LAWRENCE COUNTY ARREST LIST – AUGUST 24-30, 2017
AUGUST 24, 2017 – written by WADE QUEEN
EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS IN THE PAST WEEK HAVE SLOWED DOWN IN LAWRENCE COUNTY AND ALSO THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES, THE OVERCROWDING AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE HAS WORSENED.
THE BSRDC HAS CONTINUOUSLY HOUSED OVER 300 INMATES SINCE SATURDAY MORNING AUGUST 26, HITTING A NEW HIGH OF JUST OVER 310 INMATES SATURDAY NIGHT, IN A FACILITY THAT HAS A MAXIMUM DESIGNATED CAPACITY OF 225 INMATES ( PLUS GOING OVER 300 MEANS IT IS PAST THE REPORTED 75 RESERVE BED MATS THE JAIL REPORTEDLY HAS). AT 6 A.M THURSDAY MORNING AUGUST 31, THE INMATE COUNT AT THE BSRDC WAS AT 306.
IT SEEMS EVEN WITH LOWER ARREST NUMBERS THIS PAST WEEK, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE RECENT OFFENDERS WHO GOT BOOKED AT THE BSRDC WERE CHARGED WITH SIGNIFICANT FELONIES AND WERE UNABLE TO MAKE BAIL OR WERE DENIED BAIL.
IN THE PAST SIX DAYS FROM 12:01 A.M. AUGUST 25 THRU 11:59 P.M. AUGUST 30; OUT OF THE AT LEAST 81 INMATES BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE, EIGHT OF THEM WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY. PLUS ANOTHER THREE LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS WERE BOOKED FROM MARTIN COUNTY.
THAT IS COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS PAST SEVEN DAYS FROM 12:01 A.M. AUGUST 18 THRU 11:59 P.M. AUGUST 24; OUT OF THE AT LEAST 78 INMATES BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE, 13 OF THEM WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY. PLUS ANOTHER FOUR LAWRENCE RESIDENTS WERE BOOKED OTHER COUNTY JURISDICTIONS ( 3 IN MARTIN COUNTY, AND 1 IN CAMPBELL COUNTY).
HERE ARE THE LATEST 8 ARRESTS FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY (AND THE 3 LAWRENCE COUNTY CITIZENS OUT OF COUNTY ARRESTS ) LISTED BELOW:
Susan Moore, 43, of Louisa, was arrested on August 24, 2017, at 5:56 P.M., by an officer of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged, with: • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/DRUGS/ETC. .08 – 1ST OFFENSE.
Nathaniel R. Lemaster, 24, of Louisa, was booked on August 25, 2017, at 2:43 A.M., after being taken into custody by the Lawrence County Court, to serve a guilty plea jail sentence: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Bethla F. Stump, 35, of Louisa, was arrested on August 25, 2017, at 2:02 P.M., by trooper Shane Copley of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Winfred S. Scott, 27, of Louisa, was arrested on August 25, 2017, at 7:30 P.M., by chief deputy Mark Wheeler of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY (FIREARM), • THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION ALL OTHERS $500 OR MORE BUT UNDER/$10,000.
Christopher L. Shannon, 33, of Louisa, was arrested on August 27, 2017, at 4:19 P.M., by trooper Shane Copley of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with: • FUGITIVE FROM ANOTHER STATE – WARRANT REQUIRED.
Randall L. Bowen, 23, of Louisa, was arrested on August 28, 2017, at 4:06 P.M., by chief deputy Mark Wheeler of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/ DRUGS/ETC. .08 – 1ST OFFENSE, • NO REGISTRATION RECEIPT, • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE) [ 2 SEPARATE COUNTS ], • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/DRUGS/ETC. .08 (AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES) 2ND OFFENSE, • DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS, • OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE, • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE 1ST OFFENSE (OPIATES).
James Stephen Burchette, 37, of Louisa, was arrested on August 29, 2017, at 7:56 P.M., by chief deputy Mark Wheeler of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/ DRUGS/ETC. .08 (AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES) 1ST OFFENSE, • OPERATING ATV ON ROADWAY.
Kimberly Mann, 51, of Louisa, was arrested on August 30, 2017, at 12:59 A.M., by deputy Dwayne Bowen of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) NO VISIBLE INJURY.
Allen J. Jennings, 45, of Louisa, was arrested on August 26, 2017, at 2:34 A.M., by deputy Aaron Blevins of the Martin County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • PUBLIC INTOXICATION-CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (EXCLUDES ALCOHOL).
Treana Jennings, 35, of Louisa, was arrested on August 26, 2017, at 3:28 A.M., by deputy Aaron Blevins of the Martin County Sheriff’s Department, and was charged with: • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/ DRUGS/ETC. .08 – 1ST OFFENSE, • OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE, • NO REGISTRATION RECEIPT, • FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS, • FAILURE TO PRODUCE INSURANCE CARD.
David A. Harmon, 56, of Louisa, was arrested in Johnson County on August 30, 2017, at 10:28 P.M., by trooper Mike Goble of the Kentucky State Police-Post #9-Pikeville, and was charged with: • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/ DRUGS/ETC. .08 – 1ST OFFENSE, • FAILURE TO PRODUCE INSURANCE CARD.
