LAWRENCE COUNTY ARREST LIST – APRIL 12-25,2020

LAWRENCE COUNTY ARREST LIST – APRIL 12-25,2020

APRIL 26, 2020 – written by WADE QUEEN

FROM APRIL 12-25, THERE HAVE BEEN A TOTAL OF 21 PEOPLE ARRESTED FROM JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, MAGOFFIN, & MARTIN COUNTIES COMBINED AND BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE.

FIVE OF THOSE ARRESTS WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY.

SEPARATELY, 2 LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN NEIGHBORING COUNTIES (1 IN BOYD COUNTY, AND 1 IN JOHNSON COUNTY).

PREVIOUSLY, FROM APRIL 1-11, THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 25 INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED FROM JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, MAGOFFIN, & MARTIN COUNTIES COMBINED AND BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE.

NINE OF THOSE ARRESTS WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY. SEPARATELY, THREE LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN NEIGHBORING COUNTIES (2 IN BOYD COUNTY, AND 1 IN JOHNSON COUNTY).

HERE ARE THE LATEST FIVE ARRESTED IN LAWRENCE COUNTY ALONG WITH THE TWO OUT OF COUNTY ARRESTED. ARE AS THE FOLLOWING:

Jacob Robinson, 38, of Kermit, West Virginia; was arrested on April 12, 2020, at 6:05 A.M., by deputy Everett Chase Kirk, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:

• OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/DRUGS/ETC. .08 – 1ST OFFENSE,

• ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES VIOLATIONS.

Steven Lee Harper, 24, of Blaine, Kentucky; was arrested on April 13, 2020, at 5:08 A.M., by deputy Everett Chase Kirk, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:

• OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/DRUGS/ETC. .08 (AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES) 1ST OFFENSE,

• NO REGISTRATION PLATES,

• FAILURE OF OWNER TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED INSURANCE/SECURITY, 1ST OFFENSE.

Bruce E. Fields, 42, of Louisa, was arrested on April 14, 2020, at 12:54 A.M., by deputy Everett Chase Kirk, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:

• POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE),

• DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS.

Julia C. McKinster, 44, of Louisa, was arrested on April 19, 2020, at 7:40 P.M., by an officer of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with:

• POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE)-[2 SEPARATE CHARGES COUNTS),

• DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS.

James Stephen Burchette, 40, of Louisa, was arrested on April 25, 2020, at 8:05 A.M., by deputy Everett Chase Kirk, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:

• POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY CONVICTED FELON,

• MENACING.

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Joey Lee Thomas, 33, of Blaine, Kentucky; was arrested in Johnson County on April 17, 2020, at 8:17 A.M., by Assistant Chief Danny Smith of the Paintsville Police Department, and was charged with:

• THEFT OF MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION PLATE,

• FAILURE TO PRODUCE INSURANCE CARD,

• SERVING BENCH WARRANT FOR COURT.

Alexandria Michelle Ball, 28, of Louisa, was arrested in Boyd County, on April 20, 2020, at 8:57 P.M., by deputy Joshua W. Aldrich, of the Boyd County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:

• THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISP