Fayette County Sheriff Conducting Internal Inquiry

{Lexington, Kentucky}...The Office of the Fayette County Sheriff is conducting an internal inquiry into reports that deputies gave several sex offenders advance warning about a recent federal sweep. According to police documents, at least five Lexington police detectives assisting the U.S. Marshals Service in the compliance checks heard convicted sex offenders say they had been tipped off that the checks would occur in the early part of the week of December 5th. The two-day sweep, called "Operation Bluegrass Corral," occurred December 6th and December 7th.