To make it into our paper, oftentimes all it takes is someone’s active role in a really high-profile case.
And then it sure doesn’t hurt if you hook up with another really high-profile guy and get your ass busted in the process of that.
And of course, if the person who’s supposed to serve and defend your interests is one of the most incompetent prosecutors to ever stand before the bench in the history of the county, well…that’ll land you there, too.
Ergo your noontime Read the Lead, Snitch in cocaine trial claims she’s a victim. Enjoy.
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Carolyn “Butter” McGhee
HARDIN CO.— The woman who played a key snitch role in one of the most widely-covered cocaine trials in the area claims she has been a victim of recent burglary and theft.
As a result, Jennifer L. Cowsert, of Hardin County, has been charged with Residential Burglary and Theft.
According to the scant information filed in the case by state’s attorney Tara Wallace, Cowsert’s victim is none other than Carolyn McGhee, infamous if only for her role in the Saline County Tim Monroe cocaine trial of February 2010.
Hardin County prosecutor, the disagreeable Tara Wallace
McGhee was part of the drug taskforce undercover team wired up to catch Monroe selling cocaine.
She was also alleged, from the witness stand, to have posed for a nude photo or two during her tryst with Monroe, who claimed she acted as his housekeeper.
McGhee’s acceptance in social circles plummeted dramatically following Monroe’s conviction.
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