Trooper arrested after concert

By Russ Cassady Staff Writer

A Kentucky State Police officer was arrested Sunday night on several charges following an incident in Pikeville.

KSP Sgt. Timothy W. Moore, a 10-year veteran of the agency who works out of Post 14, Ashland, was seen staggering on Huffman Avenue and being very loud following a concert at the Eastern Kentucky Exposition Center, according to an arrest citation by Pikeville Police Officer Tony Conn.

Moore, the citation said, was being escorted by another male, who was “aiding (Moore) in keeping balance.”

Conn was asked to assist emergency medical services with an ambulance call, the citation said, at which time Moore said that he was not afraid of Conn, cursing him and referring to Conn with an anti-homosexual slur.

Moore, the citation said, continued walking to his vehicle at Big Sandy Community and Technical College and got in the passenger side. The police then stopped the vehicle on Huffman Avenue, Conn wrote, and Moore rolled up his window, refused to talk to officers and told his wife, who was driving, to pull out and go on.

Moore’s wife stopped the vehicle, the citation said, and Moore told the officers he did not have to talk to them.

The citation said a passenger in the rear of the vehicle showed the officers a Kentucky State Police badge and explained to Conn that “he had attempted to stop his friend from doing that.”

Moore was asked four times to get out of the vehicle, but refused and had to be physically removed from the vehicle, the citation said.

Moore was lodged in the Pike County Detention Center, where he was charged with alcohol intoxication, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

He was later released on a $1,000 surety bond, court documents show.

KSP spokesman Lt. Phil Crumpton said Monday that the agency is looking into the incident.

“(Moore) has been suspended with pay, pending an internal investigation,” Crumpton said.

Crumpton said the internal investigation is not intended to overstep the Pikeville Police Department’s criminal investigation, but that the KSP investigation will “run parallel” to the Pikeville department’s.

The timeline for the completion of that investigation is unknown at this point.

“Typically (it’s completed) around the same time as (the criminal case) goes to court,” Crumpton said.