PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A Central Kentucky sex offender who allegedly moved to Floyd County without informing authorities was arrested Tuesday following a brief chase. Johnny Ray McQueen, 63, who has recently been living in Auxier, was convicted in Madison County of first-degree sexual abuse of a 13-year-old back in 1982. After serving his sentence, he has been on the sex offender registry ever since, But while his last reported address was in Danville, but he was discovered to no longer be living there back in March. The Floyd County Sheriff’s Office learned Tuesday that he was in downtown Prestonsburg, and […]

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WHITESBURG, Ky. — The murder case against former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines will be moved out of Letcher County after a judge ruled that extensive publicity and deeply divided public opinion make it impossible to seat a fair jury locally. The ruling came in an order entered Tuesday by Special Judge Christopher T. Cohron following a June 5 hearing on several pending motions in Stines’ case. Stines is charged in the Sept. 19, 2024, shooting death of Letcher County District Judge Kevin Mullins, who was killed inside his chambers at the Letcher County Courthouse. In granting the Commonwealth’s […]

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ASHLAND, Ky. — A former Magoffin County teacher has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for enticing a student to engage in sexual activity. Jason Back, 44, of Salyersville, pleaded guilty to a federal charge of online enticement back in January. In doing so, he admitted to texting a 17-year-old girl in March of 2023, sending her sexually explicit messages and making plans for him to pick her up to have sex in his car. The charge carries a sentence of anywhere between 10 years and life in prison. Prior to pronouncing his sentence, U.S. District Judge David Bunning […]

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