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Police: Man had fentanyl in system when he crashed with wife, infant in car
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A Prestonsburg man was arrested after police say he was involved in a DUI crash with his wife and child in the car.
Prestonsburg Police were called shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday to the wreck on U.S. 23. When they arrived, the woman and infant passengers were being taken away in an ambulance, while the driver, 30-year-old Charles Vanderpool, was waiting to also be taken away.
A witness told police that Vanderpool’s car was traveling north, when it drifted into the oncoming lane and struck a guardrail. The witness said he never saw Vanderpool hit the brakes.
At the hospital, after observing Vanderpool appear to show signs of being under the influence. When police asked him to give blood for a test, Vanderpool reportedly told police repeatedly that he didn’t understand why they needed his blood. They finally obtained a search warrant to collect a sample.
Police returned to the hospital after a doctor reported that Vanderpool had pills in his stomach and had tested positive for fentanyl.
He has now been charged with aggravated DUI and first-degree assault. The assault charge is punishable by 10-to-20 years in prison.
The police report notes the infant has been transferred to another hospital for treatment of head injuries.
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Paintsville man faces additional jail time after bomb threat called into court before burglary sentencing
PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — A Johnson County man is facing a felony terroristic threatening charge, after a bomb threat was called into the Johnson County Judicial Center.
The threat was called into the courthouse on Friday. The clerk who answered the call said a woman told her she had overheard two men talking about planning to target a judge by planting a bomb in the courthouse.
Police were able to get the caller’s phone number from Caller ID, which came back to a phone owned by Dusty Adrian Hamilton, 43, of Paintsville.
Hamilton had been seen at the courthouse that day, as he was scheduled to be sentenced for third-degree burglary. Police found him at home, where he said he was told court had been canceled so he came home.
Officers then asked for his phone number, which matched the one used to make the threat. When asked about the threat, Hamilton said he had allowed a random woman to use his phone earlier that day at a gas station, and she must have used it to call in the threat.
Hamilton was arrested and charged with first-degree terroristic threatening, a felony punishable by 5-to-10 years in prison. He is now being held without bail in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville.
His sentencing for the burglary charge, which carries a 1-to-5 year sentence, has been rescheduled for July 10.
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