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Floyd traffic stop results in Pike man’s arrest for meth trafficking
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A Pikeville man has been arrested after Kentucky State Police say a traffic stop in Prestonsburg led to the seizure of approximately 159 grams of suspected methamphetamine.
According to KSP Post 9, troopers stopped a 2007 Nissan Titan on U.S. 23 in the Prestonsburg area after the Post 9 Street Crimes Unit developed information that the vehicle was allegedly being used to transport illegal drugs into Pike County.
A KSP citation says the stop occurred at 2:27 a.m. Tuesday. During the investigation, officers searched the vehicle and allegedly found several individually packaged bags of suspected methamphetamine hidden behind a plastic panel.
The driver, identified as Timothy Beavers, 43, of Pikeville, was arrested and lodged in the Floyd County Detention Center. He is facing charges of trafficking in meth, possession of drug paraphernalia, DUI and additional traffic-related violations.
The case remains under investigation by Kentucky State Police Post 9.
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Prestonsburg man arrested on prostitution charges in Paintsville
PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — A Prestonsburg man is facing a misdemeanor prostitution charge, after he told police he had been trading gift cards for sex.
Just before 6 a.m. Sunday, a Paintsville Police officer spotted a car parked alongside the Speedway gas station. The vehicle moved and parked a short distance down the street after the officer passed the vehicle.
The officer spoke to a clerk at Speedway, who said the man seemed suspicious because he had been parked at the gas station for much of the night and had come into the store multiple times to buy Xbox and other gift cards.
The officer then went to talk to the man, identified as 58-year-old Michael Compton.
Under questioning, Compton admitted to the officer that he had been at Speedway for some time and that he had purchased Xbox gift cards at different times throughout the night. He allegedly further told the officer he bought the cards to exchange for sex from other men. He then showed the officer his conversations on the Grindr app, where he discussed exchanging money or Xbox gift cards for sex.
He also reportedly told the officer he had done the same thing several nights before.
Compton was arrested and charged with prostitution and loitering for prostitution. Both of the charges are misdemeanors. He was later released from jail on his own recognizance.
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