**UPDATE** KSP locates, arrests wanted suspect

In Local, News by OC Monitor Staff

Tyler James Morgan

**UPDATE** MADISONVILLE, Ky. (1/17/25) — Tyler J. Morgan has been apprehended and lodged in the Hopkins County Detention Center.


Original story (1/16/24)

MADISONVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky State Police Post 2 is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a wanted man last known to reside on Frazer Lane in the Nebo area of Hopkins County.

Tyler James Morgan, 30, is wanted out of Hopkins, Caldwell, Webster, and Union Counties in Kentucky as well as Vanderburgh County in Indiana. Morgan’s warrants include:

  • 25 counts of second-degree cruelty to animals
  • Multiple traffic violations
  • Three counts of theft by failure to make required disposition of property
  • First-degree unlawful access to a computer
  • Third-degree fleeing or evading police
  • Fraud/theft- value of property (Vanderburgh County)

Morgan’s criminal summonses include:

  • Theft by deception-includes cold checks
  • Theft by failure to make required disposition of property

Morgan is described as a white male, 5’ 8”, 150 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. Morgan was last seen near the area of Frazer Lane in Nebo, Kentucky.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Morgan is asked to contact KSP Post 2 at 270-676-3313. Citizens may also report tips confidentially through the KSP website Tip Form found here: https://www.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov/tip