JULY 15, 2022 – written by WADE QUEEN
FROM 12:00 A.M., JULY 1, 2022,THRU TO 11:59 P.M., JULY 14, 2022, (14 DAYS); AT LEAST 98 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FROM JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, MAGOFFIN, & MARTIN COUNTIES COMBINED, & WERE BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE, KY., IN JOHNSON COUNTY.
OUT OF THOSE 98 ARRESTS, 17 ARRESTS WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY.
SEPARATELY, THREE (3) LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN OTHER COUNTIES JURISDICTIONS (ONE (1)) IN MARTIN COUNTY; ONE (1) IN CARTER COUNTY; & ONE (1) WAS IN MAGOFFIN COUNTY).
PREVIOUSLY, FROM 12:00 A.M., JUNE 20,2022,THRU TO 11:59 P.M.,JUNE 30,2022, (11 DAYS); AT LEAST 67 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 67 ARRESTS,16 ARRESTS WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY.
SEPARATELY, THREE (3) LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN OTHER COUNTIES JURISDICTIONS (ONE (1)) IN MARTIN COUNTY; & TWO (2) WAS IN JOHNSON COUNTY).
HERE ARE THE LATEST SEVENTEEN (17) ARRESTS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, ALONG WITH THE THREE (3) LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENT ARRESTED OUTSIDE LAWRENCE COUNTY, ARE AS THE FOLLOWING:

Everetta Toppins, 45, of Barboursville, West Virginia; was arrested on July 2, 2022, at 3:46 P.M.,by deputy Julius Musick, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, & was charged with:
• OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL .08 (189A.010(1A) – 1ST OFFENSE.

Carrie L. Cothron, 45, of Ashland, Kentucky; was arrested on July 2, 2022, at 5:15 P.M., by trooper William Galloway,of the Kentucky State Police, & was charged with:
- FAILURE TO APPEAR, CITATION FOR MISDEMEANOR.

Devon Perry, 25,of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on July 3,2022,at 11:36 P.M.,by deputy Tyler Laney, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department,& was charged with:
• OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER /INFLUENCE ALCOHOL .08 (189A.010(1A) – 1ST OFFENSE.

Jeffrey A. Looney, 25, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on July 3, 2022, at 11:36 P.M.,by deputy Tyler Laney, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, & was charged with:
• VIOLATION OF A KENTUCKY EPO/DVO, • FAILURE TO APPEAR.

Ashley Maynard, 32, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on July 6, 2022, at 3:31 P.M., by officer Amber Cross, of the Kentucky Department of Corrections Division of Probation and Parole, and was charged with:
• PROBATION VIOLATION (TECHNICAL VIOLATION).
Ashley Maynard was subsequently also charged at her probation meeting by chief deputy sergeant Mason Keefer,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department,& was charged with:
- POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE)

Brian K. Staniford, 4 9, of Paintsville, Kentucky; was arrested on July 6, 2022, at 3:55 P.M.,by chief deputy sergeant Mason Keefer, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department,& was charged with:
• INADEQUATE SILENCER (MUFFLER),
• FAILURE OF OWNER TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED INSURANCE/ SECURITY, 2ND OFFENSE,
• OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATING LICENSE,• FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS,
• SERVING BENCH WARRANT FOR COURT,
• THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION ALL OTHERS $500 OR MORE BUT UNDER/$10,000.

Leslie Scott Triplett, 47, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on July 6,2022, at 4:58 P.M.,by deputy Tyler Laney,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department,& was charged with:
• MENACING,
• TERRORISTIC THREATENING, 3RD DEGREE.

Adam Howell, 47, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 6, 2022,at 8:25 P.M.,by patrolman officer Teddy B. Newsome, of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with:
• ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) MINOR INJURY.

Kristopher J. Miller, 21, of Calhoun,Kentucky;was arrested on July 7, 2022,at 5:56 A.M.,by an officer of the Louisa Police Department,& was charged with:
• ALCOHOL INTOXICATION IN A PUBLIC PLACE (1ST & 2ND OFFENSE)

Cassandra Whitt, 30, of Kermit,West Virginia;was arrested on July 7, 2022,at 2:41 P.M.,by an officer of the Louisa Police Department,was charged with:
• FAILURE TO APPEAR, CITATION FOR MISDEMEANOR. The Failure to Appear warrant for Cassandra Whitt was from out of Pike County, KY. Cassandra Whitt was subsequently transferred from the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville, KY. in Johnson County, to the Pike County Detention Center in Pikeville, KY.,and was booked on July 7, 2022, at 7:09 P.M., and her bond was set at $500 full cash only.

Brianna S. Diamond, 36, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 8, 2022, at 8:46 P.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department,& was charged with:
• FAILURE TO APPEAR,
• TRAFFICKING IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 1ST DEGREE, 2ND OR > OFFENSE – ( < 2 GRAMS METHAMPHETAMINE).

David Isaih Hatfield, 39, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; was arrested on July 9, 2022, at 11:55 A.M., by patrolman officer Greg Powers. of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with:
• MENACING,
• RESISTING ARREST,
• PUBLIC INTOXICATION-CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (EXCLUDES ALCOHOL).

Cody Layne Maynard, 19, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 11, 2022, at 6:15 P.M., by trooper Tyler Daniels, of the Kentucky State Police,& was charged with:
• NON-PAYMENT OF COURT COSTS, FEES OR FINES.

James D. Lewis II, 42, of Wittensville, Kentucky; was arrested on July 12, 2022, at 9:18 P.M.,by sergeant Steven Wilburn, of the Louisa Police Department,& was charged with:
• PROBATION VIOLATION (FOR FELONY OFFENSE).

Nicole R. Jude, 35, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on July 13, 2022, at 12:03 P.M., by the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
• THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION SHOPLIFTING UNDER/$500.

Leslie Rae Kouns, 45, of Ashland, Kentucky; was arrested on July 14, 2022, at 12:07 A.M., by the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
• FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS,
• OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE,
• FAILURE TO APPEAR

Jasmine Mullins, 35, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on July 14, 2022, at 1:01 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 grand jury indictment warrant:
• RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY $10,000 OR MORE,
• POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 1ST DEGREE, 2ND OFFENSE – DRUG UNSPECIFIED.
The grand jury indictment of Jasmine Mullins was from Boyd County, Kentucky; with both of the above charges stemming from the arrest of Jasmine Mullins by the Ashland Police Department on June 14, 2020.
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Micheal Harmon, 32, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested in Martin County,on July 2, 2022, at 12:13 A.M., by deputy John C. Kirk, of the Martin County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
- POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE),
- SERVING TWO BENCH WARRANTS FOR COURT.

Ricky Cook, 39, of Martha,Kentucky; was arrested in Magoffin County, on July 3,2022, at 7:19 P.M., by the Magoffin County Sheriff Department, & was charged with:
• INADEQUATE SILENCER (MUFFLER),
• OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE,
• SERVING TWO BENCH WARRANTS FOR COURT.

Rae Ann Jackson, 42, of Webbville, Kentucky; was arrested in Carter County, on July 11, 2022, at 2:25 P.M., by the Carter County Sheriff Department, and was charged with:
• FAILURE TO APPEAR.