On Thursday, January 22, police officers from several different agencies came together and served multiple warrants, putting 11 people in jail with about 34 drug related charges filed.

Officers from the Kentucky State Police Drug Enforcement/Special Investigations West, KSP Post 15-Columbia, KSP Special Operations Branch, Albany Police Dept., Clinton County Sheriff’s Office, Clinton County Constables and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms were on hand to serve the warrants.

The round up began around 5:30 Thursday morning led by HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area), Albany Police Chief Ernest Guffey and Clinton County Sheriff Jim Guffey.

Police officers were assigned a particular group and were assigned to serve the arrest warrants.

After each subject was located and arrested, they were transported to the Albany Police Department for questioning before being transported and lodged in the Clinton County Jail.

According to a press release issued by the Sheriff’s Office and the Albany Police Department, the round up led to the seizure of a large amount of narcotics along with paraphernalia.

KSP reported one pound of marijuana, one gram of methamphetamine, 50 dosage units of prescription narcotics and 20 grams of an unknown white powder substance were recovered.

Below is a list of the people arrested and their charges as provided by the Sheriff’s Office and the KSP:

*Brandy Lee, of Albany, Trafficking in a Controlled Substance in the second degree.

*Janet Ballew, of Albany, Trafficking in a Controlled Substance in the second degree.

*Sherry Redmond, of Albany, Trafficking in a Controlled Substance in the first degree.

*Lloyd Smith, of Albany, Trafficking in a Controlled Substance in the second degree, Trafficking in a Controlled Substance in the first degree.

*George Butler, of Albany, Trafficking in a Controlled Substance First, Persistent Felony Offender in the second degree.

*Jason Craig, Trafficking in a Controlled Substance in the first degree, Persistent Felony Offender in the first degree.

*Johnny Beaty, Cultivating Marijuana More Than five Plants, Persistent Felony Offender in the second degree.

*Brian K. Marcum, of Albany, two counts of Complicity in Trafficking of a Controlled Substance 1st.

*Harold Wayne Parrigin, of Albany, two counts of Trafficking in a Controlled Substance in the first degree, Persistent Felony Offender in the first degree.

*Willie H. Dyer Jr., two counts of Trafficking in a Controlled Substance first degree, Persistent Felony Offender second degree, two counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance in the first degree, Possession of Marijuana less than eight oz., Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession of a Police Radio.

*Jonathan Stuber, of Jamestown, Persistent Felony Offender in the second degree.

*James F. Branham, prohibited acts relating to controlled substances (Doctor Shopping), terroristic threatening (three counts) and disorderly conduct in the second degree.

*Anthony Blake Lee, possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, disorderly conduct in the second degree, two counts of drug unspecified, prescription of a controlled substance not in proper container, first offense and a warrant was served for failure to pay fines.

*Elizabeth A. Troxell, warrant served for failure to pay fines.

Sheriff Guffey told the NEWS, there were several vehicles seized during Thursday’s operation.

“I thought it went really well,” Guffey said. “It’s an ongoing situation and we will do whatever we can do. We just have to keep at it.”

Guffey said the drug investigation is still ongoing.

“We can’t do it by ourself. All the agencies working together really helps and we definately can’t do without the HIDTA.”

All of the aforementioned people who were arrested and charged are to be presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

In other arrests, Guffey said more than $2,000 worth of property was recovered that was stolen from Pyles Lumber Company on Thanksgiving night in 2014.

Guffey said Brian Abston was arrested and charged Tuesday, January 20, with the recovering stolen property over $500, but less than $10,000 which is a Class D Felony. Guffey said Abston was arrested for allegedly committing the crime of theft and lodged in the Clinton County Jail.

Above, Wayne Parrigin. one of 11 suspects arrested during a round-up last week, is shown being escorted into police headquarters by Clinton County Sheriff Jim Guffey. In the photo at top, Guffey and Albany Poice Chief Ernest Guffey are shown with some of the contraband seized.