Perry County Woman Gets 10 Years for Shooting at Federal Officers

October 21, 2026

A Scuddy, Kentucky woman, Ashley Begley, 31, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for using, carrying, and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. According to her plea agreement, on September 24, 2025, law enforcement officers went to her Perry County residence to arrest her husband on a state drug warrant and to investigate fentanyl trafficking allegations involving both. After officers arrested her husband and attempted to speak with the couple, Begley fired a shot in the direction of a vehicle as some officers were driving away, striking its front end and embedding in the engine block.

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