JEFFERSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY MAN ARRESTED IN 2023 IN MAGOFFIN COUNTY, KY. ON DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES NOW NOW FACING FEDERAL DRUG CHARGES IN SAME CASE
IN SEPARATE CASE, SOUTH CAROLINA MAN ARRESTED BY THE MAGOFFIN COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE DEPUTIES ON DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES
OCTOBER 25 – written by WADE QUEEN
IN WAY DEEPER LEGAL TROUBLE: ROBERT ERVIN PILGRIM JR. 35, ADDRESS LISTED AS BEING FROM LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY; WAS ARRESTED ON AUGUST 15, 2023, ON MULTIPLE DRUG CHARGES IN MAGOFFIN, COUNTY, KY., & WAS INDICTED IN MAGOFFIN COUNTY IN JUNE; HAS NOW BEEN JUST INDICTED BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY IN PIKEVILLE, KY., FROM THE SAME STATE DRUG CASE HE WAS ORIGINALLY ARRESTED FOR.
A Jefferson County, KY., man who was arrested on drug charges in Magoffin County, KY. last year, has now seen his case moved up to federal court.
Robert Ervin Pilgrim Jr., 35, of Louisville, KY., (his address at the time), was arrested on August 15, 2023 and was charged with trafficking in methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine, as well as an out of state fugitive from justice warrant .
Robert Pilgrim’s case remained at a standstill until this past June 2024, when he was indicted by a Magoffin County grand jury.
But on Thursday, October 24, a federal grand jury in Pikeville, KY. in Pike County indicted him on a charge of possessing more than 500 grams of meth with the intent to distribute.
If convicted, Robert Pilgrim would face a prison sentence ranging from a minimum of 10 years all the way up to life in federal prison.
ROBERT ERVIN PILGRIM JR. MUGSHOT FROM THE WASHINGTON COUNTY, INDIANA SHERIFF OFFICE, TAKEN ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2024.
Robert Ervin Pilgrim Jr. (who has a current address listed as New Albany, Indiana) is currently being held in a jail by the Washington County, Indiana Sheriff’s Office since September 4, 2024, on no bond allowed; after he was arrested by the Salem City Police Department, on the charges of Conspiracy to Straw Purchase of a Handgun.
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SOUTH CAROLINA MAN ARRESTED BY THE MAGOFFIN COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE DEPUTIES ON DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES; ABLES TO GET RELEASED AFTER POSTING HIGH BOND AMOUNT.
A South Carolina man who police say has been the subject of numerous drug trafficking complaints in Magoffin County was arrested on the night of Tuesday, October 15, after Magoffin County Sheriff Office deputies spotted him in Salyersville.The deputies were on patrol in downtown Salyersville when they saw Todd Steven Kreigh, 52, of Lexington, South Carolina, coming out of Speedway. The deputies’ citation report noted that when Todd Kreigh spotted the deputies, he got into his car, but then sat there for the next 20 minutes.The deputies finally made contact with him and asked why he was trying to avoid them. Todd Kreigh responded that he was simply talking on the phone.The deputies then asked if Todd Kreigh had anything illegal in the car. He first said no, but then allegedly turned over a small bag of marijuana.
That legal goofed-up move gave the deputies all the lawful reason they needed to search Todd Kreigh’s car, which revealed about 2.5 oz. of marijuana, an ounce of meth, a small bag of fentanyl, 20 Xanax bars, three THC vape cartridges and drug paraphernalia.
Todd Steven Kreigh was arrested by deputy William Tyler Lafferty on charges of: *TRAFFICKING IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 1ST DEGREE, 2ND OR > – ( > OR = 2 GRAMS METHAMPHETAMINE), *TRAFFICKING IN MARIJUANA ( LESS THAN 8 OZ.) 1ST OFFENSE, *POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE FENTANYL, *POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 2ND DEGREE – DRUG UNSPECIFIED, *DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS.
Todd Kreigh was transported to and lodged in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville in Johnson County; where was given $20,000 cash bond on each of the five charges against him, for a total of a $100,000 bond total; which stunningly, Todd Kreigh was shortly thereafter able to post and pay the huge bond amount, and has was able to get released from the BSRDC.
