INEZ — Judge Brett Butcher heard the following cases June 7 in Martin District Court:
Caleb Joseph Burgess (arraignment) — Speeding 15 mph over limit: Six-month diversion.
Michael Copley (arraignment) — Criminal mischief, third degree: Reset 7/2/24 at 9 a.m.
Michael G. Copley (arraignment) — Public intoxication controlled substance (excludes alcohol): Reset 7/2/24 at 9 a.m.
Roger Lee Damron (arraignment) — 1. No/expired registration plates; 2. No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; 3. Failure to produce insurance card: Dismissed, proof shown.
Donald Delong Jr. (review) — Assault, fourth degree (domestic violence), minor injury: Dismissed, in treatment, reset 7/23/24 at 9 a.m.
Donald R. Delong Jr. (arraignment) — Reckless driving; no operator’s/moped license: In treatment, reset 7/23/24 at 9 a.m.
Kenneth Delong (arraignment) — Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Failure to appear.
George Junior Fletcher (arraignment) — Speeding 20 mph over limit; failure to wear seat belts; no operator’s/moped license; operating vehicle with expired operator’s license: Failure to appear.
Austin Frye (arraignment) — No/expired registration plates; failure to notify Department of Transportation of address change: Failure to appear.
Chase Hale (arraignment) — Public intoxication controlled substance (excludes alcohol): Bench warrant $500 cash.
Melissa Johnson (arraignment) — Reckless abuse/neglect of adult by person: Pleaded not guilty, pretrial conference 7/2/24 at 9 a.m.
Charlotte Jude (arraignment) — 1. No brake lights (passenger vehicle); 2. Failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first: Dismissed, proof shown.
Joseph Jude (arraignment) — Drug paraphernalia-advertisement; prescription controlled substance not in original container, first: Pleaded not guilty, pretrial conference 7/2/24 at 9 a.m.
Joseph Jude (arraignment) — Improper registration plate; failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance, first; failure to produce insurance card; operating vehicle with expired operator’s license: Pleaded not guilty, pretrial conference 7/2/24 at 9 a.m.
Joshua Allen Kirk (arraignment) — Theft by unlawful taking or disposition all others $10,000-$1,000,000: Preliminary hearing 7/9/24 at 11 a.m.
Steven Rogers Kunze (arraignment) — 1. Speeding 25 mph over (school zone), amended to 15 mph over; 2. Failure to produce insurance card: 1. Pleaded guilty, six-month diversion, $143, show cause 12/10/24 at 10 a.m.; 2. Dismissed, proof shown.
Danny Lowe (arraignment) — No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; no/expired registration plates: Failure to appear.
John Cecil Ray Marcum (arraignment) — 1. No/expired registration plates; 2. Failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first; 3. No operator’s/moped license: 1. Pleaded guilty, $25 fine and court cost; 2. Dismissed; 3. Pleaded guilty, $50 fine, show cause 12/10/24 at 10 a.m.
Heather Dawn Maynard (arraignment) — No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; no/expired registration plates: Order.
Samuel McCoy (arraignment) — Operating motor vehicle under the influence of substance, first: Pleaded not guilty, pretrial conference 10/15/24 at 10 a.m.
Misty Dawn Mollett (arraignment) — 1. Speeding 25 mph over limit, amended to 10 mph over; 2. Failure to produce insurance card; 3. Instructional permit violations: 1. Pleaded guilty, six-month diversion, $168, show cause 12/10/24 at 10 a.m.; 2-3. Dismissed, proof shown.
William A. Mollett (arraignment) — All-terrain vehicle violations; operating motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, first: Pleaded not guilty, pretrial conference 7/23/24 at 10 a.m.
Aaryn Muncy (arraignment) — Public intoxication controlled substance (excludes alcohol): In treatment, reset 8/6/24 at 9 a.m.
Joshua C. Newsome (arraignment) — 1. License to be in possession; 2. No/expired registration plates; 3. No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; 4. Failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance, first; 5. Operating on a suspended/revoked operator’s license; 6. Possession of marijuana: 1. Pleaded guilty, $50 fine; 2. Pleaded guilty, $50 fine; 3. Dismissed; 4. Pleaded guilty, $50 fine; 5. Pleaded guilty, $100 fine, $413, show cause 12/10/24 at 9:30 a.m.
David Lee Perkins (arraignment) — Possession of controlled substance, first degree, first offense (methamphetamine): Reset 7/23/24 at 9 a.m.
John A. Perry (arraignment) — License to be in possession; operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Failure to appear.
Johnathan Perry (arraignment) — Public intoxication controlled substance (excludes alcohol): Bench warrant $500 cash.
Johnathan Allen Perry (motion hour) — First-degree possession of controlled substance (drug unspecified), first offense: Overruled, no appearance.
