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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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Traffic stop leads to drug-related charges
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN WARFIELD — An Inez man went to jail Friday after a Kentucky State Police trooper said he discovered marijuana and prescription pills during a traffic stop at Firehouse Lane in Warfield. Donald Ray Perkins, 41, was taken into custody around 11:37 a.m. by KSP Post 9 Trooper Spencer, who reported
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Mingo arrest report week of Jan. 11
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — Several arrest reports were released by the Mingo County Magistrate Court office by various law enforcement agencies. Jimmy Keith West, 40, of Baisden, was charged with obstructing an officer, fleeing and resisting arrest after a breaking and entering investigation on Gilbert Creek Road. Deputies B.T. Sipple and T.J. Justice
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Williamson man charged in Facebook child sexual abuse material case
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — West Virginia State Police arrested a Williamson man this week after investigators said he transmitted child sexual abuse material through a Facebook account. Troopers S. P. Bowling and T. G. Kania executed a search warrant Dec. 10 at the Vinson Street residence of Jeffrey Brian Ball, 61, according to
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Martin County arrest report
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT INEZ — Martin County Sheriff John Kirk’s Office reported the following arrests: Joshua Moore, 27, of Inez, was arrested Jan. 10 on Big Elk in Beauty on a warrant charging him with failure to appear. Deputy Wall served the warrant at 6:45 p.m. David Keith Scott, 40, of Inez, was arrested Jan.
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Mingo County arrests
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — Law enforcement agencies in Mingo County made several arrests in recent days on charges ranging from child sexual abuse material to grand larceny and assault. Clinton Gene McNeely, 30, of Lyburn, was charged with possession of multiple images and videos of child sexual abuse material found on a computer.
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Martin County arrest report
INEZ — Martin County Sheriff John Kirk’s Office reported the following arrests: Cecil Ray Diamond, 44, of Williamson, West Virginia, was arrested Monday in Inez on a fugitive-from-another-state warrant. Sheriff Kirk served the warrant. Diamond was also arrested Dec. 30 at Horn’s Fuel Stop on Route 645, Tomahawk, on charges of first-degree possession of a
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Local man jailed for allegedly stealing ex’s car from hospital after she gave birth
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN A Martin County man remained jailed Tuesday after police say he stole his ex-girlfriend’s vehicle while she was in the hospital recovering from the birth of their child. The Pikeville Police Department responded to Pikeville Medical Center Saturday where the woman was staying. She told police that her ex-boyfriend, Christopher
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Woman faces fetal homicide charge after using ‘abortion medication’
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT CAMPTON — A Campton woman is facing a first-degree fetal homicide charge following a reported abortion and the burial of a fetus on her Wolfe County property. According to the Kentucky State Police, United Clinic in Campton alerted Post 8 around 2:30 p.m. Dec. 31 after a woman at the facility allegedly
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Man arrested after motorcyle chase
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT MAYTOWN — A motorcycle pursuit that began in the Goose Creek area Friday, Dec. 26, ended miles later in Maytown with the arrest of a Martin man on multiple felony charges, according to the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies attempted to stop a Honda motorcycle after the operator refused to pull over
