INEZ — Judge John T. Chafin heard the following cases Nov. 18 and 19 in Martin District Court:

James Aaron Oscar Carter (arraignment) — 1. Speeding 23 mph over limit; 2. No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; 3. Failure to produce insurance card: 1. Amended to 10 mph over, six-month diversion, DCPT 5/6/25; 2-3. Dismissed, proof shown.

Betsy Irene Evans (arraignment) — Speeding 26 mph over/greater: Order.

Kayla A. Garn (arraignment) — No/expired registration plates; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance, first; no operator’s/moped license: Reset 11/16/24 at 9 a.m.

Travis Hall (arraignment) — Failure to wear seat belts: Allegations taken as true, $25 fine, show cause 5/6/25

Dorothy F. Horn (arraignment) — Speeding 22 mph over limit: Order.

Dylan Thomas Lackey (arraignment) — Failure to wear seat belts: Allegations taken as true, $25, show cause 5/6/25

Paul T. Mullins (arraignment) — License to be in possession; giving officer false identifying information; theft of identity of another without consent; failure to produce insurance card: Bench warrant $5,000 cash.

Brittany Reynolds (arraignment) — Assault fourth degree (no visible injury): Two-year conditional dismissal, no new violation of law and no contact with Andrew Howell.

Dorothy M. Spence (arraignment) — No tail lamps; rear license not illuminated; no/expired registration plates; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; failure to produce insurance card; operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; failure of non owner operator to maintain required insurance second or greater: Failure to appear, bench warrant $500 cash.

Patrick L. Blackburn (pretrial conference) — 1. No/expired registration plates; 2. No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; 3. Improper display of registration plates; 4. Registration and title requirements vehicle not to be operated on highway; 5. Failure to produce insurance card; 6. Failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance, first; 7. License to be in possession; 8. Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; 9. Failure to wear seat belts: Dismissed.

Patrick Lee Blackburn (pretrial conference) — 1. Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; 2. Failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first; 3. No/expired registration receipt: Dismissed, proof shown.

Ray Collins (pretrial conference) — Receiving stolen property $500 but less than $1,000: Pleaded guilty, 12 months, probation two years, stay off Martin County Coal property, cost waived.

William Evans (pretrial conference) — Theft of services: Pleaded guilty, nine days to serve, credit time served nine days, cost waived; 24-T-351 recall failure to appear: 1. Fine $25, cost; 2-3. Dismissed in exchange for plea.

Charles Garland (pretrial conference) — Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Bench warrant $500 cash, blanket bond both cases.

Charles Garland (pretrial conference) — Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Bench warrant $500 cash, blanket bond both cases.

Seth A. Hall (pretrial conference) — Assault fourth degree (domestic violence), minor injury: Dismissed, no unlawful contact with Shelby Sizemore.

Laura Harmon (contempt hearing) — Criminal littering: Reset 12/3/24 at 9 a.m.

Elizabeth Horn (pretrial conference) — Hindering prosecution or apprehension, second degree: One-year diversion on condition defendant completes inpatient treatment at Hope in the Mountains and follows all recommendations, DCPT 11/4/25.

Hope Hundley (pretrial conference) — No operator’s/moped license; license to be in possession; operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Reset 2/25/25 at 9 a.m.

Jeffrey Allen Looney (pretrial conference) — 1. Driving on DUI-suspended license, first offense; 2. Failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt: 1. Pleaded guilty, $25 fine and cost, show cause 5/6/25; 2-3. Dismissed.

Christopher Marcum (pretrial conference) — Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; rear license not illuminated: Bench warrant $500 cash, blanket bond all cases.

Christopher Marcum (pretrial conference) — Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Bench warrant $500 cash, blanket bond all cases.

Christopher Marcum (pretrial conference) — Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Bench warrant $500 cash, blanket bond all cases.

Christopher Marcum (pretrial conference) — Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; reckless driving: Bench warrant $500 cash, blanket bond all cases.

Junior Messer (pretrial conference) — 1. No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; 2. No/expired registration plates; 3. Improper display of registration plates; 4. Failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance, first; 5.Failure to produce insurance: 1. Pleaded guilty, $25 fine and cost, show cause 5/6/25; 2-4. Dismissed in exchange for guilty plea; 5. Pleaded guilty, $50 fine.

Jonathan Edward Mollett (pretrial conference) — 1. Speeding 25 mph over limit; 2. No operator’s/moped license: 1. Dismissed in exchange for guilty plea; 2. Pleaded guilty, 10 days to serve, credit 10 days, cost waived due to jail service.

