CANTRELL ARRESTED WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY
ARREST MARKS CONTINUING TREND OF LAWRENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS BEING CAUGHT AND ARRESTED BEYOND LOCAL COUNTY LINES
A Lawrence County woman is facing felony drug charges after being taken into custody in a group of four people that were placed behind bars after a traffic stop led to several arrests in Lewis County in northeastern Kentucky earlier this month.
On Friday evening May 7, around 10:30 p.m., Officer Mike Ginn of the Vanceburg Police Department noticed a vehicle without tail lights and stopped the car.
The driver, Crystal Lynn Cantrell, 29, of Webbville, (media reports had mistakenly identified her as being from Sandy Hook) was found to be under the influence of drugs. She was arrested and charged with DUI, having no tail lamps, driving without a license, and failure to maintain insurance.
There were also three other individuals in the car, all found to be under the influence of drugs.
Elizabeth Bennett, 35, of Sandy Hook was also in the car, and was arrested for public intoxication, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of meth.
John Murphy, 32, of Sandy Hook was arrested and charged with public intoxication.
Michael Pennington, 49, who is from Grayson, was mistakenly listed in media reports as being from Webbville, does have a serious criminal history, with multiple felony arrests in Lawrence county in the early 2000s. He was arrested and charged with public intoxication.
While booking Cantrell at the Lewis County Detention Center, she was searched by deputy jailers and was found to have a small metal container hidden in her body. Inside the container was over two grams of heroin that she stated she got in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Cantrell was then charged with importing heroin and promoting contraband 1st degree, as well as possession of heroin.
Officer Ginn was assisted by the Lewis County Sheriff’s Department.
Even though Cantrell was charged with serious drug charges in Lewis County on May 7, she was able to post bail in time to return to Lawrence County 24 hours later after her Lewis County arrest and turn herself in May 8, 2016 to the Lawrence County Sheriff Department to serve a jail sentence with a CONTEMPT charge for Flagrant Non-Support she was arrested for in February by Sheriff Garrett Roberts.
(Cantrell is in the latest new Lawrence County arrest report for her arrest in February seen HERE ). Cantrell has been arrested nine times (eight in Lawrence County) in the last ten years.
Her arrest marks the latest trend of Lawrence County residents being caught on criminal charges and warrants outside the local borders in nearby counties in the last several weeks, and for the year.
Those individuals who were apprehended in adjacent jurisdictions since early April are the following:
Jason A. Maynard, 23, of Louisa, was transferred April 5, 2016 at 12:04 P.M. from the Big Sandy Detention Center in Paintsville, Kentucky; to the Boyd County Detention Center in Ashland, Kentucky; to serve a jail sentence with: CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER, after he was arrested Tuesday night March 29, 2016 by deputy Mason Keefer of the Lawrence County Sheriff Department
Amy R. Gantt, 27, of Louisa, was arrested on April 9, 2016 at 1:45 P.M., by deputy Paul Evans of the Martin County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • SERVING WARRANT (FOR OTHER POLICE AGENCY), • SERVING BENCH WARRANT FOR COURT.
John D. Moore, 31, of Louisa, was arrested April 11, 2016 at 10:51 P.M., in Johnson County by trooper Joseph L. Weddington of the Kentucky State Police, Post #9 Pikeville, Ky; and was charged with: • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/DRUGS/ETC. .08 – 1ST OFFENSE.
Shanna Newsome, 32, of Louisa, was arrested in Boyd County on April 12, 2016 at 3:36 P.M., by an officer with the city of Ashland Police Department, and was charged with: • THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION SHOPLIFTING UNDER/$500.
Lincoln P, Nutter, 30, of Louisa, was arrested on April 15, 2016 at 6:33 P.M, by a deputy with the Martin County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • DISREGARDING STOP SIGN, • RECKLESS DRIVING, • NO OPERATORS-MOPED LICENSE
Matthew Webb, 32, of Louisa, was arrested on April 14, 2016 at 2:46 P.M, by deputy Philip Piercy of the Boyd County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER, • FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Berita K. Meade, 53, of Louisa, was arrested in Greenup County, Kentucky on April 22, 2016 at 8:11 P.M. by officer A. Davis of the Russell Police Department, and was charged with: • THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION SHOPLIFTING UNDER/$500.
