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EstillTribune.ComTheEstill Tribune---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------VOLUME 33, NUMBER 36 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2015 IRVINE & RAVENNA, KENTUCKY 40336 16 PAGES-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

MikeWiseman

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IPD arrests woman with contraband in courtroom A Wisemantown womanwasarrestedonFridaywhileshewasattheEstillCountyCourthouise. Irvine Police Chief BradSmith arrested 29 year oldChristy Henry of BlancheCourtonmultiplecharges. Thechiefsaidthathehadreceived numerous com-plaints on Henry and hadobserved suspicious actionsbyher.Smithsaiditwasbe-lievedthatwhilecourtwasinsession,Henrywasattempt-ingtopasscontrabandtoaninmate,StevenHenry. Thechiefstatedthatafter

Christy attempted to makecontact with Steven severaltimes,abagoftobaccowasnoticedinherpocket. ThechiefaddedthatapillbottlewasfoundonChristywhenshewassearched.Hesaid inside the pill bottlewere six xanax bars, threesuboxone, 14 clonzerpam(valium) and 11 oxymoro-phone pills (a schedule 2,controlledsubstance). Smithsaidthatduringthesearchabagwasfoundthatcontainedatransparentrocktypesubstance. The police chief tested

a sample of the transparentrock substance for cocaine,heroin, and mepthamphet-amine.Hesaidittestedposi-tive for methamphetamineandnegativeforcocaineandheroin. The suspected meth-amphetamine weighed 6.8grams. Christywaschargedwithpossession of a controlledsubstance, in first, second,and thirddegrees (drugun-specifiedonallthreedegrees)andpromotingcontraband. After the rock substancewas tested, Christy was

charged with possession ofa controlled substance, first(methamphetamine) andprescription controlled sub-stances not in proper con-tainer. TherelationshipbetweenChristy Henry and StevenHenryisunknown.Shegavehermaritalstatusasmarriedincourtrecords. BailforChristyhasbeensetat$50,000cash. Court records state thatChristy was arrested on anew offense while a casewassitllpending.

IPD say they seized pills, transparent rock substance, and a bag of tobacco from Christy Henry. The ink pen is for size comparison

Christy Henry was ar-rested Friday afternoon in the courtroom.

Former principals Steve Garrett, left, and Bill Beard volunteered to help distrib-ute water last week at the Estill County Fair Barn. At one time, 3,500 households served by Estill County Water District and IMU were without water. By Friday evening, service had been restored but a boil water advisory remained in effect until Tuesday morning. Residents still having water issues are asked to call their water company. Rain, flooding, sleet and snow are predicted for this week.

ObituariesCharlie Birch, 90Gerald Borck, 72

Karel W. Hardy, 76Judith K. Johnson, 62Michael Larrison, 22

Luke Moore, 31Buddy Riddell, 83

Brenda Wolfinbarger, 60See Page 6

An Estill County woman was serveda summons February 25 by Irvine PoliceChiefBradSmithtoappearincourt. ThesummonsresultedafteracomplaintagainstthewomanwasobtainedbyTommyMullen,AnimalControlOfficer. ThecomplaintstatesthewomanallowedaviciousdogtorunloseonJanuary14ofthisyear.Itaddsthedogchasedsomemi-norchildrenastheywerewalkingtothebusstop. Thecomplaintaddsthatthesaidincidentcouldhaveresulted in injuries to thechil-dren. It furthur states that this is an ongoingproblemwiththedog.

Charlene Tester, of 350 Walling Road,Irvinewaschargedwithharboringaviciousanimal. The offense is a Class B misde-meanor. In an unrelated case, a bench warrantwas served February 28, by IPD OfficerJohnSturnioloonGeraldD,.Johnson,26,ofScottCourt,Irvine.

DistrictJudgeWm.LeachhadsignedthewarrantonJohnson,whowasfoundguiltyonJuly18,2014ofoperatingamotorve-hicleundertheinfluence.

ThewarrantsaysJohnsonfailed;topay$773plusa$30 service fee. JudgeLeachsaidthatJohnsoncouldpostbailfor$803.00cash.

Animal control officersays dog chased kidsat the bus stop in Jan.

The Kentucky State Po-lice,RichmondPost isask-ingforhelpidentifyingthreepeople,suspectedofillegallycashingstolenchecks takenfromalocalMadisoncountybusiness. KSP Post 7 was called

on Friday, February 20,2015, after an employee ofKeeton Enterprises Inc. re-alized that twelve checks,totalingalmost$12,000,hadbeencashedatfourdifferentbanksonFriday,January30,2015.

As a result of the initialinvestigation, surveillancephotographs and a possiblevehicle description havebeen obtained. The vehicleisdescribedasaMaroonorBrown Chrysler minivan,possiblydisplayingapartial

Tennessee license plate of327-X. Theongoinginvestigationis being conductedbyKSPDetective Brian Bowman.Anyone with any informa-tionisaskedtocallKSPPost7at859-623-2404.

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KSP Needs Help Identifying Check Cashers

Flynn Signs With Georgetown CollegeEstill’s hot shooting Lady Engineer guard Kennedy Flynn has signed to play college basketball with the Georgetown College Lady Tigers. ECHS recognized Flynn recently for having scored 3,000 points in her high school career. Kennedy was once second in the state in scoring with over 27 points per game. Kennedy scored 1,222 in middle school, playing only in grades 6, 7 and 8. She is the daughter of Gina and Greg Flynn.

OnFebruary25,2015,atapproximately5:30p.m.,theKentuckyStatePoliceElec-tronic Crime Branch, as-sistedbyPost7-Richmond,arrested Frankie H. Hardy,29, for charges related topossession and distributionof matter portraying a sexperformancebyaminor. Hardywasarrestedastheresult of an undercover In-ternetCrimesAgainstChil-dreninvestigation.TheKSPElectronic Crime Branchbegantheinvestigationafterdiscoveringthesuspectshar-ing images of child sexualexploitationonline. TheinvestigationresultedintheexecutionofasearchwarrantatHardy’sresidenceintheeveninghoursofFeb-ruary 25, 2015. Equipmentused to facilitate the crimewas seized and taken toKSP’s forensic laboratoryforexamination.The inves-tigationisongoing. Hardyiscurrentlychargedwith20countsofpossessionand12countsofdistributionof matter portraying a sexperformancebyaminor.Hewas lodged in the MadisonCo.DetentionCenter.

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MadisonCo. ManArrestedBy KSP