Published: December 02, 2008 10:21 am      

Three men arrested in seperate burglary incidents

Local News

Arrests on charges of burglary have been frequent for the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department, as three men have been arrested in the last week for separate incidents.

On Monday, Jamie C. Brown, 35, of Ashcamp, Ky., was arrested on a Pulaski Circuit Court warrant on indictment and charged with third-degree burglary, theft by unlawful taking over $300, and being a persistent felony offender, second degree.

Brown turned himself in at the Pulaski County Sheriff’s department and posted bond in the Pulaski Circuit Court Clerk’s Office and was given a court date for a later appearance.

Last Thursday, Brian Hittle, 20, 4810 South U.S. 27, Somerset, was arrested Thursday on a Pulaski Circuit Court warrant on indictment and charged with first-degree burglary.

The investigation was conducted by detectives Bobby Jones and John Hutchinson into an August 2008 incident at a residence located on Old Waitsboro Road.

Hittle was lodged in the Pulaski County Detention Center on a $20,000 cash or property bond.

Then on Wednesday, Thomas Duncan, 19, 546 Koger Circle, Somerset, was arrested on a Pulaski Circuit Court warrant on indictment. He was charged with first-degree burglary (forced entry into a residence), theft by unlawful taking with a firearm, first-degree burglary, and theft by unlawful taking over $300.

The case was investigated by detectives Bobby Jones and Jon Hutchinson of the Criminal Investigations Division of the sheriff’s department and occurred during the spring of 2008. The investigation revealed that Duncan had entered into a residence located on Loop no. 2, Ky. 90, on two occasions during this time period.

Duncan was lodged in the Pulaski County Detention Center on a $20,000 cash or property bond.

In other Sheriff’s Department activity:

• Melissa D. Huff, 30, of West Point, Ky., was arrested Wednesday on a Pulaski Circuit Court warrant on indictment on charges of flagrant non-support. She was indicted by a Pulaski Country Grand Jury during the November 2008 session.

Huff was lodged in the Pulaski County Detention Center on a $9,649.29 cash only bond to be applied to child support.

• Eric L. Ping, 44, 90 Lost Lodge Road, was arrested Friday on a Pulaski Circuit Court warrant on indictment and charged with third-degree assault and second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.

Ping was indicted by a Pulaski County Grand Jury after an investigation conducted by the Lake Cumberland Area Drug Task Force in April 2007. The suspect allegedly caused to attempted to cause physical injury to a Task Force agent and possessed Ampthetamine with the intent to distribute or transfer the drug.

Ping was lodged in the Pulaski County Detention Center on a $25,000 cash only bond.