LAWRENCE COUNTY ARREST LIST – FEBRUARY 8-13, 2017
FEBRUARY 14, 2017 – written by WADE QUEEN
18 PEOPLE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN 4 DAY PERIOD, 16 OF THEM OF WHICH OCCURRED WITHIN A WINDOW TIME FRAME OF LESS THAN 33 HOURS.
Jack D. Smith, 43, of Inez, Kentucky; appeared Friday, February 10, in Lawrence County circuit court, he is scheduled to go on trial for capital murder in a Martin County case where he is accused, along with of killing two adults and an 8-year-old child.
The trial has been moved to Lawrence County and scheduled for later this year where, along with Amanda Bowen is accused of killing two adults and an 8-year-old child.
Smith’s defense team said a medical doctor found evidence of brain damage and other neurological problems. The Commonwealth Attorney’s office is requesting their own psychological and neurological evaluations.
State prosecutors say Smith, along with Bowen, shot and stabbed Tina Goble, her granddaughter Trinity Maynard, and Goble’s boyfriend Cannie Johnson, and then set their Martin County home on fire nearly three years ago.
Smith’s trial is set for May 1. Bowen’s is scheduled to begin April 17 in Johnson County, Kentucky.
Grover Shawn Copley , 40, of Fort Gay, West Virginia; was arrested on February 9, 2017, at 2:33 P.M., by Sheriff Garret Roberts, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 2ND > OFFENSE (-DRUG UNSPECIFIED), • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/DRUGS/ ETC. .08 – 1ST OFFENSE, • DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS, • RECKLESS DRIVING.
Randy T. L. Justice, 38, of Louisa, turned himself in February 9, 2017, at 5:23 P.M., to the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, to serve a guilty plea weekend jail sentence with: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Herman Berry Jr., 54, of Fort Gay, West Virginia; was arrested on February 9, 2017, at 6:14 P.M., by patrolman officer Hunter James, of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR (2 SEPARATE COUNTS).
Harlen Lee Harless, 31, of Inez, Kentucky; was arrested on February 9, 2017, at 6:21 P.M., by patrolman officer Steven Wilburn, of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION – SHOPLIFTING UNDER/$500.
Joseph McCoy, 19 of Louisa; was arrested on February 9, 2017, at 10:30 P.M., by an officer of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • NON PAYMENT OF FINES.
Joni L. Moore, 38, of Louisa, was taken into custody on February 9, 2017, at 10:37 P.M., by patrolman officer Hunter James, of the Louisa Police Department, to serve a guilty plea weekend jail sentence with: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Keith Penix, 26, of Louisa, was taken into custody on February 10, 2017, at 12:41 A.M., by patrolman officer Hunter James, of the Louisa Police Department, to serve a guilty plea weekend jail sentence with: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Ronald Lee Ward, 37, of Louisa; was arrested on February 10, 2017, at 12:44 A.M., by an officer of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • ALCOHOL INTOXICATION IN A PUBLIC PLACE (1ST & 2ND OFFENSE).
Molly O’Brian-Ratliff, 24, of Louisa; was arrested on February 10, 2017, at 5:07 A.M., by an officer of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • NON PAYMENT OF FINES.
Shawn A, Fitzpatrick, 21, of Louisa, was taken into custody on February 10, 2017, at 12:59 P.M., by the Lawrence County Court, to serve a jail sentence with: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Carlos R. Hayes, 48, of Louisa, was arrested on February 10, 2017, at 1:08 P.M., by Chief Greg Fugitt of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • NON PAYMENT OF FINES, • RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY UNDER/$10,000, • PERSISTENT FELONY OFFENDER II.
Robert K. Copley, 31, of Crum, West Virginia; was arrested on February 10, 2017, at 4:56 P.M., by patrolman officer Steven Wilburn, of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • TRAFFICKING IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE – (< 10 D.U. DRUG UNSPECIFIED SCHEDULE 1 & 2), • NON PAYMENT OF FINES.
Amanda Thomas, 34, of Louisa, was arrested on February 10, 2017, at 8:33 P.M., by patrolman officer Hunter James, of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION – SHOPLIFTING UNDER/$500.
Sherry Bowen, 31, of Louisa, was arrested on February 10, 2017, at 8:35 P.M., by an officer of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION – SHOPLIFTING UNDER/$500.
Todd Fitzpatrick, 22, of Louisa, was arrested on February 10, 2017, at 11:00 P.M., by patrolman officer Hunter James, of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • CUSTODIAL INTERFERENCE – FELONY.
Justin C. Freel, 33, of Wellington, Kentucky, was arrested on February 11, 2017, at 4:52 P.M., by chief deputy Mark Wheeler of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS, • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/DRUGS/ ETC. .08 – 1ST OFFENSE.
Charles Wright, 47, of West Liberty, Kentucky; was arrested on February 12, 2017, at 4:03 P.M., by trooper Forrest NewsomE, of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with: • THEFT BY DECEPTION-INCLUDE COLD CHECKS UNDER/$500.
