An Elkton city police officer was arrested late Thursday night on charges stemming from an undercover drug investigation.
Kentucky State Police received information in reference to an Elkton police officer attempting to buy narcotics while on duty. State police conducted an undercover investigation and performed a controlled delivery to Officer Russell Morris, 44, of the Elkton Police Department. Morris was arrested shortly after 11 p.m. and charged with first degree official misconduct; firearm-enhanced first degree trafficking in a controlled substance, first offense; and firearm-enhanced possession of a synthetic cannabinoid agonist. He was lodged in the Muhlenberg County Detention Center.
