18 - April 04, 2013 Your Hometown Newspaper News Outlook
Evan Jent, 48, of Ow-
Drug Round Up ingsville, was arrested
on Friday, March 29, on
Cont. from Page 1 another warrant served
William Lane that al-by Ladonna Monroe
from Probation and Pa-
lowed Little to be re-
role
leased on $2500 unse-
cured surety bond. This warrant was also
Little's arraignment is based on the same set of
scheduled for April 18 in sealed indictments from
Bath Circuit Court. Dec. 2012.
Jent was charged with
Little has another on-
going 2012 case in Bath two counts of traffick-
Circuit Court for drug ing in a controlled sub-
trafficking, and he is stance, second degree,
also part of an ongoing 20 or more DU, for two
criminal case involving alleged incidents of sell-
an organized crime ring ing 60 Hydrocodone tab-
for cattle theft, lets on July 30, 2011 and
50 Hydrocodone tablets led to the arrests, released on $10,000 al, scheduled for July 8;
on Sept. 30, 2011. On March 21, a num- surety bond for medical - Jimmy Presley had
Jentwas also lodged in ber of those previously treatment and on moni- a status hearing set for
the Montgomery Coun- arrestedappeared in tored conditional re-April 18;
ty Regional Jail, where court: lease. His pretrial con- Jimmy J. Burgess
he is currently held onAmanda Vanland- ference was continued had his pretrial confer-
87500 full cash bond. ingham, also known as to April 15; ence continued until
His arraignment is also Amanda Fair, was re- Connie Knipp Van- April 18 because his at-
scheduled for April 18 in leased on a surety bond, landingham's had a sta- torney, public advocate
Bath Circuit Court. and has agreed to pro- tus hearing set for April Charles Landon, had
These two latest ar-ceed to trial, which is set 18 and jury trial sched- just received discovery
rests bring the total for July 15; uled for July 12; in his case;
number of arrests in the Barry Sexton was- Jeffrey Amos did not -David Bascomagreed
roundup to fifteen. Ken- arraigned and pled not reach a plea agreement, to proceed to trial, which
tucky State Police More- guilty. His bond was set and he agreed to pro- is set for July 3.
head Post 8 organized at 50% of $10,000, and a ceed to trial, which is set * All persons are con-
controlled buys over the trial date was set for Au- for July 8; sidered innocent in a
course of a year and a gust 28; Rhonda Thompson court of law until proven
half investigation which - Jessie B. Smith was agreed to proceed to tri- guilty or pleading guilty.
count is required to 'be the blockage herself to have been placed on the
• Improvements Cont. closed out. prevent flooding in the grate.
Council members Fet-road. In other actions, city
from Page 1 ters said that he would She said that residents council members:
submitted by local contact three .or four have been doing that to heard from Mayor
contractors Snedegar other contractors, that prevent trash from accu- Clemens that GED
Construction, Barnes he knows to see if they mulating over the grate classes will begin to
Construction, and Sta- would be interested in and flowing over intohelp in Sharpsburg City
ton Construction. bidding the project,the street. Hall beginning on April
Clemens noted, "If Mayor Clemens also During the last visit to 11 from 5 to 7 p.m. So
discussed an incident the clean out the rocks, far 5 to 6 students are
we can't use the sewer
funds, then we will have on East Mill Street. She Mayor Clemens said planning on showing up;
to use it for something noted that residentsthat he had Dep. Sheriff passed an annual
else." The town still has have been blocking aJohnnie Botts write up a Fair Housing Resolu-
around $5000 in an ac- drainage grate along- report on the problem, tion, noting the town's
count left over from the side the street withCity Clerk Rob Lane compliance with federal
Tater Town sewer proj- bricks and rocks. She said having the Sheriff's anti-discrimination laws
ect which has to be used said that on three sepa- Office make an appear- for housing;
rate occasions, she had ance has made a differ- -approved payment, of
this year before the ac-
to go out and removeence, and no more rocks bills relative to the Com-
munity Center project
from the USDA loan ac-
count to architect Greg
Fitzsimmons, Reuben
and Harris (bonding
agency), city attorney
Earl Rogers III, Ohio Ca-
sualty Company (bond-
ing), and Kentucky
News Group (legal ad-
vertising);
-,: heard from an email
from Greg Fitzsim-
mons which said that
the Community Center
project will require an
inspector for the project.
