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Eastern Kentucky police chief arrested

The Associated Press

LYNCH — An eastern Kentucky police chief has been arrested and charged with assault, alcohol intoxication and disorderly conduct.

The Harlan Daily Enterprise reports that officers in Cumberland arrested Lynch Police Chief James Miller Monday morning.

Police say they found Miller intoxicated and his wife with bruises on her neck and a cut on her elbow. A police report says Miller would not calm down.

Miller was arrested and taken to the Harlan County Detention Center on a $200 cash bond. He was released the same day.

Miller has served as police chief since August 2008. He was promoted after former chief Taylor Hall was hired by the Cumberland Police Department.

Miller declined to comment to the paper.

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Fight between brothers-in-law turns deadly

- slannen@herald-leader.com

State police say a man beat his brother-in-law to death early Monday morning in Jackson County.

Virgil Abner, 32, was found dead at a home on U.S. 421 in McKee after an apparent altercation with Vernon Adkins, 33, according to a Kentucky State Police press release.

At about 2 a.m., Abner apparently cut Adkins with a knife and Adkins then beat him with his fists causing his death, Trooper Chris Lanham said.

An autopsy was scheduled for Monday. The case will be presented to a grand jury, according to the release.

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