Court/Criminal

The work release program was suspended temporarily at the LaRue County Detention Center last week when four state inmates tested positive for marijuana use.
Jailer Johnny Cottrill said drug screens were given after an inmate had a seizure that was suspected to be related to drug use. It turned out that the inmate was dehydrated, but four others had apparently smoked pot at their work site. He declined to say where they were working.
One hundred twenty-eight state inmates were tested for drugs.

A Sonora woman who received a probated sentence for drug manufacturing and welfare fraud in June has now been charged with trafficking.
Angel Irene Montgomery, 35, is accused of selling 1/2 gram of methamphetamine to a confidential informant in July in the parking lot of a Magnolia store, according to court documents. She faces an additional charge of possession of controlled substance (methamphetamine).

A local court case that drew statewide attention is drawing to a close.
James Merritt Curtsinger, 64, the Hodgenville man who was charged with promotion of human trafficking, pleaded guilty to lesser charges Aug. 1 in LaRue Circuit Court. His trial-by-jury was scheduled for Aug. 8.
In December, Kentucky State Trooper Bruce Reeves said it is the first human trafficking case opened by state police working from the Elizabethtown post.