DRUNK AS THREE SKUNKS!!!
SHERIFF OF ROBERTSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY ARRESTED BY KY. STATE POLICE AFTER BEING FOUND DRIVING DRUNK AT OVER 2 & 1/2 TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT
KSP WAS NOTIFIED OF SHERIFF’S INTOXICATED STATE BY SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER, AFTER HAVING ‘VERBAL DISAGREEMENT’ WITH INEBRIATED LAWMAN
DECEMBER 15, 2023 – written by WADE QUEEN
SHERIFF “DRINKY CROW”: THE SHERIFF OF ROBERTSON COUNTY, KY., TERRY GRAY, WHO WAS ARRESTED BY KENTUCKY STATE POLICE ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, AT HIS HOME, AFTER HE WAS REPORTED BEING DRIVING DRUNK AT OVER 2.5 TIMES THE LEGAL BLOOD LIMIT.
Another Kentucky county sheriff has made himself a buffoonish public embarrassing mistake of a criminal proportion, after being arrested, via being accused of driving more than two times over the legal limit in his marked police cruiser.
According to the arrest citation, Kentucky State Police Post 6 in Dry Ridge, KY., in Grant County; was contacted around 2:08 P.M. Wednesday, December 13, in connection with a “disagreement” involving a Robertson County Schools-School Resource Officer and Robertson Sheriff Terry Gray.
The arrest citation says the School Resource Officer told the KSP that Sheriff Gray “smelled of alcoholic beverages.” Surveillance video from the school system also showed Sheriff Gray in his marked police vehicle.
The arrest citraion stated that KSP trooper Chris Johnson called Sheriff Gray a short time later on the phone and noted Sheriff Gray had “extremely slow/slurred speech.” The arrest citation says Sheriff Gray also told trooper Johnson he was on KY. 165, heading toward Blue Lick State Park.
After a few minutes, another KSP trooper, Patrick Davis called Sheriff Gray and noted “extremely slurred speech” as well. Sheriff Gray told trooper Davis while on the phone, that he was near Kentontown Road and that he was nearing his home in Mount Olivet.
The arrest citation stated both KSP trooper Davis went to the home of Sheriff Terry Gray, and shortly afterward Trooper Johnson, who is a Drug Recognition Expert, arrived on the scene and found him standing next to his marked sheriff vehicle with the driver’s side door open. The KSP troopers said Sheriff Gray was also unsteady on his feet.
According to the arrest citation, troopers Davis and Johnson stated Sheriff Gray told the troopers he had been drinking vodka earlier in the day. After failing sobriety tests, a PBT test showed a blood alcohol content of .206, which is over two and a half times of the legal limit of .08. at 3:08 P.M.
Sheriff Terry Gray was taken into custody and was charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol.
According to the arrest citation, Sherif Gray was arrested and taken to the Robertson County Sheriff’s Department, and later transported to the Bourbon County Detention Center in Paris, KY.
According to a statement from the Bourbon County Detention Center, Sheriff Gray has since bonded out.
Sheriff Terry Gray will be arraigned in Robertson County District Court on Wednesday, January 10.
Terry Gray was appointed Robertson County sheriff in 2021 by Robertson County Judge-Executive Stephanie Holbrook. The appointment of Terry Gray followed after the midd-term retirement of Sheriff Mark Sutton.
Before his appointment as sheriff, Terry Gray was a park ranger at Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort.
In 2022, Sheriff Terry Gray, a Democrat, was elected to the office for a full term in a race against Republican Anthony L. Green II.
Robertson County holds a noteworthy double distinction, as being both the smallest county in the state in land size (100.2 square miles) and also the smallest county in the state in county population (2,193 as of the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau; with the end of 2022 estimated population of 2,229).
In Kentucky, a sheriff of any county can only be removed from office by voters through a recall election, or by the governor if they are found guilty of misconduct or neglect of duty.
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