ASHCAMP, Ky. — A Pike County man has been arrested after he allegedly went to a campground and moved in to the owner’s camper. A state trooper was called Wednesday evening to the Elkhorn Riders’ Retreat, at Ashcamp, over a report that a man had broken into a camper, then left on foot. A short time later, police found the man, identified as Billy Thomas, 45, whose last address was listed as the Veterans Transitional Housing Center on Douglas Parkway. Police say Thomas used a knife to break into a camper where the campground’s owner stays on the weekend, opened […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A man who was arrested a month ago for opening fire in a Pikeville bar has now been indicted, although the grand jury dropped one of the charges. Brian Dylan Johnson, 27, of Beaver, was arrested May 3 at Klarissa’s Bar, after he allegedly shot another man at the bar in the leg. At that time, he was charged with attempted murder, first-degree assault, first-degree wanton endangerment and possession of a loaded gun where alcoholic beverages are sold. On Tuesday, a grand jury dropped the attempted murder charge and indicted him on the remaining charges. The assault […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County grand jury has returned indictments against three people in a pair of unrelated sex offense cases. In the first case, Chester Brian Adkins and Suetta Adkins are charged with two counts of first-degree sex abuse for incidents spanning from 2021 to this year. Chester Adkins is also charged with two counts of incest and two counts of third-degree sodomy in 2017 and 2018. The incest charges are the most serious, carrying a potential penalty of 20-to-50 years or life in prison. The remaining charges are each punishable by up to five years in prison. […]

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