INEZ — Judge John Kevin Holbrook heard cases Dec. 18 in Martin Circuit Court, while Judge John T. Chafin heard cases Dec. 16 in Martin District Court.
Circuit Court
Shawn Hopkins (change of plea) — 1. Fleeing or evading police, second degree (motor vehicle); 2. Reckless driving: 1. Pleaded guilty, one and one-half years; 2. Pleaded guilty, $25 fine. Sentencing 2/5/26 at 10 a.m.
Eric Bowens (probation) — Unsupervised, sustained.
Tommy L. Bowens (review) — Rape, second degree, no force; rape, second degree, no force; rape, second degree, no force; rape, second degree, no force; rape, second degree, no force; sodomy, second degree: Competency evaluation order, set for status conference 2/19/26 at 10 a.m.
Henry Butcher (motion to reduce bond) — Trafficking in controlled substance, first offense (carfentanil or fentanyl derivatives): Overruled.
Robert Drenning (review) — Bail jumping, first degree: Moot.
Brittany Gilmore (revoke probation) — Reset 1/15/26 at 10 a.m.
Brittany Gilmore (revoke probation) — Reset 1/15/26 at 10 a.m.
Donald K. Harris (revoke probation) — Set for probation revocation hearing 1/15/26 at 10 a.m.
James Howell (motion to amend) — Possession of controlled substance, first degree, first offense (methamphetamine); possession of controlled substance, second degree (codeine); public intoxication of controlled substance (excludes alcohol): Sustained.
Jeffrey Looney (void pretrial diversion) — Set for pretrial diversion void hearing, 1/15/26 at 10 a.m.
Paul Mullins (revoke probation) — Bench warrant to remain active.
Earnest W. New (probation) — Alternative supervision sustained.
John Henry Jude (motion to revoke probation): Set for probation revocation hearing 1/15/26 at 10 a.m.
Brianna Ellis (probation revocation hearing) — Reset 1/15/26 at 10 a.m.
Brianna Ellis (probation revocation hearing) — Reset 1/15/26 at 10 a.m.
Brianna Ellis (probation revocation hearing) — Reset 1/15/26 at 10 a.m.
Brianna Ellis (probation revocation hearing) — Reset 1/15/26 at 10 a.m.
Brianna Ellis (probation revocation hearing) — Reset 1/15/26 at 10 a.m.
Barbara J. Gordon (probation revocation hearing) — Agreed graduated sanctions, release to Addiction Recovery Care 2/23/26.
Nella Webb Maynard (diversion completion) — Extend diversion for four years.
Curtis Bowen (sentencing) — 1. Fleeing or evading police, second degree (motor vehicle); 2. Operating on a suspended/revoked operator’s license; 3. Failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first; 4. No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; 5. Reckless driving: 1. One year; 2. 90 days; 3. 90 days; 4. $25 fine; 5. $25 fine. Probation unsupervised for one year on condition that the defendant serves his one-year probation term on home incarceration through East Kentucky Home Incarcerations. Reset 1/15/26 at 10 a.m.
Tracy Johnson (sentencing) — 1. Possession of a controlled substance, first degree; 2. Possession of a controlled substance, second degree: 1. Three years; 2. 12 months. Diverion for three years unsupervised on condition of drug court completion, complete substance abuse treatment at Frontier, at least 90 days, transportation to IOP, comply with DPP, release to Frontier 12/18/25.
Jimmy Dale Maynard (sentencing) — 1. Strangulation, second degree (domestic violence related), amended to assault under extreme emotional disturbance; 2. Assault, fourth degree (minor injury); 3. Terroristic threatening, third degree: 1. One year; 2. 12 months; 3. 12 months. Sentences run concurrently with Martin 25-CR-54 and Lawrence 24-CR-181, 21-CR-133, 25-CR-100. Reset 1/15/26 at 10 a.m.
Marcus Thompson (sentencing) — Theft by unlawful taking, $1,000-$10,000: Three years, credit for time served in West Virginia will be left to the Court’s discretion. Reset 1/15/26 at 10 a.m.
Sherman J. Vance III (sentencing) — 1. Public intoxication controlled substance (excludes alcohol); 2. Possession of marijuana; 3. Possession of controlled substance, first degree, first offense (methamphetamine); 4. Possession of controlled substance, first degree, first offense (drug unspecified); 5. Drug paraphernalia-buy/possession; 6. Possession of controlled substance, first degree (fentanyl): 1. 90 days; 2. 45 days; 3. Two years; 4. Two years; 5. 12 months; 6. Two years. Two-year probation, supervised on the condition that the defendant complete a six-month inpatient program with Frontier.
