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MAN WANTED FOR FRIDAY MORNING BURGLARY AND STABBING IN MARTIN COUNTY IS CAUGHT & ARRESTED FRIDAY EVENING

Wade Queen by Wade Queen
April 4, 2022
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PIKE COUNTY, KY. MAN WANTED FOR FRIDAY MORNING BURGLARY AND STABBING IN MARTIN COUNTY, & ALSO FOR THE SHOOTING OF MAN 11 DAYS PRIOR SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY; IS CAUGHT & ARRESTED FRIDAY EVENING IN NEARBY MINGO COUNTY, W.VA.

SUSPECT KNEW MAN THAT HE STABBED, AS THE VICTIM WAS THE EX-BOYFRIEND OF THE SUSPECT’S CURRENT GIRLFRIEND
APRIL 2, 2022 – written by WADE QUEEN 

JAMES WILLIAM CRABTREE, 24, OF SOUTH WILLIAMSON, KENTUCKY; WAS ARRESTED ON FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, IN MINGO COUNTY, W.VA. (TOP PHOTO) FOR FRIDAY MORNING BURGLARY AND STABBING IN MARTIN COUNTY, KY., AND MARCH 21, 2022 SHOOTING IN PIKE COUNTY, KY. (BOTTOM PHOTO): JAMES WILLIAM CRABTREE MUGSHOT PHOTO TAKEN AT SOUTHWESTERN REGIONAL JAIL & CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, IN HOLDEN, W.VA., IN LOGAN COUNTY.

The manhunt for a Pike County, KY. man, who was wanted for a shooting in South Williamson, KY. last month, was further intensified following a home invasion & stabbing attack early Friday morning by the same suspect in Martin County, KY.

James William Crabtree, 24, of South Williamson, was already the suspect in a shooting on March 21, 2022. Law enforcement officials in Pike County believe James Crabtree shot Phillip May during an altercation. Phillip May’s injuries were not considered life-threatening at the time.

James Crabtree had not been captured as of early Friday morning, April 1, when Sheriff John H. Kirk and the Martin County Sheriff’s Office says James Crabtree broke into a home at around 4 A.M., on Riverfront Road, near the Martin County/Pike County line, and stabbed an occupant multiple times inside the home.

Sheriff Kirk said the victim’s injuries were considered to be serious but not life-threatening after he was transferred to an area hospital.

Sheriff Kirk also stated that James Crabtree and the stabbing victim knew each other,   as the victim was the ex-boyfriend of James Crabtree current girlfriend. 

James Michael Crabtree is facing the charges of *ASSAULT, 1ST DEGREE and *BURGLARY, 1ST DEGREE; for the incident in Martin County, as well charges from the earlier shooting incident in March in Pike County.

Sheriff Kirk and the Martin County Sheriff Office, along with numerous other police agencies began asking the public to be on the lookout for James William Crabtree, but they also warned area residents, by saying he should be considered armed and dangerous and that he should not be approached. They asked if anyone were to spot him, to call 911 immediately.

But later in the same day, during early Friday evening, Sheriff John Kirk received an anonymous tip on the whereabouts of James Crabtree, which led to Sheriff Kirk contacting Mingo County Sheriff Joe Smith in Williamson, West Virginia; and within minutes  thereafter, James Crabtree was apprehended by Mingo County deputies. James Crabtree was transported to the Southwestern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility, in Holden, W.VA., in Logan County; where he is being held awaiting his extradition back to Kentucky.

Sheriff Kirk gave public thanks to the Mingo County Sheriff’s Office and the public for all their assistance involving the Martin County case.

This latest arrest of James Michael Crabtree is one of several arrests in the past three years due to some act of physical violence.

In March 2021, he was arrested on 2ND DEGREE ASSAULT charges. In January 2020, he was arrested on Theft of Services over $10,000 and Tampering With Prisoner Monitoring Device. In September 2019, Crabtree was arrested on 4TH DEGREE DOMESTIC ASSAULT; in July 2019, he was arrested on 4TH DEGREE ASSAULT; and in January 2019, James Michael Crabtree was taken into custody on a medical warrant for: ARREST,PERSONS MENTALLY ILL & A DANGER TO SELF/OTHER, as well as a no warrant fugitive charge.

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  1. Fred jones says:
    4 years ago

    U forgot about his charges in greenbrier county wv

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