Grove School Road, approximately 4 miles south of London at 8:55 a.m.