Grand jury returns indictments for trafficking crimes

The Estill County Grand Jury returned indictments for two people involved in a drug-raid conducted by the Irvine Police Department.
Vanessa Jones and Timothy Neal were both indicted for drug-related charges.
Jones, 35, of Church Street, was indicted for first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, first offense. Jones sold a 15-milligram oxycodone for $20 to a confidential informant on Aug. 17. Trafficking is a class D felony.
Neal, 42, of Church Street, is charged with two counts of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, first offense. Neal sold two oxycodone tablets to a confidential informant for $40 each. The sales took place on Aug. 22 and 24.
The grand jury also indicted 14 others on various charges.
Stephen Todd Wells, 33, of North Plum Street, is charged with two counts of fourth-degree assault, menacing, second-degree disorderly conduct and third-degree criminal mischief.
On both Sept. 22 and 26, Wells caused physical injury to Betty Louise Rose. According to the indictment, on the same date, Wells put officers and his victim in serious fear or injury. Fourth-degree assault is a class A misdemeanor and menacing is a class B misdemeanor.
Wells was transported to Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital on the latter date. While there, he caused a disturbance by kicking, punching, cursing and screaming. In the process of the struggle, he broke equipment that belonged to the hospital. The equipment was valued at $312.
Disorderly conduct and criminal mischief are class B misdemeanors.
Joshua Ray Witt, 30, of Forrest Hill Drive; Joshua David Rawlins, 32, of Grindstone Road; and Josh Ledford, 31, of Glory Street, are each charged with complicity to third-degree burglary and complicity to theft by unlawful taking greater than $500.
On July 29, the men broke into a home belonging to Virigil Johnson. They stole a wood stove, heavy-duty electrical tools and other miscellaneous items.
Both charges are class D felonies.
Witt is also charged with second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument. In August, he wrote a check for $40 that belonged to Catherine Puckett to E-Z Rent-to-Own.
Etta Renee Estes 36, of Broadway, is charged with receiving stolen property under $500, first-degree promoting contraband and resisting arrest.
Estes was arrested in October for having in her possession a purse that had been reported stolen from her brother’s house. When placed under arrest, Estes began fighting the officer off.
She also denied having drugs on her before being checked by jailers at the Estill County Jail. A jailer found a marijuana cigarette when they checked her.
Christopher Bishop, 36, of Waco, is charged with receiving stolen property over $500, a class D felony.
According to the indictment, in February Bishop sold several rings that belonged to Bill Friend to Cash-N-Dash for $280.
Thomas McDowell, 37, of Elmer Richardson Road, is charged with first-degree promoting contraband, a class D felony. While being booked at the Estill County Jail, Richardson had five Suboxone strips on him.
Roy Gross, 23, of Winchester, and Misty Wilson, 32, of Church Street, are charged with receiving stolen property under $10,000.
In September Gross and Wilson were found with a trailer and 1995 van that had been reported missing in Louisville. Gross also had a forged check that belonged to the victim in his possession. He is charged with second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument.
Both charges are class D felonies.
Timothy Joe Mayes, 31, of Misty Hollow Lane, is charged with receiving stolen property under $10,000. In April Mayes had in his possession a 1975 Harley Davidson that had been reported stolen.
Frankie S. Young, 43, of Leighton Road is charged with second-degree escape, a class D felony. In September Young escaped police custody while be transported to the Powell County Detention Center.
Michael Bishop, 38, of Sweet Lick Road; LaTonya Myers, 26, of Stacy Lane Road; and Kevin Scott Abney, 34,  of Dug Hill Road, face charges stemming from the sale of a living room suite that belonged to EZ Rent-to-Own.
Myers and Abney are each charged with receiving stolen property under $10,000. Abney is also charged as a second-degree persistent felony offender. He was also convicted of second-degree burglary in Madison County in 2008.
Bishop is charged with falsely reporting an incident, failure to make required disposition of property over $500. He is also charged as a persistent felony offender for being convicted of second-degree burglary in Madison County in 2009. According to the indictment, Bishop sold a living room suite he was renting from EZ Rent-to-Own to Myers and Abney. He reported the furniture stolen after the sale.