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Somerset man indicted by ATF for alleged meth distribution

SOMERSET, Ky. (FOX 56) — A Somerset man was arrested on Tuesday in connection with an indictment from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) alleging that he distributed meth in southern Kentucky.

The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office announced on Facebook that James Bradley Townsend, 56, of Somerset, was arrested on Tuesday, June 3, by ATF agents alongside deputies in the Bend of the Lakes community.

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The indictment against Townsend, filed in May by the ATF in federal court, alleges that from December 2024 to Jan. 22, he knowingly worked with others to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture containing methamphetamine.

The sheriff’s office wrote on social media that Townsend allegedly got meth supplied by a source out of Louisville, which he then distributed across the county.

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Court documents allege that Townsend had previously been convicted of first-degree trafficking in over two grams of methamphetamine and had served over a year in prison, more than 15 years before the federal charges were brought against him in May.

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He was charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and two counts of distribution of methamphetamine. He was lodged in the Laurel County Correctional Center on Tuesday.

The ATF drug investigation remains ongoing.

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