Kristopher Dale Riggs (arraignment) — No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; no/expired registration plates; improper display of registration plates; failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first; failure to produce insurance card: Failure to appear.
Clayton Speakman (arraignment) — No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; no/expired registration plates: Motion and Order to be entered.
Timothy Walter Speakman (arraignment) — 1. Speeding 15 mph over limit; 2. Failure to wear seat belts: 1. Six-month diversion; 2. Dismissed with warning.
Priscilla Spears (arraignment) — Endangering the welfare of a minor; false report of incident to law enforcement: In treatment, reset 7/9/24 at 9 a.m.
Billy Joe Stacy (arraignment) — Failure to wear seat belts: Order.
Scottie R. Thompson (arraignment) — Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; no/expired registration plates; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance, first; possession of open alcoholic beverage container in a motor vehicle: Pleaded not guilty, pretrial conference 7/2/24 at 9 a.m.
Sandra Vanhorn (arraignment) — Speeding 15 mph over limit: Order.
Luke Allen Ward (arraignment) — Rear license not illuminated; careless driving; improper display of registration plates; no/expired registration plates; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first; operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Reset 7/23/24 at 9 a.m…
Ashley Desirae Welch (arraignment) — Theft by unlawful taking or disposition all others $10,000-$1,000,000: Preliminary hearing 7/9/24 at 11 a.m.
Brittany Ashcraft (pretrial conference) — Assault, fourth degree, child abuse: Reset 9/3/24 at 10 a.m.
George W. Chapman (pretrial conference) — Fleeing or evading police, second degree (motor vehicle): Bench warrant $500 cash.
Sunday Michelle Costa (pretrial conference) — Improper display of registration plates; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; no/expired registration plates; failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance, first; failure to produce insurance card: Order.
Sunday Michelle Costa (pretrial conference) — No/expired registration plates; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; failure to produce insurance card; improper display of registration plates; failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first: Order.
William McKinley Damron Jr. (pretrial conference) — 1. Operating on a suspended/revoked operator’s license; 2. Failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first; 3. No/expired registration plates: 1. Reset 9/3/24 at 10 a.m.; 2-3. Dismissed.
Donald R. Delong (pretrial conference) — Menacing; terroristic threatening, third degree; resisting arrest: Reset 7/23/24 at 10 a.m.
Kristie Dixon (pretrial conference) — Criminal littering: Six-month diversion, continue to pay trash pickup.
Marissa L. Johnson (pretrial conference) — 1. Disorderly conduct, second degree; 2. Terroristic threatening, third degree: Six-month diversion, return bond.
Christopher Lee Maynard (pretrial conference) — Assault, fourth degree (domestic violence), minor injury: Bond remains same, motion denied.
Alexandria D. Moore (pretrial conference) — Improper turning; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; no/expired registration plates; failure to produce insurance card; failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance, first; operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; license to be in possession; registration and title requirements vehicle not to be operated on highway: Failure to appear.
Alexandria Destiny Moore (pretrial conference) — Rear license not illuminated; operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; possession of controlled substance, third degree (drug unspecified): Bench warrant $500 cash.
Mary Eliza Mullins (pretrial conference) — Criminal littering: Six-month diversion, continue trash pickup.
Jennifer Lynn Perez (pretrial conference) — No operator’s/moped license; failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance, first: Reset 9/3/24 at 10 a.m.
Alexandra Danielle Riddle (pretrial conference) — Speeding 16 mph over limit; operating motor vehicle under the influence of substance, first: Reset 8/20/24 at 10 a.m.
Casey Webb (pretrial conference) — 1. Criminal mischief, third degree; 2. Alcohol intoxication in a public place, first and second offense: Two-year diversion, continue sober living.
Casey Ervin Webb (pretrial conference) — Alcohol intoxication in a public place, first and second offense: Two-year diversion, continue sober living.
Bryon H. Marcum (preliminary hearing) — Wanton endangerment, first degree; wanton endangerment, first degree; strangulation, second degree; assault, fourth degree (domestic violence), no visible injury: Defendant in ambulance on the way to the hospital, confirmed by Dr. Chaffin, reset 7/2/24 at 10:30 a.m.
Mark Meek (preliminary hearing) — Failure to comply with sex offender registration (first offense): Previously indicted.
William H. Preece (preliminary hearing) — Disorderly conduct, second degree; criminal mischief, third degree; criminal mischief, first degree; public intoxication controlled substance (excludes alcohol): Reset preliminary hearing 7/2/24 at 10:30 a.m…
William H. Preece (preliminary hearing) — Reckless driving; wanton endangerment, first degree; operating motor vehicle under the influence of a controlled substance, first; traffic in marijuana, less than 8 ounces, first offense; drug paraphernalia-buy/possession; terroristic threatening, third degree: Reset preliminary hearing 7/2/24 at 10:30 a.m.