Thursday June 20th, 2024
- Adopt a Cat Month
- Amateur Radio Week (June 17-23, 2024)
- Plain Yogurt Day
- World Productivity Day
Temperatures are in store breaking records set in 1988 with highs in the mid in upper 90’s.
A Magoffin County man turned himself in last week after being wanted on an indictment warrant issued last month on charges related to child sexual abuse material and sex crimes against animals. On June 5, Kent Simpkins, 43, of Salyersville, turned himself in at the Magoffin County Sheriff’s Office, and was taken to the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center, where he was released on bond the next day. He has since pleaded not guilty to the charges against him, which include: three counts of possession matter portraying a minor under the age of 12 in a sexual performance, one count of distribution of matter portraying a minor under the age of 12; two counts of possessing matter portraying a minor over the age of 12 but under the age of 18 in a sexual performance; and one count of sexual crimes against an animal.
A woman in Martin County was arrested on charges of endangering the welfare of minors and that led to her kids being removed from her custody. This happened at The Dempsey Apartment Complex in Warfield. In apartment 11 B, 24-year-old Brealli Bush lived with her two kids, ages 5 and 7. Chief Deputy Chris Kidd had got a call on June 11th that two kids were locked out of their apartment and roaming around the complex unsupervised. When Kidd got there, he talked with several witnesses who told him these kids would knock on doors begging for food, and one stated that the kids were seen over the hill by the river. When Chief Deputy Kidd went inside the apartment, what he found, he described as deplorable. Cluttered and dirty, food rotting on the kitchen floor, and the upstairs room contained dog feces on the floor. The woman, Bush is 24 years old and allegedly admitted of her sons’ tendency to wander and described them as escape artists. She also admitted the often the apartment early in the morning while she slept.
The Paintsville Independent Board of Education is scheduled to hold a special meeting June 19 to begin the selection process for a new superintendent. Superintendent David Gibson announced during the board’s regular meeting June 10 that he would retire effective July 1 after serving in the position for seven years.
You do realize that if you get a call or someone shows up at your place with an arrest warrant, demanding payment to make that go away, it’s a scam. The Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) issued a warning Monday urging residents to be cautious of scams involving fake arrest warrants bearing forged signatures of court personnel and law enforcement officers. The AOC stated that scammers are sending fraudulent warrants and demanding payment to avoid arrest. Recipients of these scams are typically instructed to call a number to settle the matter, provide personal identifying information, wire money or provide gift card numbers. Scammers may even spoof a phone number on caller ID to make the call appear to be from a court facility or another government agency. The AOC emphasized that a valid arrest warrant would not be served by phone, text or email. Kentucky courts and law enforcement will never demand payment over the phone or request gift card numbers to satisfy an obligation.
A Martin County couple were both arrested for domestic violence last week. Xenia Marie Bowen and James Michael Scott, 24 were arrested at Moore’s Trailer Park in an incident that resulted in minor injuries to Scott according to police reports.
