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State park employee arrested for brandishing shotgun

CORRECTION RECEIVED MAY 4, 2009: Please note that the initial press release (copied below) stated that Anthony C. Byers had gone to the front desk of the park. According to Park officials, he was not at the front desk with the shotgun but was seen at the maintenance garage with the shotgun. The initial call received by KSP stated that an employee had brought a shotgun to work as a means of intimidation since he received a letter of dismissal. -TROOPER WILLIAM GREGORY.

Dale Hollow State Park employee in jail in Adair Co., KYAlbany, KY man, discharged from state park south of Burkesville, in Cumberland Co., KY, arrested after call to KSP Post 15, Columbia, KY. Trooper Bobby Maxwell and Sgt Jamie Heller are continuing investigation

By Tpr. Billy Gregory, Public Affairs Officer,Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY

(Cumberland County) - On Friday May 1, 2009 at 8:21CT, today, Friday, May 1, 2009, Post 15 in Columbia, KY received a call from Dale Hollow Lake State Park, advising that an employee of the Park, Anthony C. Byers of Albany, KY had gone to the front desk of the park with a shotgun and one live round before going to the maintenance building.

The caller stated that Byers had just received a letter of dismissal from his employment with the Park.



When Byers was made aware that law enforcement had been notified, he left operating a Chevrolet passenger car. KSP units initiated a traffic stop and Byers was arrested for Possession of a controlled Substance, 1st; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Driving under the Influence, Drugs.

Additional charges, related to the State Park incident were added after a warrant was issued for Menacing and Disorderly Conduct.

Byers was lodged in the Adair County Jail. Trooper Bobby Maxwell and Sgt. Jamie Heller are continuing the investigation.
Story courtesy Trooper William Gregory, Public Affairs Officer, Kentucky State Police Post 15, 1118 Jamestown ST, (at Exit 49, Louie B. Nunn Parkway), Columbia, KY. Kentucky State Police Post 15, Columbia, KY, covers the 11 counties of Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Marion, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell, Taylor and Washington.


This story was posted on 2009-05-01 19:14:41
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