FROM 12:00 A.M., APRIL 1, 2023, THRU TO 11:59 P.M., APRIL 20, 2023, (20 DAYS); AT LEAST 163 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FROM JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, MAGOFFIN, & MARTIN COUNTIES COMBINED, AND WERE BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE, KY., IN JOHNSON COUNTY.
OUT OF THOSE 163 ARRESTS, 30 ARRESTS WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY. ONE OF THE LOCAL ARREST SUBJECTS WAS LATER TAKEN TO BULLITT COUNTY.
ALSO, THERE IS AN ARREST THAT HAS BEEN ADDED THAT WAS MISSED ON THE PREVIOUS ARREST REPORT, THAT WAS FROM THE END OF MARCH; OF A LOUISA MAN WHO HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOUR (4) TIMES FROM MARCH 30 TO APRIL 20.
SEPARATELY. THERE WERE NINE LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS ARRESTED IN OTHER KY. COUNTIES (ONE(1) IN BOYD COUNTY [WHO WAS LATER TAKEN TO GREENUP COUNTY] , ONE (1) IN JOHNSON COUNTY, THREE (3) IN MARTIN COUNTY [ONE OF WHOM WAS LATER TAKEN TO BOYD COUNTY], TWO (2) IN MAGOFFIN COUNTY, ONE (1) IN CASEY COUNTY, AND ONE (1) IN CARTER COUNTY [WHO WAS THEN TAKEN TO ROWAN COUNTY]).
PREVIOUSLY,FROM 12:00 A.M., MARCH 17, 2022, THRU TO 11:59 P.M., MARCH 31, 2022, (15 DAYS); AT LEAST 114 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FROM JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, MAGOFFIN, & MARTIN COUNTIES COMBINED, AND WERE BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE, KY., IN JOHNSON COUNTY. OUT OF THOSE 114 ARRESTS, 17 (NOT 16) ARRESTS WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY. SEPARATELY, THERE WERE FOUR LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS ARRESTED IN OTHER KY. COUNTIES (ONE (1) IN BOYD COUNTY, TWO (2) IN JOHNSON COUNTY, ONE (1) IN MARTIN COUNTY).
HERE ARE THE THIRTY-ONE (31) ARRESTS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, AND ALSO THE NINE (9) LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS OUT OTHER COUNTY ARRESTS, ARE AS THE FOLLOWING:
Cody L. May, 31, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on March 30,2023, at 4:09 P.M., by an officer of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with:
• BURGLARY, 3RD DEGREE.
Jonie M. West, 46, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on April 2, 2023, at 10:38 A.M., by deputy Tyler Laney, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office,& was charged with:
• FALSELY REPORTING AN INCIDENT.
Jerry Childers, 40, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on April 3, 2023, at 1:24 A.M., by trooper Zachary Wright, of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with:
• OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (189A.010(1D) – 1ST OFFENSE,
• FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS,
• FAILURE TO PRODUCE INSURANCE CARD,
• NO REGISTRATION RECEIPT,
• NO TAIL LAMPS.
Jonathan Coleman, 34, of Louisa Kentucky; was arrested on April 3, 2023, at 2:06 P.M.,at the Lawrence County Judicial Center,by court security officer Melody Salyers, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, & was charged with via a bench warrant:
• NO TAIL LAMPS,
• FAILURE TO ILLUMINATE HEADLAMPS,
• AGGRAVATED ASSAULT-4TH DEGREE (OBS),
• OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE.
Lewis H. Pinder, 39, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on April 4, 2023, at 2:22 P.M., by sergeant Steven Wilburn, of the Louisa Police Department, & was charged with:
• THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION SHOPLIFTING,
• POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE),
• POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE 1ST OFFENSE (HEROIN),
• POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA,
• IMPROPER REGISTRATION PLATE,
• DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS,
• FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Tasha M. Grimes-Ramey, 43, of Blaine, Kentucky; was arrested on April 5, 2023, at 11:52 P.M., by a trooper of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with:
• FAILURE TO APPEAR, CITATION FOR MISDEMEANOR.
Jason J. Lindsay, 52, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on April 7,2023,at 2:22 P.M., by detective Hunter James,of the Louisa Police Department, & was charged with via a bench warrant:
• VIOLATION OF A KENTUCKY EPO/DVO,
• FAILURE TO APPEAR (2 SEPARATE CHARGES COUNTS).The court bench warrant for Jason Lindsay was from out of the Bullitt County Circuit Court, in Bullitt County, KY.
Jason Jacob Lindsay was subsequently transported from the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville, KY.,and was booked and lodged in the Bullitt County Detention Center in Shepherdsville, KY., on April 17, 2023, at 3:07 P.M.,
Cody L. May, 31, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on April 7, 2023, at 7:40 P.M., by trooper Jordan Sammons, of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with:
• ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE DATING VIOLENCE (NO VISIBLE INJURY),
• FLEEING OR EVADING POLICE, 2ND DEGREE (ON FOOT),
Franki S. Workman, 24, of Fort Gay, West Virginia; was arrested on April 7, 2023, at 7:52 P.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, & was charged with via a grand jury indictment:
• ENGAGING IN ORGANIZED CRIME.
