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Mingo fugitive arrested in Pike after short chase
PHELPS, Ky. — A Pike County man wanted on fugitive warrants in West Virginia was arrested early Sunday morning, but not before compiling new charges in Kentucky.
A state trooper was patrolling around Phelps just before midnight on Saturday, when he saw Antonio Prater, 27, of Stopover, drive past. The officer knew Prater to be wanted and began to follow just in time to spot Prater turning onto Bones Branch.
When the trooper caught up to him, Prater was backing into a driveway. When Prater looked up and spotted the officer, he hit a building on the property, then jumped out of his vehicle and ran away, disregarding commands to stop. But as he fled one officer, he slid down a hill where a second state trooper was waiting and he was arrested.
Prater is now charged with fleeing police, criminal mischief and trespassing in Pike County.
He was wanted in West Virginia on warrants from two felony theft cases in Williamson.
He is currently being held without bond in the Pike County Detention Center, awaiting extradition to Mingo County.
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Three arrested after police find large amounts of meth and fentanyl during traffic stop
SIDNEY, Ky. — Three people were arrested for Monday night after a traffic stop for speeding resulted in the discovery of a sizable amount of drugs being imported into the state.
State troopers stopped a car for speeding on U.S. 119 at Sidney. Police had the occupants — identified as David Howell, 45, and Heather Howell, 46, both of Jenkins, and Isaiah Harrell, 19, of Columbus, Ohio — step out of the vehicle after they detected the scent of marijuana.
A subsequent search of the car revealed 2-and-a-half pounds of meth and 3 ounces of fentanyl in a shopping bag, along with a small amount of marijuana in the trunk.
According to the police report, all three occupants of the car told police the drugs had been obtained out of state and transported to Kentucky.
All three suspects were arrested and charged with importing fentanyl, aggravated fentanyl trafficking and meth trafficking. The fentanyl trafficking charge is the most serious, with a potential penalty of 10-to-20 years in prison.
All three are being held in the Pike County Detention Center.
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