Elkhorn City’s city attorney, a former assistant Pike County attorney, has been indicted on a charge of murder in connection with his wife’s 2021 death.
A Pike County woman accused of child sex trafficking now appears ready to enter a guilty plea. Attorneys for 28 year 0ld Kena Reed filed a motion on Wednesday asking to set a re-arraignment hearing so she can enter a binding plea in the case. A judge allowed the request and scheduled a hearing for Friday afternoon. Reed is charged with sex trafficking of a minor, production and distribution of child exploitation matter, interstate transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. Her trial was set to begin June 7. She is accused of trading sexual images of herself and a minor to 33 year old Jacob West in exchange for pills. West is accused of stealing 5,000 pills from the South Williamson Food City. Both were originally charged with human trafficking and other charges in Pike Circuit Court back in 2019, but Reed’s case was picked up by federal authorities last August. West’s case remains pending in Pike Circuit Court. He is next scheduled to appear in c