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MEDIA RELEASE
DATE: APRIL 20, 2008
PURPOSE: DRUG TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATION
LOCATION: SPEEDWAY PARKING LOT, SOUTH MAYO TRAIL
PATROLMAN TONY CONN INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP ON A VEHICLE OWNED AND
OPERATED BY CHAD D. BARTLEY OF NEBO, NORTH CAROLINA. BARTLEY'S APPEARANCE
AND VEHICLE MATCHED WITH SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF DRUG ACTIVITY THAT THE
PIKEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD RECEIVED IN RECENT DAYS. OFFICERS OBTAINED
CONSENT TO SEARCH FOR THE VEHICLE AFTER A SHORT INVESTIGATION AND INTERVIEW
OF MR. BARTLEY AND A FEMALE PASSENGER, LISA S. BOYLEN. DURING THE SEARCH
OFFICERS DISCOVERED SEVERAL LOADED FIREARMS, INCLUDING A 12 GAUGE SHOTGUN.
ALSO A LARGE QUANTITY OF SCHEDULE II NARCOTICS, MARIJUANA, DRUG
PARAPHERNALIA, AND ILLEGAL DISTILLED SPIRITS. BOTH SUSPECTS VOLUNTARILY WAIVED
MIRANDA RIGHTS AND STATED THAT THEY HAD AND INTENDED TO TRAFFIC IN NARCOTICS
WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF PIKEVILLE ON THE DATE OF THE ARREST.
INVESTIGATING OFFICERS: PTL. DAVID ADKINS, PTL. TONY CONN
AUTHORIZING OFFICER: SGT. AARON THOMPSON
DATE:NOVEMBER 11, 2007
PURPOSE:BURGLARY INVESTIGATION
LOCATION: DOLLAR GENERAL STORE ON THOMPSON ROAD
THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A COMPLAINT OF A BURGLARY IN PROGRESS AT DOLLAR GENERAL AT 4:20 A.M. FROM K.V.E. OFFICER KEITH JUSTICE. OFFICERS RESPONDED IN TIME TO OBSERVE THREE SUSPECTS FLEEING THE REAR OF THE STORE ON FOOT. OFFICER BRUCE COLLINS APPREHENDED ONE OF THE SUSPECTS IN THE WOODED AREA BEHIND THE STORE. A SHORT TIME LATER A SECOND SUSPECT WAS APPREHENDED INSIDE WALMART SUPERCENTER. THE VEHICLE THEY WERE DRIVING WAS LOCATED A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY ON VERA DRIVE. THE VEHICLE CONTAINED MERCHANDISE FROM DOLLAR GENERAL. OFFICERS CHARGED JEREMY THACKER OF PIKEVILLE AND MICHEAL D. KIMMEL OF BETSY LAYNE WITH IN CONNECTION WITH THE INCIDENT. INDICTMENTS WERE RETURNED BY THE PIKE COUNTY GRAND JURY ON NOVEMBER 14th FOR BURGLARY AND THEFT FOR BOTH MEN.
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