June 11, 2018
JUNE 9, 2018 – written by WADE QUEEN
From 12:01 A.M. June 1 thru to 11:59 P.M., June 8, there were at least 104 individuals who were arrested and were brought to be lodged at the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville, Kentucky. Out of those 102 or so, 13 of those arrested were from Lawrence County.
Another 4 Lawrence County residents were arrested elsewhere: 2 in Johnson County, and 2 in Boyd County.
Last weekend there were 357 inmates lodged at Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville; in which the maximum designated capacity for the BSRDC is to hold 225 inmates. That was just under 59% overcapacity, and an all time high for the BSRDC. By sunrise Thursday morning June 7 that number had dropped to 321, and has remained at or near 330 for the past couple of days.
For comparison, the Pike County Detention Center in Pikeville, Kentucky, as of 11 P.M., Saturday night June 8, had 350 inmates booked, in a facility that designated maximum capacity is for 400 inmates. That is at 87.5% capacity.
The names and criminal charges of the latest 13 Lawrence County arrests ( and the 4 out of county arrests) are the following:
Jeremy D. Harmon, 37, of Louisa, was arrested on June 1, 2018, at 10:11 P.M., by a deputy of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
• FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS,
• IMPROPER REGISTRATION PLATE,
• POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE),
• POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA,
• DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS,
• LICENSE TO BE IN POSSESSION.
• FAILURE OF OWNER TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED INSURANCE/SECURITY, 1ST OFFENSE,
Tammy L. Mullett–Stepp, 39, of Louisa, was arrested on June 1, 2018, at 10:30 P.M., by a deputy of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS.
Jason Fitch, 20, of Louisa, was arrested on June 2, 2018, at 5:11 A.M., by a deputy of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
• OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL < 21 YEARS OF AGE .02-.07 BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL
Kelly M. Ratliff, 33, of Louisa, was arrested on June 2, 2018, at 2:48 P.M., by an officer of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with:
• THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION SHOPLIFTING UNDER/$500.
Bethla F. Stump, 36, of Louisa, was arrested on June 3, 2018, at 7:52 P.M., by a trooper of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with:
• NON-PAYMENT OF FINES
Michael R. McMillian, 26, of Kermit, West Virginia; was arrested on June 4, 2018, at 2:48 P.M., by patrolman officer Shane James of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with:
• RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY UNDER $10,000.00,
• POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE).
Devana Lycans, 29, of Fort Gay, West Virginia; was arrested on June 5, 2018, at 11:54 A.M., in the Lawrence County Court, by Court Security Officer Dave Wallen, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
• POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE),
• TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.
Tommy .E Staton, 43, of Pilgrim, Kentucky; was arrested on June 6, 2018, at 7:03 P.M., by a deputy of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
• SPEEDING, 10 MPH OVER LIMIT.
James Robert Isaac, 56, of Louisa, was arrested on June 7, 2018, at 11:50 P.M., by patrolman officer Hunter James of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with:
• OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/ INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/DRUGS/ETC. .08 4TH OR >,
• OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE,
• OPERATING ATV ON ROADWAY,
• POSSESSION OF OPEN ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTAINER IN MOTOR VEHICLE PROHIBITED.
Dustin L. Fyffe, 28, of Blaine, Kentucky; was taken into custody and booked on June 8, 2018, at 12:03 P.M., in the Lawrence County Court, by the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, to serve a guilty plea jail sentence:
• CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER,
• SERVING BENCH WARRANT FOR COURT.
Joshua Q. Cyrus, 43, of Louisa, was arrested on June 8, 2018, at 12:09 P.M., in the Lawrence County Court, by chief deputy Mark Wheeler, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
• CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER,
• RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY (FIREARM),
• MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE, 1ST OFFENSE,
• ASSAULT, 2ND DEGREE,
• INTIMIDATING A PARTICIPANT IN THE LEGAL PROCESS.
Jeffery Kitchen, 44, of Louisa, was taken into custody and booked on June 8, 2018, at 3:21 P.M., in the Lawrence County Court, by the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, to serve a guilty plea jail sentence:
• CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Angela Maynard, 43, of Prestonsburg, Kentucky; was arrested on June 8, 2018, at 4:08 P.M., by a deputy of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
• OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE,
• RECKLESS DRIVING.
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Elizabeth A. Green, 48, of Louisa, was arrested in Boyd County on June 3, 2018, at 7:45 P.M., by a deputy of the Boyd County Sheriff Department,and was charged with:
• THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION SHOPLIFTING UNDER/$500,
• CRIMINAL TRESPASSING-3RD DEGREE,
• POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA,
• DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS.
Green’s bond was set at $1000 full cash only.
Edith Sue Haddix, 49, of Louisa, was arrested in Boyd County on June 3, 2018, at 8:42 P.M., by a deputy of the Boyd County Sheriff Department,and was charged with:
• THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION SHOPLIFTING UNDER/$500,
• CRIMINAL TRESPASSING-3RD DEGREE.
Haddix’s bond was set at $1000 full cash only.
Tony Marcum, 62, of Louisa, was arrested in Martin County on June 6, 2018, at 12:11 A.M., by a deputy of the Martin County Sheriff Department,and was charged with:
• OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/ DRUGS/ETC. .08 – 1ST OFFENSE,
• NO REGISTRATION RECEIPT,
• FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS,
• FAILURE TO ILLUMINATE HEAD LAMPS,
• FAILURE TO PRODUCE INSURANCE CARD,
• REAR LICENSE NOT ILLUMINATED.
Wallace Kazee, 24, of Louisa, was arrested in Martin County on June 6, 2018, at 2:13 A.M., by a deputy of the Martin County Sheriff Department,and was charged with:
• OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/ DRUGS/ETC. .08 – 1ST OFFENSE,
• OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE,
• FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS,
• POSSESSING LICENSE WHEN PRIVILEGES ARE REVOKED