Monday, July 21, 2008
Knott County Family Busted For Drugs.
HINDMAN A Knott County couple and three of their sons were arrested Friday, July 18, following an 14-month undercover drug investigation by Operation UNITE. Two other members of the family are still being sought.
During the arrests, police recovered approximately 15 one-half gram bags of powered cocaine valued at about $750 on the street.
³This family has been involved in the illegal drug trade for a long time,² said Dan Smoot, law enforcement director for Operation UNITE. ³They were well-known in Knott County for providing cocaine, Methadone and Oxycodone.²
According to UNITE, numerous purchases of drugs primarily cocaine were made between May 2007 and January 2008.
Armed with District Court arrest warrants, officers from UNITE, the Knott County Sheriff¹s Office and the Kentucky State Police K-9 unit went to the Pratt¹s homes off Mallet Fork Road and Walnut Hollow Drive in the Pine Top Community about 9:45 a.m.
Those arrested and taken to the Kentucky River Regional Detention Center
were:
€ Yeart Pratt Sr., age 71, two counts first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (cocaine).
€ Lillis Pratt, age 66, one count first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (cocaine).
€ John D. Pratt, age 49, two counts first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (cocaine).
€ Hubert Pratt, age 47, one count first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, second offense (Oxycodone).
€ Aaron Pratt, age unavailable, arrested on an outstanding Knott County Bench Warrant for an unpaid fine.
Police are still searching for 40-year-old Yeart Pratt Jr. and his wife, Susan Hall on drug trafficking charges.
During the arrests, police recovered approximately 15 one-half gram bags of powered cocaine valued at about $750 on the street.
³This family has been involved in the illegal drug trade for a long time,² said Dan Smoot, law enforcement director for Operation UNITE. ³They were well-known in Knott County for providing cocaine, Methadone and Oxycodone.²
According to UNITE, numerous purchases of drugs primarily cocaine were made between May 2007 and January 2008.
Armed with District Court arrest warrants, officers from UNITE, the Knott County Sheriff¹s Office and the Kentucky State Police K-9 unit went to the Pratt¹s homes off Mallet Fork Road and Walnut Hollow Drive in the Pine Top Community about 9:45 a.m.
Those arrested and taken to the Kentucky River Regional Detention Center
were:
€ Yeart Pratt Sr., age 71, two counts first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (cocaine).
€ Lillis Pratt, age 66, one count first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (cocaine).
€ John D. Pratt, age 49, two counts first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (cocaine).
€ Hubert Pratt, age 47, one count first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, second offense (Oxycodone).
€ Aaron Pratt, age unavailable, arrested on an outstanding Knott County Bench Warrant for an unpaid fine.
Police are still searching for 40-year-old Yeart Pratt Jr. and his wife, Susan Hall on drug trafficking charges.
# posted by Joe Kinzer @ 2:22 PM 
