LAWRENCE COUNTY ARREST LIST – APRIL 4 – 11, 2017
APRIL 11, 2017 – written by WADE QUEEN
15 ARRESTS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN THE LAST EIGHT DAYS, COMPARED TO 9 ARRESTS IN THE PREVIOUS NINE DAYS. PLUS ONE LAWRENCE RESIDENT WAS ARRESTED IN JOHNSON COUNTY.
THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 111 ARRESTS BROUGHT AND BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE IN THE FIRST 11 DAYS OF APRIL. ONLY 3 OUT OF THOSE 11 DAYS WERE THERE MORE THAN 9 ARRESTS TOTAL IN THE MULTIPLE COUNTIES THAT USE THE JAIL. AND THIS PAST WEEKEND THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS HIT THE FLOOR, WITH ONLY 8 ARRESTS TOTAL IN THOSE 2 DAYS ACROSS THE LOCAL REGION (5 ON SATURDAY, 3 ON SUNDAY).
THE LOW NUMBER OF ARRESTS IT IS CONNECTED TO THE CONTINUING EFFORT TO BRING THE MASSIVE OVERCROWDING AT THE BSRDC OF THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. IT IS SLOWLY BUT SURELY COMING DOWN, FROM THE INSANELY HIGH 288 INMATES OVER THE LAST WEEKEND OF MARCH TO AS OF 11:59 P.M. TUESDAY APRIL 11 A TOTAL OF 255 INMATES. BESIDE THE REDUCE ARREST TOTALS, THE JAIL INMATE POPULATION COUNT REDUCTION IS ALSO BEING HELPED BY NEW AND RECENTLY BOOKED INDIVIDUALS NOW BEING GIVEN BOND MORE QUICKLY.
THE NAMES OF THE 15 ARRESTED OVER THE PAST WEEK IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, PLUS THE LAWRENCE RESIDENT ARRESTED IN JOHNSON COUNTY, ARE THEN FOLLOWING:
Cole Frederick May, 33, of Louisa, was arrested on April 5, 2017, at 10:17 A.M., by deputy Dave Wallen of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • FRAUDLENT USE OF CREDIT CARD $500 < $10,000, • PERSISTENT FELONY OFFENDER I.
Tiffany Gonzalez, 25, of Louisa, was arrested on April 6, 2017, at 11:09 A.M., by a deputy of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION SHOPLIFTING UNDER/$500.
Evan K. Pietrus, 37, of Grayson, Kentucky; was arrested on April 6, 2017, at 11:20 A.M., by chief deputy Mark Wheeler of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS • FAILURE TO PRODUCE INSURANCE CARD, • NO OTHER STATE REGISTRATION RECEIPT, • NO REAR VIEW MIRROR, • IMPROPER EQUIPMENT, • CARELESS DRIVING, • OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE,• FAILURE TO OR IMPROPER SIGNAL, • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANC TO ORDER ( 2 SEPARATE COUNTS), • CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 3RD DEGREE, • TERRORISTIC THREATENING, 3RD DEGREE, • GIVING OFFICER FALSE NAME OR ADDRESS, • OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE, • SERVING PAROLE VIOLATION WARRANT.
Jimmy D. Maynard, 37, of Louisa was arrested on April 6, 2017, at 7:43 P.M., by chief deputy Mark Wheeler of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE), • DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS, • ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) MINOR INJURY.
Tammy Mullett-Stepp, 38, of Louisa, was arrested on April 7, 2017, at 8:59 P.M., by patrolman officer Hunter James of the Louisa Police Department and was charged with: • SERVING PAROLE VIOLATION WARRANT.
Timmy Mullett, 38, of Louisa, was arrested on April 7, 2017, at 9:30 P.M., by patrolman officer Hunter James of the Louisa Police Department and was charged with: • RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY UNDER/$10,000.
Charles E. Ferguson, 48, of Martha, Kentucky; was arrested on April 8, 2017, at 8:16 P.M., by a deputy of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • ALCOHOL INTOXICATION IN A PUBLIC PLACE (1ST & 2ND OFFENSE).
Crystal Dawn Cordle, 44, of Louisa, was arrested on April 10, 2017, at 6:41 A.M., by chief deputy Mark Wheeler of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY CONVICTED FELON.
Leeann Coffey, 36, of Louisa, was arrested on April 10, 2017, at 8:50 P.M., by an officer of the Louisa Police Department and was charged with: • THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION SHOPLIFTING UNDER/$500, • CRIMINAL TRESPASSING-3RD DEGREE.
Kimberly Lyon, 58, of Louisa, was arrested on April 10, 2017, at 8:52 P.M., by an officer of the Louisa Police Department and was charged with: • THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION SHOPLIFTING UNDER/$500
Sandy Ray Jackson, 33, of Louisa, was arrested on April 11, 2017, at 2:49 A.M., by deputy Dwayne Bowen of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) MINOR INJURY.
Wilburn Skaggs, 55, of Martha, Kentucky; was arrested on April 11, 2017, at 10:40 A.M., by a trooper of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Lejeana Parsons, 29, of Kermit, West Virginia; was arrested on April 11, 2017, at 11:00 A.M., by deputy Charlie Curnutte, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • SERVING TWO WARRANTS FOR OTHER POLICE AGENCY
Amy R. Gantt, 28, of Louisa, was arrested on April 11, 2017, at 6:21 P.M., by chief deputy Mark Wheeler of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS, • MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE, 1ST OFFENSE, .POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 2ND > OFFENSE (-DRUG SPECIFIED) [ 2 SEPARATE COUNTS].
Justin W. Harless, 28, of Louisa, was arrested on April 11, 2017 at 6:29 P.M. by officer Billy C. Slone of the Kentucky Department of Corrections Division of Probation and Parole, and was charged with: • PROBATION VIOLATION (FOR FELONY OFFENSE).
Steven T. Putnam, 19, of Louisa, was arrested on April 5, 2017, in Johnson County, by trooper Adam D. Hall, of the Kentucky State Police, Post #9 Pikevile, and was charged with: • CUSTODIAL INTERFERENCE – FELONY.
