February 8, 2018
FEBRUARY 7, 2018 – written by WADE QUEEN
ONLY 6 ARRESTS IN LAWRENCE CO. IN THE PAST 8 DAYS
FROM 12:01 A.M. JANUARY 30 THRU 11:59 A.M. FEBRUARY 6, THERE WERE ONLY SIX ARRESTS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY,
( OF WHICH FIVE OF THEM WERE FOR CRIMINAL CHARGES, CONSISTING OF MOSTLY MILD OFFENSES ).
TO PUT IT A BETTER NUMERICAL PERSPECTIVE, IN THOSE SAME PAST EIGHT DAYS, LAWRENCE COUNTY ACCOUNTED FOR JUST 6 OUT OF THE 95 INDIVIDUALS BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE. ( INCLUDING MORE THAN ONE ARREST SUBJECTS FROM AS FAR AWAY AS WOLFE COUNTY, KY, WHICH IS 100 MILES AWAY FROM THE BSRDC, WITH WOLFE COUNTY PAYING FOR THEM TO BE HOUSED AT THE ALREADY HEAVILY OVERCROWDED JAIL). THE NUMBER OF INMATES AT THE BSRDC AS OF WEDNESDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 7 WAS 290; IN A FACILITY WHOSE DESIGNATED MAXIMUM INMATE CAPACITY IS 225.
THE NAMES OF THOSE 6 ARRESTED IN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN THE PAST 8 DAYS ARE THE FOLLOWING:
Billy R. Dabney, 31, was arrested on January 30, 2018, at 7:49 P.M., by an officer of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION SHOPLIFTING UNDER/$500.
Donna Marie Stovic, 55, was arrested on February 1, 2018, at 7:32 P.M., by an officer of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • BURGLARY, 3RD DEGREE.
Leonard Darrell Trent, 58, was arrested on February 2, 2018, at 12:14 A.M., by a deputy of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • RECKLESS DRIVING, • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/ DRUGS/ETC. .08 – 1ST OFFENSE, • POSSESSION OF OPEN ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTAINER IN MOTOR VEHICLE PROHIBITED.
Terry M. Johnson, 33, Louisa, was arrested on February 5, 2018, at 8:13 P.M., by patrolman officer Hunter James of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/DRUGS/ ETC. .08 – 1ST OFFENSE, • POSSESSION OF OPEN ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTAINER IN MOTOR VEHICLE PROHIBITED.
Hansel Wiley, 47, of Louisa, was arrested on February 6, 2018, at 12:18 A.M., by deputy Mack Wilhite of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE, • NO REGISTRATION PLATES, • FAILURE OF OWNER TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED INSURANCE/SECURITY, 1ST OFFENSE, • DRIVING DUI SUSPENDED LICENSE – 2ND OFFENSE, • IMPROPER EQUIPMENT.
Brandon Gamble, 32, of Louisa, Kentucky; was taken into custody and booked on February 6, 2018, at 4:45 P.M., by trooper Billy Layne of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
