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Man who killed Big Stone Gap police officer given second 100-year sentence
WISE, Va. – The man who admitted killing a Big Stone Gap police officer in 2021 has received a second 100-year sentence for the crime. Michael Donivan White, 36, originally of Cross, South Carolina, was sentenced Thursday in Wise County Circuit Court for the first-degree murder of Officer Michael Chandler. Early on the morning of Nov. 13, 2021, Chandler responded to a call to conduct a welfare check at a known drug house on Orr Street. While attempting to flee the scene, White fired his gun at the officer eight times, hitting him once in the wrist and once in […]
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Mountain Top News to livestream today’s hearing in Amber Spradlin murder case
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — Defendants in the Amber Spradlin murder case are due back in court today, and Mountain Top News plans to livestream the proceedings. Spradlin’s body was found in the Arkansas Creek home of Dr. Michael McKinney on June 18, 2023. She had been stabbed at least 12 times in the neck and head. McKinney’s son, M.K. McKinney, has been charged with her murder. Both McKinneys and family friend Josh Mullins are also charged with eight counts of evidence tampering for allegedly trying to cover up the crime. All three defendants are scheduled to appear in Floyd Circuit Court […]
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Prosecutors ask for former sheriff to undergo psychiatric exam before murder trial
WHITESBURG, Ky. — After his attorney notified the court that he would be pursuing an insanity defense in his upcoming murder trial, prosecutors are requesting that former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Mickey Stines undergo a psychiatric examination. Stines, 44, of McRoberts, is charged with capital murder for the Sept. 19 shooting death of Letcher District Judge Kevin Mullins while the two men talked in the judge’s chambers. The shooting was captured on security cameras, leaving no doubt as to who pulled the trigger. But last month, Stines’ attorney asked to present “expert evidence relating to a mental disease or defect […]
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Prestonsburg man arrested following child porn indictment
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A Floyd County man has been indicted on child porn charges, following an investigation by Prestonsburg Police. Police received a complaint from a person who got into a dispute with Simon Roxas, 22, of Prestonsburg, after finding child porn on his phone. His phone was seized and underwent a forensic analysis by Ashland Police, who found nearly 200 child porn images on his phone. The case was presented to a grand jury, which indicted Roxas on one count of possessing child porn and one count of distributing it. Each of the charges is punishable by 5-to-10 years […]
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Son of former doctor who pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy charge now facing charges of his own
PIKEVILLE, Ky. — The son of a former Paintsville doctor who pleaded guilty last year to a federal drug conspiracy charge has now also been charged in the scheme. Jeremy Bryson, son of former doctor Don Bryson, was indicted Friday on charges of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, conspiracy to use the DEA registration number of another person, and engaging in a monetary transaction derived from criminal conduct. Court records show Jeremy Bryson owned the Appalachian Family Medicine in Paintsville, while his father owned the building in which it was housed and worked for the clinic as a medical consultant. […]
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