Kentucky State Police Drug Investigation

For Immediate Release

(Pikeville, Ky.) October 1, 2019,) Detectives with the Kentucky State Police Post 09, Pikeville and Task Force Officers with the Drug Enforcement Administration conducted a drug roundup in Pike and Jefferson Counties.

Seven sealed indictments were handed down from a Federal Grand Jury. Troopers and Detectives served arrest warrants on multiple subjects who were all indicted for Conspiracy to Traffic in Methamphetamine over 500 grams.

The indictments came after a lengthy drug investigation conducted by Kentucky State Police Post 09 Street Level Detectives and the DEA.

Six warrants have been served throughout Pike, Floyd, and Jefferson Counties.

The following  subjects were arrested, and lodged in the Pike County Detention Center

Ivory Dean, 33 of Louisville

Lois Spears, 25 of Pikeville

Emilee Yonts 32 of Ashcamp

John Wesley Wright, 39 of Pikeville

Lauren Ashley Powell, 21 of Elkhorn City

Charles Doneghy, 31 of Louisville

Drug tips can be reported to investigators at Post 09 by calling (606) 433-7711.  Callers can remain anonymous.

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