August 7, 2018

 OOPS!

SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED DAY BEFORE BY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT ON SEPARATE, UNRELATED CHARGES

AUGUST 5, 2018 – written by WADE QUEEN

A Martin County man, who has a long criminal history, was arrested by law enforcment, who after, they say, he left his wallet at the scene of a burglary crime.

And the man’s arrest came after he had been out of jail for little over 24 hours after being taken into custody a day earlier on unrelated charges.

According to the Kentucky State Police-Post 9-Pikeville, they investigated a reported burglary on Ashwood Drive in Martin County on July 27.

According to an arrest citation, the homeowner told KSP officer, somebody forced their way into the home and stole a weed eater and air conditioner, but left a wallet upstairs in the master bedroom.

Troopers stated, after a brief investigation, they determined the wallet belonged to Jeremy R. Walker, 38, of Warfield, which is in Martin County.

Officers visited Walker’s home, where he told them he had been looking for his wallet for two days.

Eventually, police say Walker admitted to breaking into the home through a glass door. He told them he took a plastic bag of Avon cosmetics, a weed eater and a window air conditioner.

According to law enforcement officials, Walker claimed he had been under the influence of Klonopin, (which is an old school tranquilizer), at the time and did not remember what he did with the items.

The KSP charged Jeremy Walker with 2ND DEGREE BURGLARY ( a class C felony – 5-10 years ), and he was taken into custody by trooper Ryan Hale, and taken to the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville late Friday night July 27, where he remains incarcerated as Monday morning August 6.

Ironically, Jeremy Walker had only been released out of the BSRDC jail for a just over a day, after he was arrested in the early morning hours on July 26, by Martin County Sheriff department for the charges of public intoxication and criminal trespassing; and the Burglary charge made for Walker’s fifth arrest since May 4.

Jeremy Walker has a long criminal record in Martin County, where he has been arrested 33 times since August 2003; for several dozen felonies offenses, misdemeanors charges, and other citations.