Court/Criminal

Two people were indicted on drug charges March 16 by a LaRue County grand jury.
Timothy A. Rollin, 38, and Kayla M. Mitchell, 25, both of Hodgenville, were charged each with first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (less than two grams of methamphetamine), and complicity; and first-degree promoting contraband, and complicity.
They are accused of possessing the illegal substance with the intent to sell – and in “introducing coffee filters soaked in methamphetamine residue into the LaRue County Detention Center.”

Several people were indicted March 16 by a LaRue County grand jury.
Matthew J. Skaggs (1979) of Buffalo, was charged with failure to comply with sex offender registry – first offense. He is accused of failing to complete the address verification form as required. The offense occurred between Dec. 15, 2014, and Jan. 26, 2015.
Bond was set at $5,000 cash only on condition of dusk-to-dawn curfew and no violation of penal code, drug or traffic laws.
Kentucky State Police investigated.

The atmosphere was positive and supportive Thursday as four participants of Nelson County’s Drug Court were graduated from the program.
“I like myself today; before, I didn’t like myself too much,” said one graduate as he received his certificate and addressed the room of former and current participants, family members, and supporters of the program.
Drug Court — an alternative to jail time for drug-related crimes — was established in Nelson County in 2008.

 William L. Davis, 39, of New Haven, was sentenced in Nelson Circuit Court to five years in prison for unlawful distribution of a meth precursor, five years in prison for complicity to cultivate marijuana (five plants or more), three years in prison for complicity to possession of a controlled substance, five years in prison for tampering with physical evidence and 12 months in jail for complicity possession of drug paraphernalia. All counts to run concurrently for five years, but consecutively to the charge of count five for a total of eight years.