INEZ — Judge John Kevin Holbrook heard cases March 19 in Martin Circuit Court, while Judge Brett Butcher heard cases March 17 in Martin District Court.

Circuit Court

Jerry Thomas Spence (change of plea) — 1. Fleeing/evading police, first; 2. Operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol/drug, first offense; 3. All-terrain vehicle violations; 4. Reckless driving: Pleaded guilty to all charges, sentencing 6/18/26 at 10 a.m.; 1. Two and one-half years to serve; 2. Two days to serve, loss of license, alcohol drug education, fines and costs; 3. $25 fine (suspended); 4. $25 fine (suspended).

David L. Williamson (change of plea) — Possession of controlled substance, first degree, first offense (methamphetamine): Pleaded guilty, sentencing 5/7/26 at 10 a.m. One-year diversion, defendant shall have no further violations of law, defendant shall be evaluated by a representative of EKRC and complete recommendations for substance abuse treatment.

David Joshua Brown (motion to revoke bond) — Fleeing or evading police, second degree (on foot); operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; resisting arrest; menacing: Reset 4/2/26 at 10 a.m.

Michael Farley (motion to revoke probation) — Bench warrant, no bond.

Dotty Fletcher (motion to consolidate) — Wanton endangerment, first degree: Reset 4/2/26 at 10 a.m.

Ricky Gauze (motion to reduce bond) — Released on own recognizance to New Vision.

Ricky L. Gauze (motion hour-reduce bond) — Release on own recognizance to New Vision.

Justin Marcum (motion to consolidate) — Wanton endangerment, first degree; wanton endangerment, first degree; operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; failure to use child restraint device in vehicle; failure to use child restraint device in vehicle; careless driving; failure to wear seat belt: Reset 4/2/26 at 10 a.m.

Danielle Pack (motion to void pretrial diversion) — 1. Motion to reduce bond; 2. Motion to amend: 1. Moot, agreed graduated sanction; 2. Moot, agreed graduated sanction.

John Pack (motion to revoke bond) — Importing carfentanil, fentanyl or fentanyl derivatives; trafficking in controlled substance, first offense (carfentanil or fentanyl derivatives); trafficking in controlled substance, first degree, first offense; trafficking in marijuana less than 8 ounces, first offense; drug paraphernalia-buy/possession: Bench warrant, no bond.

Jonathan Pack (motion to revoke bond) — Theft by unlawful taking or disposition all others $1,000-$10,000: Bench warrant, no bond.

Brett Waller (motion to reduce bond) — Overruled.

Brett Waller (motion to reduce bond) — Fleeing or evading police, second degree (on foot): Overruled.

Danielle Pack (other hearing-amend bond) — Agreed graduated sanction.

Robert R. Whitt (probation review hearing) — Agreed graduated sanction, release to Frontier.

Steven Ray Davis (probation revocation hearing) — Set for probation revocation hearing 4/2/26 at 10 a.m.

Jason Mollett (probation revocation hearing) — Agreed graduated sanction, release to Pathways 3/20/26.

Robert R. Whitt (probation revocation hearing) — Agreed graduated sanction.

Ashley Salmons (diversion completion) — Diversion completed, dismissed.

Henry Burchett (sentencing) — Trafficking in controlled substance, first offense (carfentanil or fentanyl derivatives): Six years, defendant shall forfeit any monies, firearms, vehicles seized as proceeds of drug trafficking; judgment and sentence order entered.

Rush Fraley (sentencing) — 1. Complicity to receiving stolen property $1,000-$10,000; 2. Persistent felony offender, second degree: 1. Two years; 2. Dismissed; judgment and sentence order entered.

Rush Fraley (sentencing) — Bail jumping, first degree: One year to run consecutively to Martin 23-CR-87; judgment and sentence order entered.

Melinda Mullins (sentencing) — Theft by unlawful taking or disposition (auto) $500-$10,000: Probation unsupervised for two years so long as the defendant is a resident of West Virginia, no new violations of law, judgment and sentence order entered.

Krystal Leann Cooper (arraignment) — Assault, third degree, police/probation officer-identification; escape, third degree; disorderly conduct, second degree: Pleaded not guilty, pretrial 5/7/26 at 11 a.m., bond continues as previously set.

Kassandra Hamilton (arraignment) — Criminal mischief, first degree, tamper key infrastructure assets; trespass of key infrastructure assets, first offense: Pleaded not guilty, pretrial 5/7/26 at 11 a.m., bond continues as previously set.

Brian Howell (arraignment) — Possession of controlled substance, first degree, second offense (methamphetamine): Pleaded not guilty, pretrial 5/7/26 at 11 a.m., bond continues as previously set.

Ricky Sartin (motion to dismiss) — Sustained.

Larry Joe Horn (motion to reduce bond) — Overruled.

District Court

Michael Ray Albright (arraignment) — Speeding 26 mph over/greater: Order.

Adam Dalton (arraignment) — No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; no/expired registration plates: Pleaded not guilty, pretrial conference 4/28/26 at 10 a.m.

