WHITLEY CITY —  A Pine Knot man who led authorities on a 45-minute chase after holding his family hostage was indicted last week in four separate cases.

    The McCreary County Grand Jury charged William Steve Gibson, 49, with first-degree burglary, first-degree wanton endangerment and first-degree fleeing or evading police in connection to a May 21 hostage investigation.

    When the McCreary County Sheriff’s Department responded to the McCreary Apartments at approximately noon, Gibson ran out of the back door of his estranged wife’s apartment — leading officers in a car chase to the Appletree Shooting Range where he ditched his vehicle.

    Gibson continued on foot until he was captured in the creekbed below McCreary Central High School. Officers recovered a Winchester 12-gauge sawed-off shotgun from the apartment.

According to a separate indictment charging him with first-degree burglary and Theft By Unlawful Taking, Gibson took the gun the day before from Tim Wilson’s residence.

    

    In another indictment, the grand jury charged Gibson with first-degree Promoting Contraband for acquiring three morphine and one oxycodone pills while in the custody of the McCreary County Detention Center on June 19.

    A fourth indictment charged Gibson with six counts of Theft By Failure to Make Required Disposition of Property Over $500 but Less than $10,000. Between September 2011 and March 2012, Gibson accepted $8,000 from Bill Parton to fix up a 1966 Ford Galaxy but failed to do so.

    While no one was physically harmed in the Gibson incident, Norman D. Waters was shot by Crystal Redden after he forced himself into her Osborne Creek residence armed with a Taurus PT 140 Pro 40 caliber handgun on June 22.

    Redden was not charged but the incident led to a five-count indictment against Waters. The 71-year-old Pine Knot man was charged with first-degree burglary as well as four counts of second-degree assault for striking with his gun Redden, Tonya Cox, Courtney Phillips and Brian Spradlin.

    The grand jury also charged Billy J. Coffey, 58, of Whitley City with first-degree wanton endangerment in connection to a June 28 incident in which he fired several shots into a Brad Circle residence occupied by a juvenile.

    An investigation led by the Lake Cumberland Area Drug Task Force resulted in drug trafficking indictments against 10 individuals this month:

    • Madie Parriman, 56, of Pine Knot has been charged with two counts of first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance for selling a total of nine oxycodone tablets to a confidential informant on January 3 (four for $140) and March 21 (five for $200).

    • Samantha Watters, 36, of Stearns was indicted for first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance as well as second-degree Persistent Felony Offender. Watters sold four oxycodone tablets to a confidential informant for $140 on January 27. She was previously convicted of promoting contraband in 2008.

    • Carl Spradlin, 43, of Pine Knot was indicted for first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance for selling five oxycodone tablets to a confidential informant for $175 on January 27.

    • Vivian Spradlin, 44, of Pine Knot was charged with two counts of first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance for selling a total of 10 oxycodone tablets on February 1 (four for $140) and February 9 (six for $210).

    • Tonya Anderson, 42, of Pine Knot was indicted for first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance for selling five oxycodone tablets to two confidential informants for $ 175 on January 18.

    • Allen Ritch of Tom Meadows Road in Pine Knot was indicted for first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance for selling five Opana tablets to two confidential informants for $200 on January 4.

    • Christopher Spradlin of State Garage Road in Whitley City was indicted for first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance for selling one oxycodone and nine Oxymorphone tablets to a confidential informant on January 9 for $150.

    • Bobby Worley, 47, of Pine Knot was indicted for first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance for selling five oxycodone tablets to a confidential informant for $200 on March 21.

    • Diane Duvall, 46, of Whitley City was indicted for second-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance for selling four Suboxone tablets to a confidential informant for $100 on January 18.

    • Bobby Massengale of Lloyd Martin Road in Pine Knot was indicted for second-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance for possessing 36 Hydrocodone tablets for sale or transfer.

    In other news, the grand jury returned indictments against:

    • James “Jimmy” Cox Jr. — first-degree burglary. On June 9, Cox unlawfully entered Danny Clark’s residence with the intent to commit a crime while in possession of a Harrington and Richardson 410 shotgun and a Mossberg 270 rifle.

    • Jordan M. Winchester, Everett Taylor Road, Parkers Lake — five counts of second-degree Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument. Between June 1 and June 9, Winchester cashed five checks totaling $1,950 which had Lettie Winchester’s forged signature.

    • Joe L. Davis, Shea Road, Williamsburg — second-degree Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument. On June 28, Davis cashed a forged $500 check from the account of Chambers Trucking.

    • Charles Ray Stephens, 61, Pine Knot — Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon and second-degree Persistent Felony Offender. Stephens possessed a Diamond Arms 12 gauge shotgun on July 5. He was previously convicted of first-degree Trafficking in a Controlled Substance in 2009.

    • Brassfield Coffey Jr., Earl Ross Road, Stearns — Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. On March 27, Coffey possessed a Mossberg 12 gauge pump shotgun. He was previously convicted of DUI and gun possession charges in 2005.



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