INEZ, Ky. — A father and son were arrested in Martin County over the weekend, after deputies found a sizable portion of meth during a traffic stop.

Gary Lee Gamble Sr., 65, of Inez, and Gary Lee Gamble Jr., 47, of Paintsville, were stopped around 8 p.m. Sunday. During the stop, officers discovered about 16 grams of meth, along with scales and plastic bags.

Gary Lee Gamble Sr. was arrested and charged with meth trafficking, meth possession and possession of a controlled substance. His son was charged with meth possession.

Both were lodged in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center, in Paintsville.

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TOMAHAWK, Ky. — A Martin County man and woman face drug trafficking charges, after police found a large amount of meth hidden in their truck.

A Martin County sheriff’s deputy was patrolling Milo Road, when he saw a truck with a sign blocking the rear window veering over the center line in a curve.

The deputy wrote in his report the occupants — Larry Joe Horn Jr., 58, and Brandi Moore, 35, both of Inez — appeared nervous and were shuffling around inside the truck after he pulled them over.

Inside the truck, police found about 7 grams of meth and several pills, but the big find came when they popped the hood. Hidden between the radiator and front bumper, police found a bag containing another 78 grams of meth.

Horn and Moore were also found with more than $1,200 between them. They were arrested on two counts of drug trafficking and other charges.

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INEZ, Ky. — A Martin County man was arrested after police found three dead dogs tied up behind his home.

Phillip Butcher, 73, of Inez, is charged with three counts of second-degree cruelty to animals.

According to the police report, deputes were called to check on the dogs and found them dead. Butcher told officers the dogs belonged to his ex-girlfriend and she had left them there. He told officers he tried to get her to get them, but he never reported them to authorities, and he eventually “stopped fooling with them and stopped feeding them awhile ago.”

The police report says he first told deputies he was told they were dead four or five days ago, but later said he learned they were dead two weeks earlier.

Second-degree cruelty to animals is a misdemeanor in Kentucky, punishable by up to one year in jail.

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PILGRIM, Ky. — A Martin County man was arrested on felony charges of assault and unlawful imprisonment related to spousal abuse.

A 911 call was made from a home on Frog Pond Road, near Pilgrim, on Saturday, by a woman reporting a domestic dispute, saying that there was blood everywhere inside the home. When police arrived at the residence, both were gone, but officers observed blood, beer cans and clutter scattered throughout the home.

Soon afterwards, West Virginia State Police got in touch with local officers to say they had detained the suspect, identified as Dewayne Collins, 55, at the state line.

When police interviewed the couple, Collins said there had been no physical altercation and that the blood inside the home was from some raccoons he had killed.

But the victim told police Collins had been drinking and became verbally abusive, before assaulting her with a skillet, a jar of honey and his fist. The police report says the woman had visible blood on her arms and legs and a cut on her face, as well as honey on her leg.
She further told police Collins made her drive him to West Virginia after learning she had contacted police.
Collins was arrested and charged with assault, unlawful imprisonment, disorderly conduct and alcohol intoxication.
He is being held in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville, on a 10-thousand dollar cash bond.

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LOVELY, Ky. — A Martin County woman was arrested after police say she threatened to kill social workers, then tried to ram them with her car.

The social workers told the Martin County Sheriff’s Office that Garnett Scott, 36, of Lovely, began threatening them after she was informed that a court had ordered the removal of her children.

As a deputy was driving to the location, a second call came in saying Scott tried to ram the social workers and run them over, then left. The social workers said they feared she was going home to get the children and flee.

The deputy intercepted Scott at her home, where she was found with two small girls in her arms.

She was arrested and charged with two counts each of wanton endangerment and terroristic threatening.

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INEZ, Ky. — The Martin County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing man, after saying all of their leads have been exhausted.

Jody Pauley was reported missing April 22. He was last seen March 4 at 728 East Main Street, in Inez, and may have been walking toward Coldwater Road.

The sheriff’s office says all efforts to locate him, including and aerial search, have proved fruitless.

Anyone with information about Pauley is asked to contact the Martin County Sheriff’s Office at (606) 298-2828 or to call your local law enforcement agency.

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WARFIELD, Ky. — A Martin County man was arrested on drug trafficking charges, after the Martin County Sheriff’s Office received several tips that he was illegally selling prescriptions pills.

Sheriff John Kirk and Chief Deputy Chris Kidd went to the home of Dennis Ray Swisher, 71, of Warfield, on Wednesday to investigate the complaints.

The officers also found a gun in the house, a small amount of marijuana and more than $12,000 in a safe.

Swisher was arrested and charged with two counts of drug trafficking, possession of marijuana and possession of a gun by a convicted felon. He is being held in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center on a $20,000 cash bond.

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INEZ, Ky. — A Martin County man has been arrested after residents of an Inez home said they found him leaving their house after breaking in.

The residents told the Martin County Sheriff’s Office they returned home to find 50-year-old Ernest Jarvis running out the front door as they pulled into their driveway. They also said he had apparently cut wires to their security cameras, then broke in and rummaged through the house.

The police report says when deputies made contact with him, Jarvis assumed an aggressive stance and indicated he would not be going anywhere with officers. It further notes he actively resisted being placed under arrest.

After being placed in restraints, the police report says Jarvis sat down and refused to walk to the police car. He was eventually pulled up and escorted to the vehicle.

Jarvis was arrested on charges of second-degree burglary, criminal mischief, menacing and resisting arrest. He is being held in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center on a $10,000 cash bond.

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LOVELY, Ky. — A Martin County man is in jail after his wife told police he choked her and hit her with a flashlight.

Police were dispatched to River Front Road in Lovely just after 10 Sunday night over a report of a domestic violence incident in progress. When they arrived, the found Amos Evans, 48, and his wife standing in the driveway by a van that was stuck.

After separating the two, the woman told police she and her husband were arguing, when she said Evans grabbed her by the chin and neck and began choking her. The woman estimated that the choking lasted about two minutes, and then he grabbed a metal flashlight and began beating the van’s windshield with it. She said after he damaged the windshield, he allegedly hit her over the head with the flashlight three times.

The police report notes the woman had visible red marks on her neck and chin, as well as a large knot on top of her head.

Evans was arrested and charged with first-degree strangulation and second-degree assault. Both charges are felonies, with the assault charge being the most serious, carrying a potential prison sentence of 5-to-10 years.

Evans continues to be held in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville.

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INEZ, Ky. — A West Virginia man arrested in Martin County on a fugitive warrant from his home state found himself in even more trouble when he allegedly ran out of the sheriff’s office in an attempt to escape.

Timothy Roberts, 44, of Fort Gay, was arrested last Thursday. He was taken to the sheriff’s office and was being held in a booking room.

While the booking room is typically locked, Roberts was able to get out by following a transport officer who was stepping out to take a phone call. From there, police say he ran out of the office and into a parking lot where the Harvest Festival was being set up.

He was recaptured when he ran down a creek bank and tripped, rolling into the creek.

In addition to the charges waiting for him in West Virginia, he is now charged with second-degree escape and fleeing police in Martin County.

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