FROM 12:00 A.M., DECEMBER 20, 2022, THRU TO 1:00 A.M., JANUARY 2, 2022, (13 DAYS); AT LEAST 71 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FROM JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, MAGOFFIN, & MARTIN COUNTIES COMBINED, AND WERE BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE, KY., IN JOHNSON COUNTY.
OUT OF THOSE 71 ARRESTS, 8 ARRESTS WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY.
SEPARATELY, ONE (1) LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN POWELL COUNTY TO BEGIN SERVING A STATE PRISON SENTENCE AFTER VIOLATING PAROLE.
PREVIOUSLY; FROM 12:00 A.M., DECEMBER 1, 2022, THRU TO 11:59 P.M., DECEMBER 19, 2022, (19 DAYS); AT LEAST 132 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FROM JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, MAGOFFIN, & MARTIN COUNTIES COMBINED, AND WERE BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE, KY., IN JOHNSON COUNTY. OUT OF THOSE 132 ARRESTS, 30 ARRESTS WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY. SEPARATELY, FOUR (4) LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN ANOTHER COUNTY JURISDICTION (ONE (1) IN CARTER COUNTY, ONE (1) IN MARTIN COUNTY, & TWO (2) IN JOHNSON COUNTY).
THE NUMBER OF INMATES THAT WERE BEING HOUSED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE, KY, IN JOHNSON COUNTY, ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, AT 1:00 A.M., WAS 230. THE MAXIMUM DESIGNATED CAPACITY OF THE BSRDC FACILITY IS 225.
HERE ARE THE EIGHT (8) ARRESTS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, & THE ONE (1) OUT OF COUNTY CUSTODY OF A LAWRENCE COUNTY CITIZEN; ARE AS THE FOLLOWING:
George E. Moore, 56, of Louisa, Kentucky; was taken into custody on December 20, 2022, at 1:14 A.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, to serve a guilty plea jail sentence, “weekender”:
• CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Jefferson Lee Mitchell, 57, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on December 29,2022, at 5:13 A.M.,by the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, & was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Regina Lynn Ferrell, 36, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on December 31, 2022, at 4:53 A.M.,by the Louisa Police Department, & was charged with:
• MENACING,
• OBSTRUCTING EMERGENCY RESPONDER VIOLATIONS – 1ST OFFENSE
James T. Jackson, 33, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on December 31, 2022, at 5:11 A.M., by the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with:
• ALCOHOL INTOXICATION IN A PUBLIC INTOXICATION (1ST & 2ND OFFENSE,
• DISORDERLY CONDUCT, 2ND DEGREE.
