INEZ — Judge Brett Butcher heard the following cases July 8 in Martin District Court:

Tiffany Branham (arraignment) — No operator’s/moped license; failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance; improper registration plate; no/expired registration plates: Failure to appear.

Lawson Brewer (arraignment) — Improper turning; license to be in possession: Order.

John Michael Cornette (arraignment) — Complicity receiving stolen property $1,000-$10,000: Preliminary hearing 7/22/25 at 11 a.m.

Raymond Andrew Dindal (arraignment) — 1. Speeding 10 mph over limit; 2. No/expired Kentucky registration receipt: 1. Six-month diversion, 1/20/26 at 10 a.m.; 2. Dismissed proof shown.

Lonnie Andrew Dixon (motion hour-set aside) — Speeding 16 mph over limit: Set aside failure to appear. Six-month diversion, 1/20/26 at 10 a.m.

Aaron Robert Jeffries (arraignment) — Speeding 14 mph over limit: Six-month diversion, 1/20/26 at 10 a.m.

Erin Kugel (arraignment) — Complicity receiving stolen property $1,000-$10,000: Preliminary hearing 7/22/25 at 11 a.m.

Marion Marcum (arraignment) — 1. Failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first; 2. No/expired registration plates: 1. $500 fine, $450 suspended; 2. $25 fine and court cost, show cause 1/20/26 at 9:30 a.m.

Victoria Mae Maynard (arraignment) — Speeding 10 mph over limit: Six-month diversion.

Adam Philip Meade (arraignment) — Speeding 23 mph over limit: Amended to 10 mph over, six-month diversion, 1/20/26 at 9:30 a.m.

Cassandra Mollette (arraignment) — Speeding 23 mph over limit; license to be in possession; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; failure to produce insurance card: Failure to appear.

Joshua Lee Moore (arraignment) — Receiving stolen property $1,000-$10,000: Preliminary hearing 7/22/25 at 11 a.m.

Brandon Hunter Sansom (arraignment) — Failure to wear seat belt: Six-month diversion, 1/20/26 at 9:30 a.m.

Cade Matthew Slater (arraignment) — 1. Speeding 20 mph over limit; 2. No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; 3. Failure to produce insurance card; 4. Improper use of dealer plates: 1. Amended to 10 mph over, six-month diversion, 1/20/26 at 9:30 a.m.; 2-4. Dismissed, proof shown.

Kyle Smith (arraignment) — Criminal trespassing, third degree: Take allegations as true, $100 fine, show cause 1/20/26 at 9:30 a.m.

Brandon D. Tackett (motion hour-set aside) — 1. Speeding 18 mph over limit; 2. No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; 3. No/expired registration plates; 4. Failure to produce insurance card: 1. Amended to 10 mph over, 1/20/26 at 9:30 a.m.; 2-4. Dismissed, proof shown.

Michael Braden Walker (arraignment) — 1. Speeding 15 over limit; 2. No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; 3. Failure to produce insurance card: 1. One-year diversion, 7/21/26 at 9:30 a.m.; 2-3. Dismissed, proof shown.

Curtis Ray Bowen (pretrial conference) — Driving on DUI-suspended license, first offense, amended to operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Failure to appear.

Curtis Ray Bowen, Jr. (pretrial conference) — Driving on DUI-suspended license, first offense; failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance, first: Failure to appear.

Dustin Crase (pretrial conference) — Endangering the welfare of a minor: Pleaded guilty, 60 days to serve, probated for two years, no new violations of law, waived court costs.

Chelsa Griffith (pretrial conference) — Endangering the welfare of a minor: Pleaded guilty, six months to serve, probated for two years, no new violations of law, complete inpatient treatment at BeAll, complete and follow all recommendations, including working with Thrive, waived court cost.

Chelsa Jordan Griffith (pretrial conference) — 1. Disorderly conduct, second degree; 2. Endangering the welfare of a minor; 3. Indecent exposure, second degree: 1. Dismissed in exchange for plea; 2. Pleaded guilty, same terms as guilty plea in 25-M-33, run concurrently, waived court cost; 3. Dismissed in exchange for plea.

James Leroy Hackney (pretrial conference) — 1. Failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance, first; 2. Improper registration plate; 3. No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; 4. Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: 1. Pleaded guilty, $500 fine, suspended $450; 2. Pleaded guilty, $25 fine; 3. Dismissed; 4. Pleaded guilty, $100 fine and court cost, show cause 1/20/26 at 9:30 a.m.

Christopher Hannah (pretrial conference) — 1. Disregarding stop sign; 2. Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: 1. Pleaded guilty, $25 fine; 2. Pleaded guilty, $100 fine and court cost, show cause 1/20/26 at 9:30 a.m.

Shawn Douglas Hopkins (pretrial conference) — Assault, fourth degree (domestic violence), minor injury: Bench warrant $1,000 cash.

Alicia Dene Howard (pretrial conference) — No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first; operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Reset 8/19/25 at 10 a.m.

