County magistrate charged with solicitation to commit murder

PINEVILLE, Ky. (AP) – A Bell County magistrate has been charged after police say he tried to arrange to have another person killed.

Multiple media outlets report 51-year-old Ricky Goodin of Pineville was arrested Friday. He is charged with solicitation to commit murder.

In a statement, Kentucky State Police spokesman Shane Jacobs says that detectives received information about threats made by Goodin to arrange for the death of another individual.

Goodin is being held at the Bell County Detention Center on a $1 million cash bond. It isn’t immediately clear if he has an attorney.

In March, Goodin was arrested on multiple charges after authorities say he sold prescription drugs and methamphetamine out of his pawn shop.

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