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Thompson sentenced to three years in funeral home truck theft
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A man will spend three years in prison following sentencing Thursday by Martin Circuit Judge John Kevin Holbrook in Inez. Marcus Thompson, 27, of Ulysses, was sentenced on a single count of theft by unlawful taking (greater than $10,000) after pleading guilty. According to court records, the sentence
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Man already serving 17 years for violent crimes sentenced again
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A Warfield man received additional prison sentences Thursday for violence-related crimes, with the new terms folded into a 17-year sentence he is already serving for domestic-violence-related offenses across Martin and Lawrence counties. Martin Circuit Judge John Kevin Holbrook sentenced Jimmy Dale Maynard, 45, to one year each for
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Porter gets 11 years in prison for violence-related crimes
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Circuit Judge Kevin Holbrook sentenced a local man to 11 years in prison Thursday in Inez for violence-related crimes. Samuel Porter, 30, of Debord, was sentenced after pleading guilty to two counts of first-degree wanton endangerment and one count of third-degree terroristic threatening. The judge gave
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Man charged with felony water theft
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin Circuit Court has formally charged a Debord man under Kentucky’s Rocket Docket program in connection with the theft of water services, a Class D felony. The Commonwealth Attorney’s Office charged John Allen, 39, with theft of services valued between $1,000 and $10,000. Court records allege the
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One drug case, six missed court dates drive grand jury indictments
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County grand jury’s December session told two different stories at once. One case centers on alleged drug-related charges, while six others are not new offenses, but failure to appear when the court required it. James Howell, 35, of Beauty, stands accused of first-degree possession of a
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Martin County court docket
INEZ — Judge John T. Chafin heard cases Dec. 1 and 2 in Martin District Court, while Judge John Kevin Holbrook heard cases Dec. 4 in Martin Circuit Court. District Court Steven Luther Farnham (arraignment) — 1. Failure to produce an insurance card; failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance, first; operating on suspended/revoked
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Already in state prison, Tomahawk man pleads guilty to federal fentanyl trafficking
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A Martin County, Kentucky, man already serving a state prison sentence pleaded guilty in federal court to buying fentanyl in Huntington with the intent to sell it. Kody D. Harless, 27, of Tomahawk, entered the plea Nov. 24. According to court records, Harless received approximately 4.75 grams
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Judge will question jurors before ruling in murder case
BY KYLE LOVERN MOUNTAIN CITIZEN WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — A circuit judge will question potential jurors before ruling on a motion for change of venue in the case of Timothy Kennedy, accused of murdering West Virginia State Police Sgt. Cory Maynard. Judge Joshua Butcher of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit said Nov. 25 that he will call
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Martin County court docket
INEZ — Judge Brett Butcher heard the following cases Nov. 10 in Martin District Court: Zachary Delong (motion to set aside failure to appear) — Operating vehicle with expired operator’s license; no/expired registration plates; no/expired Kentucky registration receipt; improper registration plate; failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security, first: Pleaded not guilty, pretrial conference 2/3/26
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Debord woman faces drug charges
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin Circuit Court has formally charged a Debord woman under the Rocket Docket program. Charlene Carter, 34, faces charges of first-degree possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), a Class D felony, and public intoxication, a Class B misdemeanor. According to the Commonwealth Attorney, the charges stem from
