In a recent drug roundup Nicholasville Police culminated an investigation where units executed 36 Circuit Court Indictments with charges ranging from Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1st Degree, Persistent Felony Offender, and Trafficking in a controlled Substance 2nd Degree.

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Detectives made 76 undercover drug purchases and seized quantities of Heroin, Hydrocodone, Suboxone, and Oxycodone. Police conducted the round-up Tuesday and arrested the following individuals for indictments on the charges listed:

* Heather Blair – 1 count Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 2^nd degree and 1 count of Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree

* Vernon Martin – 1 count Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 2^nd Degree

* Autumn Turner – 3 counts Trafficking Controlled Substance 1^st Degree

* Sharon Lay – 2 counts Trafficking Controlled Substance 2^nd Degree

* Carlos Loza-Meece – 2 counts of Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st and Persistent Felony Offender 2^nd Degree

* Jerry Miller – 2 counts of Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st and Persistent Felony Offender 1^st Degree

* Kimberly Middleton – 1 count of Trafficking Controlled Substance 1^st

* Dustin Smallwood – 2 counts of Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree

* Nathan Ryan – 1 count of Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree and 1 count of Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 2^nd Degree

* Kelly Minsen – 1 count of Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 2^nd Degree

* Anthony Hurt – 3 count of Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st and Persistent Felony Offender 1^st Degree

* Christopher Elkins – 1 count of Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st

* Amber Doolin – 2 counts of Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree

* Marrisha King – 2 counts of Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree

* Katlyn Bailey – 1 count of Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree

* Randal Hollon – 1 count of Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree

* Christopher Meece – 1 count Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree and Persistent Felony Offender 2^nd Degree

* Helen Williamson – 1 count Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree

* Mark Jackson – 4 counts Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree and Persistent Felony Offender 1^st Degree

* Robert Brock – 4 counts Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree and Persistent Felony Offender 2^nd Degree

 * Laura Johns – 3 counts Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree

* Stanford Adams – 3 counts Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree

* Tracy Brewer – 1 count Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree and 1 count Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 2^nd degree

* Robert Cilinceon – 3 count Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree and Persistent Felony Offender 1^st Degree

* Amanda Clifton – 1 count Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree

* Travis Parks – 3 counts Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree

* Matthew Cockerham – 4 counts Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree

* Dylan Daniel – 3 counts Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree and Persistent Felony Offender 1^st Degree

* Chelsey Farley – 1 counts Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree

* Angela Fulwider – 1 count Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 2^nd Degree and 1 count Trafficking in a Simulated Substance

* Tasana Isaacs – 2 counts Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 2^nd Degree

 * Michael Miller – 2 counts Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree

* Deaudre Parris – 3 counts Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree

* Travis Preston – 1 count Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree and Persistent Felony Offender 2^nd Degree

* James Rhinehart – 1 count Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree

* Tammy Smallwood – 1 count Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1^st Degree

Authorities are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing person.

Edward Charles Schultz, 56, was last seen the morning of Saturday, April 25. He did not show up for work that day.

Attempts to contact him have gone unanswered.

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Schultz, who also goes by “Fritz,” is caucasian, 6-foot-1 and weighs approximately 160 pounds. He drives a dark blue Ford Explorer with Minnesota license plate number 069GWN.

Anyone with information about Schultz’s whereabouts should contact the Aitkin County Sheriff’s Office at 218-927-7400 or 888-900-2138.

On April 27th, 2015, a Joplin Police Detective arrested Jeremy J. Sanders, 35, Carthage, Mo., for identity theft.

The arrest was the result of a protracted investigation. The victim, Sumie Hashimoto, reported in February 2015, that someone had obtained multiple credit cards issued in her name.

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The investigation revealed that Sanders, an acquaintance of Hashimoto, had obtained Hashimoto’s personal information and subsequently created multiple accounts using her information.

Sanders fraudulently charged total of $19,117.95 to those accounts. $6,299.63 of the fraudulent charges were committed in Joplin.

The Arkansas State Police has issued a Silver Alert for missing Stuttgart woman.

The Stuttgart Police Department started asking for public assistance in the case Friday for what they deemed a “welfare concern” at the time. As more days have passed without any new information regarding the whereabouts of Miranda Michelle Owens, 40, of Stuttgart the case is now being listed as a missing person.

Owens has not been seen by her family since Sunday, April 19, but law enforcement reports they saw the woman both Monday, April 20, and Tuesday, April 21, in Stuttgart.

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According to the ASP Silver Alert, Owens was last scene by law enforcement at the intersection of 13th and Main at KWIKI Carwash in Stuttgart.

Owens is described as a black female, 5-feet, 6-inches tall and weighing 120 pounds with brown eyes and medium complexion. The woman usually wears brown-framed eyeglasses and her hair is normally in braids. No vehicles description was given, as Owens was not driving a vehicle.

