OCTOBER 20, 2021 – written by WADE QUEEN
FROM 12:00 A.M., OCTOBER 1, THRU TO 11:59 P.M. OCTOBER 19,2021, (19 DAYS); AT LEAST 169 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 169 ARRESTS, 20 ARRESTS WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY.
SEPARATELY, SEVEN (7) LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN OTHER KENTUCKY COUNTY JURISDICTIONS (1 IN BOYD COUNTY, 2 IN JOHNSON COUNTY, 3 IN MARTIN COUNTY, AND 1 IN GREENUP COUNTY). ALSO A FORT GAY, WEST VIRGINIA RESIDENT WAS ALSO ARRESTED IN GREENUP COUNTY, KY.
PREVIOUSLY, FROM 12:00 A.M., SEPTEMBER 17, THROUGH TO 11:59 P.M. SEPTEMBER 30, 2021, (14 DAYS); AT LEAST 136 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 136 ARRESTS, 18 ARRESTS WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY. SEPARATELY, 3 LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN OTHER KENTUCKY COUNTY JURISDICTIONS (1 IN JOHNSON COUNTY, 1 IN MARTIN COUNTY, AND 1 IN CARTER COUNTY). ALSO A FORT GAY, WEST VIRGINIA RESIDENT WAS ALSO ARRESTED IN JOHNSON COUNTY, KY.
THE NUMBER OF INMATES THAT WERE WERE BEING HOUSED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE, KENTUCKY; ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2021; WAS 218 INMATES. THE DESIGNATED NUMBERED MAXIMUM CAPACITY FOR THE BSRDC FACILITY IS FOR 225 INMATES.
HERE ARE THE LATEST TWENTY (20) ARRESTS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, ALONG WITH THE SIX (6) LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS,AND THE ONE FORT GAY, WEST VIRGINIA ARRESTED IN NEIGHBORING COUNTIES, ARE AS THE FOLLOWING:
James T. Kennedy, 34, of Grayson, Kentucky; was arrested on October 1, 2021, at 12:10 A.M., by the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR (2 SEPARATE COUNTS CHARGES). The warrants for Failure To Appear were from out of Boyd County District Court.
Joshua Harmon, 30,of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on October 1,2021,at 1:42 A.M., by deputy Everett Chase Kirk, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with via a court bench warrant: • SERVING PAROLE VIOLATION WARRANT.
Robert L. Wiley, 53, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on October 1,2021,at 1:30 A.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR.
James Arthur Jude, 59, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on October 4,2021, at 2:10 P.M.,by deputy Dwayne Bowen, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • SERVING BENCH WARRANT FOR COURT.
Matthew A. Balthis, 32, of St. Louis,Missouri; was arrested on October 5,2021, at 8:58 A.M., by the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/SUBSTANCE (189A.010(1E) – 1ST OFFENSE, • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE 1ST OFFENSE (HEROIN), • IMPORTING HEROIN
Lisa Marie Balthis, 39, of St Louis. Missouri; was arrested on October 5, 2021, at 9:03 A.M., by the Louisa Police Department, & was charged with: • PUBLIC INTOXICATION-CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (EXCLUDES ALCOHOL).
Brayden E. Bays, 21, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on October 5, 2021, at 11:30 A.M., by deputy Julius Musick, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • MENACING, • DISORDERLY CONDUCT, 2ND DEGREE.
Alyssa L. Griffith, 27, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on October 7, 2021, at 8:31 P.M., by the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with: • ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A MINOR, • ALCOHOL INTOXICATION IN A PUBLIC PLACE (1ST & 2ND OFFENSE), • DISORDERLY CONDUCT, 2ND DEGREE.
Laura L. Davis,30, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on October 7,2021,at 9:32 A.M.,by deputy Joseph Osborne, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, & was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Crystal L Sweeney, 39, of Louisa,Kentucky;was arrested on October 7, 2021, at 11:31 P.M.,by a trooper of the Kentucky State Police,& was charged with:• ONE HEADLIGHT, • FAILURE TO OR USE OF IMPROPER SIGNAL, • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/ INFLUENCE ALCOHOL .08 (189A.010(1A) – 1ST OFFENSE
Brandon Adam Ferguson, 31, of Coal City, West Virginia; was arrested on October 7, 2021,at 11:44 P.M.,by Everett Chase Kirk,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • RECKLESS DRIVING, • OPERATING ON SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OPERATING LICENSE • BUY OR POSSESSION of DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (189A.010(1D) – 1ST OFFENSE.
Julie Maze, 41, of Webbville,Kentucky; was arrested on October 13, 2021 at 1:14 P.M., by officer Amber Coss, of the Kentucky Department of Corrections Division of Probation and Parole, and was charged with: • PROBATION VIOLATION (FOR FELONY OFFENSE).
