The couple charged with murder in connection with the July 2011 death of a 17-month-old boy were released from the Wayne County Detention Center Monday, June 11, after bond was posted for both.

Kayla Lord and Jared Futrell were released after $10,000 cash bond was posted for each of them on Monday afternoon. The two had appeared in Wayne Circuit Court earlier in the day for a pretrial conference, where Special Circuit Judge James L. Bowling, Jr. agreed to lower bond for both defendants to 10 percent of $100,000 cash.

Lord and Futrell had been in custody for nearly a year. The two were arrested July 27, 2011, after the death of Lord’s son, Staten Stephenson. Officials have stated the boy suffered several injuries as a result of blunt force trauma and arrived at the local hospital unresponsive on July 16. He was transported to the University of Kentucky Medical Center where he died 10 days later.

Several conditions have been set in regard to bond for Lord and Futrell. Futrell must reside with his father and no children are to be in the home during this time. He cannot have any new arrests or violations and cannot consume any alcohol or illegal drugs. Futrell must report to pretrial services and must submit to random drug testing.

Lord’s bond conditions are the same, with the exception of her place of residence. She will reside with Futrell’s aunt and she is not allowed any contact with children.

The trial date for Lord and Futrell has been set for December 3 in Wayne Circuit Court.

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A Wayne County man has been sentenced in connection with a large methamphetamine operation that was found in the Griffin Community in January of 2010.

Eddie Clark appeared in Wayne Circuit Court on Tuesday, June 5 for sentencing.

Clark was given a 10 year sentence, but instead of serving time, he will be placed on supervised probation for five years.

Clark was also ordered to pay $5,000 in restitution to the Lake Cumberland Area Drug Task Force and to forfeit all cash and property seized.

Clark was charged with manufacturing methamphetamine after the Drug Task Force searched a residence on January 14, 2010 on Highway 1756.

During the search, they discovered a complex meth operation that included 151 one-step meth labs.

More than two trucks were filled with chemicals and hazardous waste from the residence, which was a two-story dwelling with a full basement, according to officers.

At the time of the discovery, Lake Cumberland Area Drug Task Force agents indicated that this was likely the largest meth operation they had ever dealt with.

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A Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputy was injured on Tuesday, June 5, while he was making an arrest on Bypass 90. Deputy Danny Guffey sustained a knee injury, when the door of his cruiser was struck by another vehicle.

The incident occurred at approximately 11 p.m. Guffey had stopped a vehicle and had made an arrest. He was exiting his cruiser, after writing a citation for the passenger in the vehicle, when another vehicle, driven by Nathan Turpin, 29, and traveling west on Bypass 90, struck the driver’s side door of the deputy’s vehicle.

The door then struck Guffey in the knee. Debris from the door also hit a tow truck driver who was on the scene to impound the vehicle that Guffey had stopped.

Guffey said that Turpin continued traveling another four-tenths of a mile before he stopped him. Turpin was arrested and charged with DUI, two counts of wanton endangerment, no operator’s license, no insurance and no registration. He was lodged in Wayne County Detention Center.

A passenger in Turpin’s vehicle was cited for public intoxication.

Neither Guffey nor the tow truck driver suffered any serious injuries in the incident.

The Monticello Police Department arrested Turpin, and Kentucky State Police investigated the accident.