District Court

INEZ — Judge Brett Butcher heard the following cases April 18 in Martin District Court:

Joe Blackburn (arraignment) — Criminal littering: Bench warrant $500 cash.

Justin Cline (arraignment) — Criminal mischief, first degree: Preliminary hearing 5/2/23 at 11 a.m.

Bryan Daniels (motion hour) — 1. No/expired registration plates; 2. No operator’s/moped license; 3. Disregarding stop sign; 4. No/expired Kentucky registration receipt: 1. Pleaded guilty, $25 fine and court cost, show cause 10/17/23 at 10 a.m.; 2-4. Dismissed.

Fred Daniels (arraignment) — No/expired registration plates; failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first; driving on DUI-suspended license, first offense: Pleaded not guilty, pretrial 6/13/23 at 10 a.m.

Christopher T. Gamble (motion hour) — 1. Speeding 26 mph over limit; 2. Operating motor vehicle under influence of controlled substance, third; 3. Reckless driving; 4. Failure to wear seat belt; 5. Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; 6. Improper equipment; 7. Failure to produce insurance card; 8. Failure to or improper signal: 1-8. Dismissed; recalled bench warrant, amended, fine balance $425, show cause 10/17/23 at 10 a.m.

Phillip Horn (arraignment) — Possession controlled substance, first degree, first offense (methamphetamine); possession of marijuana: Preliminary hearing 5/2/23 at 11 a.m.

Raymond Lee Johnson (arraignment) — 1. No/expired registration plates; 2. No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; 3. Improper registration plate; 4. Improper display of registration plates; 5. Failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security first; 6. Failure to produce insurance card; 7. Failure to wear seat belt; 8. Registration and title requirements vehicle not to be operated on highway; 9. Failure to register transfer of motor vehicle: 1-5. Dismissed; 6. Pleaded guilty, $50 fine and court cost; 7-9. Dismissed.

Raymond Lee Johnson (arraignment) — Rear license not illuminated; obstructed vision and/or windshield; license to be in possession; failure to produce insurance card; failure to wear seat belt: Dismissed, proof shown.

James. A. Jude (arraignment) — Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Pleaded not guilty, pretrial 6/13/23 at 10 a.m.

James A. Jude (arraignment) — No/expired registration plates; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; rear license not illuminated; improper equipment; no operator’s/moped license: Recalled failure to appear, pleaded not guilty, pretrial 6/13/23 at 10 a.m.

Jacob Lee McCoy (arraignment) — Speeding 17 mph over limit; failure to produce insurance card: Order.

Marlon Mollett (arraignment) — Prohibited sale/receipt of vehicle with removed/altered VIN: Reset 5/2/23 at 9 a.m.

Timmy Mullett (arraignment) — No/expired registration plates; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; improper registration plate; improper display of registration plate; failure to wear seat belt; operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; failure to produce insurance card; failure to register transfer of motor vehicle; failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first: Pleaded not guilty, pretrial 5/16/23 at 10 a.m.

Nathaniel Sparks (motion hour) — No/expired registration plates; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; improper display of registration plates; failure to produce insurance card; failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security first; failure to wear seat belt; driving on DUI-suspended license, first offense: Pleaded not guilty, pretrial 6/13/23 at 10 a.m.

Shawn M. Sweeney (arraignment) — One headlight; rear license not illuminated; no/expired registration plates; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; failure to produce insurance card: Order.

Angela Beth Williamson (arraignment) — Improper registration plate; failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance, first: Order.

Betty Allen (pretrial) — 1. Public intoxication controlled substance (excludes alcohol); 2. Criminal trespassing, third degree: 1. Pleaded guilty, 90 days to serve, probated for two years on condition he completes CARES program, has no new violation of law, completes IOP treatment, follows family court order, consecutive to case 22-M-175; 2. Dismissed.

Brittany C. Hall (pretrial) — Assault, fourth degree (domestic violence), no visible injury: One-year diversion on condition she follows family court order, DCPT 4/16/24 at 10 a.m.

James W. Harless (pretrial) — Drug paraphernalia-buy/possession: Pleaded guilty, 30 days to serve, credit time served 30 days.

Raymond Johnson (pretrial) — 1. Failure to wear seat belt; 2. License to be in possession; 3. Failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security first; 4. Failure to produce insurance card; 5. No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; 6. No/expired registration plates; 7. Improper display of registration plates: 1-3. Dismissed, proof shown; 4. Pleaded guilty, $50 fine and court cost, show cause 10/17/22 at 10 a.m.; 5-7. Dismissed, proof shown.

