AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION CONCERNING MULTIPLE AREA BURGLARIES HAS NETTED 3 ARRESTS. THE HOPKINS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS CONDUCTED A TWO WEEK INVESTIGATION INTO MULTIPLE BURGLARIES IN RURAL HOPKINS COUNTY. AS A RESULT, SEVEN OF THESE BURGLARIES HAVE BEEN SOLVED.
THE BURGLARIES OCCURRED IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. IN THESE BURGLARIES, FIREARMS, TELEVISIONS, GAME SYSTEMS, LAPTOP COMPUTERS, ETC., WERE THE MAIN ITEMS TARGETED BY THE PERPETRATORS. MORE SPECIFICALLY, THIRTEEN FIREARMS WERE INCLUDED IN THE RECOVERED STOLEN PROPERTY. DURING THIS INVESTIGATION, PROPERTY WAS RECOVERED IN WEBSTER AND MUHLENBERG COUNTIES, AS WELL AS HOPKINS COUNTY. THE TOTAL VALUE OF RECOVERED PROPERTY IS IN EXCESS OF $11,000. THE MUHLENBERG COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, THE WEBSTER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE AND THE MADISONVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN ASSISTING THE HOPKINS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WITH THE RECOVERY OF THIS STOLEN MERCHANDISE.
AS A RESULT OF THE INVESTIGATION, 29-YEAR-OLD ROBERT RHYE OF MORTON’S GAP HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF 2ND DEGREE BURGLARY AND TWO COUNTS OF 1ST DEGREE BURGLARY AND 44-YEAR-OLD AND JAMES PINGLETON OF MADISONVILLE WAS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF 2ND DEGREE BURGLARY AND ONE COUNT OF 1ST DEGREE BURGLARY . 42-YEAR-OLD KEVIN DOANE OF SLAGHTERS WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSING STOLEN PROPERTY TAKEN FROM THE RESIDENCES INCLUDING STOLEN FIRE ARMS. A LARGE PORTION OF THE STOLEN PROPERTY HAS BEEN RECOVERED, HOWEVER, THERE IS STILL MULTIPLE ITEMS YET TO BE LOCATED. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION REGARDING THESE INVESTIGATIONS OR THE LOCATIONS OF THE REMAINING STOLEN PROPERTY IS ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT EITHER DETECTIVE SCOTT TROUTMAN OR DETECTIVE MATT SANDERSON OF THE HOPKINS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, (270) 821-5661.
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