Timmy Mullett (pretrial conference) — Failure to wear seat belts; failure to produce insurance card; failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first; driving on DUI-suspended license, first offense; operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; license to be in possession; no operator’s/moped license; no tail lamps; one headlight: Reset 2/11/25 at 9 a.m.

Timmy Mullett (pretrial conference) — No/expired registration plates; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; improper registration plate; improper display of registration plates; failure to wear seat belts; 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: Reset 2/11/25 at 9 a.m.

Derek Mitchell Parsons (pretrial conference) — Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Reset 12/3/24 at 9 a.m.

Jeffrey Pinson (pretrial conference) — Receiving stolen property $500-$1,000: Pleaded guilty, 12 months, probation two years, no new violation of law and stay off Martin County Coal property, cost waived.

Nebert L. Porter (pretrial conference) — Possession of marijuana; operating motor vehicle under influence of controlled substance, first: Reset 12/3/24 at 9 a.m.

James Hubert Lee Presley (pretrial conference) — 1. Local county ordinance; 2. Criminal trespassing, third degree; 3. Criminal littering: 1. Dismissed on condition he maintains monthly garbage service and stays off Ted McGinnis’ property, review 12/17/24 at 9:30 a.m. for proof of garbage payment.

Jason Scott (pretrial conference) — 1. No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; 2. No/expired registration plates; 3. Improper display of registration plates; 4. Failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance, first; 5. Failure to produce insurance card; 6. Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; 7. No operator’s/moped license; Reset 2/11/25 at 9 a.m.; 20-T-133 Recall failure to appear 2/11/25 at 9 a.m.

Mary S. Setser (pretrial conference) — Criminal trespass, second degree; criminal littering; disorderly conduct, second degree; public intoxication of controlled substance (excludes alcohol): Bench warrant $500 cash.

Shelby R. Sizemore (pretrial conference) — Assault fourth degree (domestic violence), minor injury: Dismissed on condition defendant has no unlawful contact with Seth Hall.

Naomi Smith (pretrial conference) — No/expired registration plates; failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first; no operator’s/moped license: Reset 2/4/25 at 9 a.m., transfer to Division II, defendant has another case.

Charles Edward Speer (pretrial conference) — Unlawful transaction with minor, third degree: One-year diversion, no new violation of law, pay court cost, show cause 11/4/25.

Scottie R. Thompson (pretrial conference) — Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; no/expired registration plates; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance, first; possession of open alcoholic beverage container in a motor vehicle: Reset 2/25/25 at 9 a.m.

Scotty R. Thompson (pretrial conference) — Failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security first; 2. No/expired registration plates; 3. No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; 4. Registration and title requirements vehicle not to be operated on highway: 1. Pleaded guilty, $50 fine and cost, show cause 5/6/25; 2-4. Dismissed.

Kimberly Wells (pretrial conference) — Harassment, no physical contact: Two-year diversion on condition she has no contact with Chris Walker or his business and has no social media posts about Chris Walker, cost waived, DCPT 11/3/26.

Wendall Taylor Johnson (preliminary hearing) — Receiving stolen property $1,000-$10,000: Probable cause, bound to grand jury, same bond conditions.

Tommy E. Messer (preliminary hearing) — 1. Strangulation second degree (domestic violence related); 2. Assault fourth degree (domestic violence), minor injury: Dismissed without prejudice at request of victim and Commonwealth.

Paige N. Moore (preliminary hearing) — 1. Assault fourth degree (domestic), third or greater within five years, amended to assault fourth; criminal mischief third degree: Pretrial conference 12/3/24 at 9 a.m.

Brandon Parsons (preliminary hearing) — Importing carfentanil, fentanyl or fentanyl derivatives; drug paraphernalia-buy/possession: Commonwealth to proceed with Rocket Docket.

Lacy Scott (preliminary hearing) — Possession of controlled substance, first degree, first offense (methamphetamine); drug paraphernalia-buy/possession: Bench warrant $5,000 cash.

Shannon Bowen (review) — Disorderly conduct, second degree: Compliant, review upon motion of Commonwealth.

Shannon E. Bowen (review) — Possession of a controlled substance; prescription controlled substance not in original container, first: Compliant, review upon motion of Commonwealth.

Michael Dale Dalton (review) — Terroristic threatening, third degree: Compliant, review upon motion of Commonwealth.

Patricia Hill (review) — Public intoxication of controlled substance (excludes alcohol): Compliant, review upon motion of Commonwealth.

Paul Johnson (review) — Local burning ban: Compliant, review upon motion of Commonwealth.