A Lyon County (Kentucky) Sheriff’s deputy on horseback and K9 teams tracked two persons who were reported to be going up to houses and farms and acting suspiciously. The two were arrested on numerous charges, including drug possession and criminal trespassing. Both of those arrested are from Big Rock, Tenn. in Stewart County. The female was found unconscious in a wooded area.
The K-9 Team from the KY Dept. of Corrections was requested and they brought bloodhounds to the scene where a K-9 also tracked the male suspect for a considerable distance across multiple fields and wooded areas.
Deputy David Carroll later got on horseback with the assistance of a local farmer and began searching one area while Deputy O’Leary and another group searched the opposite direction.
The Sheriff’s Office responded to four suspicious persons complaints on Wednesday afternoon around 3 pm in the area of KY 730E and KY 903.
Callers reported a male and female on foot going up to houses and farms and acting suspiciously.
At approximately 5:30 pm, Deputy Aaron O’Leary and Sheriff Brent White located an unconscious female in a wooded area off KY 730E. Lyon County EMS was summoned and she was treated at the scene. She was identified as Tandie Murray age 44 of Big Rock, TN in Stewart County.
She was subsequently arrested and charged with a Failure to Appear bench warrant from Lyon District Court. In addition, she was found to possess suspected Methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Murray was also charged with Criminal Trespassing-3rd Degree.
K-9 KAOS and Deputy David Carroll arrived and began tracking the male suspect until they reached a pond and lost the trail.
The K-9 Team from the KY Dept. of Corrections was requested and they brought bloodhounds to the scene where a K-9 also tracked the male suspect for a considerable distance across multiple fields and wooded areas.
Deputy Carroll later got on horseback with the assistance of a local farmer and began searching one area while Deputy O’Leary and another group searched the opposite direction.
At approximately 8pm, a caller reported a suspicious male on Friendship Road near My Refuge. Eddyville Police Officer Josh Travis was the nearest unit to that location and he arrived and detained the male subject without further incident.
Deputy Carroll responded and identified the subject as Derek J. Smith age 41 of Big Rock, TN (formerly of Eddyville). He was arrested and charged with Possession of Controlled Substance-1st Degree (Meth) and Drug Paraphernalia
possession. He was also charged with Criminal Trespassing-2nd Degree (barn) and Criminal Trespassing-3rd Degree. It was also determined that Smith failed to appear in court earlier the same day, and will face a bench warrant for that offense as well.
The Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the many citizen volunteers and agencies who assisted in these incidents. Both Murray and Smith were lodged in the Crittenden County Detention Center.