Meade was taken into custody by the Greenup County District Court on May 18, 2016 at 2:32 P.M. to serve jail time at Greenup County Dentention Center for: CONTEMPT OF COURT LIBEL/SLANDER RESISTANCE TO ORDER.
Dwayne Chaffin, 33, of Louisa, was arrested on April 28, 2016 at 6:01 P.M, by a deputy with the Martin County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • SERVING WARRANT (FOR OTHER POLICE AGENCY)
Casey J. Spence, 18, of Louisa, was arrested on April 28, 2016, at 6:30 P.M., by deputy Byron Fairchild of the Johnson County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS, • LICENSE TO BE IN POSSESSION, • FAILURE TO PRODUCE INSURANCE CARD, • FAILURE OF OWNER TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED INS/SEC, 1ST OFFENSE, • POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, • SERVING WARRANT (FOR OTHER POLICE AGENCY).
Casey J. Spence was arrested exactly two weeks earlier while traveling with an intoxicated 45-year old Martin County woman, on April 14 at 2:35 A.M., ( he was listed with a Tomahawk, Kentucky [Martin County] address) by trooper Bradley Couch of the Kentucky State Police, and was charged with: • NO REGISTRATION PLATES, • NO REGISTRATION RECEIPT, • FAILURE OF OWNER TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED INSURANCE/SECURITY, 1ST OFFENSE, • FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELTS, • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/DRUGS/ETC. .08 – 1ST OFFENSE, • ONE HEADLIGHT • NO BRAKE LIGHTS (PASSENGER VEHICLES), • NO TAIL LAMPS.
Jonathan Mollett, 28, of Louisa, was arrested on April 29, 2016, at 1:42 P.M., by deputy Paul D. Witten of the Martin County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • SERVING BENCH WARRANT FOR COURT
Andrew B. Radcliff, 28, of Louisa, was arrested on April 29, 2016, at 1:42 P.M., by in Johnson County by trooper Jordan Grevious of the Kentucky State Police, Post #9 Pikeville, Ky; and was charged with: • SERVING BENCH WARRANT FOR COURT
Bobby L. Wellman, 32, of Louisa, was arrested May 2, 2016 at 7:26 P.M., in Johnson County, by chief Bill Holbrook of the Paintsville Police Department, and was charged with: • FLAGRANT NON SUPPORT, • PERSISTENT FELONY OFFENDER II.
Johnny Kirk, 66, of Louisa, was arrested on May 3, 2016, at 4:16 P.M., by the Johnson County Sheriff Department, and was charged with: • OBSCURING THE IDENTITY OF A MACHINE $10,000 OR MORE ( 3 SEPARATE COUNTS ).
Stephanie R. Greer, 30, of Martha, Kentucky; was arrested May 3, 2016 at 6:48 P.M., in Johnson County by trooper Dustin S. Thompson of the Kentucky State Police, Post #9 Pikeville, Ky; and was charged with: • SERVING BENCH WARRANT FOR COURT.
Robert A. Locklear, 43, of Ashland, Kentucky, (formerly from Louisa), was arrested May 12, 2016 at 5:40 A.M., in Johnson County, by an officer of the Paintsville Police Department, and was charged with: • SERVING BENCH WARRANT FOR COURT
Kayla Evans, 32, of Louisa, was arrested in Boyd County on May 13, 2016 at 4:42 P.M., by an officer with the city of Ashland Police Department, and was charged with: • THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING OR DISPOSITION SHOPLIFTING UNDER/$500.
Tyler Reid Burchett, 22, who addressed of Louisa Hitchins, Kentucky; was transferred to the Carter County Detention Center by the Grayson Police Department on May 17, 2016 at 4:04 P.M. and is being held on a $7000 bond after being arrested on May 12, 2016 at 1:39 P.M., by constable Paul Wells, and was charged with for bench warrants from Carter County Sheriff Department : • OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER/INFLUENCE ALCOHOL/DRUGS/ETC. .08 – 2ND OFFENSE, • OPERATING VEHICLE WITH EXPIRED OPERATORS LICENSE ( also the exact same charges that he was also arrested for in Lawrence County ).
