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Shawn Asher (Knox County Sheriff's Department).
A Kentucky antheral was precocious arrested aft spiking his girlfriend's java with methamphetamine, Bluegrass State instrumentality enforcement says.
Shawn Asher, 38, stands accused of 1 number of assault successful the 2nd degree, according to a press release issued this week by the Knox County Sheriff's Department.
The underlying incidental occurred connected Dec. 25, 2025, astatine a residence successful London – a tiny municipality immoderate 77 miles southbound of Lexington.
The pistillate said she was drinking a cupful of java portion watching her kid unfastened Christmas presents that morning, according to instrumentality enforcement.
At immoderate point, Asher allegedly said she was "about to find retired what helium had done," according to the sheriff's department. Then, the antheral allegedly told the pistillate astir putting the cause successful her coffee.
After the claimed dosing, the pistillate visited a infirmary the adjacent time to person laboratory enactment done, according to the sheriff's department. The results came backmost affirmative for methamphetamine, authorities said.
On Monday, the pistillate reported the incidental to instrumentality enforcement.
"The unfortunate besides stated that Asher had made threats to origin her bodily harm and that she was acrophobic of him due to the fact that helium is overmuch bigger than she is," the property merchandise reads. "The unfortunate told the serviceman that Asher tin get convulsive and has galore times successful the past involving her."
The suspect is besides said to person admitted to "planting" needles successful the woman's car, according to the sheriff's department.
The suspect was arrested connected Thursday and booked into the Knox County Detention Center. He is nary longer detained, jailhouse records show.
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