AUGUST 13, 2025 – written by WADE QUEEN
FROM 12:00 A.M., AUGUST 1, 2025, THRU TO 11:59 P.M., AUGUST 11, 2024, (11 DAYS); AT LEAST 76 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FROM JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, MAGOFFIN, AND MARTIN COUNTIES, AND OTHER COUNTiES COMBINED, AND WERE BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE, KY., IN JOHNSON COUNTY.
OUT OF THOSE 76 ARRESTS, 22 ARRESTS WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY. TWO (2) LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS WERE ARRESTED IN ANOTHER COUNTY; ONE (1) IN MARTIN COUNTY, AND ONE (1) IN JOHNSON COUNTY.
PREVIOUSLY, FROM 12:00 A.M., JULY 21, 2025, THRU TO 11:59 P.M., JULY 31, 2024, (11 DAYS); AT LEAST 88 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FROM JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, MAGOFFIN, AND MARTIN COUNTIES, AND OTHER COUNTiES COMBINED, AND WERE BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE, KY., IN JOHNSON COUNTY. OUT OF THOSE 88 ARRESTS, 23 ARRESTS WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY. TWO (2) LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS WERE ARRESTED IN ANOTHER COUNTY; ONE (1) IN MARTIN COUNTY, AND ONE (1) IN HARLAN COUNTY.
THE NUMBER OF INMATES THAT WERE BEING HOUSED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE, KY., IN JOHNSON COUNTY, ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, AT 12:01 A.M., WAS 201. THE MAXIMUM DESIGNATED CAPACITY OF THE BSRDC FACILITY IS 225.
HERE ARE THE NAMES OF THOSE 22 LAWRENCE COUNTY, KY. ARRESTS FROM AUGUST 1-11, 2025, ARE AS THE FOLLOWING:
Calvin Dale Workman, 58, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on August 1, 2025, at 5:46 P.M., by trooper John Holbrook of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with: • BAIL JUMPING 1ST DEGREE.
Jonathan Michael Young, 46, of Louisa, Kentucky; was taken into custody on August 1, 2025, at 5:46 P.M., by the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, to serve a guilty plea jail sentence “weekender: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Tracy Harlan Smith, 60, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on August 1, 2025, at 10:53 P.M., by trooper John Holbrook of the Kentucky State Police, & was charged with: • FAILURE TO REGISTER TRANSFER OF MOTOR VEHICLE, • IMPROPER DISPLAY OF REGISTRATION PLATES,• POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (189A.010(1D) – 1ST OFFENSE, • NO REGISTRATION RECEIPT, • NO REGISTRATION PLATES, • FAILURE TO PRODUCE INSURANCE CARD.
Angela Kidd, 60, of Louisa, Kentucky; was taken into custody on August 2, 2025, at 6:00 P.M., by the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, to serve a guilty plea jail sentence, “weekender”: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Thornton Eddie Goble, 62, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested in Martin County, KY., on August 2, 2025, at 6:07 P.M., by deputy Jameson Wall of the Martin County Sheriff Department, & was charged with: • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALC .08 (189A.010(1A) – 3RD OFFENSE, • POSSESSION OF OPEN ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTAINER IN MOTOR VEHICLE PROHIBITED, • DRIVING DUI SUSPENDED LICENSE – 2ND OFFENSE, • FAILURE TO PRODUCE INSURANCE CARD.
Joshua Bryant Burton, 36, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on August 2,2025, at 9:59 P.M.,by patrolwoman officer Shelby Taylor of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, • DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS (2 SEPARATE CHARGES COUNTS), • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE FENTANYL, • DISORDERLY CONDUCT, 2ND DEGREE, • MENACING.
Madison V. Rinkus, 22, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on August 3, 2025, at 2:10 P.M., by deputy Travis Musick of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, & was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Segar Tracy Adkins, 27, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on August 3, 2025, at 5:52 P.M., by trooper Stevie Hammond of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with: • TERRORISTIC THREATENING, 3RD DEGREE, • ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) NO VISIBLE INJURY.
Billy Joe Keeton, 38, of Martha, Kentucky; was arrested on August 4, 2025, at 8:36 P.M., by trooper Logan Layne of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with: • CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 2ND DEGREE, • VIOLATION OF A KENTUCKY EPO/DVO, • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE), • MENACING.
Charles James Hensley, 29,of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on August 5,2025, at 6:59 A.M.,by patrolwoman officer Shelby Taylor of the Louisa Police Department, & was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR (2 SEPARATE CHARGES COUNTS), • FRAUDULENT USE OF A CREDIT CARD.
