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Landlord and accomplice steal shoes and groceries from tenant
BY RACHEL DOVEMOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOVELY — A female has been arrested and her partner in crime shouldn’t be far behind her as Martin County Sheriff John Kirk is in process of obtaining a warrant for his arrest. A criminal complaint filed by the sheriff Saturday evening states that Lara Giacomoni, 39, of Lovely, was taken…
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Martin County Arrest Report
INEZ — Martin County Sheriff John Kirk’s office reported the following arrests and other criminal citations: Lacy Scott, 55, of Lovely, was arrested Saturday in Lovely for drug paraphernalia-buy/possession. Sheriff Kirk reported Scott had two glass crack pipes with residue on them. Lara Davis-Giacomoni, 39, of Lovely, was arrested Saturday in Lovely for second-degree burglary.…
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Police arrest suspect wanted for multiple thefts
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT GRAYSON — A man wanted for a large number of thefts in the Grayson area was arrested last week after an off-duty state trooper saw him enter a residence on Midland Trail in Grayson. Kentucky State Police Post 14 reported that Troopers Tyler Daniels and Wes Music responded to the report Aug.…
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Five physicians plead guilty to federal drug crimes in connection with HOPE Clinic
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Five physicians pleaded guilty in connection with prescription practices at HOPE Clinic, a purported pain management clinic in Beckley, Beaver and Charleston, W.Va., and Wytheville, Va. Four of the physicians each pleaded guilty to a felony count of aiding and abetting obtaining a controlled substance by fraud: William Earley, D.O, 66, of…
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Federal inmate pleads guilty to possessing weapon
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — A federal prisoner in Welch, W.Va., pleaded guilty Monday to possession of a weapon. Alex Barrera, 26, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution McDowell, is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 5 and faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a…
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Police identify Paintsville shooting victims
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT PAINTSVILLE — Kentucky State Police identified the three deceased victims of a shooting Friday in Paintsville as 56-year-old Paula Wells, 56-year-old Richard Morman and 36-year-old Myrtle Pack, all of Paintsville. The shooter, Ronnie Pack, 21 years old of Paintsville, is charged with three counts of murder and one count of first-degree wanton…
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Three dead in Paintsville shooting
Assailant shot in arm by KSP trooper BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PAINTSVILLE — Panic struck Friday morning in Paintsville as a shooter took three lives and fled the scene. Police responded to a reported shooting at 10:40 a.m. on Depot Street, near Broadway, where three people were pronounced dead by the Johnson County coroner. About an…
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Warfield man indicted for meth
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT INEZ — A Martin County grand jury indicted a Warfield man Thursday for alleged methamphetamine possession. John Preston, 41, of Warfield, is charged with first-degree possession of a controlled substance. Preston’s charges stem from his arrest May 24 on Halls Branch in Inez when a deputy responded to a call about him…
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Man arrested in string of burglaries
Mollette implicated in jewelry store crime BY RACHEL DOVEMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A string of burglaries on Fitch Branch in Inez last week yielded the arrest of an Inez man. Justin Mollette, 33, of Inez, was arrested for third-degree burglary after turning himself in Tuesday morning at the Martin County Sheriff’s office. Sheriff John Kirk…
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Hackney extradited for felonies
BY RACHEL DOVEMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A man indicted in Martin County in February 2021 was extradited to Kentucky last week to face felony drugs and firearms charges. Steve “Pete” Hackney, 60, was brought back to Kentucky Aug. 17 after serving a 13-month sentence in the Salem Correctional Facility in Industrial, W.Va., for a 2021…
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