PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — A Paintsville dentist was arrested Friday night, after police said he impersonated an officer and offered marijuana to a young patient. Paintsville Police were called to Mayo Plaza just before 9 p.m. over a report that Richard Connelley, 69, of Salyersville, had tried to convince…
Read MoreREGINA, Ky. — A Pike County woman has been arrested on a child abuse charge, after she was accused of beating a child with a clothes hanger. Social services called police to a home on Rasnick Bottom at Regina, over a report that an 11-year-old with autism had been abused. When they arrived, they…
Read MoreROCKHOUSE, Ky. — A Pike County man faces felony charges over a report that he fired a gun into a house with people inside. Police were called to a home on Marrowbone Creek Road over the incident. When they arrived, Jason Phillips told police that Jordan Damron, 33, of Peter Fork Road, had come…
Read MoreBIG STONE GAP, Va. — A southwestern Virginia man is facing child porn charges in federal court. Shannon Michael Gatlin, 20, is charged with one count of sexual exploitation of minors through child pornography in U.S. District Court in Big Stone Gap. According to the indictment, Gatlin possessed…
Read MoreGRUNDY, Va. — The two people accused of engaging in a sexual act in front of onlookers by the gas pumps at the Grundy Double Kwik have been arrested and appeared in court last week, with one of them entering a guilty plea. Matthew Fuller, 38, of South Boston, Va., and Mildred Pacheco, 47, of Danville,…
Read MoreALLEN, Ky. — A Floyd County woman has been charged with child abuse, after school staff noticed bruises on a 10-year-old girl’s face. A Floyd County sheriff’s deputy was called to Allen Elementary last week, after staff spotted the bruises on the girl. She told the deputy the bruises…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A baby reported missing on Tuesday has been found safe and her mother is in jail, charged with criminal charges for taking her. Ashland Police began searching for Kayla Simpson, 27, of Hellier, after she left Karen’s Place Maternity Center with the child. Karen’s Place…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A federal jury reached a split decision Monday against a former federal prison guard charged in an inmate assault case, finding him guilty of some charges and not guilty of others. Kevin Pearce Jr., 38, of Inez, was one of three former officers charged in the case. Samuel Patrick,…
Read MoreASHLAND, Ky. — Ashland Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a woman wanted on criminal charges and a missing 2-month-old. Kayla Simpson, 27, and baby Mylee are both from Pike County. Police say Simpson left a facility on Central Avenue in Ashland with the child shortly after…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County woman has been charged in a 36-count indictment, accusing her of taking money from a mining service and supply company. Oynetta Robinette, 41, of Phyllis, is charged with five counts of theft and 31 counts of possession of a forged instrument. The theft charges allege…
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