LAWRENCE COUNTY ARREST LIST – JULY 14-31, 2021
AUGUST 18, 2021 – written by WADE QUEEN
FROM 12:00 A.M. JULY 14, THRU TO 11:59 P.M. JULY 31, 2021 (18 DAYS),AT LEAST 183 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FROM JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, MAGOFFIN, AND MARTIN COUNTIES COMBINED,AND WERE BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE.
OUT OF THOSE 183 ARRESTS, 35 ARRESTS WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY.
SEPARATELY, 6 LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN OTHER KENTUCKY COUNTY JURISDICTIONS (4 IN JOHNSON COUNTY, AND 2 IN PIKE COUNTY).
PREVIOUSLY, FROM 12:00 A.M. JULY 1, THRU TO 11:59 P.M. JULY 13, 2021 (13 DAYS), AT LEAST 123 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FROM JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, MAGOFFIN, AND MARTIN COUNTIES COMBINED,AND WERE BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE. OUT OF THOSE 121 ARRESTS, 23 ARRESTS WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY. SEPARATELY, 6 LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN OTHER KENTUCKY COUNTY JURISDICTIONS (3 IN JOHNSON COUNTY, 1 IN CARTER COUNTY, 1 IN GREENUP COUNTY, AND 1 IN TODD COUNTY).
HERE ARE THE LATEST THIRTY-FIVE (35) ARRESTS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, ALONG WITH THE SIX (6) ARRESTED IN JOHNSON COUNTY, AND PIKE COUNTY, ARE AS THE FOLLOWING:
Nicholas R. Pack, 25, of Kermit, West Virginia; was arrested on July 14, 2021, at 11:10 P.M., by deputy Everett Chase Kirk, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • NO REGISTRATION PLATES, • FAILURE TO REGISTER TRANSFER OF MOTOR VEHICLE, • IMPROPER DISPLAY OF REGISTRATION PLATES, • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE SUBSTANCE (189A.010(1C) – 1ST OFFENSE.
Jeffery A Harper, 50, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 15, 2021, at 8:46 P.M., by deputy Everett Chase Kirk, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with via an execution of a grand jury indictment: • TRAFFICKING IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE – (> OR = 2 GRAMS METHAMPHETAMINE); and at 10:30 P.M. and was charged with: • ENGAGING IN ORGANIZED CRIME.
Timothy S. Harper, 20, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 15, 2021, at 10:30 P.M., by deputy Everett Chase Kirk, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • ENGAGING IN ORGANIZED CRIME.
James M. Kise, 53, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 15, 2021, at 10:30 P.M., by deputy Everett Chase Kirk, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • ENGAGING IN ORGANIZED CRIME.
Heather S. Savage, 44, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 15, 2021, at 10:30 P.M., by deputy Everett Chase Kirk, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • ENGAGING IN ORGANIZED CRIME, • PERSISTENT FELONY OFFENDER I.
April Ann Harper, 37, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on July 15,2021, at 10:30 P.M., by deputy Everett Chase Kirk, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • ENGAGING IN ORGANIZED CRIME, • POSSESSION OF HANDGUN BY CONVICTED FELON, • PERSISTENT FELONY OFFENDER I, • PROMOTING CONTRABAND – 1ST DEGREE.
Amy R. Gantt, 32, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 16, 2021, at 7:30 P.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • FRAUDULENT USE CREDIT CARD UNDER/$500 WITHIN/6 MONTH PERIOD.
Christopher R. Mollette, 45, of Louisville, Kentucky; was arrested on July 17, 2021, at 7:37 P.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • SERVING PAROLE VIOLATION WARRANT, • TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE).
Kayla Nunn, 41, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 18, 2021, at 8:48 P.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department,and was charged with: • ASSAULT, 2ND DEGREE – DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
Nathaniel M. Pack, 37, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on July 19,2021,at 1:31 A.M., by the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • CRIMINAL TRESPASSING-1ST DEGREE.
James M. West, 57, of Louisa,Kentucky;was arrested on July 19,2021,at 11:30 A.M., by deputy Dwayne Bowen,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with via a grand jury indictment: • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE 1ST OFFENSE (DRUG UNSPECIFIED).
Robert Gillespie, 49, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 20, 2021, at 1:31 A.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with via a grand jury indictment: • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE 1ST OFFENSE (DRUG UNSPECIFIED), • DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS..
Billy Turner, 29, of Fallsburg, Kentucky; was arrested on July 20, 2021,at 3:38 P.M., by trooper Traci Nelson, of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with: • ROBBERY, 2ND DEGREE.
