– Three people are facing charges after authorities say illegal drugs were found in a camper in Monroe County According to a uniform citation by the Tompkinsville Police Department officers assisted probation and parole to conduct a home visit on Idrue Street in Edmonton on Tuesday Police say the property owner/renter was identified as Little Joe Williams the children had very little clothing on despite the temperature outside being in the upper 40s they located marijuana pipes with marijuana in them two bags of suspected residue of methamphetamine and a glass pipe Police say the floors and sleeping area for the children had rotting food holes in the walls and a ceiling caving in from flooding Police say social services was contacted and removed the children from the residence Bradley and Shockely were taken into custody and transported to the Tompkinsville Police Department before being lodged at the Barren County Detention Center Bradley and Shockley face charges of first-degree possession of a controlled substance second-degree wanton endangerment and possession of marijuana Williams faces charges of first-degree possession of a controlled substance third or greater offense (methamphetamine) possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia – buy/possess He remains at the Barren County Detention Center  Watch WNKY Live – A Tompkinsville man has been formally charged with distributing methamphetamine was charged with distributing 5 grams or more of methamphetamine on October 23 Gearlds was also charged with distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine on October 26 According to the United States Attorney’s Office Gearlds made an initial court appearance on March 18 Officials say the court ordered him detained pending trail Gearlds faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years and a maximum sentence of life in prison This case is being investigated by the DEA – Paducah Post of Duty and the Barren River Drug Task Force – A Tompkinsville man is facing multiple charges after police say they found hundreds of fentanyl pills during a drug bust According to the Tompkinsville Police Department they could smell marijauana coming from the vehicle During a vehicle search and search of the individual police say they found 2.1 grams of suspected marijuana He is charged with trafficking in a controlled substance first offense (carfentanil or fentanyl derivatives) (enhancement) first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance first offense (greater than or equal to 4 grams cocaine) possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia – deliver/manufacturer – Kentucky State Police is investigating a fatal crash in Monroe County KSP says it responded to a two-vehicle injury collision on County House Road on Tuesday evening According to KSP’s initial investigation was traveling west on County House Road on a motorcycle Graves attempted to overtake another vehicle traveling west in a no-passing zone Graves failed to see the vehicle driven by Marilyn Deweese Graves was transported for life-threatening injuries where he later died Graves was pronounced deceased by the Monroe County Coroner’s Office © 2025 Advance Local Media LLC. All rights reserved (About Us) The material on this site may not be reproduced except with the prior written permission of Advance Local Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site YouTube's privacy policy is available here and YouTube's terms of service is available here Ad Choices (LEX 18) — Kentucky State Police say that an eight-month-old is dead and a two-year-old has been left with severe burns after a house fire on West Sixth Street in Tompkinsville 25-year-old Ashton Wright was asleep when she woke up to her house full of smoke Wright had two children in the house at the time of the fire they were able to get one child out of the house but could not reach the other where they found the body of the eight-month-old KSP says that the two-year-old was taken to the hospital for treatment of severe burns The fire is believed to have originated from an electric space heater KSP Post 15 in Columbia got a call from the Monroe 911 Center on Monday at 1:07 p.m requesting investigative assistance in the matter Report a typo This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page (LEX 18) — A Monroe County man was arrested and charged on Tuesday following an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children investigation KSP report that 37-year-old Robert Allen Tabor was charged with eight counts of distribution of matter portraying a minor in a sexual performance under 12 years old A release states that an investigation by the KSP Electronic Crime Branch began after the suspect was discovered sharing images of child sexual exploitation online The investigation resulted in a search warrant in Tompkinsville in which police say the equipment used to facilitate the crime was seized and taken to the KSP's lab for examination and Tabor's charges are Class-C felonies that are punishable by five to 10 years in prison Tabor was taken to the Barren County Detention Center Ky.- A man has been arrested on drug and trespassing offenses in Tompkinsville the Tompkinsville Police Department responded Monday to Celina Road for a call about a male trespassing onto private property Police say they made contact with the male who stated he was living in a hole on the property police say they located a bottle with powder residue they located several cut straws believed to be for drug use Lopez-Yanez was arrested and charged with first-degree criminal trespassing giving an officer false identifying information second-degree criminal possession of forged instrument and first-degree possession of a controlled substance Lopez-Yanez remains at the Barren County Detention Center