Mayors Clemens noted
that Gateway ADD com-
munity planner Teresa
Shields said that the
state would have to ap-
prove an inspector;
- noted that the first
progress meeting on
the Community Center
project will be held on
Thursday, April 18, at 3
p.m.;
- donated $150 to Wil-
liam Crump to help his
family defray costs for
the burial of his late son,
Michael Crump.
The next regular
meeting of the City
Council is scheduled
for Monday, May 6, at 7
p.m. at Sharpsburg City
Hall.
Four people went sent to the hospital following a two vehicle head-on collision
Thursday morning, March 28, about a quarter mile past the Bath County line in
Montgomery County on Hwy. ll/Veteran's Memorial Highway.
According to Sgt Det. Ralph Charles with the Montgomery Co. Sheriffs Office,
a late model Toyota Tundra carrying two Mt- Sterling men was traveling east on
Hwy. 11 to'do roof work on a home near the county line. The driver of the truck
slowed to turn at the home's driveway and mistakenly thought that the fast lane
on Hinkston Creek Hilt was a turn Pane. The track collided head with a 2013
Chevy Cruze driven by a Sharpsburg woman with an infant passenger. Both ve-
hicles came to rest just off of the road.
Sgt. Det. Charles said that Montgomery County EMS transported the woman
and child to St. Joseph Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The two men in
the truck refused treatment at the scene but were later transported to the hospital,
Sharpsburg and Bethel Ftre Departments also responded to the scene for as-
sistance.
By Cecil Lawson
KyNewsGroup
cecil@kynewsgroup.com
woman
has been arrested by the
Mr. Sterling Police De-
partment in connection
with more than 100 other
arrests for drug-related
charges in Montgomery
County.
Penny Whitaker, 27,
was arrested on Thurs-
day, March 7, by the Mt.
Sterling Police Depart-
ment for two counts of
drug trafficking.
According to a Mt. Ster-
ling Police Department
spokesperson, Whita-
ker's arrest was part of
Operation Reclamation,
a collaborative effort of
the city police depart-
ment in conjunction with
Kentucky State Police,
photo courtesy of Montgomery Co. Regional Jail
Penny Whitaker
Bureau of Alcohol, To-$5000 full cash bond.
bacco, and Firearms, and According to court re-
the Drug Enforcement cords, Whitaker is sched-
Administration, The year flied for pre-trail C6iifef-
and a half investigation ence on May 24, and a
isexpected to net more jury trial is scheduled for
than 100 arrests. Sept. 24.
Whitaker was lodged All persons are consid-
in the Montgomery Co. ered innocent in a court
Regional Jail but was re- of law until proven guilty
leased on March 22 on or pleading guilty.
A"
By Cecil Lawson
KyNewsGroup
cecil@kynewsgroup.com
The Bath County
Grand Jury returned
seven felony indictments
during its rescheduled
session on Wednesday,
March 27. Three of the
cases were drug-related,
and four were theft-relat-
ed. The Grand Jury also
continued one case.
Elizabeth M. Sparks,
26, was indicted on one
count of first degree bur-
glary when she allegedly
entered the residence of
Travis Black without his
permission on Feb. 15,
2013 while armed with
a Remington .308 rifle
and Mossberg 835 pump
shotgun with the intent
to commit a crime; one
count of first degree crim-
inal mischief for allegedly
damaging a mobile home
belonging to David and
Peggy Jackson, break-
ing a window and putting
holes in the walls, caus-
ing damages of 81000 or
more; and one count of
theft by unlawful taking,
over $500 but less than
$10,000, for allegedly tak-
ing firearms and various
items belonging to Travis
Black valued at $1650.
