Grand jury returns 19 indictments
Sep 4, 2017
Amanda R. Hill, 32, of Grayson, was indicted on one count of trafficking in a controlled substances and two counts of trafficking in a simulated/counterfeit substances—all Class D felonies.?Matthew Waite, 36, of Grayson, was indicted on one count of trafficking in a controlled substance, a Class D felony, and one charge of being a persistent felony offender, a Class C felony.?Jermie Middleton, 36, of Grayson, was indicted on one count of trafficking in a controlled substance, a Class D felony.?Kosha Wagoner, 28, of Olive Hill, was indicted on one count of trafficking in a simulated/counterfeit substance, a Class D felony.?Marilyn Anderson Smith, 29, of Grayson, was indicted on two counts of flagrant non-support—both Class D felonies.?Casey James Crider, 31, of Morehead, was indicted on one count of flagrant non-support, a Class D felony.?Stanley Sargent, 35, of Morehead, was indicted on one count of flagrant non-support, a Class D felony.?Savannah L. Hanshaw, 22, of Morehead, was indicted on one count of theft by unlawful taking of a firearm, a Class D felony.?Byron Bustetter, 35, of Grayson, was indicted on one count of promoting dangerous contraband in the first degree, and one count of cultivating marijuana, more than five plants—both Class D felonies.?Tommy E. Boggs, 43, of Grayson, was indicted on one Class A misdeameanor count of promoting contraband, and one count of promoting dangerous contraband, a Class D felony.?Roger Covert, 24, of Grayson, was indicted on one count of third-degree burglary, a Class D felony.?Victoria Wilburn, 22, of Rush, was indicted on one count of third-degree burglary, a Class D felony.?Sammy Kitchen, 53, of Olive Hill, was indicted on one count of receiving stolen property $10,000 or more, a Class C felony, and one count of tampering with physical evidence, a Class D felony.?Chris Ratcliff, 43, of Olive Hill, was indicted on one count of second-degree burglary, a Class C felony.?Johnny Brewster, 23, of Olive Hill, was indicted on one coun...
(Journal-Times)
Why are so many more Australians ending up with only a car roof over their heads?
Sep 4, 2017
Photo: James BrickwoodFor thousands of Australians, home is a Holden or a Toyota parked in a dimly-lit street, and the number is growing. What's forcing them to take such drastic action?Morgan – she'll only tell me her first name – has parked her beaten-up station wagon opposite a row of elegant 19th-century terraces in Sydney's Surry Hills. It's a narrow street packed tight with BMWs, Audis and a Jeep. It's dusk in this inner-city suburb and the dog walkers are out in force. Morgan, who is 62 with big blue eyes, a mouthful of metal fillings and a slightly crazed laugh, is leaning into the back seat of her car, laying out her bed sheets for the night.For a homeless person, I tell her, she looks pretty fashionable with her hoop earrings, black blouse, matching skirt and R.M. Williams boots – before realising with a thud how patronising this sounds. "Smell this," she says, sticking her blow-dried, dyed-blonde hair in my face. It's soft and smells like spring flowers. "If you look grotty, people are not going to want to sit and talk to you – but it's not because you're homeless, it's because you smell bad," she says.Morgan corrects me when I say that she lives in her car. She uses the term "car feral" to describe people like herself. "Car ferals don't live in their car; they are people who sleep in their car because they don't have a home." - Morgan"We're not on holidays, we're not backpackers travelling around with a home back in Germany."She says she can't afford to pay rent "to some rich bastard". So her home, while she lives on a $400 weekly pension, is this white Holden Commodore Executive V6 fuel-injected 1997 station wagon, with more than 400,000 kilometres on the clock, a wonky aerial and black gaffer tape wrapped around the bumper bar, from the time when a stranger smashed it with a metal rubbish bin."For most ferals, the car of choice is a Toyota Commuter – it's really roomy and they can usually rock on for about 500,000 kilometres," she says. "But for me there is o...
(Illawarra Mercury)