Patrick Ridegeway, 26, of Marion County Detention Center pled guilty to eight counts of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (less than four grams of cocaine), seven counts of second-degree persistent felony offender and one count of promoting contraband in Marion Circuit Court recently.
Ridgeway was one of 19 people arrested as part of a round-up conducted Dec. 20, 2012, by members of the Kentucky State Police, the Appalachia High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Task Force, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and the Lebanon Police Department.