State-Journal.com - Bond OK'd for alleged drug dealer

A Franklin County man charged with trafficking in $2 million worth of marijuana is set to be released after family members posted property as bond.
Randy Kendall Sr., 49, 6505 Flat Creek Road, appeared in court Friday, bespectacled and bearded, as tearful family members looked on in hopes of his release.
Kendall's brother, J.W. Kendall, offered to post his property, along with Kendall's wife's property, valued at $180,000 in lieu of a $100,000 cash bond, Kendall's attorney David Guarnieri said in court.
Commonwealth's Attorney Larry Cleveland objected to the motion.
"I always object to someone posting a property bond as security for their appearance and good behavior pending trial," Cleveland told The State Journal.
"That puts us in the position of foreclosing on their real estate pending on his behavior."
Franklin County Circuit Judge Philip Shepherd sustained the request, allowing for Kendall's release.
As part of Kendall's conditional release, he must surrender his passport and submit to GPS-monitoring.
Kendall and his son, Randy Kendall Jr., 29, pleaded innocent to trafficking charges at an April 18 arraignment and were lodged in the Franklin County Regional Jail. The younger Kendall was released in April on a $10,000 cash bond.
The charges are a Class C felony, carrying a 5 to 10 year prison sentence.
The marijuana arrived in the U.S. from Mexico at the Port of Charleston, S.C. February 29, police reported, and the drugs were taken to Kendall's business, Kendall's Quick Lube, 1505 Daniel Drive in Lawrenceburg.
The Kendalls concealed the pot in bags of barium sulfate and loaded it onto a flatbed truck at the Lawrenceburg Quick Lube March 3, then delivered it to the senior Kendall's Flat Creek home, police reported.
Officers made the arrests later that night after watching Kendall and his son transfer the drugs from the truck to a nearby barn, they reported.
One of the largest sting operations in Kentucky history, the 1,200-lb. marijuana bust represents approximately one tenth of the marijuana seized in the state last year, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.
The marijuana was intercepted as a result of a joint investigation between Kentucky State Police, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the DEA, officials said.

10.	Posted by terrell1963 May 13, 2008
	"My figures come the CDC, Center for Disease Control." Well there's a rousing endorsement. The CDC and the FDA are bumbling bureaucratic agencies that couldn't find their backsides with a roadmap and a head start. I don't drink or do drugs as I find them a weakness of character. Alcohol will never be outlawed because our state produces 90-95% of the bourbon sold worldwide. It also funds ALOT of politard campaigns. Get the picture?

8.	Posted by perplexed May 12, 2008
	Well pinpointed, let try and stay focused on the subject here. Have you ever had your drink and found yourself a little short on seltzer or olives or maybe anything that would have you get behind the wheel of a car. If you drink everyday you have developed a tolerance for alcohol. the question I have for you is do you think your ability to operate and function after your cocktail is within the legal limits of the law if you are pulled over or ever in an accident.

7.	Posted by pinpointers May 12, 2008
	well dear perplexed, I chooce to have a cocktail with friends on a regular basis, all very good people, allhave good jobs, talented are well educated. While having a drink we have never had the urge to rob a store, deal pot, snort coke, or anything else that could land you in jail. I'd say 90 % of the 40 % you are referring to are poorly educated and do not know what the word moderation means. If you suggest that any alcohol consumption is bad, I'll put you in the same category as that idiot Chucky morris that claims that Barack obama is a dangerous islamic radical and will try to destroy the USA from the inside out. Chucky should have stayed with auctioning off dead people's stuff and make money that way because he has a lot more talent doing that than writing ( read - regurgitating other peoples' writings) clan type coments on this site.