FROM 12:00 A.M.,OCTOBER 1, 2023, THRU TO 11:59 P.M., OCTOBER 15, 2023, (15 DAYS); AT LEAST 136 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FROM JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, MAGOFFIN, & MARTIN COUNTIES, & OTHER COUNTIES COMBINED, AND WERE BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE, KY., IN JOHNSON COUNTY.
OUT OF THOSE 136 ARRESTS, 19 ARRESTS WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY.
SEPARATELY, THERE WERE TWO (2) LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS ARRESTED IN OTHER KY. COUNTIES: ONE (1) IN MARTIN COUNTY, AND ONE (1) IN BULLITT COUNTY).
PREVIOUSLY; FROM 12:00 A.M.,SEPTEMBER 1, 2023, THRU TO 11:59 P.M., SEPTEMBER 15, 2023, (15 DAYS); AT LEAST 125 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FROM JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, MAGOFFIN, & MARTIN COUNTIES, & OTHER COUNTIES COMBINED, AND WERE BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE, KY., IN JOHNSON COUNTY. OUT OF THOSE 125 ARRESTS, 21 ARRESTS WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY. SEPARATELY, THERE WERE FOUR (4) LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS ARRESTED IN OTHER KY. COUNTIES: (THREE (3) IN MARTIN COUNTY, AND ONE (1) IN JOHNSON COUNTY).
THE NUMBER OF INMATES THAT WERE BEING HOUSED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE, KY, IN JOHNSON COUNTY, ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, AT 2:00 A.M., WAS 209. THE MAXIMUM DESIGNATED CAPACITY OF THE BSRDC FACILITY IS 225.
HERE ARE THE NINETEEN (19) ARRESTS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, AND THE TWO (2) LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS OUT OTHER COUNTY ARRESTS, ARE AS THE FOLLOWING:
Garland Mills, 72, of Pilgrim,Kentucky; was arrested on October 1, 2023, at 11:26 P.M., by deputy Travis Music, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with: • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/SUBSTANCE (189A.010(1E) – 1ST OFFENSE.
Clarence Childers Jr., 52, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on October 2, 2023, at 5:40 P.M., by the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with: • TRAFFICKING IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE – ( < 2 GRAMS METHAMPHETAMINE), • PERSISTENT FELONY OFFENDER I.
Christmas Rigsby, 37, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on October 3, 2023, at 6:30 P.M., by trooper Salyers, of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR (2 SEPARATE CHARGES COUNTS).
Elouise Scott, 40, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on October 4, 2023, at 12:02 P.M., by sergeant Steven Wilburn, of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • MENACING, • TERRORISTIC THREATENING, 3RD DEGREE, • DISORDERLY CONDUCT, 2ND DEGREE.
Cody Rose, 31, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on October 7,2023, at 2:33 P.M., by deputy Tyler Laney, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with: • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE SUBSTANCE (189A.010(1C) – 1ST OFFENSE, • FAILURE TO PRODUCE INSURANCE CARD, • IMPROPER REGISTRATION PLATE, • FAILURE TO REGISTER TRANSFER OF MOTOR VEHICLE.
Garland O. Shortridge, 51, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on October 7, 2023, at 8:05 P.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with: • PUBLIC INTOXICATION-CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (EXCLUDES ALCOHOL), • DISORDERLY CONDUCT, 2ND DEGREE, • MENACING.
Michael A. Wilks, 51, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on October 9, 2023, at 11:01 A.M., by chief deputy-sergeant Mason Keefer, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with: • BURGLARY, 2ND DEGREE, • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 3RD DEGREE – DRUG UNSPECIFIED, •MENACING.
Sandra Leigh Perry, 45, of Louisa, Kentucky;was arrested on October 9, 2023, at 11:03 A.M.,at the Lawrence County Judicial Center,by court security officer Melody Salyers, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with via a grand jury indictment: • THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION ALL OTHERS $1,000 < $10,000.
William Wilson Chafin, 35, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on October 11, 2023, at 2:09 A.M., by patrolman Teddy B. Newsome, of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR, CITATION FOR MISDEMEANOR (2 SEPARATE CHARGES COUNTS).
Jimmy Dale Maynard, 44, of Warfield, Kentucky;was arrested on October 12, 2023, at 12:53 P.M.,at the Lawrence County Judicial Center,by court security officer Melody Salyers, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with via a grand jury indictment: • SERVING THREE BENCH WARRANTS FOR COURT.
Dawson Deskins, 20, of New Port Richey, Florida; was arrested on October 13, 2023, at 11:53 A.M., by trooper Austin Castle, of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with: • FUGITIVE FROM ANOTHER STATE – WARRANT REQUIRED.
Joseph Whitt, 45, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on October 13, 2023, at 1:03 P.M., by deputy Tyler Laney, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with: • ASSAULT, 4TTH DEGREE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) NO VISIBLE INJURY.
Priscilla Whitt, 39, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on October 13, 2023, at 1:06 P.M., by patrolwoman Shelby Taylor, of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) NO VISIBLE INJURY.
Jessica D. Fletcher-Fitch, 34, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on October 13, 2023, at 9:20 P.M., by deputy Travis Music, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with: • ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) NO VISIBLE INJURY.
Brandon Fitch, 34, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on October 13, 2023, at 9:28 P.M., by deputy Travis Music, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with: • ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) NO VISIBLE INJURY.
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Ashley Dawn Cox, 35, of Olive Hill, Kentucky; was arrested on October 13, 2023, at the Lawrence County Judicial Center,by court security officer Melody Salyers, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with via a court bench warrant: • SERVING BENCH WARRANT FOR COURT.
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Summer G. Zornes, 20, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on October 13, 2023, by deputy Tyler Laney, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with: • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE – (HEROIN), • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE – (METHAMPHETAMINE).
Owen H. Spaulding, 19, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on October 14, 2023, at 11:51 A.M., by deputy Tyler Laney, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with: • ASSAULT, 2ND DEGREE – DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
Landon Lewis, 22, of Sandy Hook, Kentucky; was arrested on October 13, 2023, at 3:56 A.M., by trooper Zachary Wright, of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with: • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL .08 (189A.010(1A) – 1ST OFFENSE, • FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS, • NO REGISTRATION RECEIPT, • FAILURE TO PRODUCE INSURANCE CARD, • INADEQUATE SILENCER (MUFFLER), • DRIVING MOTOR VEHICLE USING HAND-HELD MOBILE TELEPHONE.
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Charles Graham, 40, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested in Bullitt County on October 4, 2023, at 12:11 A.M., by an officer of the Shepherdsville Police Department, and was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR.
William M. Hickman, 61, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested in Martin County on October 15, 2023, at 6:51 P.M., by the Martin County Sheriff Office, and was charged with: • RECKLESS DRIVING, • DRIVING-DUI SUSPENDED LICENSE (3RD OFFENSE), • FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS.
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