Eleven Ashland Residents Indicted on Drug-Trafficking Charges
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Updated: 9:53 PM Mar 19, 2010
Eleven Ashland Residents Indicted on Drug-Trafficking Charges
Eleven people have been indicted Friday on first-degree drug trafficking, including the distribution of painkillers and crack cocaine, according to the Boyd County Sheriff's Department.
Posted: 9:19 PM Mar 19, 2010
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BOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) -- Eleven Ashland residents have been indicted Friday on first-degree drug trafficking, including the distribution of painkillers and crack cocaine, according to the Boyd County Sheriff's Department.

The suspects were identified after controlled buys in a several-week investigation.

Following is a list of the suspects' names and charges:

  • David S. Melvin Jr. of Ashland, trafficking oxycodone
  • John Christian of Ashland, trafficking oxycodone
  • Felicia Christian of Ashland, trafficking oxycodone
  • Scott A. Thompson of Ashland, trafficking oxycodone
  • Donald R. Hulett of Ashland, trafficking oxycodone, persistent felony offender
  • Oscar E. Leach of Ashland, trafficking oxycodone
  • Mitchell and Tiffany Hicks of Ashland, trafficking oxycodone
  • Randall Peters of Ashland, trafficking crack cocaine
  • Charles and Stephanie Lewis of Ashland, trafficking oxycodone

Peters and the Lewis couple were taken into custody Friday, while warrants are out for the arrests of the other nine suspects.

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Posted by: A Sister on Mar 24, 2010 at 05:02 PM

My brother was listed on this list and he is not a bad man, but just made the wrong decision. I hope and pray each day that God will help him. He has dealt with alot in the past years. You go from having a family and home, job and to having your mother to guide you in the right direction to having all that being gone out of your life. It's hard to deal with a love one dying espeically your mother, losing your job, going through a divorce and losing your kids and home. You seem there is nothing else to turn to. That is how it all started. The drug just makes you forget about all that, but in reality its all the same when you come off the high. I love my brother and hope God will guide him in the right direction. I hope the law passes that if you have a drug addiction that you get the help you need without having to pay for the help if you can't afford to pay. Instead of making a buck or two they should make all of them to go to rehab to try to heal the pain they are going thru w/o drug.
Posted by: Mother dealing with death of child on Mar 23, 2010 at 11:29 AM

I'm glad these people were arrested, and I hope they get many more, but at the same time I'm sad for the post below by the 14-year-old young lady "Sasha" whose daddy was one of these people. I'm so sorry "Sasha" that you have to go through this, and I'm sure you love your daddy. No one should talk bad about him. I do, however, hope he learns from his mistakes and stays away from them. You be strong and keep your head up and pray for your daddy that God will help guide him to make the right decisions and everything will turn out okay. There are so many of our youth alone addicted to these pills and it's getting worse every day. My teenage son tragically died from an overdose at the hands of drug dealers who didn't care about his life. Thank God some of them involved are already in jail for a long time because of the APD. Please if you see someone selling these pills do something about it. Don't let another mother have to suffer the loss of their child like I am now. It's devastating.
Posted by: Mother of an Addict on Mar 22, 2010 at 10:13 PM

There is a vote coming up in the FLA Senate about regulating the pain clinics and not allowing the Dr's there to dispense pain killers in the clinic.There are 5700 emails to this senator in FLA.so far Write him and tell him why it needs to be passed, tell him about the nightmares that we all are living.I think this addiction has had an effect on every family in the tri state area,so it seems anyways.Please take the time to voice your opinion to him the address is gaetz.don.web@flsenate.gov .. Senator Gaetz is the Chairman of the Health Regulations Committee.Please tell State Senator Gaetz that only doctors with a clean record should own a clinic,be limited to one clinic.We need to all react.As the emails grow and we continue to send short notes, we will garner more respect. The address again is gaetz.don.web@flsenate.gov ( I would appreciate if WSAZ will let this post stand..I have tried to post it before, Please for the sake of our society and sanity post this thank you)
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