SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 – written by WADE QUEEN
FROM 12:00 A.M.,AUGUST 16, 2023, THRU TO 11:59 P.M., AUGUST 31, 2023, (16 DAYS); AT LEAST 152 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FROM JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, MAGOFFIN, & MARTIN COUNTIES, & OTHER COUNTIES COMBINED, AND WERE BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE, KY., IN JOHNSON COUNTY.
OUT OF THOSE 148 ARRESTS, 27 ARRESTS WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY.
SEPARATELY, THERE WERE NINE (9) LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS ARRESTED IN OTHER KY. COUNTIES: (THREE (3) IN MARTIN COUNTY, TWO (2) IN JOHNSON COUNTY, TWO (2) IN GREENUP COUNTY, ONE (1) IN CARTER COUNTY,AND ONE (1) WHO WAS ARRESTED IN MADISON COUNTY).
PREVIOUSLY; FROM 12:00 A.M.,AUGUST 1,2023, THRU TO 11:59 P.M., AUGUST 15,2023, (15 DAYS); AT LEAST 148 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FROM JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, MAGOFFIN, & MARTIN COUNTIES, & OTHER COUNTIES COMBINED, AND WERE BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE, KY., IN JOHNSON COUNTY. OUT OF THOSE 148 ARRESTS, 26 ARRESTS WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY. SEPARATELY, THERE WERE SEVEN (7) LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS ARRESTED IN OTHER KY. COUNTIES: (TWO (2) IN MARTIN COUNTY, FOUR (4) IN JOHNSON COUNTY, AND ONE (1) WHO WAS ARRESTED IN FAYETTE COUNTY; WHO WAS BROUGHT TO THE REGIONAL JAIL IN LEE COUNTY, KY., ON WARRANTS FROM PERRY COUNTY).
THE NUMBER OF INMATES THAT WERE BEING HOUSED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE, KY, IN JOHNSON COUNTY, ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, AT 7:00 A.M., WAS 213. THE MAXIMUM DESIGNATED CAPACITY OF THE BSRDC FACILITY IS 225.
HERE ARE THE TWENTY-SEVEN (27) ARRESTS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, & THE NINE (9) LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS OUT OTHER COUNTY ARRESTS, ARE AS THE FOLLOWING:
George Andeson Lowe, 42, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on August 16, 2023, at 12:26 P.M.,at the Lawrence County Judicial Center, by court security officer Melody Salyers, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with via a bench warrant:
• POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE)
Misty Ranae Manis, 62, of Church Hill,Tennessee; was arrested on August 17, 2023, at 5:59 P.M., by sergeant Arthur Maynard, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, & was charged with:
• ALCOHOL INTOXICATION IN A PUBLIC (1ST & 2ND OFFENSE).
Karen R. Childers, 45, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on August 17, 2023, at 10:49 P.M., by Travis Music, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with via a grand jury indictment:
• WANTON ENDANGERMENT-1ST DEGREE.
Shannon R. Maxie, 45, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on August 17, 2023, at 10:50 P.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with via a complaint warrant:
• FUGITIVE FROM ANOTHER STATE – WARRANT REQUIRED.
Jeffery W. Brown, 38, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on August 18,2023,at 3:13 A.M., by patrolman officer Teddy B. Newsome,of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with:
• OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE U/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL .08 (189A.010(1A) – 3RD OFFENSE,
• NO TAIL LAMPS,
• ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES VIOLATIONS,
• POSSESSION OF OPEN ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTAINER IN MOTOR VEHICLE PROHIBITED,
• OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE.
James T. York, 58, of Hager Hill, Kentucky; was taken into custody on August 18, 2023, at 5:54 P.M., by the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, to serve a guilty plea jail sentence, “weekender”:
• CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/ SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Randy T.l. Justice, 44, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on August 19, 2023, at 6:05 P.M., by trooper Zachary Wright,of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with:
• FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Ronald Webb II, 53, of Tomahawk, Kentucky; was arrested on August 19, 2023, at 7:05 P.M., by trooper Zachary Wright, of the Kentucky State Police, & was charged with:
• NON-PAYMENT OF COURT COSTS, FEES, OR FINES,
Tony A. Griffith, 46, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on August 24, 2023,at 4:36 A.M., by patrolman officer Michael Housinger,of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with:
• POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE).
Angela J. Ratliff, 39, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on August 24, 2023, at 9:11 P.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with via a grand jury indictment:
• POSS CONT SUB 1ST DEG, 1ST OFF (METHAMPHETAMINE),
• DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS,
• WANTON ENDANGERMENT-1ST DEGREE.
Charles James Hensley, 27, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on August 24, 2023, at 11:36 P.M., by patrolman officer Teddy B. Newsome, of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with:
• FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Bridgett Hopkins, 32, of Lancaster, Kentucky; was originally arrested in Garrard County, KY., by officer John Grevious, of the Lancaster Police Department; and whereupon she was tran sported to the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville, KY., and was booked and lodged in the BSRDC on August 25, 2023, at 2:34 P.M., and was charged with on Lawrence County bench warrants for:
• FAILURE TO APPEAR, • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/ SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER, • BAIL JUMPING 1ST DEGREE.
James T. York, 58, of Hager Hill, Kentucky; was taken into custody on August 25, 2023, at 5:55 P.M., by the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, to serve a guilty plea jail sentence, “weekender”:
• CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/ SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Ricki L. Kimbler, 35, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on August 25, 2023, at 6:30 P.M., by deputy Tyler Laney, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with:
• PUBLIC INTOXICATION-CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (EXCLUDES ALCOHOL), • THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION CONTENTS FROM VEHICLE.