David McKenzie,
35, was indicted on one
count of trafficking in a
controlled substance, first
degree, less than ten DU,
first offense, for allegedly
trafficking in a Schedule
II narcotic drug, Oxyco-
done, on Dec. 16, 2012;
one count of possession
of a controlled substance
not in its original contain-
er, one count of disorderly
conduct, second degree;
one count of possession
of drug paraphernalia;
one count of tampering
with physical evidence,
for allegedly putting evi- a prior conviction for first
dence in his mouth and degree drug trafficking,
attempting to swallow it, first offense and traffick-
altering the contents; one ing in a controlled sub-
count of resisting arrest, stance within 1000 yards
for allegedly attempting of a school by Bath Cir-
to prevent Dep. Johnny cuit Court, also in 2005.
Botts from arresting him McKenzie was arrested
and fighting with him; by Dep. Botts on Dec.
one count of meaadng for 16, 2012, following corn-
allegedly struggling with plaints from Salt Lick resi-
Dep. Botts and bending dents that he was driving
back him thumb when he an ATV erratically. He
attempted to arrest him; was also found to have
one count of criminal two outstanding warrants
mischief, third degree, against him in Bath and
for allegedly breaking a Montgomery Counties.
flashlight belonging to Mike Johnson and
Dep. Botts when being Chris Johnson were in-
detained, dicted as co-defendants
McKenzie was also for a single count each of
indicted for being a per- receiving stolen property,
sistent felony offender over $500 but less than
for a prior conviction for $10,000, for allegedly
two counts of possession selling on Sept. 15, 2012,
of a controlled substance a 1987 Chevy S-10 truck
by the Superior Court of and a Mercury Voyager
Lowndes County, Geor- van to Jackson's Towing
gia, in April 2011, a prior that were reported stolen
conviction for second from Marty Stevens, with
degree drug trafficking, a value over $500.
first offense, by the Bath Stanley "Johnny" Cline,
Circuit Court in 35. was indicted on a sin-
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gle count of third degree
burglary for allegedly
entering a storage build-
ing belonging to Robert
Vancleave with the intent
to commit a crime on Jan.
1, 2013,
Phillip Price was in-
dicted on one count of
third degree burglary for
allegedly entering Bath
County High School dur-
ing a period from Dec. 20
to Dec. 23, 2012 with the
intent to commit a crime;
one count of third degree
burglary for allegedly
entering Bath County
Middle School during
the same period with the
intent to commit a crime;
and two counts of crimi-
nal mischief, first degree,
for allegedly causing
damage at the Bath Coun-
ty Middle School amount-
I
ing to $1022 and at the
Bath County High School
amounting to $1170.
Price was one of several
individuals, mainly juve-
niles, who were identi-
fied by video surveillance
at the school system
during the December
2012 break-ins, in which
• only some small change
was taken from the two
schools' kitchens. Exten-
sive damage was done to
metal doors and locks in
the kitchens.
Robert Frederick, 46,
was indicted on a single
count of trafficking in
a controlled substance,
first degree, first offense,
for allegedly trafficking
in a Schedule II narcotic
drug, two Oxycodone, on
Jan. 16, 2013.
Jared Alan Little, 45,
was indicted on a single
count of trafficking in
a controlled substance,
first degree, first offense,
for allegedly trafficking
in a Schedule II narcotic
drug, eight Oxyc0done,
on Aug. 13, 2012.
The next session of the
Bath Grand Jury is sched-
uled for Thursday, May 2.
An indictment from
a grand jury is a formal
accusation against an in-
dividual and isnot a con-
viction. The mdktment
simply states charges
made against an indi-
vidual accused of a crime
before the case is turned
over to a prosecutor.
All persons are consid-
ered innocent in a court
of law until proven guilty
of pleading guilty.
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