HAGER HILL SUSPECT, WHO HAS LONG CRIMINAL PAST, MAY HAVE FINALLY HIT THE END OF THE ROAD WITH HIS OUTLAW WAY OF LIFE
A Johnson County man, who has had a lengthy criminal career in Johnson County, Ky., went way up to a level he was not expecting, when he was indicted last week on federal methamphetamine charges.
According to the press release by the Johnson County Sheriff Department, on Friday, September 25, Sean Holys Tharp, 35, of Hager Hill, was arrested when they executed a federal arrest warrant, and was charged in a five-count federal indictment with conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine and distributing a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of the drug.
Sean Tharp conspired with others to “knowingly and intentionally” distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine in April of this year, according to the federal indictment, which was returned by a federal grand jury last Wednesday, September 23, and unsealed Friday, September 25.
Sean Tharp also distributed the drug on July 16, July 23, August 4 and August 13, the federal indictment further stated. Federal authorities seized $19,220 in cash from Sean Tharp on September 10, which “constitutes proceeds obtained directly and indirectly as a result of the commission” of the crime, according to a forfeiture allegation in the indictment.
Officers with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, who were assisting with Operation UNITE and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) office in London, arrested Sean Tharp Friday on a federal arrest warrant. The was lodged in the Pike County Detention Center in Pikeville, Ky. on a federal detainer.
The Sean Tharp indictment was the result of a four-month investigation, the Johnson County Sheriff Department summed up in the ending of their statement.
Sean Tharp had long been a thorn in the side of law enforcement in Johnson County, and had an extensive criminal history for many years in Kentucky, having since starting shortly after turning 18 years old, by beginning in April 2003 and since then, Sean Tharp has been arrested on 37 other occasions, 35 of which where in Johnson County; with the other two were one In Pike County and one in Shelby County, Ky., on around 75 charges of various offenses.
I was born in Paintsville, and mostly grew up in and around there. Loved the place, as it was back in the day. Hager Hill was a more or less crime free area, (unless you counted a bootlegger or two). I am saddened to see what has happened to all the area, Johnson, Floyd, Lawrence counties are all hell holes because of these damn drugs, and these filthy addicts. In my opinion they’ve been let off easy way to long! Drug court is a joke, ARC is a bigger joke, and the weak kneed crybaby judges that let them off is a crime in and of itself. Give them one and only one chance to clean up their lives, if they commit one more offence give them 20+ years at hard labor (KY still has that penalty). Somehow it has to stop, what’s being done now sure as hell isn’t working! My Opinion.
Drug court is not a joke. Arc is not a joke. Those programs work for people that are really trying to change their lives. People like you are why so many people get discouraged and give up. I’m a recovering addict with three years clean because of drug court!!!! I have been off of drug court for two of those years. I work every single day and raise my kids so don’t be so quick to judge!
I’m glad for you, and hope you stay clean, what about the thousands that go just to avoid jail? I was a Kentucky Peace Officer for 20 years and I do know the scam, because I’ve seen it first hand way to many times! I stand by what I said.
“Charles”. Very harsh statements. No, I am not a drug addict but, I am a parent, a sister, a daughter. Addiction can happen to anyone and does not discriminate. Addicts have family members that love them, pray for them, and would go to the ends of the earth to make them better. Everyone is someone’s loved one….don’t be so cruel and so judgmental.
Knew Sean in high school. He was trouble even when he was a teen. Zero surprise as everyone knew this was inevitable even when he was 14.