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KSP drug raid at Dorton results in two arrests
DORTON, Ky. — Two people were arrested Friday, after Kentucky State Police raided a home at Dorton.
Police went to the home of Keith Dye, 46, of Dorton, to execute a search warrant. When they arrived, they found Dye outside the home and Bronis Fern Yates, 56, of Fort Wayne, Ind., just inside the front door.
Yates told police she had traveled to Dorton from Indiana that day and reportedly admitted to bringing 7 grams of meth with her, but said that was for personal use.
Police also reported finding meth, scales and drug paraphernalia inside the home.
Dye and Yates were both arrested on charges of first-degree meth trafficking and possession of drug paraphernalia. Dye was also charged with felon in possession of a handgun, after a firearm was found between couch cushions.
Both the trafficking and gun charges are felonies, each punishable by 5-to-10 years in prison.
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Accused Floyd County school bus driver asks to be released from jail
LONDON, Ky. — A Floyd County school bus driver who is accused of trying to entice a minor into sexual activity is asking the court to release him from jail.
Andrew Lewis, 40, of Prestonsburg, is currently facing up to 10 years in prison after being indicted for attempted online enticement of a minor in London federal court. The indictment accuses Little of messaging a middle school student, trying to persuade the minor to engage in sexual activity that would likely result in a criminal charge of first-degree sexual abuse.
During a detention hearing back in August, U.S. Magistrate Judge Hanly Ingram ordered him to remain in jail while awaiting trial, saying there were no reasonable conditions of release that would ensure the safety of the public.
But his attorney, Stephen Owens, says in a motion filed on Monday that the ruling does not match the evidence presented at the detention hearing. Owens says Lewis is accused of touching a student’s rear and of making a statement online about wanting to place his face on another student’s chest.
“While this may not be appropriate language it does not rise to a level requiring detention,” Owens writes in the motion. The Government has not shown that no available release conditions can reasonably protect the minor or the community.”
Owens goes on to say the safety of the public and his client’s appearance in court could be assured through “a no-contact order, no employment that requires contact with minors, no use of internet accessible devices, GPS monitoring and home detention.”
The motion is only a request and has not yet been ruled on by a judge. Prosecutors will have a chance to respond before any decision is made.
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