“She was last seen in Stuttgart on Tuesday, April 21, wearing rainbow colored clothing. She has not talked to her family and they have not seen her since Sunday (April 19) and they are very worried about her,” SPD Criminal Investigation Division Lt. Mark Duke wrote in a press release.

Anyone with information is asked to call Stuttgart Police Department at (870) 673-2171 or (870) 673-1414 or ask the woman to contact her family immediately.

Lexington Police said tips from the public helped lead to an arrest in this month’s murder of a pizza delivery driver.

Salahuddin Jitmoud, a 22-year-old Pizza Hut employee was delivering a pizza to Walnut Hill Apartments on the night of April 19, when he was stabbed and left in a breezeway to die.

Antonio Lewis was charged late Monday night with murder and robbery in connection with Jitmoud’s death. As the 30-year-old suspect was escorted to the Fayette County Detention Center, Lewis was asked if he had killed Jitmoud to which he responded, “No, I didn’t.”

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Arraigned in a Fayette County District courtroom on Tuesday afternoon, Lewis pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. No bond was set for the suspect.

“I was a bit surprised because we hadn’t really heard anything about any people of interest, so it was shocking, but in a good way,” said Jitmoud’s friend, Miles Meehan about learning of the arrest.

Meehan described Jitmoud as a respectful man who was passionate about the arts, specifically film and music: “Nothing anybody does is gonna bring Salahuddin back, which is what we want. For him to be alive.”

Court records indicate Lewis has been arrested several times over the years, on charges involving drugs, fleeing and evading police, and theft.

The suspect’s sister, Alnisha Lewis told LEX 18’s Josh Breslow that her brother is not a killer: “If my brother did it, I would want him to do time for a murder, if he did it. But I know for a fact that he didn’t do it, so that’s why I’m gonna stand by his side, and stand with him through thick and thin, through the end with this.”

Lewis’ girlfriend, Kayla Shepherd said she has told investigators that she was with Lewis the night of Jitmoud’s murder: “He was asleep with me the whole night. It was storming. I woke up to shut my bedroom window and he was still there, asleep. So I know he was asleep that night and there’s no way he could have done this.”

According to court documents, Antonio Lewis lives in the apartment complex where the murder happened.

Lewis is expected back in court the morning of Thursday, May 7th. He declined LEX 18’s request for an interview from the Fayette County Detention Center.

The man accused of stabbing a pizza delivery driver to death pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and robbery.

Antonio Lewis faced a judge in a Fayette County courtroom Tuesday afternoon. He’s accused in the stabbing death of Salahuddin Jitmoud. Jitmoud was delivering a pizza when he was attacked and left in a breezeway. Lewis has maintained his innocence since his arrest on Monday evening. The judge entered an automatic not guilty plea to the charges on Lewis’ behalf.

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The judge did not give Lewis bond. He will be appointed a public defender.

Lewis’ family was in court and they told LEX 18’s Josh Breslow that they believe that Lewis is innocent. Lewis is a resident at the apartment complex where the murder took place. Neighbors described Lewis as a quiet individual.

Lewis does have a previous criminal record.

He will be in court again on Thursday May 7.

One man is in jail after police say he fatally shot a man in Pulaski County.

21-year-old Christopher Letner is charged with murder after police say he shot Thomas Ratliff. The incident happened Monday night around 10:20 p.m on Hansford Rd. Letner told police he shot Ratliff in self defense.

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Family members confirm to LEX 18 that these two men were half brothers.

Letner is being held in the Pulaski County Detention Center where he faces murder charges.

The investigation into the shooting is ongoing.

Police are looking for a man after an abandoned car was found in Waco.

On April 10, police made a report of a missing person after a vehicle was found abandoned near 3rd and University Parks.

George Sandles II, 64, was said to be borrowing the car from a family member and has not been seen or heard from since.

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Sandles is described as 5’8″ tall, 180 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes.

If you have any information, you are urged to contact the Waco Police Department at 254-750-7500.

A 26-year-old Asheville man will spend at least 12 years in prison after he pleaded guilty Monday to one count of first-degree sexual offense with a child.

Jose Obidio Aguilar Gonzalez pleaded guilty in Buncombe County Superior Court, according to a press release from Assistant District Attorney Rachael Groffsky.

Superior Court Judge Gregory Horne sentenced Gonzalez to a minimum of 144 months and a maximum of 233 months in state prison.

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Gonzalez also must maintain his registration as a sex offender for 30 years and comply with satellite-based sex offender monitoring when he’s released.

The Asheville Police Department investigated the case after a complaint regarding the abuse of a child under the age of 10 was reported in July 2013, according to the release.