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Press Release
OPERATION CRACK-DOWN
In May of this year, in response to complaints and intelligence gathering by the Oldham County Police and LaGrange Police, investigations were initiated to target those individuals suspected of trafficking narcotics within Oldham County. Culminating a seven-month investigation dubbed OPERATION CRACK-DOWN, an Oldham County Grand Jury met on Thursday, 12/9/04, and handed down sealed indictments on 18 separate individuals.
The arrest phase of OPERATION CRACK-DOWN began in the early morning hours on Friday, 12/10/04, when officers of the Oldham County Police and LaGrange Police Departments, in addition to troopers from the Kentucky State Police, fanned out in Oldham County to initiate the arrests of 18 alleged drug traffickers. The trafficking charges involve the alleged distribution of crack cocaine and powder cocaine. In addition to Trafficking charges, four individuals have also been indicted as Persistent Felony Offenders. Those charged are as follows:
All have been apprehended.
Amy Allen/Miller – 1600 Rhode Court LaGrange, KY
1 count -Trafficking In a Controlled Substance 1st
Tywan Beaumont – 2404 W. Chestnut Street Louisville, KY
2 counts – Trafficking In a Controlled Substance 1st
Jermaine Bridwell – 4617 Greenwood Avenue Louisville, KY
3 counts- Trafficking In a Controlled Substance 1st - Grand Jury Submission
1 count - Persistent Felony Offender 2nd
Aaron Elzy – 204 S. 2nd Street LaGrange KY
3 counts – Trafficking In a Controlled Substance 1st
Jacob Fewless- 804 Russell Avenue LaGrange, KY
2 counts – Trafficking In a Controlled Substance 1st
George Richard Hall Jr. – 509 N. 4th Street LaGrange, KY
1 count – Trafficking In a Controlled Substance 1st
Christopher Lambirth – 109 Hoffman Lane LaGrange, KY
1 count - Trafficking In a Counterfeit/Simulated Substance 1st
Jovanny Lambirth – 109 Hoffman Lane LaGrange, KY
1 count – Trafficking In a Controlled Substance 1st
Sandra Lambirth – 1617 Brashear Drive #25D Louisville, KY
Possession/Sale of Counterfeit/Simulated Substance – Arrest by Citation
Jeremy Liford – 6601 Payton Lane Crestwood, KY
2 counts – Trafficking In a Controlled Substance 1st -
Brandon Martin – 7315 Peyton Avenue Crestwood, KY
3 counts – Trafficking In a Controlled Substance 1st
Brian Morris – 2923 North Highway 53 LaGrange, KY
1 count – Trafficking In a Controlled Substance 1st
Andrew Osborne – 1103 West Moody Lane Crestwood, KY
1 count – Trafficking In a Controlled Substance 1st
1 Count – Possession/Sale Counterfeit/Simulated Substance 1st
Phillip Richmond – LaGrange, KY
1 count – Trafficking In a Controlled Substance 1st
1 count – Persistent Felony Offender 1st –
Kevin Sanders – 4114 Suwanee Drive LaGrange, KY
2 counts – Trafficking In a Controlled Substance 1st
1 Count – Sale/Possession of Counterfeit/Simulated Substance 1st
Jamaal Taylor – 3601 Marilyn Court Crestwood, KY
3 counts – Trafficking In a Controlled Substance 1st
1 count – Persistent Felony Offender 2nd –
Christian O. Walker – 2343 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd. Louisville, KY
3 counts – Trafficking In a Controlled Substance 1st
Debra Walker – 7511 Edgewater Drive Crestwood, KY
2 counts – Trafficking In a Controlled Substance 1st
Jodie Walker – 8500 Spring Drive Crestwood, KY
1 count – Trafficking In a Controlled Substance 1st
1 count – Persistent Felony Offender 2nd
Most of those charged in OPERATION CRACK-DOWN are residents of Oldham County while a few are from Jefferson County but have strong ties to Oldham County. All undercover drug buys were transacted inside the borders of Oldham County. All the Trafficking in a Controlled Substance 1st counts are Class C Felonies punishable with up to ten years in prison on each count.
These efforts have produced 30 undercover transactions, 37 police agency cases and identified 19 individuals suspected in trafficking crack and powder cocaine. The use of drug forfeiture supported the operational costs of over $5,000, which includes the purchase of $3,750 of suspected crack and powder cocaine*.
* Two transactions later determined to involved counterfeit/simulated substance, negative lab response for cocaine.
GRAND JURY PRESENTATION –
18 - Felony Suspects
33 – Trafficking In a Controlled Substance 1st Charges- Class C/Felony
4 - Persistent Felony Offender Charges
3 - Possession/Sale Counterfeit Substance charges adopted with felony charges and presented to Grand Jury.
ARREST BY CITATION –
1 – Misdemeanor Only Suspect – Possession/Sale Counterfeit Substance
Class A/Misdemeanor
TOTAL CHARGES = 41 (40 charges presented to Grand Jury)
( 1 misdemeanor citation arrest)