Alan Reed

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

The Kentucky State Police continue to enjoy the fruits of Operation Wildcat with the arrest of four more men last week.

Operation Wildcat is a six-month investigation into illicit drug sales in Trigg County that has now yielded a total of 26 arrests. All men arrested last week face charges of First Degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance. Suspects include 18-year-old Davarious Radford and 19-year-old Ezekiel Conway, who face two counts of the charge. Russell Lancaster, Jr., 19, and Dennie Tyler, 22, face one count of the offense. Trooper Dean Patterson, KSP Public Information Officer, said that the remaining suspects surrendered to police custody on September 30.

Commonwealth Attorney G.L. Ovey said that the arrests stemmed from sealed indictments from the Trigg County Grand Jury. “We sought the indictments before the arrests to avoid motivating the suspects to flee, and for the safety of arresting officers.”

Read more of Ovey's reaction in the Cadiz Record.