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The Boyd County Sheriffâs Department has announced it will participate in the âClick It or Ticketâ campaign to enforce motoring laws, primarily seat belts and intoxicated driving.
The enforcement effort will run from May 24 to June 6, just in time for the Memorial Day holiday.
âWe see first-hand severe injuries or loss of life when adults do not wear a seat belt or children are not properly restrained in a child seat or booster,â said BCSD Sergeant Steve Lake. âOur hope is that buckling up becomes the automatic first step for everyone when entering a vehicle.â
The sheriffâs department will be conducting checkpoints to check for suspected DUIs, licensing, registration, insurance, seat belt and child restraint violations and equipment violations.
CEREDO A suspected heroin peddler in Ceredo is behind bars following a multi-jurisdiction drug investigation.
Authorities in Kentucky and West Virginia took 44-year-old Brian Walker into custody late Tuesday, after a weeks-long investigation into a source of a heroin/fentanyl batch that was ârecently plaguing Boyd County and surrounding areas,â according to a news release.
Sonja L. King, 40, of Ceredo, was also taken into custody for heroin possession. According to the news release, King is Walkerâs girlfriend.
Officers with the Tri-State Narcotics Team, the FADE Drug Task Force, the Violent Crimes and Drug Trask Force West, the Ceredo Police Department and the West Virginia State Police conducted the investigation, which culminated in a search warrant being executed in the 100 block of D Street, the release stated.
WESTWOOD A 74-year-old man was taken Monday afternoon to Kingâs Daughters Medical Center after a truck backed over him, according to the Boyd County Sheriffâs Department.
Sgt. John Daniels, the chief deputy at the department, said Allen Perkins, of Westwood, sustained multiple non-life threatening injuries after a truck backed over him in the parking lot of the Fairview Baptist Church.
The driver, 77-year-old Danny R. Tackett, of Ironton, had been doing work at the church when he went to back out, according to Daniels. The chief deputy said Tackett believed Perkins was walking into the church and didnât see him when he backed out.
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