Amos Ray Evans (report-final) — Assault, second degree; strangulation, first degree: Jury trial 3/23/26 at 9 a.m.; final report 2/19/26 at 10 a.m.
Rush Fraley (report-final) — Complicity to receiving stolen property $1,000-$10,000; persistent felony offender, second degree: Set for pretrial 1/15/26 at 11 a.m.
John Pack (report-final) — Importing carfentanil, fentanyl or fentanyl derivatives; trafficking in controlled substance, first offense (carfentanil or fentanyl derivatives): Jury trial 3/16/26 at 9 a.m.; final report 2/19/26 at 10 a.m.
Jonathan Pack (report-final) — Theft by unlawful taking or disposition all others $1,000-$10,000: Jury trial 3/16/26 at 9 a.m.; final report 2/19/26 at 10 a.m.
John Allen (arraignment-rocket docket) — Theft of service of $1,000-$10,000: Pleaded not guilty, set for change of plea 1/15/26 at 10 a.m.
Donald Delong, Jr. (arraignment) — Bail jumping, first degree: Pleaded not guilty, pretrial 2/5/26 at 11 a.m., bond released on own recognizance to complete treatment (ARC).
Rush Fraley (arraignment) — Bail jumping, first degree: Pleaded not guilty, pretrial 1/15/26 at 11 a.m.
James Howell (arraignment) — Possession of controlled substance, first degree, first offense (methamphetamine); possession of controlled substance, second degree (codeine); public intoxication of controlled substance (excludes alcohol): Pleaded not guilty, pretrial 2/5/26 at 11 a.m.
Marlo Vance (arraignment) — 1. Complicity to possession of controlled substance, first degree (fentanyl); 2. Complicity to possession of controlled substance, first degree, first offense; 3. Complicity to drug paraphernalia-buy/possession: Pleaded not guilty, pretrial 2/5/26 at 11 a.m.
Brett Waller (arraignment) — Strangulation, second degree: Pleaded not guilty, pretrial 2/5/26 at 11 a.m., bond $5,000 cash, no contact with victim.
Jeremy Scott Williams (arraignment) — Fleeing or evading police, second degree (motor vehicle): Bench warrant, no bond.
Chris Maynard (other hearing-motion to dismiss) — Sustained.
Johnathan Edward Sherman (reduce bond) — $10,000 cash or full property, no contact with victim or property.
District Court
Helen Davis (arraignment) — Alcohol intoxication in a public place, first and second offense: Dismissed upon motion of Commonwealth.
Lonnie R. Jude (pretrial conference) — Criminal possession of forged instrument-third degree: Reset 1/13/26 at 10:30 a.m., bond amended to $5,000 surety, no new violation of law and make all court appearances.
Claudetta L. Mills (pretrial conference) — Public intoxication of controlled substance (excludes alcohol): Reset 3/24/26 at 9 a.m.
Ruby M. Chaffins (preliminary hearing) — Criminal trespassing, third degree; receiving stolen property $1,000-$10,000; theft of motor vehicle registration plate/renewal decal; possession of marijuana: Reset 1/13/26 at 10:30 a.m., bond amended to $5,000 surety, no new violation of law and make all court appearances.
Jason Kennith Fields (preliminary hearing) — Criminal trespassing, third degree; receiving stolen property $1,000 but less $10,000; possession of controlled substance, first degree, first offense (methamphetamine); operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Bound to grand jury, bond to remain the same.
Jason Kennith Fields (preliminary hearing) — Convicted felon in possession of a firearm: Bound to grand jury, bond to remain the same.
John Henry Jude (preliminary hearing) — Driving on a DUI-suspended license, first offense; fleeing or evading police, second degree (motor vehicle): Probable cause, bound to grand jury, same bond conditions.
Lonnie Joe Robinson (preliminary hearing) — Possession of controlled substance, first degree, first offense (methamphetamine); failure to produce insurance card: Set for preliminary hearing 1/13/26 at 10:30 a.m., same bond conditions.
Lonnie R. Jude (preliminary hearing) — Criminal trespassing, third degree; receiving stolen property $1,000-$10,000; violation of air pollution standards and rules: Reset 1/13/26 at 10:30 a.m., bond amended to $5,000 surety, no new violation of law and make all court appearances.
Deborah T. Evans (show cause hearing) — Assault, fourth degree (domestic violence), no visible injury: Withdrawn, review upon motion of the Commonwealth, defendant compliant with treatment.
Homer Gary Evans (show cause hearing) — Assault, fourth degree (domestic violence), minor injury: Withdrawn, review upon motion of the Commonwealth, defendant compliant with treatment.