LOOKOUT! GRANDMA’S GOT A GUN!
ELDERLY LAWRENCE COUNTY, KENTUCKY WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER POINTING LOADED GUN AT HER FAMILY MEMBERS AFTER HEATED DOMESTIC VERBAL ARGUMENT
UNHAPPY SENIOR CITIZEN STATED TO DEPUTY SHE WAS NOT THREATENED OR ASSAULTED; SHE JUST GOT ANGRY AFTER REPEATEDLY ASKING EVERYONE TO LEAVE HER HOME
APRIL 10, 2024 – written by WADE QUEEN
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LOOKOUT! GRANDMA’S GOT A GUN!ELDERLY LAWRENCE COUNTY, KENTUCKY WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER POINTING LOADED GUN AT HER FAMILY MEMBERS AFTER HEATED DOMESTIC VERBAL ARGUMENTUNHAPPY SENIOR CITIZEN STATED TO DEPUTY SHE WAS NOT THREATENED OR ASSAULTED; SHE JUST GOT ANGRY AFTER REPEATEDLY ASKING EVERYONE TO LEAVE HER HOME
GUN-TOTING GRANNY: MAXINE MARCUM, 77, OF BLAINE, KENTUCKY; WAS ARRESTED AT HER HOME ON THURSDAY, APRIL 4, AFTER SHE POINTED A LOADED FIREARM AT HER SON AND HIS WIFE, HER GRANDDAUGHTER AND GRANDSON, ALONG WITH AN UNRELATED FEMALE JUVENILE, AFTER A DOMESTIC VERBAL CONFRONTATION ESCALATED INTO A DANGEROUS SITUATION.
An elderly Lawrence County woman was arrested last week after a domestic dispute with her family got out of hand dangerously when she began waving a loaded gun at her close kin and others.
According to the arrest report citation, on Thursday, April 4, at 1:24 A.M., Lawrence County Sheriff Office deputy Joseph Osborne responded to a residence on Wintergreen Drive in Blaine, KY., in reference to a woman, who was identified as Maxine Marcum, 77, of Blaine, pointing a firearm at multiple individuals inside of the residence.
When deputy Osborne arrived on the scene, he made contact with Maxine Marcum, who stated to deputy Osborne that she wanted her son and his wife to leave her residence. When deputy Osborne spoke with Maxine Marcum’s daughter-in-law, who stated that they had been arguing about her juvenile daughter turning the TV on late at night.
The woman stated to deputy Osborne that Maxine Marcum became angry and pulled a firearm out and began pointing it at them. When deputy Osborne asked Maxine Marcum about this, she stated that she pulled the gun out because she wanted them to leave. She stated to me that she had not been threatened or physically assaulted by anyone in the home, but was simply angry, because they would not leave the residence.
Deputy Osborne spoke with Maxine Marcum’s grandson, as well as her granddaughter, and also an unrelated juvenile female, who all stated to deputy Osborne that she was waving the gun in the living room, while there were multiple people in the living room with her.
Deputy Osborne located the firearm that Maxine Marcum had pointed at her family, and he was able to confirm that the gun was loaded.
Maxine Marcum was arrested by deputy Osborne, and she was charged with five (5) counts of:
* WANTON ENDANGERMENT-1ST DEGREE.
Maxine Marcum was transported to and booked at the Big Sandy Regional Center in Paintsville in Johnson County. Maxine Marcum later on the same day posted her bond, and was released from the jail.
