JOHNSON COUNTY ARREST LIST & REPORTS – MAY 26-JUNE 14, 2020
JUNE 15, 2020 – written by WADE QUEEN
THERE HAVE BEEN 21 ARRESTS IN JOHNSON COUNTY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF MAY 26 (TWENTY ‘OFFENDERS’, 1 CONTEMPT GUILTY PLEA SERVING SENTENCE); OUT OF THE TOTAL OF 91 PRISONERS FROM JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, MAGOFFIN, AND MARTIN COUNTIES COMBINED BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE FROM MAY 26 TO THRU JUNE 14:
Connie S. May, 56, of Paintsville, Kentucky; was arrested on May 26, 2020, at 11:41 P.M.,by an officer of the Paintsville Police Department, and was charged with:
• PUBLIC INTOXICATION-CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (EXCLUDES ALCOHOL)
• DISORDERLY CONDUCT,2ND DEGREE,
• MENACING,
• RESISTING ARREST.
Chad M. Deer, 33, of Paintsville, Kentucky; was arrested on May 27,2020,at 1:26 A.M., by an officer of the Paintsville Police Department, and was charged with:
• DRIVING-DUI SUSPENDED LICENSE (3RD OFFENSE),
• TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE,
• PRESCRIPTION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE NOT PROPER CONTAINER 1ST OFFENSE.
Chad M. Deer was also arrested less than two days earlier, on May 25, 2020, at 4:35 P.M.,by a deputy of the Johnson County Sheriff Department, & was charged with:
• ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) MINOR INJURY,
• FLEEING OR EVADING POLICE, 1ST DEGREE (ON FOOT).
Robert Yates, 56, of Paintsville, Kentucky; was arrested on May 28, 2020, at 12:48 P.M., by Assistant Chief Danny Smith,of the Paintsville Police Department,&was charged with:
• ASSAULT 3RD DEGREE-POLICE OFFICER OR PROBATION OFFICER,
• RESISTING ARREST,
• MENACING,
• DISORDERLY CONDUCT, 2ND DEGREE.
Jamie B. Stroud, 21, of Paintsville, was arrested on May 30, 2020, at 5:13 P.M., by a deputy of the Johnson County Sheriff Department, & was charged with:
• WANTON ENDANGERMENT-1ST DEGREE (2 SEPARATE COUNTS CHARGES),
• PUBLIC INTOXICATION-CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (EXCLUDES ALCOHOL),
• DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS.
Shawn J. Harless, 26, of Tomahawk,Kentucky; was arrested on May 30,2020, at 8:54 P.M., by deputy James Tabor, of the Johnson County Sheriff Department, & was charged with:
• SERVING WARRANT (FOR OTHER POLICE AGENCY).
Jason Lee Mollette, 31, of Paintsville, Kentucky; was arrested on May 31, 2020, at 8:14 A.M., by trooper Dustin Thompson, of the Kentucky State Police, Post 9-Pikeville, Kentucky; & was charged with:
• PUBLIC INTOXICATION-CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (EXCLUDES ALCOHOL),
• CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER
Robert B. Housinger, 27, of Staffordsville, Kentucky; was arrested on June 1, 2020, at 11:41 P.M., by an officer of the Paintsville Police Department, and was charged with:
• MENACING, • RESISTING ARREST,
• DISORDERLY CONDUCT, 2ND DEGREE.
Charlie I. Hurt, 43, of Staffordsville, Kentucky; was arrested on June 2, 2020, at 1:40 A.M., by an officer of the Paintsville Police Department, and was charged with:
• ALCOHOL INTOXICATION) IN A PUBLIC PLACE (1ST & 2ND OFFENSE),
• DISORDERLY CONDUCT, 2ND DEGREE,
• TERRORISTIC THREATENING, 3RD DEGREE.
Matthew Scott Coots, 31, of Meally, Kentucky; was arrested on June 2,2020, at 3:16 P.M., by a deputy of the Johnson County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
• ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (MINOR INJURY).
Charles D. Ward, 54, of Stambaugh, Kentucky; was arrested on June 2,2020, at 6:01 P.M., by a deputy of the Johnson County Sheriff Department, & was charged with:
• TERRORISTIC THREATENING, 3RD DEGREE,
• MENACING, VIOLATION OF A KENTUCKY EPO/DVO.