Lillian Perry, 43, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on April 7, 2023, at 10:05 P.M., by patrolman officer Teddy B.Newsome, of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with:
• PROBATION VIOLATION (FOR FELONY OFFENSE).
Allison Perry, 20, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on April 7,2023, at 10:05 P.M., by patrolman officer Teddy B.Newsome,of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with:
• POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE), • FAILURE TO APPEAR,
• DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS.
George A. Lowe, 42, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on April 8, 2023, at 12:28 P.M., by deputy Tyler Laney,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office,and was charged with:
• VIOLATION OF A KENTUCKY EPO/DVO.
Christmas Rigsby, 37, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on April 8, 2023, at 12:36 P.M.,by deputy Tyler Laney,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with via a grand jury indictment::
• VIOLATION OF A KENTUCKY EPO/DVO.
Anthony D. Ratliff, 19, of Blaine, Kentucky; was arrested on April 9, 2023, at 2:17 P.M.,by deputy Tyler Laney,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with: • RAPE 2ND DEGREE-NO FORCE,
• UNLAWFUL TRANSACTION WITH/MINOR, 1ST OFFENSE – ILLEGAL CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, UNDER/16 YEARS OF AGE,
• TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE,
• DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS • BURGLARY, 2ND DEGREE.
Amber Diane Clements, 38, of Danville, Kentucky; was arrested on April 10, 2023, at 2:59 P.M., by Sheriff Chuck Jackson, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with via a grand jury indictment:
• TRAFFICKING IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE,1ST DEGREE,1ST OFFENSE – (> OR = 2 GRAMS METHAMPHETAMINE),
• PERSISTENT FELONY OFFENDER I (2 SEPARATE CHARGES COUNTS),• PROMOTING CONTRABAND – 1ST DEGREE.
Brandon L. Ferguson, 36, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on April 12, 2023, at 12:19 P.M.,by the Lawrence County Sheriff Office,& was charged with:
•TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE,
• RESISTING ARREST,
• FLEEING OR EVADING POLICE, 1ST DEGREE (MOTOR VEHICLE),
• FLEEING OR EVADING POLICE, 2ND DEGREE (ON FOOT).
Litha I. Robinette, 47, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on April 12, 2023, at 5:27 P.M., by sergeant-chief deputy Mason Keefer, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with:
• ASSAULT, 2ND DEGREE,
• ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) MINOR INJURY.
Terry L. Hensley, 48, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on April 12, 2023, at 9:09 P.M.,by deputy Tyler Laney,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with:
• FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS,
• OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE.
Ronald David Block, 35, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on April 14, 2023, at 8:29 P.M.,by deputy Tyler Laney,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with:
• FUGITIVE FROM ANOTHER STATE – WARRANT REQUIRED.
Paul David-Blake Fitzgerald, 18, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on April 14, 2023, at 11:20 P.M., by patrolman officer Michael Housinger, of the Louisa Police Department,and was charged with:
• ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (NO VISIBLE INJURY).
Angela Lee Vanhoose, 37, of Ulyssess, Kentucky; was arrested on April 16, 2023, at 5:21 A.M.,by deputy Travis Music, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with:
• WANTON ENDANGERMENT-1ST DEGREE,
• RESISTING ARREST.
Cody L. May, 31, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on April 17, 2023, at 10:35 P.M., by patrolman officer Michael Housinger, of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with:
• THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING SHOPLIFTING.
Melissa A. Ward. 38, of Blaine, Kentucky; was arrested on April 18, 2023, at 5:47 P.M.,by the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with: ‘
• OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (189A.010(1D) – 1ST OFFENSE,
• FAILURE TO NOTIFY ADDRESS CHANGE TO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Robert R. Whitt, 42, of Adams, Kentucky; was arrested on April 19, 2023, at 10:52 A.M.,at the Lawrence County Judicial Center,by court security officer Melody Salyers of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with:
• SERVING BENCH WARRANT FOR COURT.
Stephanie N. Chafin, 24, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on April 19, 2023, at 3:09 P.M.,officer Gregory King, of the Kentucky Department of Corrections Division of Probation and Parole, and was charged with: • PROBATION VIOLATION (FOR TECHNICAL VIOLATION),
• POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE)
Mark C. Caudill, 46, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on April 19, 2023, at 4:38 P.M.,at the Lawrence County Judicial Center,by court security officer Melody Salyers, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with:
• SERVING BENCH WARRANT OR COURT.
Karla R. Turner, 24, of Jackson, Kentucky; was arrested on April 19,2023,at 8:08 P.M., by trooper Zachary Wright, of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with:
• FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Amber L. Mitchell, 36, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on April 19, 2023, at 9:57 P.M., by patrolman officer Michael Housinger, of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with:
• VIOLATION OF A KENTUCKY EPO/DVO.
