Was confidential police information leaked to a now convicted drug dealer by someone within the Franklin County court system?
That’s according to information shared with authorities that puts an employee under the microscope in the serious drug investigation.
Franklin County Deputies made a significant drug bust at the home of Patrick Stipes back in April.
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They found two and a half pounds of pot worth more than $16,000 dollars and an arsenal of guns.
The more disturbing discovery was a piece of paper with a confidential list of Frankfort police officers’ names and cruisers they were assigned to drive.
“It was an officer safety issue that was very important when we originally found that to find out where that document came from,” Franklin County Sheriff Pat Melton said.
Stipes plead guilty to drug charges and in an affidavit named the source disclosed to be William McGaughey.
McGaughey is a deputy clerk in the Franklin County Circuit Clerk’s Office.
Sheriff Melton said there shouldn’t be any reason for a clerk to give this information to anyone in the public.
Authorities said a search of McGaughey’s Frankfort home uncovered several items including a baggie with suspected cocaine residue, marijuana and marijuana scales.
McGaughey lives across the street from where Stipes lived.
When asked if this investigation is over, Melton said this is just the beginning.
McGaughey continues to work at the circuit clerk’s office. He has not been charged in this investigation.
