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ELLIOTT COUNTY, Ky. (WOWK/FOX 56) – A man in Kentucky is facing charges for allegedly selling drugs to minors.

According to the Elliott County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy responded to Elliott County High School regarding a juvenile who allegedly had “numerous” amounts of a narcotic later learned to be gabapentin as well as marijuana “dab” pens.

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Through the investigation, deputies learned the juvenile had allegedly been purchasing the narcotics from a man identified as 40-year-old James Trusty, according to the sheriff’s office.

The sheriff’s office said Trusty was arrested and charged with first-degree unlawful transaction with a minor, third-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, first-offense selling of a controlled substance to a minor, and endangering the welfare of a minor.

Trusty was booked into the Rowan County Detention Center at 4:55 p.m. Tuesday.

James Trusty (Rowan County Detention Center)
James Trusty (Rowan County Detention Center)