Joanne James (pretrial conference) — Receiving stolen property: Amended to receiving stolen property of $1,000-$10,000, Class D felony, preliminary hearing 7/22/25 at 11 a.m., bond amended to $10,000 unsecured.

Matthew Jude Jr. (pretrial conference) — Assault, fourth degree (domestic violence), no visible injury: Conditional dismissal for two years, no contact with Tammy Carter.

Jamie Jude (pretrial conference) — Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance, first: Reset 11/4/25 at 10 a.m.

Christopher Maynard (pretrial conference) — 1. Failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance, first; 2. No motorcycle operator’s license; 3. No/expired registration plates: 1. Amended to failure to produce, pleaded guilty, $50 fine; 2. Dismissed, proof shown; 3. Pleaded guilty, $25 fine, show cause 1/20/26 at 9:30 a.m.

Joshua Maynard (review) — 1. Criminal mischief-second degree; 2. Giving officer false identifying information: Diversion, reset 8/5/25 at 10 a.m.

Courtney Megan Mills (pretrial conference) — 1. Assault, fourth degree (domestic violence), minor injury; 2. Possession of controlled substance, third degree (drug unspecified): Diversion.

Michael Mills (pretrial conference) — Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Reset 10/14/25 at 10 a.m.

Michael D. Mills (pretrial conference) — No/expired registration plates; no motorcycle operator’s license; operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance, first: Reset 10/14/25 at 10 a.m.

Mike Mills (pretrial conference) — Speeding 15 mph over limit; failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security first; no/expired registration plates; operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Reset 10/14/25 at 10 a.m.

Marlon Mollett (pretrial conference) — Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Reset 10/14/25 at 10 a.m.

Marlon Mollett (pretrial conference) — Failure to wear seat belt; license to be in possession; no operator’s/moped license: Reset 10/14/21 at 10 a.m.

Marlon N. Mollett (pretrial conference) — No operator’s/moped license: Reset 10/14/25 at 10 a.m.

Patsy Moore (pretrial conference) — 1. Criminal trespass-second degree; 2. Menacing: 1. Conditional dismissal, no contact with Erin O’Neill or her personal property for period of two years.

Prentice Muncy (pretrial conference) — 1. Failure to wear seat belt; 2. No/expired registration plates; 3. No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; 4. Failure to produce insurance card: Dismissed, proof shown.

Prentice Henry Muncy (pretrial conference) — 1. Failure to produce insurance card; 2. No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; 3. License to be in possession: Dismissed, proof shown.

Kendrick Sartin (contempt hearing) — Truancy-student 18 but not yet 21: Reset 10/14/25 at 10 a.m.

Michael G. Spaulding (pretrial conference) — Receiving stolen property: Amended to receiving stolen property $1,000-$10,000, Class D felony, preliminary hearing 7/22/25 at 11 a.m., bond amended to $5,000 unsecured.

Eric E. Tackett (pretrial conference) — Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; failure to surrender revoked operator’s license: Reset 10/14/25 at 10 a.m.

Angelica M. Trischler (pretrial conference) — 1. No/expired registration plates; 2. No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; 3. Registration and title requirements vehicle not operated on highway; 4. Improper registration plate; 5. No operator’s/moped license: 5. Dismissed; all others failure to appear.

Mary Ann Wells (pretrial conference) — 1. Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; 2. Failure to surrender revoked operator’s license; 3. Failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security first; 4. Failure to produce insurance card; 5. Improper display of registration plates; 6. No/expired Kentucky registration receipt: 1. Reset 9/23/25 at 10 a.m.; 2. Reset 9/23/25 at 10 a.m.; 3-6. Dismissed.

Joann James (preliminary hearing) — Theft by unlawful taking or disposition all others $1,000-$10,000; possession of controlled substance, first degree, first offense (drug unspecified); operating vehicle with expired operator’s license; possession of marijuana: Reset 7/22/25 at 11 a.m., bond amended to $10,000 unsecured.

Tommy Bowens (preliminary hearing) — Rape, first degree: Waived to grand jury, bond unchanged.

Danny Lowe (preliminary hearing) — Public intoxication of controlled substance (excludes alcohol); possession of controlled substance, first degree/fentanyl; drug paraphernalia-buy/possession: Waived to grand jury.

David Cooper (preliminary hearing) — Fleeing or evading police, second degree (on foot), amended to fleeing or evading police, third degree; no operator’s/moped license; disorderly conduct, first degree: Pretrial conference 7/22/25 at 10 a.m.

James D. Charles (preliminary hearing) — Terroristic threatening, first degree: Probable cause, sent to grand jury.

 Mack Arthur Estep (preliminary hearing) — Possession of controlled substance, first degree, first offense (methamphetamine); Trafficking in controlled substance, first degree, first offense; possession of marijuana; possession of controlled substance, first degree, first offense (drug unspecified); no/expired registration plates; use of mobile infrared electronic transmitter by unauthorized persons: Probable cause, sent to grand jury.