Betty Vanover, 26, of Ashland, Kentucky; was arrested after she turned himself in at the Lawrence County Judicial Center on October 14, 2021, at 11:11 A.M., by court security officer Rodney Lycan, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with from a court bench warrant for: • THEFT OF SERVICES.
James Bolt, 65, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested after he turned himself in at the Lawrence County Judicial Center on October 14,2021, at 10:14 A.M., by court security officer Rodney Lycan, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with from a court bench warrant for: • SEXUAL ABUSE, 1ST DEGREE, VICTIM UNDER/ 12 YEARS OF AGE.
Skyler Cordle, 18, of Blaine, Kentucky;was arrested on October 14, 2021,at 6:18 P.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) NO VISIBL;E INJURY.
Jarred R. Ross. 35, of Wayne,West Virginia; was arrested on October 14,2021,at 11:30 P.M.,by deputy Everett Chase Kirk, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Jason T. Pack, 35, of Fort Gay,West Virginia; was arrested on October 16, 2021, at 12:55 A.M.,by deputy Everett Chase Kirk,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • FLEEING OR EVADING POLICE, 2ND DEGREE (ON FOOT), • BURGLARY, 2ND DEGREE, • FAILURE TO APPEAR (2 SEPARATE CHARGES COUNTS).
Ricki L. Kimbler, 33, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on October 16, 2021, at 5:20 P.M.,by deputy Dwayne Bowen,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • PUBLIC INTOXICATION-CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (EXCLUDES ALCOHOL), • ASSAULT 3RD DEGREE-POLICE OFFICER OR PROBATION OFFICER.
Sonya Fitzgerald, 32, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on October 17, 2021, at 4:43 P.M.,by deputy Dwayne Bowen,of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • SERVING BENCH WARRANT FOR COURT.
Liss Bowen, 65, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested after he turned himself in at the Lawrence County Judicial Center on October 19, 2021, at 9:12 A.M., by court security officer Melody Salyers, of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department, and was charged with from a court bench warrant for: • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE),•DRUG PARAPHERNALIA-BUY/POSSESS.
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Brian L. Gantt, 34, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested in Martin County on October 5, 2021, at 12:36 P.M., by deputy William Tyler Lafferty, of the Martin County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • SERVING BENCH WARRANT FOR COURT.
Marcus C. Ferguson, 38, of Lomansville, Kentucky; was arrested in Johnson County on October 7, 2021, at 6:20 P.M., by a deputy of the Johnson County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) NO VISIBLE INJURY.
Windy Reaper, 46, of Webbville,Kentucky; was arrested in Johnson County on October 8, 2021,at 3:09 A.M., by a trooper of the Kentucky State Police-Post 9-Pikeville, Ky.,, & was charged with: • NO REGISTRATION RECEIPT,• •FAILURE OF OWNER TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED INSURANCE/SECURITY, 1ST OFFENSE, • FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS, • TRAFFICKING IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE – (> OR = 10 D.U. DRUG UNSPECIFIED), • TRAFFICKING IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE – (< 2 GRAMS METHAMPHETAMINE). • TRAFFICKING IN MARIJUANA (LESS THAN 8 OZ.) 1ST OFFENSE, • DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS, • REAR LICENSE NOT ILLUMINATED, • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE 1ST OFFENSE (DRUG UNSPECIFIED),•OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (189A.010(1D) – 1ST OFFENSE.
Brandon L. Puckett, 30, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested in Martin County on October 9, 2021, at 1:15 P.M., by deputy William Tyler Lafferty, of the Martin County Sheriff Department,& was charged with: • PUBLIC INTOXICATION-CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (EXCLUDES ALCOHOL).
Donnie K. Harris,40,of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested in Martin County on October 11, 2021, at 12:34 P.M., by deputy Dustin Jude, of the Martin County Sheriff Department, & was charged with via a grand jury indictment warrant: • FLAGRANT NON-SUPPORT.
Tyler Lee Branham, 37, of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested on October 16,2021, at 6:55 P.M., by an officer of the Russell Police Department, & was charged with: • FUGITIVE (WARRANT NOT REQUIRED).
Rachel Ann Mills, 43, of Fort Gay,West Virginia; was arrested on October 16,2021, at 10:37 P.M., by an officer of the Russell Police Department, and was charged with: • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE SUBSTANCE (189A.010(1C) – 1ST OFFENSE.
Kimberly M. Smith, 53,of Louisa,Kentucky; was arrested in Boyd County on October 6, 2021,by a deputy of the Boyd County Sheriff Department, and was held at the Boyd County Detention Center in Catlettsburg, Ky., until she was taken to be transported to and was booked and lodged at the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville, Ky., in Johnson County, on October 19,2021, at 12:51 P.M., & was charged with: • SERVING BENCH WARRANT FOR COURT. The court bench warrant was for out of Lawrence County Circuit Court.
Perdy bunch.
If that Liss Bowen guy is 65, then Elvis and Tupac are alive and Bigfoot and Unicorns are real.