DRUG BUST
MARK BURDEN | Bluegrass Narcotic Task Force
The Bluegrass Narcotic Task Force (comprised of members from Harrison County Sheriff’s Office, Cynthiana Police Department, Bourbon C
ounty Sheriff’s Office, and Paris Police Department) and Kentucky State Police (KSP) performed a multi-county arrest detail focusing on 22 narcotics traffickers. This operation was further supported by Kentucky State Police, Post 6, detectives from KSP East Drug Enforcement, and the Carlisle Police Department who provided K-9 support. These charges are the result of numerous investigations conducted by the aforementioned agencies whereby detectives purchased and/or confiscated heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine, and prescription narcotics from suspects throughout the city and county.
ounty Sheriff’s Office, and Paris Police Department) and Kentucky State Police (KSP) performed a multi-county arrest detail focusing on 22 narcotics traffickers. This operation was further supported by Kentucky State Police, Post 6, detectives from KSP East Drug Enforcement, and the Carlisle Police Department who provided K-9 support. These charges are the result of numerous investigations conducted by the aforementioned agencies whereby detectives purchased and/or confiscated heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine, and prescription narcotics from suspects throughout the city and county.The following individuals were indicted or have arrest warrants for over 60 drug-related or other criminal offenses:
Bourbon County Arrest Warrants (filed through the Bourbon County Attorney’s Office, G Davis)
Anthony Davis Paris, Kentucky
1. Possession of Marijuana
2. Possession of Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine) in the First Degree – First Offense
3. Possession of Controlled Substance – Third Degree – Drug Unspecified
4. Prescription Controlled Substance not in Proper Container – First Offense
5. Drug Paraphernalia – Buy/Possess
Tilman Conner Paris, Kentucky
1. Trafficking in Controlled Substance – First Offense (Carfentanil or Fentanyl Derivatives)
2. Trafficking in Controlled Substance – Second or Subsequent
Offense (Methamphetamine) in the First Degree – Second or Subsequent Offense (Less than Two (2) Grams)
Kenneth Edgington Paris, Kentucky
1. Probation Violation (For Felony Offense)
2. Trafficking in Controlled Substance – 1st Offense (Carfentanil or Fentanyl Derivatives
3. Trafficking in Controlled Substance, 1st Degree, Second or Subsequent Offense (Less than Two (2) Grams)
Kenneth Hopkins Paris, Kentucky
Trafficking in Controlled Substance – First Degree – First Offense (Methamphetamine)
Steven Dale Paris, Kentucky
Trafficking in Controlled Substance – First Degree – Second or Subsequent Offense (Cocaine)
Josh Strawder Paris, Kentucky
1. Trafficking in Controlled Substance – Second or Subsequent Offense (Cocaine) in the First Degree – Second or Subsequent Offense (Less than Four (4) Grams)
2. Trafficking in Controlled Substance – Second or Subsequent Offense (Heroin)
Heather White Paris, Kentucky
Trafficking in Controlled Substance – Second or Subsequent Offense (Cocaine) in the First Degree – Second or Subsequent Offense (Less than Four (4) Grams)
Holly Waters Paris, Kentucky
Trafficking in Controlled Substance – Second or Subsequent Offense (Cocaine) in the First Degree – Second or Subsequent Offense (Less than Four (4) Grams)
Jeff Shanks Paris, Kentucky
1. Trafficking in Controlled Substance – Second or Subsequent Offense (Cocaine) in the First Degree (Less than Four (4) Grams)
2. Trafficking in Controlled Substance – Second or Subsequent Offense (Methamphetamine) in the First Degree (Less than Two (2) Grams)
The Bourbon County Attorney’s Office and the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office will be prosecuting the investigations in Bourbon County.
Harrison County Grand Jury Indictments
Teresa Barnes Cynthiana, Kentucky
1.Sale/Transfer of a Simulated Controlled Substance – Second or Subsequent Offense
(Methamphetamine) in the First Degree – Second or Subsequent Offense (Two (2) Grams or More)
Aaron P. Bragg, Cynthiana, Kentucky
1. Engaging in Organized Crime
2. Trafficking in a Controlled Substance – First Offense (Carfentanil or Fentanyl Derivatives) in the First Degree
3. Complicity to Trafficking in a Controlled Substance – First Offense (Carfentanil or Fentanyl Derivatives) in the First Degree
4. Conspiracy to Trafficking in a Controlled Substance – First Offense (Carfentanil or Fentanyl Derivatives) in the First Degree
5. Wanton Endangerment in the Second Degree ( 2 Counts)
6. Persistent Felony Offender in the First Degree
Timothy Dale Callahan Cynthiana, Kentucky
1. Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine) in the First Degree – First Offense (Less than Two (2) Grams)
2. Persistent Felony Offender in the Second Degree
Darren Phillip Curzio, Cynthiana, Kentucky
1. Engaging in Organized Crime
2. Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine) in the First Degree – First Offense (Less than Two (2) Grams)
3. Complicity to Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine) in the First Degree – First Offense (Less than Two (2) Grams)
4. Conspiracy to Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine) in the First Degree – First Offense (Less than Two (2) Grams
5. Sale/Transfer of a Simulated Controlled Substance – Second or Subsequent Offense
Jonathon Ryan Edwards Cynthiana, Kentucky
1. Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine) in the First Degree – Second or Subsequent Offense (Less than Two (2) Grams)
2. Persistent Felony Offender in the First Degree
Beau G. Lynn (A/K/A: Don Bolo Foe) Mt. Olivet, Kentucky Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine) in the First Degree – First Offense (Less than Two (2) Grams) (2 Counts)
Brittany Danielle Martin Cynthiana, Kentucky
1. Engaging in Organized Crime
2. Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine) in the First Degree – First Offense (Less than Two (2) Grams)
3. Complicity to Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine) in the First Degree – First Offense (Less than Two (2) Grams)
4. Conspiracy to Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine) in the First Degree – First Offense (Less than Two (2) Grams)
5. Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Carfentanil or Fentanyl Derivatives) in the First Degree – First Offense
6. Complicity to Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Carfentanil or Fentanyl Derivatives) in the First Degree – First Offense
7. Conspiracy to Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Carfentanil or Fentanyl Derivatives) in the First Degree – First Offense
8. Wanton Endangerment in the Second Degree (2 Counts)
9. Endangering the Welfare of a Minor (2 Counts)
10. Sale or Transfer of Simulated Controlled Substance
11. Complicity to Sale or Transfer of Simulated Controlled Substance
Marissa Anne Moore (A/K/A: Marissa Ann Caldwell) Cynthiana, Kentucky
1. Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Carfentanil or Fentanyl Derivatives) in the First Degree – First Offense
2. Complicity to Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Carfentanil or Fentanyl Derivatives) in the First Degree – First Offense
3. Conspiracy to Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Carfentanil or Fentanyl Derivatives) in the First Degree – First Offense
4. Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine) in the First Degree – First Offense (Less than Two (2) Grams)
Wyatt Travers Puckett Cynthiana, Kentucky
1. Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Carfentanil or Fentanyl Derivatives) in the First Degree – First Offense
2. Complicity to Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Carfentanil or Fentanyl Derivatives) in the First Degree – First Offense
3. Conspiracy to Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Carfentanil or Fentanyl Derivatives) in the First Degree – First Offense
4. Persistent Felony Offender in the First Degree
Beverly Lynn Reed Cynthiana, Kentucky
1. Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine) in the First Degree – Second or Subsequent Offense (Less than Two (2) Grams)
2. Complicity to Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine) in the First Degree – Second or Subsequent Offense (Less than Two (2) Grams)
3. Conspiracy to Trafficking in a Controlled Substance
(Methamphetamine) in the First Degree – Second or Subsequent Offense (Less than Two (2) Grams)
4. Persistent Felony Offender in the Second Degree
Thomas Ray Richmond Cynthiana, Kentucky
1. Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine) in the First Degree – Second or Subsequent Offense (Less than Two (2) Grams)
2. Complicity to Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine) in the First Degree – Second or Subsequent Offense (Less than Two (2) Grams)
3. Conspiracy to Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine) in the First Degree – Second or Subsequent Offense (Less than Two (2) Grams)
4. Persistent Felony Offender in the First Degree
Justin Daniel Spicer Berry, Kentucky
Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Carfentanil or Fentanyl Derivatives) in the First Degree – First Offense
2. Complicity to Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Carfentanil or Fentanyl Derivatives) in the First Degree – First Offense
3. Conspiracy to Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Carfentanil or Fentanyl Derivatives) in the First Degree – First Offense
4. Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Carfentanil or Fentanyl Derivatives) in the First Degree – Second or Subsequent Offense
5. Complicity to Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Carfentanil or Fentanyl Derivatives in the First Degree – Second or Subsequent Offense
6. Conspiracy to Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Carfentanil or Fentanyl Derivatives) in the First Degree – Second or Subsequent Offense
7. Persistent Felony Offender in the First Degree
Rhonda Lynn Whitley Cynthiana, Kentucky
1. Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (Carfentanil or Fentanyl Derivatives) in the First Degree – First Offense
2. Persistent Felony Offender in the Second Degree
The Harrison County Attorney’s Office and the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office will be prosecuting the investigations in Harrison County.
Fentanyl and fentanyl analogs are the deadliest drugs and most addictive drugs” our nation has ever seen. They are powerful synthetic opioids that are similar to morphine but 50 to 100 times more potent.
The research findings presented in the 2020 KY Overdose Fatality Report, state “more than 1,964 Kentuckians died from drug overdoses in 2020, a 49% increase in drug overdose deaths compared with the year prior.” The report further states, that in “cases autopsied by the Kentucky Office of the Medical Examiner and toxicology reports submitted by Kentucky coroners, the increase in the death toll was driven mostly by a rise in opioid abuse, fentanyl and fentanyl analogs, which were found in 1,292 cases, accounting for approximately 71% of all overdose deaths for the year.”
Dealers frequently mix fentanyl with other drugs, such as heroin, pills, cocaine, methamphetamine, and MDMA, which results in the cheaper availability of drugs. This practice is extremely risky for users who may not realize that this cheap addiction may be stronger than they are accustomed to, often leading to an overdose.
Unfortunately, many families have been impacted by the drug epidemic, and have experienced the devastation of overdoses and resulting deaths. Law enforcement agencies work diligently to control the impact of the epidemic in our communities and partner with local treatment centers available through ASAP programs and Casey Laws to provide much-needed services to individuals and families in need.
If you are a person selling fentanyl, you will be our priority and we will use every resource we have to find and arrest you. If you are a person who needs help in fighting addiction, you can anonymously contact our office and we will connect you with the resources to help you.
Detective Alan Judy, Detective Teddy Rawlins, and Detective Bobby Gray, with the Bluegrass Narcotic Task Force, conducted these investigations along with Kentucky State Police, DESI-East Detective Mark Craycraft.
If you have any questions regarding these or any other drug investigations, feel free to contact the task force at (859) 234-2617.
An indictment and/or arrest warrant is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
