July 10, 2018
Maynard escapes with his life during carjacking by inmate; manhunt ongoing for ‘dangerous’ criminal
INEZ — Martin County Sheriff John Kirk said this morning that part time transport officer Larry Maynard escaped what could have been a fatal injury after an inmate attacked him and threw him from the vehicle yesterday during an escape.
Maynard was transporting an inmate from Inez to the Big Sandy Detention Center in Paintsville when he was attacked not far from the US 23 and 645 intersection.
Kirk said Mark Crouch, 32, of Turkey Creek attacked Maynard first by trying to turn off the car with the keys, and then by grabbing him by the face and twisting it causing injuries that added to Maynard’s already tender face where he was operated on for cancer recently.
Crouch then managed to grab the inside door handle and push Maynard from the vehicle dragging him about 30 feet on the roadway causing several cuts and abrasions.
Crouch then took off with the vehicle while still in handcuffs, Sheriff Kirk said. “He is being sought by every law enforcement department from here to Columbus.”
Maynard has been working as a transport officer for “a long time” according to Kirk. “He was actually friends with this Crouch guy,” Kirk said. Kirk also said there have been no reports of Crouch’s whereabouts today so far.
Martin County Jailer Boonie Mahon is on vacation but returned a call from The Lazer for information although he said he “doesn’t know much” yet since he was not in the county when the incident took place.
