LAWRENCE COUNTY ARREST LIST – JULY 15-25, 2022
AUGUST 5, 2022 – written by WADE QUEEN
FROM 12:00 A.M.,JULY 15, 2022,THRU TO 11:59 P.M.,JULY 25, 2022, (11 DAYS); AT LEAST 98 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FROM JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, MAGOFFIN, & MARTIN COUNTIES COMBINED, & WERE BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE, KY., IN JOHNSON COUNTY.
OUT OF THOSE 83 ARRESTS, 19 ARRESTS WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY. (ONE OF WHICH WAS AN ARREST THAT WAS MISSED THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE PREVIOUS ARREST REPORT).
Benjamin Farmer, 29, of Beauty,Kentucky; was arrested on July 13, 2022,at 2:00 P.M.,by chief deputy sergeant Mason Keefer,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department,& was charged with:
• FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS,
• FAILURE OF OWNER TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED INSURANCE/ SECURITY, 2ND OFFENSE,
• LICENSE TO BE IN POSSESSION,
• IMPROPER REGISTRATION PLATE,
• FAILURE TO REGISTER TRANSFER OF MOTOR VEHICLE,
• GIVING OFFICER FALSE IDENTIFYING INFORMATION,
• SERVING BENCH WARRANT FOR COURT.
Todd Fitzpatrick, 27, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 16, 2022, at 3:49 A.M., by patrolman officer Teddy B. Newsome, of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with:
• OPERATING NON-MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER INFLUENCE OF INTOXICANTS, POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE),
• DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS.
Brandon M. Hayes, 33,of Adams,Kentucky; was arrested on July 17,2022,at 3:54 P.M.,by deputy Julius Musick, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, & was charged with:
• ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE DATING VIOLENCE (MINOR INJURY).
Grace A. Kazee, 29, of Adams, Kentucky; was arrested on July 17, 2022,at 3:54 P.M.,by deputy Julius Musick, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, & was charged with:
• ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE DATING VIOLENCE (MINOR INJURY).
Alexiya Schwan, 33, of Webbville, Kentucky; was arrested on July 18, 2022, at 3:57 P.M., by Sheriff Chuck Janckon, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with via a grand jury indictment:
• FRAUDULENT USE OF CREDIT CARD $500 < $10,000.
Tammy Robinson-Thompson, 48, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 18, 2022, at 11:19 P.M., by patrolman officer Teddy B. Newsome, of the Louisa Police Department, & was charged with:
• FAILURE TO APPEAR.

Melissa D. Wolford, 35, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on July 20, 2022, at 10:49 A.M., by officer Gregory King, of the Kentucky Department of Corrections Division of Probation and Parole, and was charged with:
• PROBATION VIOLATION (TECHNICAL VIOLATION).
Brandon L. Fasnacht,24, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on July 21,2022,at 8:40 A.M.,by chief deputy sergeant Mason Keefer,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
• SERVING BENCH WARRANT FOR COURT.
Brian L. Gantt, 35, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 22, 2022, at 8:11 P.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
• OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATING LICENSE,
• IMPROPER REGISTRATION PLATE,
• FAILURE OF OWNER TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED INSURANCE/SECURITY, 2ND OFFENSE,
• FAILURE TO APPEAR,
• FAILURE TO APPEAR, CITATION FOR MISDEMEANOR.
Gregory James Carter, 23, of Danridge, Tennessee; was arrested on July 23, 2022, at 4:17 A.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department,and was charged with:
• ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) MINOR INJURY,
• ALCOHOL INTOXICATION IN A PUBLIC PLACE-1ST & 2ND OFFENSES.
Timothy Russell, 29, of Matewan, West Virginia; was arrested on July 23,2022, at 5:04 A.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
• ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) MINOR INJURY,
• ALCOHOL INTOXICATION IN A PUBLIC PLACE-1ST & 2ND OFFENSES.
Sherry Craven, 49, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 24, 2022, at 12:02 A.M., by deputy Tyler Laney, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
• ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE DATING VIOLENCE (NO VISIBLE INJURY).
Julie Sturgell, 46, of Kermit,West Virginia; was arrested on July 24,2022, at 1:43 A.M., by deputy Tyler Laney,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department,& was charged with:
• OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL .08 (189A.010(1A) – 1ST OFFENSE.
Tiara A. Curry, 26, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 25, 2022, at 6:01 P.M., by patrolman officer Micahel Housinger, of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with:
• ESCAPE 3RD DEGREE,
• RESISTING ARREST,
• DISORDERLY CONDUCT, 1ST DEGREE,
• TERRORISTIC THREATENING, 3RD DEGREE
Carlos Scott Hammond, 38, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on July 25, 2022, at 6:03 P.M., by chief deputy sergeant Mason Keefer,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
• FLEEING OR EVADING POLICE, 2ND DEGREE (ON FOOT),
• TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE,
• POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE,1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE),
•SERVING TWO BENCH WARRANTS FOR COURT.
James Arthur Jude, 60, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on July 25, 2022, at 11:56 P.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
• POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE,1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE).
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Melinda Wallace, 42, of Louisa,Kentucky; was taken into custody in Casey County,KY., on July 15, 2022, at 12:21 P.M.,after being transported to Casey County Detention Center, in Liberty,KY.,by the Kentucky State Police, after being arrested in March 5, 2022, on a Probation Violation (For A Felony Offense) on connection to the charge with of:
• TRAFFICKING IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE – (< 10 D.U. DATE RAPE DRUG); and was subsequently given the ruling of: • SENTENCED; of an unknown length of prison time, and was given the classification of: • CLASS D LEVEL 2 FEMALES.
Luresia Whitt, 32, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested in Johnson County, on July 19, 2022, at 2:34 A.M., by patrolman officer David Adams, of the Paintsville Police Department,& was charged with:
• SERVING BENCH WARRANT FOR COURT.
Little J. Cantrell, 42, of Martha, Kentucky; was arrested in Johnson County, on July 24, 2022, at 10:33 A.M.,by trooper Tracy Salyer, of the Kentucky State Police,Post 9-Pikeville, KY, and was charged with:
• INDECENT EXPOSURE, 2ND DEGREE,
• DISORDERLY CONDUCT, 2ND DEGREE.