Allen County sheriffs Deputy Perry Beach (left) and Sheriff Bill Foster (right) take Danny Matwain Willoughby, 29, into custody Tuesday after a drug arrest roundup in Allen County. Photo by Joe Imel

SCOTTSVILLE Just as the morning sun began to rise over his beige-colored mobile home on the outskirts of town, Danny Matwain Willoughby, 29, stood in the doorway, pensively staring out and smoking a cigarette as Allen County Sheriff Bill Foster and three deputies approached the trailer to arrest him. Willoughby took one last, long drag from his Marlboro before tossing it to the ground and climbing into the back of a cruiser. His arrest marked the end of a placid drug round-up early Tuesday in Allen County. My grandmother called and said the law was looking for me, so I went ahead and called up there and told them where I was and put my clothes on, Willoughby said as Allen County sheriffs Deputy Perry Beach drove Willoughby to Allen County Detention Center, where he was booked on charges of trafficking in cocaine, first offense, and being a first-degree persistent felony offender. His bond was set at $10,000.Willoughby was one of four people arrested Tuesday after an Allen County grand jury indicted nine people March 20 in connection with a two-month, undercover drug investigation by Scottsville Police Department, Allen County Sheriffs Department and Kentucky State Police, Allen County Sheriffs Detective Steve Woods said. Weve got a few cases that have not gone to the grand jury yet, Woods said. This is an ongoing investigation and more arrests are to come. Allen County law enforcement officials blame drug trade for most of the countys crime, which is why the departments combined efforts to investigate drug trafficking in and around Scottsville. In about 90 percent of criminal cases in Allen County, regardless of what the crime is, it comes back to drugs in one way or the other, Woods said. Either they are stealing to buy drugs, stealing to trade for drugs or stealing drugs. … It always comes back to dope.(We) decided that with the amount of information we had been receiving on individuals suspected of trafficking, that we would take some time and do nothing but work drugs. The months of December and January were dedicated to anti-drug operations. We basically put everything on hold and worked dope for two months. Along with Willoughby, those arrested, their charges and bond were:Terrell Hendley, 47, South First Street, four counts of trafficking in cocaine and two counts of being a second-degree persistent felony offender; $25,000.Dwayne Bowman, 35, New Roe Road, Adolphus, trafficking in marijuana within 1,000 yards of a school and trafficking in marijuana (less than 8 ounces); $2,500.Charles A. Lindsey, 42, Squire Lyles Road, trafficking in marijuana within 1,000 yards of a school and being a second-degree persistent felony offender; $2,500.The grand jury also returned indictments against David Dismound, 33, Cedar Street, and Toby York, 24, Hillburn Springs Road. Dismound was indicted on charges of trafficking in marijuana within 1,000 yards of a school and being a first-degree persistent felony offender. York was indicted on charges of trafficking in marijuana within 1,000 yards of a school and being a second-degree persistent felony offender. York is a state inmate lodged in Roeder Correctional Facility in La Grange in connection with an unrelated criminal case. Police declined to release the names of three other people indicted in connection with this investigation because those people are considered flight risks.