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Martin County court docket
Inez — Judge John T. Chafin heard the following cases Oct. 21 in Martin District Court: Ashley Copley (motion to set aside bench warrant) — Granted, credit $200, balance $453: All other traffic offenses not listed: Failure to appear, reset show cause 10/6/26 at 10 a.m. Dovie Ann Daniels (arraignment) — Failure to wear seat
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Sentencing delayed for former prison officer amid sealed court filings
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN DEBORD — Nine months after admitting he helped lead a violent conspiracy inside one of the nation’s most notorious federal prisons, a former prison lieutenant faces a second delay in his sentencing date. Federal judges have kept key court filings in his civil rights case under seal, signaling possible new
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Two men face drug-related charges
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin Circuit Court issued formal drug-related charges Oct. 16 against two individuals under Kentucky’s Rocket Docket program. Robert R. Whitt, 45, of Adams, faces three charges: operating on a suspended or revoked operator’s license (Class B misdemeanor), possession of a controlled substance in the first degree (Class
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Martin County court dockets
INEZ — Judge John Kevin Holbrook heard cases Oct. 16 in Martin Circuit Court, while Judge Brett Butcher heard cases Oct. 14 in Martin District Court. Circuit Court Brittany Gilmore (change of plea) – Bail jumping, first, amended to bail jumping, second: Pleaded guilty, 12-month sentence, probation for two years. Jonathan Mollett (change of plea)
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West Virginia man charged with drug offenses in Kentucky
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin Circuit Court has formally charged a Dingess, West Virginia, man with multiple drug offenses stemming from his arrest last month in Warfield. Sherman J. Vance III, 36, faces three felony and three misdemeanor charges: public intoxication controlled substances (excluding alcohol), possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia,
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Martin County civil suits
INEZ — Martin Circuit Clerk Denise Gauze reported the following civil suits filed in her office through Oct. 9: Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Nicholas Mills. Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Nila Penix. Velocity Investments LLC Assignee vs. Robert Allen. Crown Asset Management LLC vs. Natasha Maynard. Credit Acceptance Corporation vs. Tonya Waller. Synchrony Bank
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Warfield man sentenced to 17 years in prison for violent crimes
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A Warfield man has been sentenced to 17 years in state prison for felony convictions spanning both Martin and Lawrence counties, the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. Jimmy Dale Maynard, 45, received the sentence after his conviction of persistent felony offender, first-degree assault (domestic violence), first-degree strangulation (domestic
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Grand jury indicts six in Martin County: Theft, drugs, terroristic threatening
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A Martin County grand jury handed up indictments Oct. 2 charging six defendants in cases ranging from theft and receiving stolen property to drug trafficking and terroristic threatening. Shawn Moore, 46, of Inez, stands accused of theft of a motor vehicle registration plate (a Class D felony). The indictment
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Body-camera footage to be allowed in Mingo murder trial
BY KYLE LOVERN MOUNTAIN CITIZEN WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — The trial of Timothy Kennedy, accused of murdering West Virginia State Police Sgt. Cory Maynard, is scheduled for December. On Friday, special Judge Joshua Butcher ruled that a jury would get to see the body-camera footage which allegedly shows Kennedy shooting and attacking Sgt. Maynard. Also, during
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Martin County court dockets
INEZ — Judge John Kevin Holbrook heard the cases Sept. 18 in Martin Circuit Court, while Judge Brett Butcher heard cases Sept. 16 in Martin District Court. Circuit Court 9/18 Herman Endicott Jr. (change of plea) – trafficking in controlled substances, first degree, first offense, amended to trafficking in controlled substances, first degree, first offense:
