An Adair Co. man and a Pulaski Co. woman have been arrested on armed robbery & kidnapping charges in connection with an incident in Pulaski County last week.
According to the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office, on Friday, May 3, 2019, Blake Tuttle, 27, of Somerset, KY reported that he was robbed and kidnapped the day before (Thursday, May 2nd). Tuttle told Deputies that 30-year-old Joshua Akin of Columbia, KY had assaulted him with a handgun. He also stated that Akin and 26-year-old Amber Cole of Somerset, KY had held him for several hours, and then stole his 2011 Dodge Nitro. After Tuttle was released, a family member took him to Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset for treatment of facial injuries.
At 9:13pmET on Friday night, deputies received information from the victim's father that he had found his son's stolen vehicle in the parking lot of the Dollar General Store on the corner of West Ky. 80 and Ky. 914. After arriving at the store, deputies were told that the two suspects fled on foot. Pulaski Co. Sheriff's Office K-9 "Leo" & his handler were used to search the area. They found several small baggies containing "suspected methamphetamine" and a defaced 9mm handgun that the suspects allegedly discarded. Akin & Cole were eventually tracked to a nearby residence and arrested without incident.
Joshua Akin, 30, of Columbia, KY was charged with Robbery, 1st degree (Firearms Enhanced); Kidnapping (with Serious Physical Injury); Possession of a Handgun by a Convicted Felon; Possession of a Defaced Firearm; and Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, 1st degree, 2nd offense (Less than 2 grams of Methamphetamine) (Firearm Enhanced).
Amber R. Cole, 26, of Somerset, KY was charged with Complicity to Robbery, 1st degree; Complicity to Kidnapping (With Serious Physical Injury); Possession of a Defaced Firearm; Trafficking in a Controlled Substance, 1st degree, 1st offense (Less than 2 grams of Methamphetamine) (Firearms Enhanced)
Both are being held in the Pulaski County Detention Center without bond.
