A Frankfort man accused of having a list of officers’ names and unit numbers along with drugs inside his home was sentenced to five years’ probation.
When police raided Patrick Dillon Stipes’ home on Woodland Avenue in April, they say they found a list of names and unit numbers of Frankfort police officers, five loaded guns, close to three pounds of marijuana and residue of other drugs.
Franklin County Sheriff Pat Melton said Stipes told them that a deputy clerk gave him the list of officers’ names and information.
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Frankfort police said they went to Stipes’s home after a suspect’s tip in another drug case. There, they also found a handgun tucked under Stipes’ shirt. He is only 20-years-old and is not old enough to legally carry a gun with a concealed carry permit.
Stipes faced several charges including possession of a controlled substance and carrying a concealed weapon. He pleaded guilty to the drug charges and, in an affidavit, named the source who disclosed the officers’ information to be William McGaughey.
McGaughey is a deputy clerk in the Franklin County Circuit Clerk’s Office and lives across the street from Stipes.
Authorities said a search of McGaughey’s Frankfort home uncovered several items including a baggie with suspected cocaine residue, marijuana and marijuana scales.
As of July 2014, McGaughey continued to work at the circuit clerk’s office and had not been charged in the investigation
