An eastern Kentucky man has been detained by federal officials who say he carried multiple firearms and ran through a roadblock during President Barack Obama's visit to the Cincinnati region earlier this month. A federal criminal complaint unsealed in Covington Wednesday says Kerry T. Prater of West Liberty had three weapons and a "quantity of ammunition" when he ran through a Erlanger police roadblock on September, 17th. Obama's motorcade passed through northern Kentucky that day on the way to Cincinnati. The complaint says Prater has a lengthy criminal history and has been previously declared mentally ill.
A native of Chicago, naturalized citizen of Cincinnati and resident of Columbus, Alison attended Earlham College and the Ohio State University. She has equal passion for Midwest history, hockey and Slavic poetry.