Hooch found in trash can
A 37 year old inmate is being charged with promoting contraband in the first degree after admitting to deputies to making "jailhouse hooch".
Deputy Eric Augustus on October 13th found five gallons of the "hooch" in a cellblock trash can while making a routine search of the cellblock.
Deputy Augustus said he smelled alcohol as he passed the trash container and found the "hooch" in a trash can liner.
Inmate Trampis Barnes, during an investigation of the cellblock and interrogation of inmates, admitted to Deputy Ray Purvis that he made the "hooch".
Barnes said a grandfather taught him how to make wine. Barnes has been jailed over 200 days on a charges of manufacturing meth.
The "jailhouse hooch" was made of mostly peaches and with some bananas,oranges and grapes. Bread slices were also in the mixture which supplies the yeast for fermentation.
Deputy Don English, the jail's investigator, took the 5 gallons of "hooch" to the Kentucky State Police lab at Madisonville where it was shown to have a 3.8% ethanol content.
Promoting contraband in the first degree is a Class D felony and carries a 1 to 5 year prison sentence. Barnes faces 22 years on the manufacturing meth charges and pled guilty to the charges on October 11th, according to The Commonwealth Attorney's office.
