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The jailhouses werenât jumping to much over the weekend, with the exception of Boyd County, which saw an influx of federal inmates moving through as they await court hearings at the federal court house in downtown Ashland.
While a few notorious names found themselves on the booking logs at Boyd, lock-ups were light, for the most part â fewer than five of the inmates booked over the weekend at Boyd were due to charges incurred on the street.
Bench warrants made a good bulk of the arrests over the weekend as well, especially at the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center.
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Three Wisconsin men face criminal charges after more than nine ounces of marijuana and a plethora of marijuana products were seized during a Tuesday night traffic stop, according to an affidavit of probable cause filed in the case.
The marijuana was reportedly discovered on April 13, after a Campbell County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) K9 deputy stopped a 2004 Oldsmobile Alero, driven by 25-year-old Yuepeng Xiong, for speeding on Skyline Drive around 5:20 p.m., according to the affidavit.
Also in the vehicle were 22-year-old Aaron Mua and 25-year-old Kaylen Keomanyvong, all of whom stated they were traveling home to Wisconsin, the affidavit states.
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The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled last week that defendants in the âSullivan Baby Doeâ and similar lawsuits can be sued for damages by infants harmed by their mothersâ use of opioids under the Tennessee Drug Dealer Liability Act.
The court also ruled that district attorneys general who individually sued the pharmaceutical opioid companies on behalf of their districts did not have standing to sue under the DDLA.
Prescription opioid manufacturers Endo Health Solutions Inc., Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., and Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. remain as defendants in lawsuits filed by Tennessee district attorneys general.
The âSullivan Baby Doeâ lawsuit, named for a baby born addicted to opiates in 2015 at Holston Valley Medical Center, was filed in June 2017. It spurred similar lawsuits filed by district attorneys general in other Tennessee counties, including a 2017 civil action filed by seven district attorneys general representing Campbell, Cocke and other counti