Johnny B. Riley, 43, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on August 25, 2023, at 9:38 P.M.,by an officer of the Louisa Police Department, & was charged with:
• ALCOHOL INTOXICATION IN A PUBLIC PLACE (1ST & 2ND PLACE)
Jimmy Dale Robbins, 40, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on August 25, 2023, at 10:53 P.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, & was charged with via two bench warrants:
• TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE,
• NON-PAYMENT OF COURT COSTS, FEES, OR FINES.
Luresia Whitt-Copley, 33, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on August 26, 2023, at 10:44 A.M., by patrolwoman officer Shelby Taylor, of the Louisa Police Department, & was charged with:
•PUBLIC INTOXICATION-CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (EXCLUDES ALCOHOL),
• CRIMINAL TRESPASSING, 3RD DEGREE
Ruth E. Sparks, 72, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on August 27, 2023, at 2:14 A.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with via a bench warrant:
• FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Misty D. Blevins, 36, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on August 29, 2023, at 12:27 A.M., by trooper Zachary Wright, of the Kentucky State Police, & was charged with:
• FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Angela M. Mullins, 48, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on August 29, 2023, at 2:14 A.M.,by the Lawrence County Sheriff Office,& was charged with:
•POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE),
• DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS.
Jimmy Dale Robbins, 40, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on August 29, 2023, at 6:19 P.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, & was charged with:
• VIOLATION OF A KENTUCKY EPO/DVO, • UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE-1ST OFFENSE.
Eric T. Dotson, 32, of Louisa,Kentucky; was taken into custody on August 29,2023, at 7:44 P.M.,by patrolman officer Teddy B. Newsome,of the Louisa Police Department, to serve guilty plea sentence “weekender”:
•CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Jessie Marie Griffey, 28, of Louisa, Kentucky; was taken into custody on August 29, 2023, at 9:31 P.M.,by patrolman officer Teddy B. Newsome,of the Louisa Police Department, to serve guilty plea sentence “weekender”:
• CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
James Ronald Blair, 48, of Louisa,Kentucky; was taken into custody on August 31, 2023, at 1:23 A.M., by patrolman officer Teddy B. Newsome, of the Louisa Police Department, to serve guilty plea sentence “weekender”:
•CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Joshua Q. Cyrus, 48, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on August 31, 2023, at 12:13 A.M., by trooper Logan Layne, of the Kentucky State Police, & was charged with:
• FAILURE TO APPEAR, CITATION FOR MISDEMEANOR.
Denise Marie Woodruff, 40, of Kenova, West Virginia; was arrested on August 31, 2023, at 11:55 P.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, & was charged with:
• FAILURE TO APPEAR, CITATION FOR MISDEMEANOR.
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Johnnie L. Stafford, 32, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested in Carter County, KY., on August 20, 2023, at 1:16 P.M., by the Carter County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
• OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL (189A.010(1B) – 1ST OFFENSE,
• POSSESSION OF OPEN ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTAINER IN MOTOR VEHICLE PROHIBITED,
• CARELESS DRIVING,
• COMMUNICATION DEVICE VIOLATION, 1ST OFFENSE,
• FAILURE TO PRODUCE INSURANCE CARD,
• NO REGISTRATION RECEIPT.
Jessica Maryellen Watkins, 42, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested in Greenup County, KY., on August 21, 2023, at 7:06 A.M., by the Greenup County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
• FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Garland Omer Shortridge, 51, of Fallsburg, Kentucky; was arrested in Greenup County, KY., on August 21, 2023, at 7:30 P.M., by the Greenup County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
• BURGLARY, 3RD DEGREE.
Sheana K. Crum, 28, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested in Martin County, KY., on August 22, 2023, at 4:30 P.M., by deputy Michael Scott,of the Martin County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
• FAILURE TO APPEAR. The Failure To Appear for Sheana Crum was from on a warrant out from Lawrence Circuit Court.
Jonathan E. Mollett, 35, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested in Martin County, KY., on August 23, 2023, at 12:26 A.M., by Sheriff John H. Kirk,of the Martin County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
• RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY $1,000 < $10,000.
Eddie D. West, 68, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested in Johnson County, KY., on August 24, 2023, at 7:11 P.M., by trooper Tracy Salyer,of the Kentucky State Police-Post 9, Pikeville,KY., and was charged with via a Statement 2021 Lawrence County indictment:
• SEXUAL ABUSE, 1ST DEGREE, VICTIM UNDER/12 YEARS OF AGE.
Samuel D. Borders, 40, of Ulysses, Kentucky; was arrested in Johnson County, KY., on August 25, 2023, at 3:08 A.M., and was charged with:
• DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY POSSESS,
• PUBLIC INTOXICATION-CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (EXCLUDES ALCOHOL).
Jeffery Wayne Cooper, 40, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested in Madison County, KY., on August 25, 2023, at 11:59 A.M., in Madison County Court, by an officer of the Kentucky Department of Corrections Division of Probation and Parole, and was charged with:
• SERVING PAROLE VIOLATION WARRANT.
Lawrence Tyler McCoy, 29, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested in Martin County, KY., on August 31,2023,at 2:21 A.M.,by Sheriff John H. Kirk,of the Martin County Sheriff Department, & was charged with:
• ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) MINOR INJURY,
• DISORDERLY CONDUCT, 2ND DEGREE.
