JULY 13, 2025 – written by WADE QUEEN
FROM 12:00 A.M., JULY 1, 2025, THRU TO 11:59 P.M., JULY 10, 2024, (10 DAYS); AT LEAST 85 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FROM JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, MAGOFFIN, AND MARTIN COUNTIES, AND OTHER COUNTiES COMBINED, AND WERE BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE, KY., IN JOHNSON COUNTY.
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OUT OF THOSE 85 ARRESTS, 20 ARRESTS WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY. ONE (1) LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENT WAS ARRESTED IN A NEIGHBORING COUNTY; IN CARTER COUNTY, DUE TO BEING WANTED VIA A LAWRENCE COUNTY INDICTMENT WARRANT.
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PREVIOUSLY, FROM 12:00 A.M., JUNE 23, 2025, THRU TO 11:59 P.M., JUNE 30, 2024, (8 DAYS); AT LEAST 57 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FROM JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, MAGOFFIN, AND MARTIN COUNTIES, AND OTHER COUNTiES COMBINED, AND WERE BOOKED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE, KY., IN JOHNSON COUNTY. OUT OF THOSE 57 ARRESTS, 17 ARRESTS WERE FROM LAWRENCE COUNTY. TWO (2) LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS WERE ARRESTED IN A NEIGHBORING COUNTY; ONE IN JOHNSON COUNTY AND ONE PIKE COUNTY. IN ADDITION, A FORT GAY, WEST VIRGINIA RESIDENT WAS ALSO ARRESTED IN JOHNSON COUNTY.
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THE NUMBER OF INMATES THAT WERE BEING HOUSED AT THE BIG SANDY REGIONAL DETENTION CENTER IN PAINTSVILLE, KY., IN JOHNSON COUNTY, ON MONDAY, JULY 14, AT 12:01 A.M., WAS 198. THE MAXIMUM DESIGNATED CAPACITY OF THE BSRDC FACILITY IS 225.
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HERE ARE THE NAMES OF THOSE 20 LAWRENCE COUNTY, KY. ARRESTS FROM JULY 1-10, 2025:
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Kenneth Paul Mickinster II, 36, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 1, 2025, at 6:41 P.M.,by deputy Tyler Laney of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with:
• FAILURE TO APPEAR,
• SERVING BENCH WARRANT FOR COURT.
Clina Lee Goble, 58, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 1, 2025, at 8:25 P.M., by deputy Tyler Laney of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, & was charged with:
• FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Angela Lynn Rice, 57, of Webbville, Kentucky; was arrested on July 2, 2025, at 11:14 A.M.,by court security officer Artrip of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with:
• SERVING BENCH WARRANT FOR COURT.
Jonie Marie West-Collinsworth, 48, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 2, 2025, at 11:22 A.M.,by court security officer Artrip of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with:
• SERVING BENCH WARRANT FOR COURT.
Christopher David Faulkner, 36, of Huntington, West Virginia; was arrested on July 2, 2025, at 4:48 P.M., by deputy Daniel Castle of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with:
• THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION SHOPLIFTING.
Kimberly D. Trout, 39, of Huntington, West Virginia; was arrested on July 3, 2025, at 6:55 P.M., by patrolman officer Teddy B. Newsome of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with:
• BRIBERY OF A PUBLIC SERVANT,
• PUBLIC INTOXICATION-CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (EXCLUDES ALCOHOL),
• BURGLARY, 3RD DEGREE.
Vina Heather McCormick, 58, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 3, 2025, at 9:42 P.M.,by deputy Tyler Laney of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with:
• POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE),
• FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Luster Ratcliff, 33, of Kermit,West Virginia; was arrested on July 4, 2025,at 12:50 A.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with:
• OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE SUBSTANCE (189A.010(1C) – 1ST OFFENSE, • LICENSE TO BE IN POSSESSION.
