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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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Brothers arrested after four-wheeler rams FedEx truck
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN TOMAHAWK — Two brothers went to jail Monday in Tomahawk after one reportedly attacked the FedEx truck with his four-wheeler. Harvey Mollett, 52, of Tomahawk, is facing a charge of first-degree criminal mischief while his brother Randall Mollett, 62, of Tomahawk, faces a charge of disorderly conduct, second degree. Deputy…
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Martin County arrest report
INEZ — Martin County Sheriff John Kirk’s Office made the following arrests: Harvey Mollett, 52, of Tomahawk, was arrested Monday on Route 40 in Tomahawk on a charge of criminal mischief, first degree. Deputy Jameson Wall responded to the scene of an accident on Route 40 involving a FedEx truck and Mollett’s four-wheeler. Mollett allegedly…
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Caught on camera: Transaction outside courtroom leads to meth arrest
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A Lovely man went to jail Oct. 2 after allegedly making a drug transaction outside the courtroom in the Martin County Judicial Center, authorities said. It was just after 3:30 p.m. when court security officers noticed something unusual on the surveillance feed. Outside the courtroom, 49-year-old Amos Ray…
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KSP investigates threats against Kentucky Parole Board
FRANKFORT — The Kentucky State Police (KSP) is investigating a series of violent threats made to Kentucky Parole Board members after false information circulated online about the release of inmate Ronald Exantus. Officials clarified in a release Monday that the Kentucky Parole Board did not release Exantus. The Board voted unanimously for him to remain…
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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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Man allegedly takes clothes off, gets arrested for drugs
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN WARFIELD — A bizarre call about a man stripping down to his underwear at a Warfield business ended with the suspect facing a slate of drug charges Friday. Martin County Sheriff John Kirk responded to the complaint around 4:45 p.m. He found 36-year-old Sherman J. Vance III of Dingess, West…
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Martin County arrest report
INEZ — Martin County Sheriff John Kirk’s Office reported the following arrests: Scott Hazlett, 61, of Hyden, was arrested Sunday on West Main Street in Inez for driving on a DUI-suspended license, failure to produce an insurance card, no tail lamps, and a bench warrant out of Leslie County. Deputy Jameson Wall stopped Hazlett around…
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Police catch woman cutting copper phone lines on North Wolf Creek
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PILGRIM — A late-evening copper theft in Pilgrim ended in handcuffs Tuesday after deputies came upon a mud-stuck truck, cut utility lines and piles of stripped wire in a field. Martin County Sheriff John Kirk and his deputies responded to North Wolf Creek Road after a trespassing complaint. When they…
