NOVEMBER 14, 2017
LAWRENCE COUNTY ARREST LIST – NOVEMBER 7 – 14, 2017
written by WADE QUEEN
OUT OF THE LAST 68 ARRESTS IN THE BIG SANDY REGION SINCE 5:30 P.M. MOVEMBER 7 THRU 12:30 A.M. NOVEMBER 14, 13 OF THEM WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS ARRESTED IN FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER. ANOTHER LAWRENCE RESIDENT WAS ARRESTED IN NEIGHBORING JOHNSON COUNTY.
BUT ARRETS NUMBERS WERE DOWN BY NEARLY HALF THEIR WEEKLY AVERAGE IN THE COUNTIES THAT USE THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE. EVEN SO, MANY OF THOSE SUBJECTS COULD NOT MAKE BAIL OR WERE SERVING GUILTY PLEA JAIL SENTENCES, CAUSING MAJOR OVERCROWDING AGAIN IN THE BSRDC, WHICH HAS BEEN HOUSING BETWEEN 305 – 315 INMATES IN THE PAST WEEK. THE MAXIMUM DESIGNATED INMATE HOUSING FOR THE BSRDC IS 225 INMATES.
HERE ARE THE LATEST ARRESTS FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY:
Charles F. Marcum, 43, of Louisa, was arrested on November 7, 2017, at 5:30 P.M., by a deputy of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • FAILURE OF NON-OWNER OPERATOR TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED INSURANCE/SECURITY, 2ND OFFENSE, • OBSTRUCTED VISION AND/OR WINDSHIELD, • NO REGISTRATION PLATES.
Wendy Jude, 30, of Louisa, was arrested on November 8, 2017, at 12:41 A.M., by deputy Mason Keefer of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • CRIMINAL TRESPASSING-3RD DEGREE.
Joseph Kevin Marcum, 41, of Louisa, was arrested on November 8, 2017, at 12:45 A.M., by deputy Mason Keefer of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • CRIMINAL TRESPASSING-3RD DEGREE, • VIOLATION OF A KENTUCKY EPO/DVO.
Tyler L. Branham, 33, of Louisa, was booked on November 8, 2017, at 2:31P.M., after being taken into custody by a Transport Officer of the Lawrence County Jailer Officer, to serve a guilty plea jail sentence: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/ SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
James Fitzpatrick, 23, of Louisa, was booked on November 8, 2017, at 6:06 P.M., after being taken into custody by the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, to serve a guilty plea jail sentence: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/ SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Cory Moore, 30, of Blaine, Kentucky; was arrested on November 8, 2017, at 8:37 P.M., by chief deputy Mark Wheeler of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • TRAFFICKING IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE – (> OR = 2 GRAMS METHAMPHETAMINE).
Robert Parker, 34, of Blaine, Kentucky; was arrested on November 8, 2017, at 8:39 P.M., by chief deputy Mark Wheeler of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • TRAFFICKING IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE – (> OR = 2 GRAMS METHAMPHETAMINE), • POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY CONVICTED FELON.
Crystal G. Wheeler, 40, of Louisa, was arrested on November 9, 2017, at 3:14 P.M., by chief deputy Mark Wheeler of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • TRAFFICKING IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE – (> OR = 2 GRAMS METHAMPHETAMINE), • TRAFFICKING IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 2ND DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE – (<20 D.U. DRUG UNSPECIFIED SCHEDULE 3), • TRAFFICKING IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE – (< 2 GRAMS METHAMPHETAMINE), • DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS, • POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA.
Robert W. Chafin, 40, of Louisa, was arrested on November 11, 2017, at 3:49 P.M., by deputy sergeant Chuck Jackson of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • RECKLESS DRIVING, • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/DRUGS/ETC. .08 – 1ST OFFENSE, • IMPROPER TURNING, OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/DRUGS/ETC. .08 – 1ST OFFENSE, • INSTRUCTIONAL PERMIT VIOLATIONS, • UNLAWFUL TRANSACTION W/MINOR, 1ST – ILLEGAL CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, UNDER/18 YEARS OF AGE, OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/DRUGS/ ETC. .08 – 1ST OFFENSE.
Chasity Smith, 26, of Inez, Kentucky; was arrested on November 11, 2017, at 9:18 P.M., by deputy Mack Wilhite of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • BURGLARY, 3RD DEGREE.
Donnie K. Harris, 40, of Ulysses, Kentucky, was arrested on November 12, 2017, at 5:29 P.M., by deputy sergeant Chuck Jackson of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: : • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE) [3 SEPARATE CHARGE COUNTS], • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE 1ST OFFENSE (HEROIN), • IMPORTING HEROIN, • PUBLIC INTOXICATION-CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (EXCLUDES ALCOHOL), • DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS, • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 2ND DEGREE – CODEINE, • TRAFFICKING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE 1ST OFFENSE (LSD).
Brian A. Roop, 31, of Louisa, was arrested on November 14, 2017, at 12:11 A.M., by deputy Mack Wilhite of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION SHOPLIFTING UNDER/$500.
Tina M. Roop, 32, of Louisa, was arrested on November 14, 2017, at 12:24 A.M., by deputy Mack Wilhite of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS, • OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATING LICENSE, • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Arrested away from home…
Marcus Thompson, 19, of Ulysses, Kentucky; was arrested in Johnson County on November 8, 2017, at 9:56 P.M., by deputy Garret Spriggs of the Johnson County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • ALCOHOL INTOXICATION IN A PUBLIC PLACE (1ST & 2ND OFFENSE), • POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, • MENACING, • RESISTING ARREST.
