INEZ — Judge John T. Chafin heard the following cases April 24 and 25 in Martin Circuit Court:
Mary Lynn Ayers (arraignment) — No operator’s/moped license; no/expired registration plates; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; failure of owner-operator to maintain required insurance first: Failure to appear.
Ariel Carver (arraignment) — Possession of controlled substance, first degree, first offense (methamphetamine); drug paraphernalia-buy/possession; possession of marijuana; controlled substance prescription not in original container, first: Preliminary hearing 5/9/23 at 10:30 a.m.
Ralph Francis (arraignment) — Speeding 15 mph over limit; improper registration plate; no/expired registration plates; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt: Order.
Roy Kenneth Goble (arraignment) — Criminal trespassing, third degree: Pleaded guilty, $100 fine and cost, stay off the property at 449 Blackberry Road, show cause 10/10/23.
Laura Harmon (arraignment) — Criminal littering: Conditionally dismissed upon defendant continuing to pay garbage service for one year, review 4/9/24 for proof of garbage service.
Danny Ray Mollett (arraignment) — 1. No operator’s license; 2. No/expired registration plates: 1. Pleaded guilty, $50 fine and cost, show cause 10/10/23; 2. Dismissed.
Bryan Moore (arraignment) — Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; license to be in possession; no operator’s/moped license; rear license not illuminated; failure to register transfer of motor vehicle: Pleaded not guilty, pretrial 6/20/23 at 9 a.m.
Timmy Mullett (arraignment) — Failure to wear seat belt; failure to produce insurance card; failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first; driving on DUI-suspended license, first offense; operating on suspended revoked operator’s license; license to be in possession; no operator’s/moped license; no tail lamps; one headlight: Pleaded not guilty, pretrial 6/20/23 at 9 a.m.
Jeffrey Pinson (arraignment) — Theft by unlawful taking or disposition all others; criminal mischief, first degree: Preliminary hearing 5/9/23 at 10:30 a.m., same bond conditions and no contact with complaining witness.
Clark Edward Ratliff (arraignment) — 1. Failure to or improper signal; 2. No/operator’s/moped license: 1. Dismissed; 2. Pleaded guilty, $50 fine and cost, show cause 10/10/23.
Lonnie Joe Robinson (arraignment) — Criminal trespassing, third degree: Allegations taken as true, $100 fine and cost, no contact with Allison Slone or her property, show cause 10/10/23, send fine slip to defendant.
Jonathan Enyart (pretrial) — Assault, fourth degree, minor injury: Dismissed, defendant is serving time in Boyd County Detention Center.
Johnny Allen Fitchpatrick (pretrial) — 1. Speeding 26 mph over/greater; 2. No/expired registration plates; 3. No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; 4. Failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first; 5. Failure to produce insurance card; 6. Reckless driving; 7. Fleeing or evading police, second degree (on foot); 8. Failure to register transfer of motor vehicle: Pleaded guilty to 4 and 7, 60 days, probation two years on condition defendant completes 180 hours of community service, must register today, cost waived. All others dismissed in exchange for plea.
Jonathon Kelley (pretrial) — 1. Speeding in a school zone; 2. Driving on DUI-suspended license, first offense: 1. Dismissed with warning; 2. Dismissed, proof shown.
Jonathon Kelley (pretrial) — Driving on DUI-suspended license, first offense: Dismissed, proof shown.
Hayes D. Maynard (review) — Criminal trespass, second degree; Criminal mischief, first degree; assault, fourth degree, minor injury: Defendant left treatment and has active bench warrant.
Billy Ray Perry (pretrial) — Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Failure to appear.
Dennis Wade Rife (pretrial) — Failure to or improper signal; license to be in possession: Bench warrant $500 cash blanket bond in both cases.
Dennis Wade Rife (pretrial) — Speeding 21 mph over limit; operating on suspended or revoked operator’s license: Bench warrant $500 cash blanket bond in both cases.
Dennis Wade Rife (motion hour) — Inadequate silencer (muffler); failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first; operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; failure to notify Department of Transportation of address change; failure to register transfer of motor vehicle: Denied, no appearance by defendant.
Mary Setser (motion hour) — 1. Public intoxication of controlled substance (excludes alcohol); 2. Disorderly conduct, second degree: 1. Guilty, prehearing will be set once defendant has been picked up; 2. Dismissed.
Jamie Lee McNeely (preliminary hearing) — Fleeing or evading police, first degree; fleeing or evading police, send degree (on foot); wanton endangerment, first degree; wanton endangerment, first degree, police officer; license to be in possession; failure to produce insurance card: Bench warrant $5,000 cash.
Jeffrey Pinson (preliminary hearing) — Theft by unlawful taking or disposition all others $1,000 but less than $10,000: Reset 5/9/23 at 10:30 a.m.
Justin Milan (review) — Fugitive from another state warrant required: Dismissed, defendant has been picked up.
Isaac Taquan (review) — Fugitive from another state warrant required: Dismissed, defendant has been picked up.
Megan Neidlinger (other hearing) — 1. Endangering the welfare of a minor; 2. Endangering the welfare of a minor: Complete inpatient treatment through Mountain Center for Recovery and Hope; if she leaves treatment she will serve her original sentence.