The Indictment of a person by a grand jury is an accusation only and that person is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty or otherwise pleads guilty.
Emmanuel J. Joseph, 23, 205 County Line Road, Eubank; Ralph Dick Jr., 20, 4911 West Ky. 634, Science Hill; Amanda Roberts, 21, 205 County Line Road, Eubank; and Rick C. Smittle Jr., 46, 1011 Lewis St., Eubank: on or about Dec. 24, 2007, Joseph committed the offenses of burglary, third degree, by entering or remaining unlawfully in a building belonging to Kenneth Blevins with the intent to commit a crime; theft by unlawful taking, by taking property belonging to Blevins of a value over $300; on or about Dec. 25, 2007, burglary, third degree, by entering or remaining unlawfully in a building belonging to Kenneth Blevins with the intent to commit a crime; theft by unlawful taking, by taking property belonging to Blevins of a value over $300; on or about Dec. 24, 2007, Ralph Dick Jr. and Amanda Roberts committed the offenses of complicity to burglary, third degree, by counseling, planning, promoting or aiding Joseph in the burglary of a building belonging to Kenneth Blevins; complicity to theft by unlawful taking by counseling, planning, promoting or aiding Joseph in the theft of property belonging to Kenneth Blevins of a value over $300; Ralph Dick Jr. committed the offense of complicity to burglary, third degree, by counseling, planning, promoting or aiding Joseph in the burglary of a building belonging to Kenneth Blevins; complicity to theft by unlawful taking by counseling, planning, promoting or aiding Joseph in the theft of property belonging to Kenneth Blevins of a value over $300; and Richard Carl Smittle Jr., on or about Jan. 2, 2008, committed the offense of receiving stolen property by having in his possession property belonging to Kenneth Blevins of a value of over $300 and knowing it to have been stolen.
Erica Shannon Lamar, 23, 424 Lile Town Road, Greensburg, Ky., and Megan Daws, 521 Westgate Drive, Somerset, on or about Aug. 26, 2008, in Pulaski County, Lamar and Daws committed the offenses of theft by unlawful taking by taking property belonging to Amanda Barnett of a value under $300; on or about Sept. 4, 2008, committed the offense of theft by unlawful taking by taking property belonging to Eric Simmerman of a value over $300; and on or about Sept. 3, 2008, committed the offense of theft by unlawful taking by taking property belonging to Ann Scruggs of a value over $300; on or about Sept. 4, 2008, Lamar committed the offense of criminal possession of forged instrument, second degree, by possessing a forged check in the amount of $200 drawn on Cumberland Security Bank of Somerset; on or about Aug. 30, 2008, Daws committed the offenses of criminal possession of forged instrument, second degree, by possessing a forged checks in the amount of $300 and $300 drawn on Cumberland Security Bank of Somerset; and theft of identity by using Amanda Barnett’s personal information without her permission with the intent to represent herself as such person to avoid detection.
Erica Shannon Lamar, 23, 424 Lile Town Road, Greensburg, and Megan Daws, 521 Westgate Drive, Somerset, on or about Aug. 27, 2008, committed the offenses of burglary, second degree, by entering or remaining unlawfully in a dwelling belonging to Michael Denney with the intent to commit a crime; theft by unlawful taking by taking property belonging to Denney of a value under $300; and theft by unlawful taking by taking property belonging to Jerry Ray of a value under $300; on or about Aug. 28, 2008, committed the offenses of fraudulent use of a credit card by using Denney’s credit-debit card without his consent of a value over $100 in a six-month period and fraudulent use of a credit card by using Tawyna Muse’s credit-debit card without her consent of a value over $100 in a six-month period.
Emmanuel J. Joseph, 23, 205 County Line Road, Eubank, and Jesse Roberts, 21, 175 County Line Road, Eubank, on or about May 2008 in Pulaski County committed the offenses of burglary, third degree, by unlawfully entering or remaining in a building belonging to Ben Eldridge with the intent to commit a crime and theft by unlawful taking by taking property belonging to Eldridge of a value over $300.
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