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The following individuals have been indicated by the Grand Jury:

 

March 17, 2026

NAME: Thomas E. Woodcock

DOB:10-23-68

ADDRESS: 9908 Brownsville Road, Morgantown, KY

CHARGES: Strangulation in the first degree, domestic violenceand assault in the fourth degree, domestic violence

 

NAME: Malcolm Williams

DOB:11-11-85

ADDRESS: 222 Parrish Court, Bowling Green, KY

CHARGES: Flagrant non-support

 

NAME: Charles William Richmond

DOB: 9-1-57

ADDRESS: 2026 Rochester RD, Morgantown, KY

CHARGES: Possession of a controlled substance in the first degree-meth, drug paraphernalia-buy/possess, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of a controlled substance first offense, failure to or improper signal, failure to wear seatbelts, no registration plates, no/expired KY registration receipt, improper equipment, and one headlight

 

NAME: Raven N. Chester

DOB: 1-10-97

ADDRESS: 155 Oak Hill Drive, Morgantown, KY

CHARGES: Complicity to TBUT or DISP all others $1,000 or more, complicity to criminal trespass in the first degree, and complicity to burglary in the second degree

 

NAME: Jonathan Paul Hayes: 

DOB: 3-1-77

ADDRESS: 2602 Rochester RD, Morgantown, KY

CHARGES: Possession of a controlled substance in the first degree-meth and drug paraphernalia buy/possess

 

NAME: Ethan Davis

DOB: 8-22-07

ADDRESS: 155 Oak Hill Drive, Morgantown, KY

CHARGES: Burglary in the second degree, criminal trespass in the first degree, TBUT or DISP all others $1,000 or more, and bail jumping in the first degree

 

NAME: Brittany L. Coates-Hunt

DOB: 7-25-84

ADDRESS: 4472 Caneyville Road, Morgantown, KY

CHARGES: Bail jumping in the first degree

 

NAME: Brent Lee McPhall

DOB: 5-16-81

ADDRESS: 244 West Broadway Street, Madisonville, KY 

CHARGES: Fleeing or evading police in the first degree (motor vehicle), receiving stolen property $10,000 or more, operating motor vehicle on suspended or revoke license, reckless driving, speeding 26mph or > speed limit, disregarding stop sign (two counts), no registration plates, no/expired KY registration receipt, and persistent felony offender in the first degree

 

February 10,2026

NAME: Amy Kerr

DOB: 1-6-89

ADDRESS: 118 Jolertown Road, Jetson, KY

CHARGES: Theft by unlawful taking $10,000 or more, forgery in the second degree (twelve counts), theft of identity and persistent felony offender in the second degree

 

NAME: Savannah Tuttle

DOB: 8-26-02

ADDRESS: 155 Oak Hill Drive, Morgantown, KY

CHARGES: Rape in the third degree (two counts), sexual abuse in the first degree,

Unlawful transaction with a minor in the first-degree illegal sex act victim under 16 years of age (three counts) and unlawful transaction with a minor second degree

 

NAME: Amanda Otero

DOB: 11-2-86

ADDRESS: 155 Shafter Howard Loop, Morgantown, KY

CHARGES: Theft by unlawful taking auto $1,000<$10,000, receiving stolen property $1,000<$10,000, assault in the third-degree police/probation officer, possession of a controlled substance in the first degree-meth, drug paraphernalia buy/possess, resisting arrest and persistent felony offender in the first degree

 

January 15, 2026

NAME: Penny Stahler

DOB: 2-18-75

ADDRESS: 375 Sawmill Road, Morgantown, KY

CHARGES: Burglary in the second degree, TBUT or DISP all others $1,000 or more, criminal trespass in the first degree and persistent felony offender in the second degree

 

NAME: Anna Velsquez Garcia

DOB: 4-10-85

ADDRESS: 205 Taylor Street, Morgantown, KY

CHARGES: Assault in the first-degree domestic violence and tampering with physical evidence

 

NAME: Russell Sanford

DOB: 6-4-74

ADDRESS: 707 Elm Street, Cloverport, KY

CHARGES: Bail jumping in the first degree and persistent felony offender in the first degree

 

NAME: Anthony Steven Prosser

DOB: 7-14-78

ADDRESS: 3404 Hines Drive, Morgantown, KY

CHARGES: Theft by deception includes cold checks $1,000<$10,000 and bail jumping in the first degree

 

NAME: Joshua D. Mayes

DOB: 6-13-75

ADDRESS: 78 Lee Jenkins Road, Morgantown, KY

CHARGES: Theft by failure to make required disposition of property $1,000 or more and TBUT or DISP $1,000<$10,000

 

NAME: Fred M. Houser

DOB: 11-19-72

ADDRESS: 384 Oak Grove School Road, Morgantown, KY

CHARGES: Rape in the first degree domestic violence (two counts), sodomy in the first degree domestic violence, strangulation in the first degree domestic violence, assault in the second degree domestic, unlawful imprisonment in the first degree, violation of KY E.P.O./D.V.O. and persistent felony offender in the second degree

 

December 15, 2025

NAME: Brittany A. Miller

DOB: 11/21/84

ADDRESS: 220 Keeling Street, Marion, KY

CHARGES: Tampering with a witness

 