Stephen W. Castle, 40, of Sitka, Kentucky; was arrested on June 5, 2020, at 9:28 P.M., by a trooper of the Kentucky State Police, Post 9-Pikeville, Kentucky; and was charged with:
• OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/DRUGS/ETC. .08 – 1ST OFFENSE,
• PRESCRIPTION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE NOT PROPER CONTAINER 1ST OFFENSE.
Mark A. Blankenship, 32, of Van Lear, Kentucky; was arrested on June 8, 2020, at 10:27 A.M., by a deputy of the Johnson County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
• ASSAULT, 2ND DEGREE.
Rebecca Minix, 52, of Prestonsburg, Kentucky; was arrested on June 9,2020,at 3:06 P.M., by a trooper of the Kentucky State Police, Post 9-Pikeville, Kentucky; and was charged with:
• OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/DRUGS/ETC. .08 – 1ST OFFENSE.
Gary L. Gamble Jr., 41, of Inez, Kentucky; was arrested on June 10, 2020, at 1:45 A.M., by deputy James Tabor, of the Johnson County Sheriff Department, & was charged with:
• SERVING THREE WARRANTS (FOR OTHER POLICE AGENCY),
• RECKLESS DRIVING,
• FLEEING OR EVADING POLICE, 1ST DEGREE (MOTOR VEHICLE),
• WANTON ENDANGERMENT-1ST DEGREE-POLICE OFFICER (2 SEPARATE CHARGES COUNTS),
• WANTON ENDANGERMENT-1ST DEGREE,
• OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/DRUGS/ETC. .08 (AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES) 3RD OFFENSE,
• NO REGISTRATION PLATES,
• NO REGISTRATION RECEIPT,
• REGULATION & TITLE REQUIREMENTS VEHICLE NOT OPERATIONAL ON HIGHWAY, • FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS,
• OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE,
• FLEEING OR EVADING POLICE, 1ST DEGREE (ON FOOT),
• TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.
Ashley Sweeney, 35, of Paintsville, Kentucky; was arrested on June 10,2020, at 6:34 P.M.,by a deputy of the Johnson County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
• DISORDERLY CONDUCT, 2ND DEGREE,
• CRIMINAL TRESPASSING-2ND DEGREE,
• CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 3RD DEGREE.
Carl B. Putrell, 45, of Murray, Kentucky; was arrested on June 11, 2020, at 5:09 A.M., by an officer of the Paintsville Police Department, and was charged with:
• ALCOHOL INTOX IN A PUBLIC PLACE (1ST & 2ND OFFENSE),
• DISORDERLY CONDUCT, 2ND DEGREE,
• MENACING,
• RESISTING ARREST.
Robert Daniels, 25, of Freeburn, Kentucky; was arrested on June 11, 2020, at 3:38 P.M., by an officer of the Paintsville Police Department, and was charged with:
• THEFT OF IDENTITY OF ANOTHER W/O CONSENT,
• SERVING TWO WARRANTS (FOR OTHER POLICE AGENCY),
• THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION SHOPLIFTING $500 OR MORE BUT UNDER/$10,000 (2 SEPARATE CHARGES COUNTS),
• FLEEING OR EVADING POLICE, 1ST DEGREE (ON FOOT).
Samuel D. Borders, 37, of Paintsville, Kentucky; was arrested on June 13, 2020, at 3:50 A.M., by an officer of the Paintsville Police Department,& was charged with:
• ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) MINOR INJURY.
Travis D. Risner, 39, of Paintsville, Kentucky; was arrested on June 13,2020, at 6:22 P.M., by a deputy of the Johnson County Sheriff Department, & was charged with:
• ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) MINOR INJURY.
Blake Webb, 20, of Paintsville,Kentucky; was arrested on June 14,2020, at 6:14 A.M., by a deputy of the Paintsville Police Department, and was charged with:
• PUBLIC INTOXICATION-CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (EXCLUDES ALCOHOL),
• DISORDERLY CONDUCT, 2ND DEGREE,
• MENACING,
• RESISTING ARREST.
Kenneth Dixon, 35, of Hagerhil, Kentucky; was taken into custody on June 4, 2020, at 2:14 P.M., by deputy Tackett, of the Johnson County Sheriff Departmen
