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By Cecil Lawson
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A 2017 case in which ten
individuals, including lo-
cai first responders, social
workers, and a child, were
potentially exposed to the
dangerous narcotic drug Jessica Seward
carfentanil during a drug.
overdose call, has been con- bation revoked in Decem-
Ricky Maze
cal Center and St. Joseph
was scheduled to appearwith ten counts of wanton
for a preliminary hearing in ,endangerment, first degree,
Bath District Court. for exposing ten individu-
In the complaint Tout not- als to dangerous drugs on
ed that a total of nine first August 8, 2017: Seward's
responders "had to be at the minor child; EMS crew
scene and were placed in member Scotty Wightman;
substantial danger of death EMS crew member Sherry
or serious physical injury," Walters; EMS crew mem-
and she was charged with ber Jay Faulx; EMS crew
nine additional counts of member Hurshell Rawlings;
Scotty Hatton first-degree wanton endan- Social Services workerAmy
Waiters, were treated for germent. Sterner; Social Services
! tinued in Bath Circuit Court. ber and is serving out a 3 Hospital after taking a sus- symptoms of carfentanil ex- Seward pleaded not guilty worker Tosha Hay; Ow-
Jessica Seward and Scotty year sentence, pected mix of heroin and posure, to her charges during her ingsville Police Chief Todd
Hatton, both of Owingsville, The case began when : carfentanil, a powerful and Seward was arrested at August 29 arraignment, and Tout; Owingsville Assistant
appeared in Bath Circuit Owingsville Police and hig,hlY,toxic narcotic used the scene and charged with following a Sept. 5 prellmi- Police Chief John Suther-
Court with their attorneys Bath County EMS respond- to cut heroin, endangering the welfare of nary hearing, District Judge land; and Bath County Dep-
before Judge Bill Lane on ed to an overdose call on A 1 year old child at the minor. She was lodged in Don Blair found probable uty Sheriff Josh Preece.
Feb. 21 for a status hearing, August 8, 2017, at Bernard scene belonging to Seward the Clark County Detention cause to turn over her case Maze was also addition-
and Judge Lane continued
their cases to March 21.
A third co.defendant,
Ricky Maze, who had been
sentenced in the case to five
years probation, had his pro-
Heights Apartments' on
Kendall Springs Road to the
residence of Seward.
Two individuals, Hat-
ton and Maze, were trans-
ported to St. Claire Medi-
and Hatton was taken as a
precautionary measure to
St. Joseph Hospital.
During the incident,
two EMS workers, Scotty
Wightman and Sherry
C nter and held on $15,000 to the Bath Grand Jury.
cash bond. The Grand Jury returned
Owingsville Police Chief indictments against Seward,
Todd Tout filed another Hatton, and Maze on Octo.
criminal complaint against ber 5, 2017.
her on August 22, when she The three were charged
ally charged with one Count
of being a persistent felony
Carfentanial
cont. on pg. 16
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DEFENSE CLAIMS "CONSPIRACY" EXISTS TO REMOVE MAZE FROM OFFICE
conspiracy to remove her
from office by other offi-
dais from the 21st Judicial
Circuit.
Judge Maze was charged
with judicial misconduct vi-
olations by the JCC last Au-
gust related to events sur-
rounding the Sept. 18, 2017
arrest of her ex-husband,
Donald "Champ" Maze.
She sent two court or-
ders to hospitals in Mt.
Photo by Cecil Lawson Sterling and Winchester
Attorney Thomas Jones, standing second from left, rep- requiring them to give her
resenting Bath Chief Circuit Judge Beth Maze, sitting husband drug screens fol-
center, argued before Special Judge Philip Patton last lowing his arrest on a drug
Thursday as Judicial Conduct Commission attorney Jeff possession charge that day.
Mando, standing left, prepared to testify at an eviden- These court orders in-
tiary hearing last Thursday in Bath Circuit Court. Also eluded the titles of the
shown above are Maze's attorney Thomas Clay, stand- Commonwealth's Attorney,
ing right of Jones, and Assistant Attorney General Shan Bath County Attorney, and
during her Dec. 6, 2018 dr-
raigument.
Her attorney, Thomas
Clay, filed a number of mo-
tions following the arraign-
ment, including a motion
for an evidentiary hearing
to determine if Grand Jury
transcripts were inappro-
. priate!y: .acquired by Judi-
cial Conduct Commission
attorney Jeff Mando.
He also filed subpoenas
for Commonwealth Attor-
ney Ronnie Goldy, Jr and
Assistant Commonwealth's
Attorneys Ashton McK-
enzie and Keith Craycraft
to produce all text mes-
sages from various dates
from 2017 and 2018 and all
emails and texts between
Dutta. Maze is accused of forging two court orders and attorney Michael Camp- them and JCC staff Dagny
not properly filing them on September 18, 2017, follow- bell. None of these individ- James, Jeff Mando, Louis
ing the arrest of her ex-husband Donald "Champ" Maze. uals said that they had seen Kelly, Olivia Amalung,
Grand Jury recordings by or signed the court orders. Gene Weaver and Spe-
She was also indicted by cial Prosecutor Maridelle
By Cecil Lawson a Special Prosecutor in the Bath Grand Jury last Malone or her office; for
KyNewsGroup her case before the Judi- November on two counts Bath Circuit Judge Bill
cecil@kynewsgroup.com cial Conduct Commission
(JCC) during a hearing last of forgery and one count Lane for text messages for
of tampering with public various dates in 2017 and
Attorneys for currently Thursday in Bath Circuit records in relation to the
suspended 21st Circuit Court.