Richard N. Craft, 33, of Salyersville, Kentucky; was arrested on April 20,2023, at 11:46 A.M.,by deputy Tyler Laney, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with:
• DRIVING ON DUI SUSPENDED LICENSE -1ST OFFENSE,
• DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS,
• POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE),
• OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE SUBSTANCE (189A.010(1C) – 2ND OFFENSE.
Cody L. May, 31, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on April 20, 2023, at 5:37 P.M., by patrolman officer Michael Housinger, of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with:
• THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING ALL OTHERS $500 < $1,000.
Christopher C. Castle, 34, of Lowmansville, Kentucky; was arrested on April 20,2023, at 7:31 P.M.,by deputy Travis Music, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with:
• FLAGRANT NON SUPPORT.
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Brandon L. Moran, 36, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested in Carter County, KY. on April 3, 2023, at 6:49 P.M., by an officer of the Grayson Police Department, and was charged with:
- VIOLATION OF A KENTUCKY EPO/DVO.
Brandon Moran was subsequently transported three hours later from the Carter County Detention Center in Grayson, KY., and was booked and lodged in the Rowan County Detention Center in Morehead, KY., at 9:43 P.M., as the EPO/DVO that he was in violation was issued from the Rowan County District Court.
Nathaniel D. Slone, 36, of Lowmansville,Kentucky; was arrested in Magoffin County, KY., on April 6,2023, at 12:39 P.M., by deputy Slone, of the Magoffin County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
- FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Christopher S. Marcum, 40, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested in Martin County, on April 8, 2023,at 10:05 P.M., by trooper Ryan Hale, of the Kentucky State Police Post 9, in Pikeville, KY., and was charged with:
- FAILURE TO APPEAR (2 SEPARATE CHARGES COUNTS).
Robert D. Hammond, 57, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested in Martin County, on April 8, 2023, at 10:36 P.M., by trooper Ryan Hale, of the Kentucky State Police Post 9, in Pikeville, KY., and was charged with:
- FAILURE TO APPEAR (2 SEPARATE CHARGES COUNTS),
- RESISTING ARREST,
- OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE,
- NO REGISTRATION PLATES,
- NO REGISTRATION RECEIPT,
- FAILURE OF OWNER TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED INSURANCE/SECURITY, 1ST OFFENSE,
- FAILURE TO PRODUCE INSURANCE CARD,
- IMPROPER DISPLAY OF REGISTRATION PLATES,
- FAILURE TO SURRENDER REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE,
- POSSESSING LICENSE WHEN PRIVILEGES ARE REVOKED.
Robert Hammond was subsequently transported from the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville, KY., and was booked and lodged in the Boyd County Detention Center in Catlettsburg, KY., on April 11, 2023, at 11:28 A.M., as one of the two of the Failure To Appear charges was issued on a warrant from out of the Boyd County District Court.
Paul W. Tipton, 34, of Louisa,Kentucky; was lodged in the Casey County Detention Center in Liberty, KY., on April 12, 2023, at 11:26 A.M., as a controlled intake, before he is to be transferred to a state prison. having been sentenced for the criminal offenses committed in Lawrence County which were of:
- ATTEMPTED MURDER OF POLICE OFFICER (2 SEPARATE CHARGES COUNTS),
- FLEEING OR EVADING POLICE, 1ST DEGREE (MOTOR VEHICLE),
- ASSAULT 3RD DEGREE-POLICE OFFICER OR PROBATION OFFICER, *CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, 1ST DEGREE.
Betty Jane Vanover, 27, of Louisa,Kentucky; was taken into custody in Boyd County, KY. on April 15, 2023, at 12:37 A.M.,by an officer of the Ashland Police Department, to serve a guilty plea sentence, “weekender”:
• CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/ SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Betty Vanover was subsequently transported from the Boyd Detention Detention Center in Catlettsburg, KY., and was booked and lodged in the Greenup County Detention Center in Greenup, KY., on April 16, 2023, at 3:40 P.M., to serve a guilty plea sentence, “weekender”:
• CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/ SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Jason Maynard, 30, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested in Magoffin County, KY., on April 16, 2023, at 3:30 A.M., by deputy William Tyler Lafferty, of the Magoffin County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
• ENGAGING IN ORGANIZED CRIME,
• FAILURE TO APPEAR, CITATION FOR MISDEMEANOR.
Brian L. Gantt, 34, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested in Martin County, on April 19, 2023, at 1:46 A.M., by deputy David Adams, of the Martin County Sheriff Office, and was charged with:
• CRIMINAL TRESPASSING-2ND DEGREE,
• CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/ SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Brian L. Gantt, 34, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested in Johnson County, on April 19, 2023, at 8:56 P.M., by deputy Jeffrey Castle, of the Johnson County Sheriff Office, and was charged with:
• FUGITIVE FROM ANOTHER STATE – WARRANT REQUIRED.
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