Ivan Maynard (pretrial) — 1. Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; 2. License to be in possession; 3. Failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance, first: 1. Dismissed; 2. Pleaded guilty $25 fine, waived court cost; 3. Dismissed.

Ivan Maynard (pretrial) — 1. Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; 2. No/expired registration plates; 3. No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; 4. Improper display of registration plates; 5. Failure to produce insurance card; 6. Failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first; 7. Failure to wear seat belt: 1. Amended to license not in possession, pleaded guilty, $25 fine and court cost; 2-6. Dismissed, proof shown, show cause 10/17/23 at 10 a.m.

Lowell Justin Maynard (pretrial) — Reckless driving; speeding 25 mph over limit; driving on DUI-suspended license, first offense; failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance second or greater: Reset 6/13/23 at 10 a.m.

Richard Devada McCoy (pretrial) — Operating motor vehicle under influence of substance, first; failure to wear seat belt; possession of marijuana; improper equipment; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; failure to notify Department of Transportation of address change: Reset 6/13/23 at 10 a.m.

Tommy Messer (pretrial) — Local city ordinance: One-year diversion on condition he pays $87 to Country Boys Garbage service and maintains service throughout diversion period.

Robert M. Moore (pretrial) — No brake lights (passenger vehicle); no/expired registration plates; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security first; failure to produce insurance card; operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Reset 7/25/23 at 10 a.m.

Robert Moore (pretrial) — Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Reset 7/25/23 at 10 a.m.

Robert Michael Moore (pretrial) — Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Reset 7/25/23 at 10 a.m.

Robert Michael Moore (pretrial) — Failure to or improper signal; operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Reset 7/25/23 at 10 a.m.

Steven D. Puckett (pretrial) — Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; failure to produce insurance card; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; no/expired registration plates: Failure to appear.

Dustin Stacy (pretrial) — No insurance, first offense; operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt: Failure to appear.

Robert Lee Williamson (bond hearing) — Strangulation first degree; assault, fourth degree, child abuse: Bond amended to $5,000 unsecured, defendant to have no contact direct or indirect with alleged victim or associated juveniles, waived to grand jury.

Kevin Gene Fairchild (preliminary hearing) — Prohibited sale/receipt of vehicle with removed/altered VIN: Order.

Chad Smith (preliminary hearing) — Sexual abuse, first degree: Competency evaluation order, bond amended to $10,000 unsecured, no contact with alleged victim (direct or indirect).

Deanna Wiley (preliminary hearing) — No/expired registration plates; failure to produce insurance card; possession of controlled substance, first degree, first offense (methamphetamine); operating motor vehicle under influence of controlled substance, first: Waived to grand jury.

Circuit Court

INEZ — Judge Kevin Holbrook heard the following cases April 20 in Martin Circuit Court:

Elijah A. Frye (arraignment) — Public intoxication controlled substance (excludes alcohol); possession of controlled substance, first degree, first offense (methamphetamine); drug paraphernalia-buy/possession: Set for change of plea 5/4/23 at 10 a.m. 

Christopher Lee Maynard (arraignment) — No tail lamps; operating motor vehicle under influence of controlled substance, third; fleeing or evading police, first degree; driving on DUI-suspended license, second offense in five years: Set for change of plea 5/4/23 at 10 a.m.

Frankie L. Maynard (arraignment) — Trafficking in controlled substance, first degree, first offense; trafficking in controlled substance, third degree, first offense: Pretrial 5/18/23 at 11 a.m.

Gary Gamble Jr. (change of plea) — 1. Flagrant nonsupport; 2. Persistent felony offender, first degree: Pleaded guilty, sentencing 5/18/23 at 10 a.m.; 1. Five years, probation five years, pay $3,060, $100 per month; 2. Dismissed.

Christopher Jude (change of plea) — Pleaded guilty: Fleeing or evading police, first degree; possession of controlled substance, first degree, first offense (methamphetamine); resisting arrest: 180 days concurrent.

Dustin Jude (change of plea) — Sodomy, first degree, victim under 12 years of age, amended to sodomy, second degree: Pleaded guilty, five years to serve, sentencing 7/6/23 at 10 a.m.

Brandon P. Kirk (change of plea) — 1. Possession of controlled substance, first degree, first offense (methamphetamine); 2. Possession of controlled substance, second degree (drug unspecified); 3. Public intoxication of controlled substance (excludes alcohol): 1. Pretrial diversion two years, complete substance treatment; 2. Twelve months; 3. Pleaded guilty, 90 days. Sentencing 5/18/23 at 10 a.m.

Richard May (change of plea) — Possession of controlled substance: Reset for change of plea 5/18/23 at 10 a.m., defendant is a state inmate at Little Sandy Community, transport order.

