Herald-Leader Staff Report
NICHOLASVILLE — Jonathan Lamb, the man accused of ramming his grandfather’s house with a Jeep Cherokee, turned himself in at the Jessamine County jail on Wednesday.
Lamb, 23, was charged with first-degree wanton endangerment, first-degree criminal mischief, and felony theft of a vehicle, said Deputy Sheriff Allen “Doodle” Peel.
Lamb’s vehicle also allegedly hit another vehicle in the driveway of his grandfather’s home on Union Mill Road east of Nicholasville. The incident was reported shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday.
A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Monday in Jessamine District Court. A judge will hear evidence to determine whether there is probable cause to the send the case to a grand jury, which will decide whether Lamb should be indicted.
Lamb remains in the jail in lieu of a $10,000 bond.
By Ashlee Clark
aclark@herald-leader.com
RICHMOND — A Richmond woman was arrested Tuesday for exposing her unborn son to cocaine and marijuana.
Vickie S. Cornett, 35, was arrested Tuesday and charged with first-degree wanton endangerment.
Cornett was arrested more than a week after Richmond police began to investigate her.
On Oct. 14, Madison County Social Services informed investigators that Cornett had given birth on Sept. 16 to a boy who exhibited symptoms of drug withdrawal, police say.
Tests performed after the boy was born at Pattie A. Clay Hospital in Richmond revealed cocaine and marijuana in his system.
Cornett is being held in the Madison County jail on a $7,500 cash bond.
Ashlee Clark covers Madison County for the Herald-Leader. Reach her at (859) 626-5878.
Central Kentucky Bureau
NICHOLASVILLE — The grandmother of a 2-year-old found walking the streets unattended was arrested Tuesday and charged with wanton endangerment, police said.
Nancy Thomas, 66, of Nicholasville was lodged in the Jessamine County jail on a felony charge of second-degree wanton endangerment, punishable by one to five years in prison, police said. No bond had been set as of Tuesday afternoon.
Police were dispatched to the city’s southwest side, where they found a 2-year-old boy wearing a diaper and wandering in a backyard on Melissa Drive.
Police began a neighborhood search for the child’s guardian. Thomas was located at her home on Pinoak Drive. She told police that she was unaware that the child had left the house.
The Associated Press
DAWSON SPRINGS — Kentucky State Police have criminally charged a Madisonville woman in a crash that killed three people in June.
A news release from state police says 23-year-old Meagan Gibbs is charged with three counts of second-degree manslaughter, assault and wanton endangerment.
The charges follow a June 9 crash on Kentucky Route 109 just north of Dawson Springs in which 34-year-old Penny Garrison and 12-year-old Jordan Duke of Dawson Springs and 64-year-old Beverly Lopez of St. Charles were killed.
Police said Gibbs’ full size pickup truck crossed the center line and struck the compact pickup truck that carried those who died.
Gibbs and her 1-year-old son Avery Gibbs were treated at a hospital and released following the crash.
Hopkins County court records did not list an attorney for Gibbs.
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