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A Grayson County man working as a correctional officer at a juvenile facility was arrested this week.

Jose Soto of Leitchfield faces one count of first degree Promoting Contraband, a Class D Felony.

The Kentucky State Police says Soto is a correctional officer at the Warren Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Bowling Green. Soto’s arrest is part of an investigation by KSP Post Three into a complaint from December of 2023 regarding employees at the detention center.

The KSP’s investigation remains ongoing.

A Virgina man faces multiple charges after his arrest in Grayson County Wednesday.

The Leitchfield Police Department says officers responded to Hometown Hangout in the early morning hours of April 10 for a report of a possible burglary.

“Upon arrival, officers found that a back door had been left unlocked and multiple fridges and the walk-in cooler had been entered by someone,” said Detective Sergeant Ian Renfrow with the LPD. “Multiple cases of beer were opened and some products were found to be missing from the business.”

Officers reviewed surveillance footage, which showed a male subject enter the business through the unlocked door. He is then seen forcing open a walk-in cooler inside of the business.

“Officers then received information and responded to an apartment on Penner Drive and attempted to make contact with a suspect who had been named as Mr. Ruben Hernandez,” Renfrow said.

The resident of the apartment Hernandez was located at was outside speaking with police officers, and told the officers she left the door unlocked. Officers found the door had been locked.

“She then gave them permission to force entry into the apartment,” Renfrow said. “Once they got into the apartment, Hernandez would not comply with officer orders. He then resisted with them for just a brief moment, and they were able to get him into handcuffs and get him into custody at that point.”

Hernandez was lodged in the Grayson County Detention Center. He faces multiple charges including Burglary, Theft by Unlawful Taking, Criminal Mischief, and Resisting Arrest. Officers stated that Hernandez made multiple statements that “once he was out (of jail), we would never see him again.”