 Russell Fork Pharmacy is your locally owned pharmacy, offering fast, friendly service with competitive prices and free delivery. Call 606-754-7085. Visit RussellForkPharmacy.com and download our free mobile app for refill requests and more. A Floyd County Sheriff's deputy was injured this week when he was poked by a syringe allegedly located inside of a suspect's pocket. Floyd County Sheriff John Hunt tells us that during the course of a theft and drug investigation over the weekend that resulted in several arrests, a deputy searching a suspect's pocket was stuck by a syringe. The deputy was taken to the local hospital and treated for the injury. What we were doing is executing a couple of search warrants in recent days up to last week, trying to recover some stolen items and stolen property. A couple individuals that we ran along obviously had loaded syringe needles on their persons and didn't tell deputies and during a pat down deputies were stuck with the needles and then obviously that causes them to have to go to the hospital and be checked out too. So there is a big danger in it. We're seeing more of it and it's something that we have to be very careful of but we ask people to help us too and let us know if they got a needle it goes a long way. Obviously they're trying to conceal it and hide it and we understand that. We know they're not going to confess and just say hey I got a needle on me but when it comes time you know that you're going to get caught anyway. And some people do. They honestly are some people that say hey before you do that I got a needle on me or a gun in my pocket or whatever but for those that don't it's very dangerous. Not all of our guys have gloves that's puncture proof. Not all of them have those but it's something we're having a look at getting now. The officers did go to the hospital and were checked and haven't heard anything back negative from the results of the test so hopefully everything is good. If you're with somebody and you know that other person has something I mean don't be afraid to pull us to the side and say look before you go sticking your hand in somebody's pocket or in their pocket book or just anything compartment. They have needles in there and it goes a long way and hopefully we'll be as courteous and cordial and pay them back the favor so it goes a long way. The investigation into the theft and drug case is ongoing as is the investigation into the injury to the deputy.