Steve Farnham (arraignment) — Failure to produce insurance card; operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first; display of illegal/altered registration plate; improper registration plate; inadequate silencer (muffler); no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; rear license no illuminated: Reset 4/28/26 at 9 a.m.

Alisha Dawn Jude (arraignment) — No/expired registration plates; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance second or greater; failure to produce insurance card; failure to wear seat belts: Reset 3/23/26 at 9 a.m.

Johnny R. Jude (arraignment) — No/expired registration plates; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; failure to produce insurance card; failure to wear seat belt; license to be in possession: Pleaded not guilty, pretrial conference 5/12/26 at 10 a.m.

Randy Lee Kirk (arraignment) — Speeding 12 mph over limit: Six-month diversion.

Victoria Marcum (arraignment) — Speeding 24 mph over (school zone); no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; failure to produce insurance card; license to be in possession: Order.

Truman Maynard Jr. (arraignment) — No/expired registration plates; failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first; operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Reset 4/28/26 at 9 a.m.

Sharon Lynn Newsome (arraignment for pretrial diversion) — Speeding 19 mph over the limit: Previously taken care of, removed from docket.

Jonathan Nix Allen (arraignment) — Speeding 26 mph over/greater (school zone), amended to 10 mph over: Six-month diversion.

Mathew Paul Runyon (arraignment) — Speeding 16 mph over limit; failure to produce insurance card: Reset 4/28/26 at 9 a.m.

Ethan Thomas Ward (arraignment) — Theft by unlawful taking or disposition all others: Paid restitution in full, conditional dismissal, stay out of Dollar General.

Dylan Shane Alexander Yates (arraignment) — Failure to wear seat belt: Dismissed with warning.

Mary Lynn Ayers (review) — 1. Theft of services amended to theft by unlawful taking or disposition all others; 2. Resisting arrest: 1. Pleaded guilty; 2. Dismissed. Review 6/23/26 at 10 a.m.

Kenneth Delong (pretrial conference) — Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; no operator’s/moped license; license to be in possession; operating vehicle with expired operator’s license: Reset 5/12/26 at 10 a.m.

Charles Garland (pretrial conference) — Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Reset 5/12/26 at 10 a.m.

Charles Garland (pretrial conference) — Operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Reset 5/12/26 at 10 a.m.

Anna M. Hall (pretrial conference) — Harassment, no physical contact: One-year diversion, no contact with Claude Spence, his immediate family or his property, waived court costs.

Hester Harless (pretrial conference) — Harassment, no physical contact: One-year diversion, no contact with Claude Spence, his family or his property, waived court costs.

Donna Jude (pretrial conference) — Operating motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol/substance, first: Pleaded guilty, $200 fine and court cost, alcohol drug education classes, loss of license to be determined by the Department of Transportation, show cause 3/16/27.

John L. Kirk Jr. (pretrial conference) — Alcohol intoxication in a public place, first and second offense: Reset 4/14/26 at 10 a.m.

John L. Kirk (pretrial conference) — Operating motor vehicle under the influence of a controlled substance-first: Reset 4/14/26 at 10 a.m., send notice.

Leigh Ann Marquez (pretrial conference) — Alcohol intoxication in a public place, first and second offense; endangering the welfare of a minor: Reset 4/28/26 at 10 a.m.

Patricia L. Messer (pretrial conference) — Failure to wear seat belt; operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license; no/expired registration plates; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; failure to register transfer of motor vehicle; failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first; failure to produce insurance card: Reset 5/12/26 at 10 a.m.

Courtney M. Mills (pretrial conference) — No/expired registration plates; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; improper registration plate; improper display of registration plates; failure to produce insurance card; failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance, first; license to be in possession; no operator’s/moped license; improper/no windshield: Failure to appear.

Courtney M. Mills (pretrial conference) — Improper equipment; inadequate silencer (muffler); excessive windshield/window tinting; registration and title requirement vehicle not to be operated on highway; operating on suspended/revoked operator’s license: Failure to appear.

Jacob Preston (pretrial conference) — Distribute obscene material to minors, first offense: Order.

Frankie L. Spence (pretrial conference) — Harassment, no physical contact: One-year diversion, no contact with Claude Spence, his family or his property.

Harley Dale Stepp (pretrial conference) — Operating motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, 0.08, first: Reset 4/14/26 at 10 a.m.

Robert Ray Whitt (pretrial conference) — 1. Insufficient head lamps; 2. No/expired registration plates; 3. No/expired Kentucky registration receipt; 4. Operating on a suspended/revoked operator’s license; 5. Failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first; 6. Resisting arrest; 7. Menacing; 8. Inadequate silencer (muffler): 1-3. Dismissed; 4. Pleaded guilty, 14 days to serve, credit time served 14 days; 5-6. Dismissed; 7. Pleaded guilty, 14 days to serve, credit time served 14 days; 8. Dismissed.

David Joshua Brown (preliminary hearing) — Receiving stolen property $10,000 or more: Rocket Docket, bond remains the same.

Rose Ellen Johnson (preliminary hearing) — Burglary, third degree; theft by unlawful taking or disposition all others, $1,000-$10,000; possession of burglary tools; criminal mischief, second degree: Amended bond to surety, waived to grand jury.