PRINCIPAL FACES DRUG, ENDANGERING MINOR CHARGES

A Pike County school principal has been arrested and charged with
possession of a controlled substance and endangering a minor, Kentucky
State Police said today.

Kyle Tackett, 32, was arrested Saturday after the police responded to his
call that a 17-year-old male had been assaulted after arriving at his
property in Virgie.

Police found the boy in the road.

After entering Tacket's house, police said they saw marijuana and other drugs.

He was charged with possession of a controlled substance, a hallucinogen;
endangering the welfare of a minor; possession of marijuana; and unlawful
transaction with a minor.

The principal at George F. Johnson Elementary School in Virgie was taken to
the Pike County Jail.