On Thursday, December 12, at approximately 2 p.m., KSP Trooper Ricky Cross observed a white male near an address on Branstetter Park Old Trace Road in the Summer Shade community that fit the description of Anthony Scott Marrs.

The suspect then fled into the residence. Marrs was a known fugitive from justice.

Marrs left the University of Louisville Hospital the previous week without the advisement of doctors or law enforcement officials, following a single vehicle collision in Metcalfe County.

Once the Metcalfe County Sheriff’s Department responded to the crash on December 2, they discovered the car Marrs was driving was stolen, and 78 grams of meth was hidden in the door compartment.

Since Marrs fled the hospital, law enforcement had been actively looking for the fugitive.

Once located by Trooper Cross, Metcalfe County Sheriff Lonnie Hodges and Deputy Trevor Morrison responded to the address to assist Trooper Cross. Marrs was then located inside the residence, hiding in the attic space.

Marrs was taken into custody without further incident.

Marrs was served several warrants and transported to the Barren County Jail.

He is charged with theft by unlawful taking (auto) under $10,000; trafficking in a controlled substance, first degree, second offense; and possession of a controlled substance first degree, third or subsequent offense.

Marrs was also served with a probation violation warrant by KSP Trooper Cross.

TOMPKINSVILLE, KY

When the first set of tones went off, alerting volunteer firefighters of a possible fire, it was 9 p.m. Five more sets–bringing the total to six departments on the scene–were sounded throughout the night as Mark’s Hometown Foods, 311 South Main Street in Tompkinsville, was destroyed by fire.

Firefighters from Tompkinsville were assisted by Monroe County Fire and Rescue, Gamaliel Volunteer Fire Department, Flippin Fire Department, Mud Lick Fire Department and Moss (Tenn.) Fire Department throughout the night with the final firefighter leaving the scene at 4 a.m., seven hours later.

According to Tompkinsville Fire Chief Morris Adams, the call came into the 9-1-1 center around 9 a.m. with a passerby noting they saw smoke coming from the building. Two minutes later, officers with Tompkinsville Police had arrived on the scene and notified that the building was fully engulfed.

As of press time, Adams noted they had not located the source of the fire but he felt that it had started toward the front of the building.