Brandon Marcum,27,of Louisa,Kentucky;was arrested on July 21,2021,at 4:08 A.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • FRAUDULENT USE CREDIT CARD UNDER/$500 WITHIN/6 MONTH PERIOD.
Marion Marcum, 35, of Inez, Kentucky; was arrested at the Lawrence County Judicial Center, on July 21, 2021, at 8:30 A.M., by court security officer Melody Salyers, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with, via a grand jury indictment: • ASSAULT, 2ND DEGREE.
Andrew Douglas Blevins, 30, of La Grange, Kentucky; was taken into custody on July 21,2021, at 12:23 P.M., by the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, to serve a guilty plea jail sentence: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Ale R. Keith, 47, of Mallie, Kentucky; was taken into custody on July 21,2021, at 12:37 P.M., by the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, to serve a guilty plea jail sentence: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Matthew Russell, 31, of Louisa,Kentucky;was arrested on July 21,2021,at 8:21 P.M., by deputy Everett Chase Kirk,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department,&was charged with: • FUGITIVE FROM ANOTHER STATE – WARRANT REQUIRED. The fugitive warrant was signed by Matthew Deerfield, prosecuting attorney for Wayne County, West Virginia.
Sammy Cooper, 36, of Prichard, West Virginia; was arrested on July 21, 2021,at 10:59 P.M.,by deputy Everett Chase Kirk,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, & was charged with: • IMPROPER REGISTRATION PLATE, • NO REGISTRATION PLATES, • NO OTHER STATE REGISTRATION RECEIPT, • OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE, • FAILURE OF OWNER TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED INSURANCE/ SECURITY, 1ST OFFENSE, • TRAFFICKING IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE – (> OR = 2 GRAMS METHAMPHETAMINE), • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE), • DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS, • FAILURE TO REGISTER TRANSFER OF MOTOR VEHICLE.
Leann Dent, 35, of Kermit,West Virginia; was arrested on July 22,2021,at 1:12 A.M.,by deputy Joseph Osborne,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER (3 SEPARATE CHARGES COUNTS), • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE), • DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS, • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 3RD DEGREE – DRUG UNSPECIFIED.
Danny J. Messer,45,of Kermit,West Virginia;was arrested on July 22,2021,at 1:12 A.M., by patrolman officer Micharl Housinger,of the Louisa PoliceDepartment, and was charged with: • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE), • NO REGISTRATION RECEIPT, • NO REGISTRATION PLATES.
Jamie Walter Boyd, 37, of Louisa, Kentucky; was served a bench warrant at the Lawrence County Judicial Center, on July 22, 2021, at 8:30 A.M., by court security officer Melody Salyers, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with, via a bench warrant: • RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY UNDER/$10,000. Jamie Walter Boyd has been incarcerated at the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville since June 16, after he was originally arrested on charges in Martin County by deputy Lauren O’Bryan, of the Martin County Sheriff Department.
Rebecca Clark, 42, of Prestonsburg, Kentucky; was served a bench warrant at the Lawrence County Judicial Center, on July 22, 2021, at 9:00 A.M., by court security officer Melody Salyers, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with, via a bench warrant: • GIVING OFFICER FALSE IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, • FLEEING OR EVADING POLICE, 2ND DEGREE (ON FOOT). Rebecca Clark has been incarcerated at the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville since July 2, after she was originally arrested on charges in Floyd County on April 18, 2021, by the Floyd County Sheriff Department, and then later brought to the BSRDC on July 2.
James D. Keaton, 33, of Webbville, Kentucky; was served a bench warrant at the Lawrence County Judicial Center, on July 22, 2021, at 9:30 A.M., by court security officer Melody Salyers, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with, via a bench warrant: • FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS, • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOLDRUGS/ETC. .08 – 2ND OFFENSE, • FAILURE OF OWNER TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED INSURANCE/SECURITY, 1ST OFFENSE. • OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATORS LICENSE. James D. Keaton has been incarcerated at the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville since May 5, after he was originally arrested by deputy Everett Chase Kirk, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, on separate charges of: • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (189A.010(1D) – 4TH OR > OFFENSE (AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES) • FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS.
Robert L. Wiley, 53, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 22, 2021,at 11:21 P.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • REAR LICENSE NOT ILLUMINATED, • IMPROPER REGISTRATION PLATE, • FAILURE TO REGISTER TRANSFER OF MOTOR VEHICLE, • FAILURE OF OWNER TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED INSURANCE/SECURITY, 1ST OFFENSE, • NO OPERATORS-MOPED LICENSE, • OBSTRUCTED VISION AND/OR WINDSHIELD, • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE), • TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.
