IN SEPARATE CASE, MARTIN COUNTY MAN GETS OVER A DECADE IN PRISON FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED CRIMES IN 2025
JANUARY 23, 2026 – written by WADED QUEEN
SEE YOU IN 2043: JIMMY DALE MAYNARD, 45, OF WARFIELD, KENTUCKY; GETS ADDITIONAL GUILTY PRISON TIME ADDED TO HIS ALREADY SEVENTEEN YEAR SENTENCE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMITTING JABRONI.
A Marin County, Kentucky man received additional prison sentences Thursday, January 15 for violence-related crimes, with the new terms folded into a 17-year sentence he is already serving for domestic violence-related offenses across Martin and Lawrence counties.
Martin Circuit Judge John Kevin Holbrook sentenced Jimmy Dale Maynard, 45, of Warfield, KY., to one year each for
* assault under extreme emotional distress,
* fourth-degree assault and
* third-degree terroristic threatening. The assault under extreme emotional distress charge was amended from an original charge of strangulation.
All three sentences will run concurrently with the 17 year term that the judge imposed in October 2025 for violent crimes in Martin and Lawrence counties dating back to 2021:
*strangulation,
*assault,
*unlawful imprisonment,
*trafficking in a controlled substance,
*bail jumping and
*persistent felony offender. Prosecutors said the persistent felony offender finding allowed the court to enhance the penalty.
Thursday’s sentencing arose from two separate incidents in Warfield, KY. in 2024.
The first occurred in May 2024, when Martin County Sheriff Office deputies attempted to place Jimmy Maynard under arrest in Warfield. During the encounter, authorities said, Maynard grabbed a deputy’s ear with enough force to tear the lower earlobe.
Several months later, on September 28, 2024, police arrested Jimmy Maynard following an assault on a woman in Warfield. Officers said Maynard choked the woman, slapped her across the face, bit her on the forehead “in a fit of rage,” and threatened to “slit her throat.”
Prosecutors pointed to the seriousness of the conduct underlying Maynard’s sentences. Following the October 2025 sentencing, the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office said in a statement, “Strangulation is a crime widely recognized as one of the highest risk factors for domestic violence.”
Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Justin Rowe credited law enforcement for its role in the outcome.
“This case was diligently and thoroughly investigated by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office,” Justin Rowe said Tuesday. “Investigators and prosecutors put tremendous time and effort into seeing justice served and an outcome that promotes public safety.”
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MARTIN COUNTY, KY. MAN GETS MORE THAN DECADE IN PRISON AFTER GUILTY PLEA DEAL TO VIOLENCE RELATED CRIMES
SEE YOU IN 2037: SAMUEL RAY RAY PORTER, 30, OF DEBORD, KENTUCKY; GETS GUILTY PRISON TIME FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMTTING JABRONI.
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Martin County Circuit Court Judge Kevin Holbrook sentenced a man to 11 years in prison Thursday, January 15, in Inez for violence-related crimes.
Samuel Ray Porter, 30, of Debord, KY., was sentenced after pleading guilty to two counts of:
- first-degree wanton endangerment and one count of:
- third-degree terroristic threatening.
Judge Holbrook gave Samuel Porter five years on each of the wanton endangerment counts and 12 months for terroristic threatening.
According to court records, Samuel Porter’s charges stemmed from an incident in March 2025 in which he endangered a female and a juvenile and threatened to murder the female.