Brian Adam Roop, 39, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 5, 2025, at 5:05 P.M., by trooper Zachary Wright of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with:
• OBSTRUCTED VISION AND/OR WINDSHIELD,
• FAILURE TO REGISTER TRANSFER OF MOTOR VEHICLE,
• INADEQUATE SILENCER (MUFFLER),
• OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (189A.010(1D) – 1ST OFFENSE.
• FAILURE TO OR IMPROPER SIGNAL.
Donald L Turner, 46, of Ironton, Ohio; was arrested on July 6, 2025, at 2:48 A.M., by deputy Tyler Laney of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office and was charged with:
• TERRORISTIC THREATENING, 3RD DEGREE.
Ashley Meade, 37, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 7, 2025,at 12:06 A.M., by deputy Joseph Osborne of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with:
• ASSAULT, 2ND DEGREE – DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,
• CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 2ND DEGREE,
• ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A MINOR.
Taushana Hayes, 44, of Grayson, Kentucky; was arrested on July 7, 2025, at 12:08 A.M., by trooper Ryan Hale of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with:
• NON-PAYMENT OF COURT COSTS, FEES, OR FINES.
Ashley Nichole Adams, 35, of Webbville, Kentucky; was arrested in Carter County, KY., on July 3, 2025, at 7:21 P.M., by Sheriff Bill Short of the Carter County Sheriff Department, for via a Lawrence County indictment warrant and was transported to the BSRDC in Paintsville on July 8,2025, at 3:25 P.M., and was charged with:
• TRAFFICKING IN MARIJUANA ( LESS THAN 8 OZ.) 1ST OFFENSE,
• TRAFFICKING IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 1ST OFFENSE (CARFENTANIL OR FENTANYL DERIVATIVES),
• TRAFFICKING IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE – (> OR = 2 GRAMS METHAMPHETAMINE),
• DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS
Travis Earl Lay, 28, of Louisa, Kentucky; was taken into custody on July 8, 2025, at 3:36 P.M., by the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, to serve a guilty plea jail sentence:
• CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Charles Aydan Morris, 18, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 9, 2025, at 3:24 A.M., by deputy Travis Music of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with:
• VIOLATION OF A KENTUCKY EPO/DVO,
• STRANGULATION 1ST DEGREE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED),
• ASSAULT, 2ND DEGREE – DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Charles Morris remains incarcerated in the BSRDC where he is being held on a $10,000 full cash bond.
Kelly Flannery, 42, of Greenup, Kentucky; was arrested on July 9, 2025, at 11:45 A.M.,by deputy Daniel Castle of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office,& was charged with:
• FLAGRANT NON SUPPORT,
• CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Nathan H. Spence, 44, of Grayson, Kentucky; was arrested on July 7, 2025, at 12:08 A.M., by deputy Tyler Laney of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with:
• ASSAULT 3RD DEGREE (EMS, FIRE, RESCUE SQUAD).
Lowell Justin Maynard, 36, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 10, 2025, at 4:13 P.M., by trooper Dallas Salyers of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with:
• CRIMINAL TRESPASSING-2ND DEGREE,
• CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 2ND DEGREE,
• THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION ALL OTHERS, • POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE),
• POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE FENTANYL,
• OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (189A.010(1D) – 4TH OR > OFFENSE (AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES),
• PERSISTENT FELONY OFFENDER I,
• DRIVING ON DUI SUSPENDED LICENSE -1ST OFFENSE,
• DRUG PARAPHERNALIA – BUY/POSSESS.
Dawn Marie Morris, 42, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 10, 2025, at 9:06 P.M., by deputy Travis Music of the Lawrence County Sheriff Office, and was charged with:
• VIOLATION OF A KENTUCKY EPO/DVO,
• INTIMIDATING A PARTICIPANT IN THE LEGAL PROCESS.
William Wilson Chafin, 39, of Louisa, Kentucky; was arrested on July 10, 2025, at 11:56 P.M., by patrolman officer Teddy B. Newsome of the Louisa Police Department, and was charged with:
• POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFFENSE (METHAMPHETAMINE),
• THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION SHOPLIFTING,
• PUBLIC INTOXICATION-CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (EXCLUDES ALCOHOL).
