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Sheriff warns residents after door-to-door prowler reported in Tomahawk
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN TOMAHAWK — As temperatures plunged into the single digits Monday night and wind chills dipped below zero, an unknown man was reported walking door to door along Alex Place near Rockhouse, knocking on multiple residences without an apparent reason. Martin County Sheriff John Kirk said the activity raised immediate concern
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Martin County arrest report
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT INEZ — Martin County Sheriff John Kirk’s Office reported the following arrests: Frankie Lee Maynard, 49, was arrested Monday on charges of possession of a controlled substance, first degree, first offense (drug unspecified). Deputy J.C. Kirk made the arrest. Danese Deon Chaffins, 34, of Lovely, was arrested Monday on Long Branch Road
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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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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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Gas pump crash triggers meth bust by Sheriff Kirk
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — What could have been a dangerous collision at an Inez gas station instead became a methamphetamine bust with Martin County Sheriff John Kirk putting four people behind bars Dec. 30 on felony drug charges. A vehicle crashed into the concrete barrier protecting the gas pumps at Horn’s BP
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Martin County arrest report
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT INEZ — Martin County Sheriff John Kirk’s Office reported the following arrests: Teresa Rena Marcum, 47, of Rockcastle Creek Road, Louisa, was arrested Dec. 27 on Little Laurel Road on charges of possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia – buy/possession. Sheriff John Kirk said he was dispatched to a residence on Little
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Martin County arrest report
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT INEZ — Martin County Sheriff John Kirk’s Office reported the following arrests: Lonnie Ray Jude, 49, of Pilgrim, was arrested Dec. 22 on North Wolf Creek Road in Pilgrim on a charge of assault, fourth degree (domestic violence), minor injury. According to the arrest report, Sheriff Kirk responded to a call about
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Horse killed in Route 3 collision; sheriff urges action
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN DEBORD — A horse died early Sunday morning after a vehicle hit it on New Route 3 near Debord, prompting renewed concerns from Martin County Sheriff John Kirk about the danger of free-roaming horses along county roadways. The crash occurred around 7:30 a.m. No one in the vehicle received injuries.
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Police find deceased dogs tied up behind house
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — By the time deputies arrived Dec. 16 at a home on Thickety Fork Road, the report was already grim: dogs tied behind the house, no longer alive, left unseen and unreported for days, possibly weeks. Law enforcement arrested Phillip D. Butcher, 73, of Inez, on a charge of
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Dog attacks expose growing danger of horses on New Route 3
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN DEBORD — What began as a report of dogs attacking a horse near the industrial park on New Route 3 has laid bare a much larger and unresolved crisis in Martin County, where free-roaming horses, aggressive dogs and busy highways are colliding. A series of dog attacks on horses roaming