Elouise Scott, 38, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 23, 2021,at 12:12 P.M., by an officer of the Louisa PoliceDepartment, and was charged with: • CRIMINAL TRESPASSING-2ND DEGREE.
George E. Moore, 54, of Louisa, Kentucky; was served arrested and served two bench warrants at the Lawrence County Judicial Center, on July 27, 2021, at 9:03 A.M., by court security officer Melody Salyers, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with, via a grand jury indictment: • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 2ND DEGREE – DRUG UNSPECIFIED, • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE 1ST OFFENSE (DRUG UNSPECIFIED), • DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS; & was also charged via an E-warrant: • CONTEMPT OF COURT, • NO REGISTRATION PLATE, • NO REGISTRATION RECEIPT, • FAILURE OF NON-OWNER TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED INSURANCE/SECURITY, 1ST OFFENSE • REAR LICENSE NOT ILLUMINATED.
William R. Blackburn, 33, of Painstville, Kentucky; was arrested on July 27, 2021, at 11:25 P.M., by an officer of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Gene E. Gartin, 51, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 28, 2021, at 10:53 P.M., by an officer of the Louisa PoliceDepartment, and was charged with: • BURGLARY, 3RD DEGREE, • POSSESSION OF BURGLARY TOOLS.
Larry Fluty, 45, of Louisa,Kentucky; was served arrested and served a bench warrant at the Lawrence County Judicial Center, on July 28, 2021, at 10:24 A.M., by court security officer Melody Salyers, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with, via a grand jury indictment: • THEFT BY DECEPTION INCLUDE COLD CHECKS UNDER/$%500.
Tonya Hensley, 44, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on July 28, 2021, at 1:41 P.M., by an officer of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE 1ST 0FFENSE (DRUG UNSPECIFIED), • DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS.
William Blackburn Jr., 37, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 28, 2021,at 12:35 P.M., by deputy Dwayne Bowen, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION CONTENTS FROM VEHICLE UNDER $500.
Princess L. Lyons, 39, of Lowmansville, Kentucky; was arrested on July 28, 2021,at 8:08 P.M., by the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, & was charged with: • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/SUBSTANCE (189A.010(1E) – 1ST OFFENSE.
Hunter B. Hale, 19, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on July 29, 2021,at 6:45 P.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with via a grand jury indictment: • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE), • FAILURE TO OR IMPROPER SIGNAL.
Paul J. Jones, 42, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 30, 2021,at 3:57 P.M., by Sheriff Chuck Jackson, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with via a bench warrant: • PUBLIC INTOXICATION-CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (EXCLUDES ALCOHOL), • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 3RD DEGREE – DRUG UNSPECIFIED, • DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS, • PROBATION VIOLATION (FOR MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE).
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Aaron Thomas Rigsby, 30, of Martha, Kentucky; was arrested in Johnson County on July 23, 2021, at 5:29 P.M., by an officer of the Paintsville Police Department, and was charged with: • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/ SUBSTANCE (189A.010(1E) – 1ST OFFENSE, • ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (NO VISIBLE INJURY), • RESISTING ARREST.
Virgil M. Fitzpatrick, 42, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested in Pike County on July 23, 2021, at 5:29 P.M., by an officer of the Pikeville Police Department, and was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR. Virgil Fitzpatrick bond was set at $200 full cash by Pike County District Judge, Robert F. Wright.
Seth G. Frank, 33, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested in Johnson County on July 26, 2021, at 9:55 A.M., by the Johnson County Sheriff Department, and was charged with via a Lawrence County grand jury indictment: • ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A MINOR, • THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION AUTO – $500 OR MORE BUT UNDER/$10,000.
Christina Moore-Mills, 34, of Lomansville, Kentucky; was arrested in Johnson County on July 27, 2021, at 1:10 A.M., by an officer of the Paintsville Police Department, and was charged with: • PUBLIC INTOXICATION-CONTROLLED SUB(EXCLUDES ALCOHOL), • DISORDERLY CONDUCT, 2ND DEGREE, • CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 3RD DEGREE.
Benjamin Jay Tackett, 46, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested in Pike County on July 27, 2021, at 1:10 P.M.,by a trooper of the Kentucky State Police-Post 9,Pikeville, Ky.,& was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR. Benjamin Jay Tackett bond was set at $1000 full cash by Floyd County District Judge, Jimmy R. Marcum.
Christina Moore-Mills, 30, of Lomansville, Kentucky; was arrested in Johnson County on July 28, 2021, at 3:57 A.M., by an officer of the Paintsville Police Department, and was charged with: • DISORDERLY CONDUCT, 2ND DEGREE, • GIVING OFFICER FALSE IDENTIFYING INFORMATION.
