BY ROGER SMITH
MOUNTAIN CITIZEN
PAINTSVILLE — The Johnson County grand jury returned 11 indictments against nine people July 17. Charges ranged from burglary and witness tampering to bail jumping and assault on police officers.
Brittany Elaine Ramey, 41, of Paintsville, was indicted on a charge of third-degree burglary-complicity.
The grand jury alleges that May 15, Ramey, acting alone or in complicity with Stephen Tyler Rose, entered a storage unit owned by Storage Rentals of America on Brooks Conley Road in Staffordsville with the intent to commit theft.
Her bail was set at $5,000.
Stephen Tyler Rose, 41, of Flat Gap, was indicted separately on a charge of third-degree burglary-complicity stemming from the same alleged incident.
The grand jury alleges that Rose, acting alone or in complicity with Brittany Elaine Ramey, entered a storage unit owned by Storage Rentals of America on Brooks Conley Road in Staffordsville with the intent to commit theft.
His bail was set at $5,000.
Adam Caldwell, 45, of Salyersville, was indicted on charges of second-degree burglary, theft by unlawful taking of property valued at $1,000 to $10,000, and operating a motor vehicle on a suspended or revoked license.
The indictment alleges that Caldwell entered a dwelling owned by John Coleman on May 10 with the intent to commit a crime and took household items valued at a combined $4,085. It also alleges that he operated a motor vehicle while his license was suspended or revoked.
His bail was set at $10,000.
Tonya Rowe, 48, of Salyersville, was indicted on charges of second-degree burglary and theft by unlawful taking of property valued at $1,000 to $10,000.
The indictment alleges that Rowe entered Coleman’s dwelling May 10 with the intent to commit a crime and took household items valued at a combined $4,085.
Jesse Ward, 48, of Paintsville, was indicted on charges of failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements and first-degree persistent felony offender.
The grand jury alleges that Ward failed May 12 to register his new address with the appropriate local probation and parole office as required by KRS 17.510.
The indictment also alleges that Ward had two previous felony convictions and had completed or been released from sentences of at least one year within five years of the latest charge.
His bail was set at $5,000.
David Joshua Brown, 40, of Paintsville, was indicted on charges of tampering with a witness and first-degree persistent felony offender.
The indictment alleges that between June 3 and June 9, Brown induced or attempted to induce William Preece, who had been called as a witness, to absent himself from or avoid appearing at an official proceeding. It also alleges that Brown attempted to induce Preece to make a false statement or engage in fraud or deceit with the intent to affect his testimony.
The grand jury further alleges that Brown had two previous felony convictions and had completed or been released from sentences of at least one year within five years of the latest charge.
His bail was set at $5,000.
Eugene Arms, 58, of East Point, was indicted on a charge of first-degree bail jumping.
The indictment alleges that Arms failed to appear for a pretrial conference May 22 after being released from custody on the condition that he appear.
His bail was set at $5,000.
Kevin Conley, 34, of Paintsville, was indicted in two separate true bills on charges of first-degree bail jumping.
Each indictment alleges that Conley failed to appear for a pretrial conference May 22 after being released from custody on the condition that he appear.
His bail was set at $5,000 in each case.
Shawn Gayheart, 37, of Salyersville, was indicted on a charge of possession of a handgun by a convicted felon.
The grand jury alleges that Gayheart possessed a Jennings 9mm handgun April 25 after previously being convicted of a felony in Floyd Circuit Court.
His bail was set at $10,000.
In a separate case, Gayheart was indicted on two counts of third-degree assault of a police officer and charges of first-degree persistent felony offender, third-degree fleeing or evading police on foot, resisting arrest and menacing.
The indictment alleges that Gayheart caused or attempted to cause physical injury to Paintsville Police Department Officers Jason Crigger and Michael Bell on April 25.
The grand jury further alleges that Gayheart disregarded Crigger’s signals and commands to stop, attempted to prevent Crigger from making an arrest by using or threatening physical force and placed others in reasonable apprehension of imminent physical injury.
The indictment also alleges that Gayheart had two previous felony convictions and had completed or been released from sentences of at least one year within five years of the latest charges.
His bail in the second case was set at $5,000.
An indictment is a formal accusation and does not establish guilt. All individuals are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.