August 25, 2017
AUGUST 24, 2017 – written by WADE QUEEN
ARREST RATES SLOW DOWN IN LAWRENCE COUNTY AND ESPECIALLY IN SURROUNDING COUNTIES, DUE TO THE HIGH NUMBER OF INMATES INCARCERATED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL JAIL (INCLUDING TAKING IN SEVERAL INMATES FROM THE BOYD COUNTY JAIL TO SERVE JAIL PLEA AFTER IT WAS PARTIALLY SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF THE RIOT THE OTHER DAY. THE INMATE COUNT AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE ON FRIDAY MORNING AUGUST 25 AT 2:30 A.M. WAS AT 288. THE MAXIMUM DESIGNATED CAPACITY OF THE BSRDC IS 225 INMATES.
IN THE PAST SEVEN DAYS FROM 12:01 A.M. AUGUST 18 THRU 11:59 P.M. AUGUST 24; OUT OF THE AT LEAST 77 INMATES BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE , 13 OF THEM WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY. PLUS ANOTHER FOUR LAWRENCE RESIDENTS WERE BOOKED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS (3 IN MARTIN COUNTY, AND 1 IN CAMPBELL COUNTY).
THAT IS COMPARED BEFORE THAT TO THE PREVIOUS PERIOD OF EIGHT+ DAYS FROM 9:45 P.M. AUGUST 10 THRU 11:59 P.M. AUGUST 17; OUT OF THE AT LEAST 116 INMATES BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE , 18 OF THEM WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY. PLUS ANOTHER FOUR LAWRENCE RESIDENTS WERE BOOKED NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS ( 2 IN BOYD COUNTY, ONE IN JOHNSON COUNTY, AND 1 IN MARTIN COUNTY).
HERE ARE THE LATEST 13 ARRESTS FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY ( AND THE 4 LAWRENCE COUNTY CITIZENS OUT OF COUNTY ARRESTS ) LISTED BELOW:
Tyler L. Branham, 33, of Bowling Green, Kentucky; was booked on August 18, 2017, at 3:54 A.M., after being taken into custody by deputy Dwayne Bowen of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, to serve a guilty plea jail sentence: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Jasmine Mullins, 20, of Louisa, was arrested on August 18, 2017, at 5:30 P.M., by an officer of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged, with: • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE).
Heather S. Savage, 40, of Fort Gay, West Virginia; was arrested on August 19, 2017, at 4:30 P.M., by a deputy of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged, with: • THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION SHOPLIFTING UNDER/$500.
Carl Bowen, 47, of Dunlow, West Virginia; was arrested on August 19, 2017, at 7:27 P.M., by patrolman officer Hunter James of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER, • BURGLARY, 3RD DEGREE.
Segar Adkins, 19, of Louisa, was arrested on August 20, 2017, at 1:13 A.M., by a deputy of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged, with: • RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY UNDER/$500.
Charles Thompson, 26, of Fredericktown, Ohio; was arrested on August 20, 2017, at 1:15 A.M., by patrolman officer Julius Musick of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • FLEEING OR EVADING POLICE, 2ND DEGREE (ON FOOT), • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/DRUGS/ETC. .08 (AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES) 1ST OFFENSE, • DISREGARDING TRAFFIC CONTROLLED DEVICE-TRAFFIC LIGHT, • RECKLESS DRIVING.
Donnie K. Harris, 36, of Ulysses, Kentucky; was arrested on August 20, 2017, at 2:39 P.M., by patrolman officer Hunter James of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR.
William Arthur Cassady, 28, of Fort Gay, West Virginia; was arrested on August 20, 2017, at 9:25 P.M., by patrolman officer Julius Musick of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/DRUGS/ETC. .08 – 1ST OFFENSE, • FAILURE TO PRODUCE INSURANCE CARD, • NO OTHER STATE REGISTRATION RECEIPT, • NO REGISTRATION PLATES, • RECKLESS DRIVING, • FAILURE TO OR IMPROPER SIGNAL.
Tammy N. Akers, 35, of Fort Gay, West Virginia; was booked on August 21, 2017, at 2:19 P.M., after being taken into custody by an officer of the Lawrence County Jail Transport, to serve a guilty plea jail sentence: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Kristen L. Jude, 34, of Huntington, West Virginia; was arrested on August 23, 2017, at 4:14 A.M., by deputy Mack Wilhite of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • FALSELY REPORTING AN INCIDENT, • CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 3RD DEGREE, • OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE, • FAILURE OF OWNER TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED INSURANCE/SECURITY, 2ND OFFENSE.
Clarence Childers, 46, of Louisa, was arrested on August 23, 2017, at 4:17 A.M., by deputy Mack Wilhite of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • FLEEING OR EVADING POLICE, 1ST DEGREE (MOTOR VEHICLE), • FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS, • FAILURE OF NON-OWNER OPERATOR TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED INSURANCE/SECURITY, 1ST OFFENSE, • NO REGISTRATION PLATES, • DRIVING ON DUI SUSPENDED LICENSE -1ST OFFENSE, • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/DRUGS/ETC. .08 (AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES) 1ST OFFENSE.
Kimberly Maynard, 19, of Kermit, West Virginia; was arrested on August 23, 2017, at 4:18 P.M., by Chief Greg Fugitt of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged, with: • THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION SHOPLIFTING UNDER/$500.
Rachel Zimmerman, 43, of Fort Gay, West Virginia; was arrested on August 23, 2017, at 4:21 P.M., by sergeant Ed Cordle of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged, with: • THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION SHOPLIFTING UNDER/$500, • PRESCRIPTION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE NOT PROPER CONTAINER 1ST OFFENSE.
Sandra Wells, 28, of Lomansville, Kentucky; was arrested on August 20, 2017, at 7:19 A.M., by a deputy of the Martin County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE, (METHAMPHETAMINE), • DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS, • TRAFFICKING IN MARIJUANA ( LESS THAN 8 OZ.) 1ST OFFENSE, • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE 1ST OFFENSE (DRUG UNSPECIFIED).
Jimmy Castle, 40, of Lomansville, Kentucky; was arrested on August 20, 2017, at 7:20 A.M., by Sheriff John H. Kirk of the Martin County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • NO REGISTRATION PLATES, • LICENSE TO BE IN POSSESSION , • TRAFFICKING IN MARIJUANA ( LESS THAN 8 OZ.) 1ST OFFENSE, • DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS.
Victoria Lynn Peasley, 28, of Louisa, was arrested on August 20, 2017, at 8:41 A.M., by deputy Adams of the Martin County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • NO REGISTRATION PLATES, • NO REGISTRATION RECEIPT, • OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE, • SERVING BENCH WARRANT FOR COURT.
Kristopher Dallas Rowe, 38, of Louisa, turned himself in on August 20, 2017, at 10:44 P.M., to the Campbell County Detention Center, in the city Newport in Campbell County, Kentucky, and was charged with: • RAPE, 3RD DEGREE (VIOLENT CRIME) (SEX CRIME), • SODOMY, 3RD DEGREE (VIOLENT CRIME) (SEX CRIME).
