
INEZ — Judge John T. Chafin heard the following cases Jan. 27 and 28 in Martin District Court:
Danese Chaffins (arraignment) — Failure to wear seat belts; possession of marijuana; possession of controlled substance, third degree (drug unspecified): Failure to appear, bench warrant, $500 cash.
Joseph Lee Cline (recall failure to appear/bench warrant) — 1. No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; 3. Failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security first: 1. Dismissed; 2. Pleaded guilty, reset 8/12/25 at 10 a.m., amount due $163.
Fred Thomas Daniels Jr. (arraignment, motion to set aside failure to appear) — Rear license not illuminated; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Pleaded not guilty, reset 2/25/25 at 9 a.m.
John Henry Jude (arraignment) — 1. Speeding 18 mph over limit; 2. Failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first; 3. Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: 1. Dismissed with warning; 2. Dismissed proof shown; 3. Pleaded guilty, 13 days to serve, credit 13 days, cost waived due to jail service.
Trista Lachelle McCoy (arraignment) — Failure to wear seat belts; instructional permit violations: Pleaded not guilty, pretrial conference 3/25/25 at 9 a.m.
Michael Robert Meek (arraignment) — Speeding 16 mph over limit: Six-month diversion, review 7/1/25.
Rebecca Bennett (pretrial conference) — Assault, fourth degree (domestic violence), minor injury: One-year diversion, comply with all recommendations of Cabinet including signing case plan and drug testing, DCPT 1/13/26.
Ethan Kole Hensley (pretrial conference) — Leaving scene of accident, hit and run: Dismissed without prejudice, no appearance by complaining witness.
James Long (pretrial conference) — 1. Failure to wear seat belts; 2. Failure to produce insurance card; 3. Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Dismissed.
Patricia Louise Long (pretrial conference) — 1. Failure to wear seat belts; 2. Possessing license when privileges are revoked/suspended: Dismissed.
Caitlin Elizabeth Maynard (pretrial conference) — 1. Operating vehicle with expired operator’s license; 2. Careless driving; 3. One headlight: 1. Dismissed with warning; 2. One-year diversion, DCPT 1/13/26; 3. Dismissed with warning.
Millard Newsome (pretrial conference) — Operating motor vehicle under influence of alcohol, first: Reset 3/25/25 at 9 a.m.
James Hubert Lee Presley (pretrial conference) — 1. Local county ordinance; 2. Criminal trespassing, third degree; 3. Criminal littering: Dismissed, review upon motion of the Commonwealth.
Hayes Maynard (review-compliant) — Criminal littering: Dismissed, review upon motion of Commonwealth.
Donald Harris (preliminary hearing) — Obscuring the identity of a machine $500-$10,000: Bench warrant $5,000 cash.
Douglas A. Thompson (preliminary hearing)— Theft of identity of another without consent: Bench warrant $5,000 cash.