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December 1, 2023 39 mins

One typical morning in 2010, 20 year-old Adam Sulfridge received a shocking phone call. On the other end of the line was a federal agent who warned the young man that a credible threat had been made against his life.  

The person threatening to kill this young journalist and college student was Whitley county Sheriff Lawrence Hodge.

Sources:

Lexington Herald Leader 3/14/03, 11/28/03, 3/16/05, 9/22/05, 10/14/05, 11/21/06, 12/10/07, 6/17/09, 2/26/10, 6/29/10, 11/9/10, 11/27/10, 3/10/11, 3/17/11, 3/22/11, 4/8/11, 5/13/11, 8/26/11, 9/29/11, 11/19/11 

The Advocate Messenger 3/28/01, 8/17/04 

Messenger Inquirer 12/31/09

The Messenger 11/5/13, 5/16/14

The Paducah Sun 11/9/10 

Huffington Post 3/7/12

Times-Tribune 9/28/09, 1/25/2010, 9/21/12

Fox News 5/12/11

Ugly Judge. Com Sheriff Lawrence Hodge

The Institute for Rural Journalism

 60 Minutes: Corrupt Kentucky Sheriff Brought Down by Reporters 

https://youtu.be/hQx76WemmQg?si=SkGDseI5v5So17gE

Interview with Adam Sulfridge By Grant Doepel

https://youtu.be/cVXrSC9Res0?si=IHIzvgWHlio1ZLMm





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