Commonwealth Journal
Feb 6, 2021
A Somerset man was arrested by the Pulaski County Sheriffâs Office Thursday on drug-related charges after a traffic stop.
Brandon Mayfield, 31, is charged with first-degree Possession of a Controlled Substance â Methamphetamine and first-degree Possession of a Controlled Substance â Heroin.
According to PCSO, the charges stem from an earlier investigation by the Kentucky Department of Corrections Division of Probation and Parole.
Officer Jason Hardwick, with the Division of Probation and Parole, and Eubank Police Department Chief Tony Duncan conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on North Ky. 27.
In that traffic stop, officers spotted and took into custody Mayfield, who was being sought on Pulaski Circuit Court Indictments for multiple counts of trafficking in methamphetamine and Fentanyl, as well as being a Persistent Felony Offender.
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The above narcotics and cash were seized in a raid on a Jacksboro Road home this past weekend. Arrested on scene were Brandon Mayfield, 31, of Somerset; Noah Bolin, 23, of Science Hill; and Dillan Gage Shadoan, 20, of Somerset.
A Pulaski County grand jury will consider a drug investigation launched from an overdose call on December 18.
District Judge Katie Slone ruled Monday that there was probable cause to send the case against Brandon Mayfield on for grand jury presentation.
Mayfield, 31, of Somerset, has been charged with first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (1st offense, greater than 2 grams of methamphetamine); second-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (1st offense, less than 10 units of Schedule 1 and 2 non-narcotic); third-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance (1st offense, less than 20 units of unspecified drug); and Possession of Marijuana.
somebody had been in the house. mayfield and his wife, mona, were leading a quiet suburban life with their children outside of portland, oregon. but in may 2004, after weeks of what was clumsily intended to be secret government search and surveillance, federal authorities come knocking on mayfield s door. i said, if you have any questions to ask me, put them to me in writing. and i could tell right away that wasn t going to make them go away. in march 2004, a terrorist attack on trains in madrid, spain, had killed 191 people. spanish police found a fingerprint near the scene on a bag of detonators. they sent a photocopy of that print to the fbi. the fbi decided that that fingerprint matched brandon mayfield. they started actually physically, forcibly making their way into my office. they proceeded to forcibly handcuff me. while you were being taken into custody at your office, were they also at your house? they had a search warrant at
the one that undermines you and i, americans rights. ultimately, the case is dismissed against brandon mayfield, who later sues the federal government. his legal challenge of the patriot act is dismissed. but federal authorities do issue two formal apologies, and mayfield is eventually awarded a monetary settlement. i grew up in kansas, so a handshake and an apology mean something to me. you reflect on what this decade has been like, how would you describe the overall experience? it was the darkest, most harrowing ordeal on myself or my family ever had to experience. to quote benjamin franklin, those who would give up liberty for security will lose both and deserve neither. coming up, the business of warning america. folks, these are terrorists. they come kill your kids. with the spark cash card from capital one.
the around the law extraordinary intrusion powers previously reserved for america s spies abroad, for the black arts of the intelligence world, are now put in the hands of law enforcement. the uniting and strengthening america by providing appropriate tools required to intercept and obstruct terrorism act of 2001, better known as the usa patriot act, tears down many of the walls constructed over the years between law enforcement and spying, walls designed to protect american citizens from being spied on by our own government, walls designed ultimately to protect the presumption of innocence. walls that came tumbling down on brandon mayfield. when did you first have a sense that you and your family might have been subject to direct surveillance by the government? there were footprints on the floor that were bigger than any shoe size that we had. so we could only surmise that