Chief Judge Beth Maze Her attorneys also al- incident. Maze
Maze pleaded not guilty cont. on pg. 16
questioned the release of leged that there existed a to the criminal charges
By Cecil Lawson
KyNewsGroup
cecil@kynewsgroup.com
A Menifee County man
indicted last month on one
count of criminal abuse and
one count of sexual abuse
pleaded not guilty to his
charges and was released
on bond in Bath Circuit
Court.
Braadon Kilgore, 33, was
first arrested on the charg-
es on November 26, 2018, in
Menifee County by Menifee
County Sheriff Roger Small-
wood.
According to-the criminal
complaint penned by Ken-
tucky State Police Trooper
Jason Brown, a minor fe-
male had appeared at the
Child Advocacy Center in
Morehead in May and June
20.18 who was observed to
have both physical and sex-
ual injuries. She was also
examined by a medical doc-
tor at the center.
The minor identified
Kilgore as her abuser, and
this was reported to Ken-
tucky State Police Detective
David Zimmerman.
Kilgore was charged with
one count of first degree
Photo courtesy of Clark
Co. Detention Center
Brandon J. Kllgore,
criminal abuse and one
count of first degree sexual
abuse and was lodged in
the Clark County Detention
Center under $15,000 cash
bond.
On December 4, he plead-
ed not guilty to his charges
in Bath District Court, and
during a preliminary hear-
ing on December .11, Judge
Don Blair found probably
cause to turn his case over
to the Bath Grand Jury.
The Grand Jury returned
fin indictment against Kilgo-
re on the same charges on
February 7.
Attorney Ben Shields
filed an entry of appearance
for Kilgore on February 20,
Kilgore
cont. on pg. 16
Girls lOlh
tlatl ot atne
Photo courtesy of Ivan Rails
Inductees into the Girls 10th Region Hall of Fame.
Dawn Snedegar is third from left.
Dawn Snedegar, who 92 team that won the EKC
played for the Bath County
High School Ladycats from
1991 to 1995, was honored
on Tuesday evening by be-
ing inducted into the Girl-
slOth Region Hall of Fame
Photo by Bath County at halftime during the 10th
Region Tournament in Mt.
News-Outlook sterling.
Dawn Snedegar is shown Snedegar scored 1310
putting up a shot during a career points, had 376 re-
district game against Clark bounds, 146 assists, and 183
County in the March 9, steals. She scored 446 points
1995 edition of the News- in her senior season. She
Outlook. was a freshman on the 1992-
Tournament and which set
a school record with 21 wins
in a season. She played un-
der coaches Hopey Newkirk
and Janie Robinson.
Also inducted into the
Gifts 10th Region Hall of
Fame were Wendy Rankin
Mahana, Bourbon County;
Terribeth Brunker, Harrison
County; Toni Stevenson, Es-
till County; Alice Vanhook,
Oddville; and Coach Kdsty
Orem, Fleming County
By Coach Rick Staviski
The BCHS TRACKCATS
competed on Saturday in the
2019 KTCCCA State Track &
Field Class 'A' Championship
Saturday at the Mason County
Indoor Athletic Complex in
Maysville.
The Girls finished 4th and
theBoys 15th in the Class 'P/
Track & Field Competition
KTCCCA Medal Recipients:
* Isabella Copher is the
2019 KTCCCA Class 'A' State
Track & Field 1600 Meter
Champion finishing her race
in a time of 5:51.60. She also
tablished on her second throw
* The Girls 4 400 Meter Re-
lay Team of Amelia Oldfield-
Mallory Brashear-Abby Hen-
derson-Jaycie Bussell place
3rdto earn their KTCCCA
Medal completing the 1600
meters in a time of 5:02.06
* Taylor Purvis finished 3rd
in the Pole Vault Competition
to earn a KTCCCA Medal with
a Vault of 11-00 last Sunday at
Kentucky Elite Athletics in
Shelbyville
BCHS Indoor School Re-
cords:
* Amelia Otdfield ran a
1:06.24 in the 400 Meter Dash
earned a KTCCCA Medal in ' to break the current Indoor
the 3000 Meter Run finishing
2nd in the State with a time of
12:06.72
* Amelia Oldfield finished
3rd Place in the 400 Meter
Dash to earn a KTCCCA Med-
al in a time of 1:06.24
* Madelyne English re-
ceived the 2nd Place KTCCCA
Medal in the Shot Put with a
mark of 29-11.50 which she es-
School Record which she pre-
viously held
* Jaycie Bussell broke the
Indoor Triple Jump Record
on her first attempt but then
extended that distance on her
third try to set the new Indoor
School Record at 27-06.00
* Kaylee Staviski Vaulted
7-00 last Sunday at Kentucky
Elite Athletics to break the In-
Medals
door Pole Vault School Record
height which she previously
held
KTCCCA Ribbon Recipi:
ents:
* 4th Place - Girls 4 800
Meter Relay Team (Hadley Al-
derman-Sarah Sexton-Jessica
Gray-Mallory Brashear)
* 4th Place - Abby Hender-
son 800 Meter Run 2:45.61
* 5th Place - Jenna Cassady
Shot Put 27-08.00
* 5th Place - Kiaylee Stavis-
ki Pole Vault 7-00
* 7th Place -James Overhol-
ser 3000 Meter Run 10:47.56
TRACKCATS
cont. on pg. 16
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