Leitha Tackett (change of plea) — Defraud/scheme/artifice obtain benefits greater than $10,000: Amended to Class D, pleaded guilty. Sentencing 5/18/23 at 10 a.m.

Stephanie N. Chafin (sentencing) — Possession of controlled substance, first degree, first offense (methamphetamine): Two years diversion, complete substance abuse treatment.

James Crabtree (sentencing) — Assault, first degree; burglary, first degree: Motion to withdraw guilty plea, set for 5/18/23 at 10 a.m.

Herman J. Endicott (sentencing) — 1. Possession of controlled substance, first degree, first offense (methamphetamine); 2. Possession of marijuana: 1. Two years probation unsupervised three years, complete drug court; 2. Forty-five days, consecutive with 23-CR-25.

Herman J. Endicott (sentencing) — 1. Possession of controlled substance, first degree, first offense (methamphetamine); 2. Possession of controlled substance, second degree (drug unspecified); 3. Possession of controlled substance, third degree (drug unspecified): 1. Two years probation unsupervised three years, complete drug court; 2. Twelve months; 3. Twelve months, consecutive 23-CR24.

Michelle Horn (sentencing) — 1. Fleeing or evading police, first degree; 2. Wanton endangerment, first degree, police officer: 1. Three-year diversion supervised two years; 2. Amended to second degree, Class A, 12 months.

Scott Marcum (sentencing) — Convicted felon in possession of a handgun: Amended to attempted possession of hand gun, 12 months to serve.

Scott Marcum (sentencing) — 1. Receiving stolen property (firearm); 2. Persistent felony offender, first degree: 1. Amended to attempted receiving stolen property, 12 months concurrent with other case; 2. Dismissed.

Scott Marcum (sentencing) — 1. Convicted felon in possession of a firearm; 2. Drug paraphernalia-buy/possession; 3. No tail lamps: 1. Amended to attempted possession, 12 months to serve; 2. One hundred twenty (120) days to serve; 3. Dismissed.

Billy Perry (sentencing) — Possession of controlled substance, first degree, first offense (methamphetamine): Three-year diversion supervised two years, complete substance abuse treatment. 

Charlene Carter (status hearing) — Possession of controlled substance, first degree, first offense (methamphetamine): Pretrial.

Jeremy Harmon (status hearing) — Strangulation, second degree; assault, fourth degree (domestic violence), minor injury: Dismissed without prejudice based on affidavit of witness.

Bart Anthony Horne (status hearing) — Strangulation, second degree; assault, fourth degree (domestic violence), minor injury; unlawful imprisonment, second degree: Dismissed without prejudice.

Lonnie Jude (status hearing) — Possession of controlled substance, first degree, first offense (methamphetamine): Pretrial.

Jimmy Cornette Jr. (other hearing) — Reset to 5/18/23 at 10 a.m.

Pamela Sue Mathieu (other hearing) — Trafficking in controlled substance, first degree, first offense; trafficking in controlled substance, second degree, first offense; public intoxication of controlled substance (excludes alcohol): Moot.

Carl Daniels Jr. (motion to revoke probation) — Active warrant.

Cheryl Delong (motion hour) — Agreed, graduated sanctions.

Cheryl Delong (motion hour) — Agreed, graduated sanctions.

James Harless (motion hour) — Possession of controlled substance, first degree, first offense (methamphetamine) amended to second degree: Pleaded guilty, 180 days credit time served.

Jonathan Jackson (motion to revoke probation) — Active warrant, re-docket once arrested.

Shannon Ray Justice (motion to revoke probation) — Set for revocation hearing 5/4/23 at 10 a.m.

Cory Marcum (motion to revoke bond) — Bail jumping, first degree: Commonwealth to submit order.

Christopher Mollette (motion hour) — Graduated sanctions.

Whitley Perry (motion hour) — Set for hearing 5/4/23 at 10 a.m.

Jordan Stamper (motion hour) — Commonwealth to file appearance detainers.

Jordan Stamper (motion hour) — Commonwealth to file appearance detainers.

Skylar Harmon (diversion completion) — No action.

Eddie R. Sansom (diversion completion) — No action due to new felony charges.

Paul David Smith (diversion completion) — Dismissed, diversion completion.

Adam Maynard (final report) — Assault, third degree, police/probation officer: Reset 5/18/23 at 10 a.m.

Kenneth Mollette (final report) — Assault, first degree: Set for change of plea 5/4/23 at 10 a.m.

Todd Whitt (final report) — Assault, first degree; assault, first degree: Final report 5/8/23 at 10 a.m.; jury trial 6/12/23 at 9 a.m.