LAWRENCE COUNTY, KENTUCKY ARREST LIST – AUGUST 12-21 2025
SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 – written by WADE QUEEN
FROM 12:00 A.M., AUGUST 12, 2025, THRU TO 11:59 P.M., AUGUST 21, 2025, (10 DAYS); AT LEAST 83 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 83 ARRESTS, 22 ARRESTS WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY. TWO (2) LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS WERE ARRESTED IN ANOTHER COUNTY; ONE (1) IN MARTIN COUNTY, AND TWO (2) IN JOHNSON COUNTY. A WOMAN FROM FAYETTE COUNTY, KY. WHO WAS WANTED VIA TWO LAWRENCE COUNTY COURT BENCH WARRANTS IS LISTED AT THE END OF THIS REPORT.
IN ADDITION, AN ARREST WAS MISSED FOR THE PREVIOUS ARREST LIST AND IT IS ADDED TO THE START OF THIS REPORT.
PREVIOUSLY, FROM 12:00 A.M., AUGUST 1, 2025, THRU TO 11:59 P.M., AUGUST 11, 2025, (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, 23 ARRESTS WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY (ONE OF WHICH WAS MISSED). TWO (2) LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS WERE ARRESTED IN ANOTHER COUNTY; ONE (1) IN MARTIN COUNTY, AND ONE (1) 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 FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, AT 12:01 A.M., WAS 178. THE MAXIMUM DESIGNATED CAPACITY OF THE BSRDC FACILITY IS 225.
HERE ARE THE NAMES OF THOSE 22 LAWRENCE COUNTY, KY. ARRESTS FROM AUGUST 12-21, 2025, ARE AS THE FOLLOWING:
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 12, 2025, at 12:38 A.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.
Gregory Lee Scott, 40, of Blaine, Alabama; was arrested on August 12, 2025, at 1:18 P.M., by deputy Tyler Laney of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • FUGITIVE FROM ANOTHER STATE – WARRANT REQUIRED. The fugitive warrant was from out of Wayne County, West Virginia for the charge of *POSSESSION WITH/INTENT-1ST DEGREE.
Sheila Marie Blevins, 40, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on August 12, 2025, at 4:47 P.M.,by deputy Travis Musick of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, & was charged with: • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE).
William Earnest Goble, 40, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on August 12, 2025, at 7:47 P.M., by a deputy of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • DISREGARD-FAIL TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAY, • INSTRUCTIONAL PERMIT VIOLATIONS, • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/SUBSTANCE (189A.010(1E) – 1ST OFFENSE, • DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS.
Bobby Lee Wellman, 41, of Lowmansville, Kentucky; was taken into custody in Johnson County, KY., on August 13, 2025, at 4:29 P.M., by deputy Stanley of the Johnson County Sheriff Office, to serve a guilty plea jail sentence “weekender: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Ronnie Lee Booth, 46, of Lowmansville, Kentucky; was arrested on August 13, 2025, at 9:02 P.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • VIOLATION OF A KENTUCKY EPO/DVO,
• ASSAULT, 1ST DEGREE – DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, • UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT – 1ST DEGREE TERRORISTIC, • THREATENING, 3RD DEGREE.
Ronald Lee Ward, 45, of Louisa, Kentucky;was arrested on August 14, 2025, at 1:59 P.M.,bat the Lawrence County Judicial Center, by court security officer Charlie Curnutte, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with via: • SERVING THREE BENCH WARRANTS FOR COURT.
Dillion Collins, 31, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on August 14, 2025, at 2:14 P.M., by deputy Greg Powers of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) MINOR INJURY.
Amity Lynn Wilks, 25, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on August 14, 2025, at 3:49 P.M., by Sheriff Chuck Jackson of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (MINOR INJURY).
Juanita Jean Wiley, 45, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on August 15, 2025, at 9:58 P.M.,by patrolwoman officer Shelby Taylor of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE).
John Noah Sword, 49, of Louisa, Kentucky; was taken into custody on August 16, 2025, at 8:10 A.M., by the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, to serve a guilty plea jail sentence, “weekender”: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
George W. Johnson, 44, of Webbville, Kentucky; was arrested on August 17, 2025, at 12:00 A.M.,by deputy Travis Musick of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department and was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR (4 SEPARATE CHARGES COUNTS).
Kaleb Allen Wolford, 21, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested in Johnson County, KY., on August 19, 2025, at 2:45 A.M.,by Sheriff Scott Hazelette of the Johnson County Sheriff Department and was charged with: • LEAVING SCENE OF ACCIDENT-FAILURE TO RENDER AID OR ASSISTANCE, • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL .08 (189A.010(1A) – 1ST OFFENSE (AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES).
Ashton Thane Schrack, 20, of Canton, Ohio; was arrested on August 19, 2025, at 3:55 A.M.,by a deputy of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department,& was charged with: • ALCOHOL INTOXICATION IN A PUBLIC PLACE (1ST & 2ND OFFENSE).
Elouise Marie Scott, 42, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on August 19, 2025, at 7:02 P.M., by an officer of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • PUBLIC INTOXICATION-CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (EXCLUDES ALCOHOL), • CRIMINAL TRESPASSING-3RD DEGREE.
Gary Joe Asher, 54, of Lowmansville, Kentucky; was arrested on August 20, 2025, at 10:33 P.M., by a deputy of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • HARASSMENT (NO PHYSICAL CONTACT).
Lavern Brandt, 60, of Lowmansville, Kentucky; was arrested on August 20, 2025, at 10:39 P.M., by a deputy of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • CRIMINAL TRESPASSING, 3RD DEGREE.
Brian Carter, 46, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on August 21, 2025, at 1:40 P.M., by deputy Tyler Laney of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR (2 SEPARATE CHARGES COUNTS) .
Danny E. Spears, 58, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on August 21, 2025, at 4:00 P.M., by a deputy of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • ALCOHOL INTOXICATION IN A PUBLIC PLACE (1ST & 2ND OFFENSE).
Shawn Alan Marcum, 18, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested in Martin County, KY., on August 21, 2025, at 9:25 P.M., by deputy Steven Putnam of the Martin County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (MINOR INJURY).
Deborah Ann Widener, 48, of Louisa, Kentucky; was lodged in Grant County, Detention Center in Williamstown, KY., on August 16, 2025, at 2:44 P.M., on a bench warrant for: • FAILURE TO APPEAR; after being arrested in Lawrence County on several charges via a traffic stop by a Kentucky State Police Post 14 trooper.
Amy Renee Thompson, 50,of Lexington,Kentucky; was arrested in Fayette County, KY., on August 12, 2025, at 7:42 P.M., by an officer of the Lexington Metro Police Department, & was transported to & lodged in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville in Johnson County on August 13 at 5:45 P.M.; & was charged with via two separate bench warrants from Lawrence County for: • FAILURE TO APPEAR; which were both for: *TERRORISTIC THREATENING, 3RD DEGREE.