NAME: Nathan Scott Martin

DOB: 12/24/84

ADDRESS: 1595 Millshed Road, Morgantown, KY

CHARGES: Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, tampering with physical evidence, wanton endangerment in the fourth-degree domestic violence minor injury, illegal take/pursue deer/wild turkey and persistent felony offender in the first degree

 

NAME: Nayana Noffsinger

DOB: 12/31/06

ADDRESS: 8580 State Route 70W, Bremen, KY

CHARGES: Trafficking in a controlled substance in the first degree, second or greater offense (> or = 2 grams meth), trafficking in a controlled substance in the first degree, second or greater offense (< 4 grams of cocaine) possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia buy/possess

 

NAME: Robert W. Noffsinger

DOB: 4/3/81

ADDRESS: 8580 State Route 70W, Bremen, KY

CHARGES: Trafficking in a controlled substance in the first degree, second or greater offense (> or = 2 grams meth), trafficking in a controlled substance in the first degree, second or greater offense (< 4 grams of cocaine) possession of marijuana, drug paraphernalia buy/possess and persistent felony offender in the first degree

 

NAME: Bobby Chad Johnson

DOB: 11/10/80

ADDRESS: 402 Dimple Road, Morgantown, KY

CHARGES: Criminal mischief in the first degree, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct in the second degree, willful remove /damage boundary marker and criminal trespassing in the third degree

 

NAME: James L. Russell

DOB: 11/16/69

ADDRESS: 9569 Bowling Green Road, Morgantown, KY

CHARGES: Possession of a handgun by a convicted felon

 

NAME: April Staton

DOB: 7/4/84

ADDRESS: 703 Kent Manor Drive, Morgantown, KY

CHARGES: Possession of a firearm by convicted felon

 

NAME: James H. Stice

DOB: 3/28/83

ADDRESS: Gidcumb Cemetery Road, Morgantown, KY

CHARGES: Possession of a firearm by convicted felon, possession of a controlled substance in the first-degree meth firearm enhanced, fleeing or evading police in the and persistent felony offender in the first degree 

 

NAME: Jesse R. West 

DOB: 1/23/89

ADDRESS: 5164 Wavely School Road, Morgantown, KY

CHARGES: Flagrant non-support

 

NAME: Peggy Willoughby

DOB: 4/28/86

ADDRESS: 1806 Jenkins Blvd, Morgantown, KY

CHARGES: Trafficking in a controlled substance in the first degree (> or = 2 grams meth), drug paraphernalia buy/possess, and persistent felony offender in the first degree

 

NAME: Barbara Casteel

DOB: 6/23/73

ADDRESS: 100 Oak Valley Road, Owensboro, KY

CHARGES: Burglary in the third degree, custodial interference, unlawful transaction with a minor second degree (three Counts), unlawful transaction with a minor in the first-degree illegal sex act victim under 16 years of age, sexual abuse in the first degree and procuring or prom use of minor by electronic means.

 

NAME: Dereck Childress

DOB: 3/17/01

ADDRESS: 409 Holston Hollow RD, Morgantown, KY

CHARGES: Stalking in the first degree and retaliating against a participant in a legql pr

 

NAME: John Childress

DOB: 1/17/72

ADDRESS: 414 Holston Hollow RD

CHARGES: Stalking in the first degree and retaliating against a participant in a legql pr

 

NAME: Logan Phelps

DOB: 6/24/06

ADDRESS: 780 County Road, Morgantown, KY

CHARGES:  Alcohol intoxication in a public place, leaving the scene of a accident (two counts) criminal mischief in the first degree (two counts), kidnapping-adult, unlawful imprisonment in the first degree, assault in the fourth degree dating violence no visible injury, robbery in the second degree, driving DUI suspended license, theft by unlawful taking auto $10,000 or more and fleeing or evading police in the third degree

 

NAME: Jay E. Howard

DOB: 9/2/87

ADDRESS: 104 Maple Street, Morgantown, KY

CHARGES: Theft by unlawful taking auto $10,000or more, criminal mischief in the first degree and persistent felony offender in the second degree

 

NAME: Joseph Austin Earls

DOB: 6/15/96

ADDRESS: 203 Keeling Street, Marion, KY

CHARGES: Intimidating a participant in the legal process, retaliating against a participant in a legal process and terroristic threatening in the third degree

 

NAME: Timmie J. Hooten

DOB: 8/16/85

ADDRESS: Butler County Jail

CHARGES:  Sexual abuse in the first-degree victim under 12 years of age, attempted sodomy in the first degree victim under twelve years of age and persistent felony offender in the first degree

 

NAME: Fred Houser

DOB: 11/19/72

ADDRESS: 384 Oak Grove School RD, Morgantown, KY

CHARGES: Rape in the first degree-domestic violence, assault in the second degree-domestic, unlawful imprisonment in the first degree, violation of KY EPO/DVO, and persistent felony offender in the second degree

 

There were no indictments in November 2025

 

Charges filed against the defendants are subject to change or dismissal by the state. The indictment against a person by a grand jury is an accusation only, and that person is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.