LAWRENCE CO. ARREST LIST – JULY 28 – AUGUST 2, 2017
AUGUST 3, 2017 – written by WADE QUEEN
WITH ALMOST 40 ARRESTS BOOKINGS THE FIRST 2 AND A HALF DAYS THIS MONTH, THE JAIL INMATE COUNT BY NOON WEDNESDAY AUGUST 3 HAS DROPPED TO 272.
ON SATURDAY NIGHT, JULY 29, THE THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE REACHED AN ALL TIME RECORD NUMBER OF INMATES THAT WERE BEING INCARCERATED, BRIEFLY HITTING 300, IN A FACILITY THAT WAS DESIGNED FOR A MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF 225. THAT IS ESSENTIALLY 35% OVER THE LIMIT. THAT IS SOME SERIOUS OVERCROWDING. ( IN A SAME EXACT TIME COMPARISON, THE PIKE COUNTY KY DETENTION CENTER, WHICH WAS DESIGNED WITH A MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF 400, HAD 380 INMATES BOOKED SATURDAY NIGHT. AT 95% CAPACITY. IT HAS SINCE DROPPED TO 356 AS OF TODAY).
SINCE THEN THE NUMBERS HAVE LESSENED SOMEWHAT, EVEN WITH THE HIGH NUMBERS OF ARRESTS STARTING OUT THE MONTH OF AUGUST. IT IS STILL A HIGH NUMBER OVER THE DESIGN LIMIT.
THIRTEEN ARRESTED IN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN THE PAST WEEK. PLUS ANOTHER LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENT ARRESTED IN MORGAN COUNTY. MEANWHILE THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE HITS AN ALL TIME HIGH OF INMATES BEING HOUSED.
IN THE SIX AND A HALF DAYS FROM 12:00 P.M. JULY 27 THRU 11:59 P.M. AUGUST 2; OUT OF THE AT LEAST 85 INMATES BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE , 13 OF THEM WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY. PLUS ANOTHER LAWRENCE RESIDENT WAS BOOKED IN A NEIGHBORING JURISDICTION
THAT IS COMPARED TO THE THE PREVIOUS PERIOD OF THE SEVEN AND A HALF DAYS FROM 12:01 A.M. JULY 20 THRU 11:59 A.M. JULY 27; WHEN OUT OF THE AT LEAST 104 INMATES BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE , 11 OF THEM WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY. PLUS 7 MORE LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS WERE ARRESTED IN OTHER KENTUCKY COUNTIES.
HERE IS THE LATEST ARREST LIST REPORT BELOW:
Marissa D. Doss, 25, of Prichard, West Virginia; was arrested on July 28, 2017, at 12:22 P.M., in Lawrence County Court, and was charged with: • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE 1ST OFFENSE (COCAINE), • DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS, • POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA.
Travis J. Hylton, 37, of Blaine, Kentucky; was arrested on July 28, 2017, at 12:30 P.M., by sergeant Chuck Jackson of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • CUSTODIAL INTERFERENCE – FELONY ( 2 SEPARATE COUNTS).
Stanley Messer, 24, of Kermit, West Virginia; was arrested on July 28, 2017, at 11:54 P.M., by patrolman officer Hunter James of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) MINOR INJURY, • ALCOHOL INTOXICATION IN A PUBLIC PLACE (1ST & 2ND OFFENSE).
Everett L. Lyons II, 34, of Louisa, was arrested on July 29, 2017, at 4:42 A.M., by a deputy of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) NO VISIBLE INJURY.
Nicholas T. Hackney, 27, of Louisa, was arrested on July 29, 2017, at 7:50 P.M., by chief deputy Mark Wheeler of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • SERVING WARRANT (FOR OTHER POLICE AGENCY).
Brandon Gamble, 32, of Catlettsburg, Kentucky; was arrested on July 29, 2017, at 10:13 P.M., by a trooper of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Paul S. Hackney, 35, of Louisa, was arrested on July 30, 2017, at 3:20 P.M., by chief deputy Mark Wheeler of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE, • FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS, • NO REGISTRATION PLATES.
Cassandra M. Hazlett, 27, of Louisa, was arrested on July 31, 2017, at 12:12 A.M., by patrolman officer Hunter James of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Donnie K. Harris, 36, of Louisa, was booked on July 31, 2017, at 4:26 P.M., after being taken into custody by patrolman officer Hunter James of the Louisa Police Department, to serve a guilty plea jail sentence: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Lloyd Junior Brown, 47, of Louisa, was booked on August 1, 2017, at 7:28 P.M., after being taken into custody by patrolman officer Hunter James of the Louisa Police Department, to serve a guilty plea jail sentence: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Crystal G. Wheeler, 39, of Louisa, was arrested on August 2, 2017, at 12:09 P.M., by deputy Charlie Curnutte of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • TRAFFICKING IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE – (< 2 GRAMS METHAMPHETAMINE), • POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, • TRAFFICKING IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE – (> OR = 10 D.U. DRUG UNSPECIFIED), • DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS.
Michael Boyd, 26, of Louisa, was arrested on August 2, 2017, at 12:25 P.M., by a deputy of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) NO VISIBLE INJURY.
John A. Sturgill, 32, of Martha, Kentucky; was arrested in Morgan County on July 31, 2017, at 10:30 P.M., by trooper Logan Gay of the Kentucky State Police-Post #8-Morehead, and was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR.
