Mental illness incident involving a man with a knife at neck

Heard on: Mingo and Pike Counties Sheriff, Fire, and EMS, Williamson Police and Fire

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We have an EMS call, (number withheld) Robinson Creek Road,

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(number withheld) Robinson Creek Road.

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Sixty-four year old male, mentally ill, was actually throwing things, has a knife at his neck.

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We're going to get a trooper en route as well.

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Go ahead.

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Myself and 719, we 10-6 here at Fox Creek.

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10-4.

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We got a call of a mentally ill person, 64-year-old male.

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He's throwing objects.

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Has a knife around his neck.

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Call an RP name.

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While he's pointing it off, it's going to be a brick house on your left before you get to Little Robinson Creek if you're coming from Pikeville.

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Damn.

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Also be advised, the reporting party advised they took his walker from him, so he wasn't able to move around, but we still got him headed that way.

2026-09-17 23:44 UTC

Medical Emergency

Robinson Creek Rd, Virgie, KY 41572

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews and a trooper were sent to a home near Robinson Creek Road in Virgie, Kentucky, for a reported 64-year-old man with mental health issues who was throwing objects and holding a knife to his neck. The reporting party said his walker had been taken, limiting his ability to move around.