By Ashlee Clark
aclark@herald-leader.com
BEREA — An 82-year-old man is accused of trading Oxycontin for sexual favors from two women.
Archie Anglin was arrested Oct. 21 on charges of trafficking in a controlled substance. He was also charged with possession of a controlled substance after Berea Police Det. Lee Ann Roberts discovered what appeared to be 11 hydrocodone tablets and eight alprazolam pills, the generic form of Xanax, in an aspirin bottle when she served Anglin with a warrant, the arrest report states.
Anglin was taken to Madison County jail and released Thursday on a $10,000 property bond. He is scheduled to appear in Madison County District Court Wednesday for a preliminary hearing.
Berea police began to investigate Anglin after he made several calls to police regarding stolen property. There were often young women who were not related to Anglin at his home when officers responded to his home on Highway 1016, said Berea Police Capt. Ken Clark.
Officers initially investigated because of concern that the young people were taking advantage of Anglin because of his age, Clark said. During the investigation, two women told police they had performed sexual favors for Anglin in exchange for Oxycontin.
By Cassondra Kirby-Mullins
ckirby@herald-leader.com
A Morehead State University student pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that she sold pills from her dorm room.
Mary L. Jones of Greenup was arrested Friday after she allegedly sold the powerful painkiller OxyContin to a campus police officer who was working undercover, MSU Police Chief Matt Sparks said. Campus police began investigating Jones, an undergraduate student, after receiving a tip that she was selling pills on campus, Sparks said.
Jones was arrested near her residence hall and charged with first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. In addition, she was charged with trafficking within 1,000 yards of a school, possession of marijuana and third-degree possession of the controlled substances Xanax and OxyContin.
University police say they have no evidence that Jones was working with others, but they are investigating how she obtained the narcotics.
Sparks, a retired Kentucky State Police trooper who took the Morehead job in April, said the department is committed to fighting drug use on campus.
“I spent 20 plus years in the state police and I know firsthand how the drug problem has affected young people in Kentucky,” he said. “We won’t take it lightly.”
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