April 5, 2018
TATTOOS HELP IDENTIFY MICHIGAN MAN WANTED FOR AUTO THEFT, HOME INVASIONS
Suspect was hiding at Blaine under assumed name
District 1 Constable Paul Wells and Sheriff’s Deputy Mason Keefer arrested a dangerous wanted felon from Michigan that had dug in on 1601 Tark Hill Rd. in Blaine, KY on Monday, April 2nd.
A new couple had moved in about a month ago and the complaints began.
Wells had visited the couple’s trailer on a few occasions already, once on a complaint about the man driving recklessly, another when a complaint was made that household items and gas had been stolen.
Both times he was contacted by Constable Wells the man gave the name Ricky Spellman, after Wells ran him and he came back clean with no warrants, Wells’ hands were tied.
“I just knew that something didn’t seem right,” Wells said. “So I went home and began to research him on the computer. I looked him up on Facebook.”
Wells continued with his arrest story.
“After three hours I realized that Ricky Spellman was not the guy who I had been talking with, however he did have a friend who’s name was Donald Sanders that matched the man who I had encountered, tattoos and all matched,” Wells said.
Wells, now equipped with the correct name for the man and his birthdate, ran it again and came back with a warrant for Auto Theft out of Campbell County, which is located in Northern Kentucky. He then ran the same name through NCIC and found that he was a fugitive from justice with a felony warrant for Home Invasions out of Michigan.
Warrants in hand, Constable Wells and Deputy Mason Keefer went to the residence but it was unoccupied.
Upon leaving, the couple’s vehicle was spotted and pulled over. Without incident Wells arrested Donald Sanders and he is lodged in the BSRDC awaiting extradition.
The woman who was with Sanders has been identified as Ashley Warrix but no other information about her is yet available. She was not arrested.
