South Central Kentucky Drug Task Force

03/02/2014

SATURDAY NIGHT UPDATE: A MAJOR Winter Storm - quite possibly Bowling Green's biggest in years - is taking shape for Sunday night into Monday. We still expect rain to develop across South-Central KY with a transition to freezing rain/sleet for areas north of the Western KY Parkway during the early afternoon. That transtion will work SE across the rest of the area during the evening.

*POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING* is there for ALL of South-Central KY Sun evening/night. Ice amounts could reach into the 1/2"-1" range tomorrow night. Glazing that heavy would greatly weigh down trees and power lines, potentially resulting in outages. For many, this could be the most amount of icing seen since the Ice Storm of 2009. A transition to sleet and then snow is expected early Monday morning before the event ends Monday afternoon. Significant snow/sleet accumulation is likely on top of any icing we receive. Much uncertainty remains on snow totals, as those will be highly dependent on when the coldest of air arrives late tomorrow night along with how much moisture is around when it does.

In this event, YOU WILL WANT TO HOPE FOR A QUICK TRANSITION FROM FREEZING RAIN TO EITHER SLEET OR SNOW!! Freezing rain is what glazes outdoor objects and creates the most dangerous conditions. Sleet falls as small ice pellets, and while it can cause hazardous travel in its own right, sleet does not collect on power lines like freezing rain does. Something to keep in mind as we get into tomorrow night.

I STRONGLY URGE EVERYONE TO FINISH PRE-STORM PREPARATIONS BY SUNDAY EVENING! Conditions will rapidly deteriorate tomorrow night when temperatures drop into the 20s and the wintry mix moves in.

Keep checking with Chris, Stephanie, and myself through the rest of the weekend as we track what is shaping up to be a very big, very impactful Winter Storm!

12/30/2013

The Russellville Police Department is investigating the murder of Brad Rigney.

12/11/2013

12/05/2013

1231 PM CST THU DEC 5 2013...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHTTO 9 PM CST FRIDAY...A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO9 PM CST FRIDAY.* TIMING, RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN FROM WEST TO EASTOVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILLGRADUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW, BEFORE COMING TO AN ENDFRIDAY EVENING.* AMOUNTS, ICE ACCRETION OF AROUND ONE HALF INCH IS EXPECTED ONFRIDAY, WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF ANINCH POSSIBLE. AN INCH OR TWO OF SLEET AND SNOW IS ALSOEXPECTED BEFORE IT COMES TO AN END FRIDAY AFTERNOON ANDEVENING.* MAIN IMPACTS, TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOPLATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. INADDITION... SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL LIKELY DEVELOP GIVENTHE ACCUMULATION OF ICE EXPECTED.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET, AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSOPOSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IFYOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER INYOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

10/31/2013

News Release
Date: 10/26/2013
Time: 10:00—14:00
Location: Logan and Simpson Counties { National Level Event}
Assisting Agencies: D.E.A- Logan S.O.-Russellville P.D.-Simpson S.O.-Franklin P.D.

On Saturday October 26th from 10 till 2pm, the South Central Kentucky Drug Task Force in conjunction with the DEA, and local law enforcement agencies in Logan and Simpson counties participated in the DEA initiative called National Take Back Day. Citizens were encouraged thru local media to take advantage of the opportunity and safely dispose of their old out of date, or unwanted prescription medications.
“The program was a great success.” According to Detective Giles Taylor {Agent} with SCKDTF, and Agent in charge of the event in Logan, and Simpson counties.
Detective Taylor collected the material at the close of the four hour event. It was then weighed, sorted, and ultimately destroyed. In all the material weighed an amazing 62.4 pounds.
“That’s 62 pounds of potentially deadly prescription pills, and bio-hazardous waste that may have otherwise ended up being sold on the streets, experimented with in our schools, or accidentally ingested by a child or family pet.”
Detective Taylor concluded by saying “On behalf of the Drug Task Force I would like to thank all the citizens who came out on a chilly Saturday to participate, and I would like to remind everyone about the permanent medication collection boxes located at the Simpson Co. Sheriff’s Department, Franklin Police Department, Logan Co. Sheriff’s Department, Russellville Police Department, and the Elkton Police Department. These boxes are open to the public, and accessible year round.
And as always, thank you for your continuing support.”

10/27/2013

We realize the graphic, and sometimes gruesome nature of the photos posted on our site are somewhat disturbing and possible offensive to some viewers.
However we make no apologies.....
This is the reality of a life of addiction, and drug use, if seeing the results of experimenting with these dangerous substances keeps just one young person....just one single child.... from a life of drug use then we have done our job and it was worth it.....
thank you for your continuing support...

Sincerely...
Giles Taylor
Agent SCKDTF.

10/22/2013

Federal search warrant
News (press) Release
FROM
South Central Kentucky Drug Task Force
On 10/18/2013 the South Central Kentucky Drug Task Force, and Alcohol To***co and Fi****ms (ATF) served a federal search warrant at 518 E.6th Street in Russellville, Ky.
The warrant was the result of a lengthy investigation into the sale of co***ne in both Russellville, and surrounding areas.
Arrested at the scene was Kelly Morris who was taken into custody without incident. Morris was charged with two counts of trafficking in a controlled substance, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, and two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia. Morris was lodged in the Logan county Jail.
The Investigation continues, and subjects with information regarding Morris can contact Detective Troy Robinson of the South Central Kentucky Drug Task Force at (270) 725-4972.
The Task Force , and ATF were assisted by the Russellville Police Department, Logan County Sheriff’s Department, The U.S. Marshals Western Kentucky Fugitive Task Force, and the Kentucky State Police.

10/04/2013

10/04/2013

Jere Hopson, Operations Director of the South Central Kentucky Drug Task Forcewas the featured speaker at the Rotary meeting yesterday in Simpson County Kentucky.
Speaking to a crowd of approximately 20 Rotarians Director Hopson's topic of discussion was the changing nature of drug trends in south central Kentucky.
Hopson outlined some of the various ways he as Director, and the 5 agents assigned to the task force are working to fight the increasing drug problem while also raising community awareness to the dangers associated with drugs and the drug culture itself.
Director Hopson placed special emphasis on prescription drug abuse and its impact on the national, state and local levels. Statics show a meteoric rise in Rx abuse over the last decade resulting in untold numbers of deaths from overdose across the nation.
Drugs such as M**h, Co***ne, He**in, and Ma*****na are very prevalent, and pose a continuing problem in every community, city, and town in the area.
Now South Central Kentucky, and the nation as a whole is facing a prescription drug problem that has reached epidemic proportions.
Director Hopson commended the professional and business leaders of the Rotary Club for their service, and support to the continuing development of their communities.
In closing Hopson re-affirmed the unwavering commitment of himself, and the detectives of the South Central Drug Task Force to protect the citizens of the Commonwealth and actively investigate,purse,and prosecute those who break the law.

10/01/2013

I just put all the TV ads together for a project in college.

09/29/2013