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March 2, 2010,
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Vanceburg youth injured in
auto/pedestrian accident - Garrison man hurt in
single vehicle accident - Ashland man arrested in theft of
cash - Postmaster Ron McCleese retires from Tollesboro Post
Office - Two men charged
after alleged drug sale
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Vanceburg
youth injured in auto/pedestrian accident
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By Dennis
Brown
A Vanceburg youth was injured last week when he
was struck by a vehicle backing out of a driveway.
Vanceburg Police Lt. Tom Flannigan said the
incident happened about 3:23 p.m. Wednesday on Rowley Avenue in Vanceburg.
David Thompson, who is a resident of Rowley
Avenue, and Angela Sullivan, who is the mother of the child, told Flannigan the
five-year-old boy was on a bicycle in the street when a vehicle began to back
out of a nearby driveway, he said.
Flannigan said Sullivan reportedly yelled at the
vehicle’s driver to stop, but the operator of the vehicle, Louise Kennard of
Garrison, didn’t hear the mother or see the child in the street.
He said the child was struck by the vehicle and was trapped
beneath it. Flannigan said Sullivan told Kennard to move
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the vehicle and the child’s father
came out of the house and carried the child to the front porch of the family
residence.
Flannigan said the child was taken to
Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville by MedCorp Ambulance and was
later transferred to the University of Kentucky Trauma Center in Lexington.
The youth was reportedly released from the
medical center on Thursday.
Authorities attempted to obtain a medical
helicopter to transport the child but were unable to because of weather
conditions.
Flannigan, who is investigating the accident,
was assisted at the scene by MedCorp Ambulance and Emergency Management
Director Carl Chaney.
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Garrison man hurt in single vehicle
accident
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By Dennis Brown
A
Garrison man was injured in a single vehicle accident last week, according to a
spokesman with the Lewis County Sheriff’s Department.
Deputy
Dwayne Stone said he responded to a single vehicle accident at the intersection
of Ky. Rt. 8 and Cole Bivens Lane in Quincy and arrived to find a 1997 Toyota
Avalon which had struck a tree and the driver of the auto, Gary Willis, 41, of
Garrison, was lying on the ground.
Stone
said upon investigation it was determined Willis had been traveling in the
eastbound lane of Ky. Rt. 8 when he
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dropped
off the right shoulder into a ditchline and traveled 192 feet, struck a
driveway culvert and went airborne.
Stone
said the vehicle traveled 48 feet, hit the ground and overturned twice
before striking the tree, where it came to rest.
Stone
said Willis was airlifted to St. Mary’s Medical Center in Huntington, WV,
for treatment.
The
accident happened about 2:15 a.m. Sunday and remains under investigation by
Stone. He was assisted at the scene by Garrison Fire and Rescue, MedCorp
Ambulance and Health Net Medical Helicopter.
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Ashland man charged in
theft of cash
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By
Dennis Brown
An Ashland man has been charged in connection
with the theft of an envelope of cash accidently left on the counter at a
Vanceburg convenience store last week.
Vanceburg Police Chief Joe Billman said the
incident happened Thursday when Andrea Hardymon of Tollesboro cashed a payroll
check and used some money from the bank envelope to pay for a gasoline purchase
at Clark’s Pump-n-Shop (formerly Bee Mart) on the AA Highway in Vanceburg.
Billman said Hardymon inadvertently left the bank
envelope, which contained over $1,600 in cash, on the counter. After realizing
what had happened and finding the envelope was
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no longer on the counter at the convenience
store, she notified authorities.
Billman said after a short investigation he
determined a male subject had removed the envelope from the counter and located
a suspect delivering Girl Scout Cookies at the Vanceburg Lions Club building on
Fairlane Drive in Vanceburg.
Billman said Mark Bundy, 34, of Ashland, was
charged with theft by unlawful taking, over $500, and lodged in the Lewis County
Detention Center. Billman added the money was recovered and returned to Hardymon.
Billman is continuing the investigation into the
incident.
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Postmaster Ron McCleese retires from
Tollesboro Post Office
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By
Dennis Brown
Several Tollesboro residents stopped by their
local post office Friday to bid farewell to Ron McCleese.
McCleese has served as the postmaster of the
Tollesboro Post Office for nearly 17 years and spent a big part of his last day
visiting with the postal customers he has come to know well during his time
there.
McCleese, who resides at Greenup, has spent 30
years with the postal service working in post offices in Webbville, Greenup,
Ashland and Olive Hill before coming to Tollesboro.
McCleese was presented with a detailed replica of
the Tollesboro Post Office made by James King, who meticulously crafted the
replica, complete with a small postal box in the front.
The replica was signed by several post office
regulars who wish McCleese well in his retirement.
McCleese says he has a motorcycle and kayak,
which he plans to dust off and put to use, visit with his five sisters and has
already lined up several hours a week to volunteer for various causes.
Shirley Porter will be serving as the Officer in
Charge of the Tollesboro Post Office until a new postmaster is named. Porter has
most recently overseen operations at the Quincy Post Office.
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Dennis
Brown/Lewis County Herald
Ron
McCleese retired as Tollesboro Postmaster Friday after nearly 17 years at the
post. McCleese was presented with a detailed replica of the Tollesboro Post
Office crafted by James King. Several postal customers signed the replica before
it was presented to McCleese on his last day.
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Two
charged after alleged drug deal
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By
Dennis Brown
Two
Tollesboro men have been charged after allegedly selling Oxycontin to an
informant for the Lewis County Sheriff’s Department.
A
spokesman with the department said Eric McNutt, 31, and Jamie Hunt, 31, both of
Tollesboro, allegedly sold four 40 milligram Oxycontin pills to a confidential
informant last week.
Deputies
made a traffic stop on the vehicle the two were in shortly after the alleged
transaction, according to the spokesman. He said McNutt jumped from the vehicle
and fled into a wooded area. He was apprehended near the AA Highway following a
45 minute foot pursuit by deputies, the spokesman added.
The spokesman said both men had marked money, which was used in the
transaction, in their possession when they were
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apprehended.
McNutt
was charged with first degree trafficking in a controlled substance and
fleeing/evading police. Hunt was charged with first degree complicity to traffic
in a controlled substance. Both were lodged in the Lewis County Detention Center
under $10,000 cash bond, according to the spokesman.
The
incident remains under investigation by Deputy Jason Hill and Chief Deputy
Johnny Bivens. They were assisted by Deputy Tom Polley, Deputy Dwayne Stone and
Deputy Joe Templeman. The spokesman said Sheriff Patrick Boggs and Sgt. Matt
Gallenstein with the Mason County Sheriff’s Department assisted at the scene.
The
spokesman said McNutt was also being sought as a suspect in a burglary in Mason
County and additional charges against him are pending.
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