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Magoffin woman charged with trafficking after puppy tips police to drug stash
SALYERSVILLE, Ky. — A Magoffin County woman has been arrested on multiple counts of drug trafficking after her hiding place was exposed by a puppy.
Deputies were called to a home over a report of domestic violence. When officers arrive, the saw Mary Gipson, 44, walk by and around a building to avoid them. A deputy had previously arrested Gipson for drug possession, so he went to ask her about the incident and check on her.
While they were talking, a puppy named Fred came by and knocked over her insulated drinking cup, at which time the deputy noticed the inside of the cup was only half as deep as the outside. An examination of the cup revealed a false bottom which concealed two bags of meth, two bags of fentanyl, five bags of heroin, and a bag containing an assortment of pills.
Police also found meth, marijuana and digital scales inside her home.
Gipson was arrested and charged with five counts of drug trafficking and possession of drug paraphernalia. She is being held in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville on a 25-thousand dollar cash bond.
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Wanted man arrested for holding woman prisoner
HAROLD, Ky. — A man who is currently under indictment in Pike County and was considered a suspect in a Johnson County case has been arrested in Floyd County for holding a woman against her will.
Floyd County deputies had been attempting to locate Logan Ross, 20, of Meally, when they received a tip Monday that he was located at a home in Harold. Police also received calls from a woman at the residence, who said Ross refused to leave after being told to do so. The woman later contacted a deputy to say he had locked her in the bathroom with him and she was afraid he was going to kill her.
When police arrived at the home and got no response, they forced their way inside and found Ross and the woman in the bathroom. The woman told officers he held her by the arms to prevent her from answering the door.
Ross was arrested on charges of first-degree unlawful imprisonment and first-degree trespassing. He is being held on a $25,000 cash bond.
Ross was arrested in Pikeville last month and charged with DUI, open container, resisting arrest and assaulting an officer. He was indicted on those charges last week.
He was also wanted for questioning in connection with an unspecified crime in Johnson County.
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