Commonwealth Journal

February 13, 2009

Pulaski sheriff’s department makes several arrests

local news

By TRICIA NEAL

The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department is reporting several arrests this week:

• Eugene C. Moore, 23, of Somerset, was arrested on a Pulaski Circuit Court warrant and was charged with manufacturing methamphetamine, 1st offense.

Moore was indicted by a Pulaski grand jury this month after an investigation revealed the he was involved in the illegal making of meth.

Moore was lodged in the Pulaski County Detention Center on a $25,000 cash or property bond.

• Steve W. Miller, 37, of Somerset, was charged on a Pulaski Circuit Court warrant with 2nd degree burglary, theft by unlawful taking over $300, receiving stolen property, and 1st degree persistent felony offender.

Miller was indicted by a Pulaski grand jury after an investigation revealed that he unlawfully entered the home of a victim, taking property valued at over $300 between Sept. 8 and 11, 2008.

Miller was lodged in the Pulaski County Detention Center on a $10,000 cash or property bond.

• Greg R. Dorton, 40, of Wise, Va., was arrested on a Pulaski District warrant for flagrant non-support.

Dorton was arrested after he failed to pay $2,988.53 child support as ordered by Pulaski Family Court in July 2008.

Dorton turned himself into the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department and was released after appearing in Pulaski District Court and posting a bond.

• Charles S. Woods, 37, of Morristown, Tenn., was returned to Pulaski County as a wanted fugitive from Tennessee. He was apprehended by authorities there on three Pulaski Circuit Court warrants — one count of flagrant non-support and two counts of probation violation.

Woods was lodged in the Pulaski County Detention Center.