Tammy Stone, 55, of Genoa, West Virginia; was arrested on August 5, 2025, at 8:07 P.M., by patrolwoman officer Shelby Taylor of the Louisa Police Department, & was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Amber Lynn Mitchell, 38, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested in Johnson County on August 5, 2025, at 10:35 P.M., by officer Justin Jackson of the Paintsville Police Department, and was charged with: • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/ INFLUENCE SUBSTANCE (189A.010(1C) – 1ST OFFENSE, • FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS, • FAILURE OF OWNER TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED INSURANCE/ SECURITY, 1ST OFFENSE, • DISPLAY OF ILLEGAL/ALTERED REGISTRATION PLATE, • NO REGISTRATION PLATES, • NO REGISTRATION RECEIPT, • OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE.
Jeremy Eldon Lyons, 38, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on August 7, 2025, at 2:46 A.M., by trooper Zachary Wright of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with: • ONE HEADLIGHT, • NO REGISTRATION RECEIPT, • NO REGISTRATION PLATES, • FAILURE TO PRODUCE INSURANCE CARD, •IMPROPER DISPLAY OF REGISTRATION PLATES, • IMPROPER REGISTRATION PLATE, • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (189A.010(1D) – 1ST OFFENSE, • DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS, • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE).
Paul Jason Chaffin,38, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on August 7, 2025, at 5:25 P.M., by trooper Zachary Wright of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with: • IMPROPER EQUIPMENT,• NO REGISTRATION PLATES, • IMPROPER REGISTRATION PLATE, • FAILURE TO PRODUCE INSURANCE CARD, • OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE, • FAILURE TO APPEAR (2 SEPARATE CHARGES COUNTS).
John Noah Sword, 49, of Louisa, Kentucky; was taken into custody on August 9, 2025, at 8:00 A.M., by the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, to serve a guilty plea jail sentence, “weekender”: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Deborah Ann Widener, 48, of Butler, Kentucky; was arrested on August 9, 2025, at 6:08 P.M., by trooper Stevie Hammond of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with: • IMPROPER EQUIPMENT, • OPERATING VEHICLE WITH EXPIRED OPERATORS LICENSE,• LICENSE TO BE IN POSSESSION,• DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS, • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 3RD DEGREE – DRUG UNSPECIFIED, • PRESCRIPTION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE NOT PROPER CONTAINER 1ST OFFENSE, OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE SUBSTANCE (189A.010(1C) – 1ST OFFENSE, • FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Angela Anita-Elaine-Devonda Kidd, 60,of Louisa,Kentucky; was taken into custody on August 9, 2025, at 6:40 P.M., by the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, to serve a guilty plea jail sentence, “weekender”: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
James C Johnson, 57, of Bristol, Tennessee; was arrested on August 9, 2025, at 8:55 P.M., by trooper Zachary Wright of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with: • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL .08 (189A.010(1A) – 1ST OFFENSE, • ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES VIOLATIONS, • CARELESS DRIVING, • FAILURE TO OR IMPROPER SIGNAL.
Saleena Fay Bowen, 48, of Prichard, West Virginia; was arrested on August 10, 2025, at 5:59 P.M.,by trooper Chase Coverdale of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Heather McKinney, 36, of Fort Gay, West Virginia; was arrested on August 11, 2025, at 1:51 A.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department & was charged with: • POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE 1ST OFFENSE (COCAINE), • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE 1ST OFFENSE (HEROIN), • GIVING OFFICER FALSE IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, • DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS, • ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A MINOR.
Eddie Harve Kennedy, 69, of Webbville, Kentucky; was arrested on August 11, 2025, at 9:31 P.M., by trooper Zachary Wright of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with: • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE), • DRIVING ON DUI SUSPENDED LICENSE -1ST OFFENSE, • DEFECTIVE BRAKES, • NO BRAKE LIGHTS (PASSENGER VEHICLES), • FAILURE TO PRODUCE INSURANCE CARD, • NO REGISTRATION PLATES, • NO REGISTRATION RECEIPT, OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/ INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/SUBSTANCE (189A.010(1E) – 2ND OFFENSE, • DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS, • IMPROPER EQUIPMENT, • INADEQUATE SILENCER (MUFFLER), • POSSESSION OF OPEN ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTAINER IN MOTOR VEHICLE PROHIBITED, • TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.
Christopher Eric Sons, 45, of Blaine, Kentucky; was arrested on August 11, 2025, at 10:46 P.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • WANTON ENDANGERMENT-1ST DEGREE-POLICE OFFICER • WANTON ENDANGERMENT-1ST DEGREE, • NO TAIL LAMPS, • OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE FAILURE TO APPEAR.
