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During his Wednesday's Trigg County Circuit Court pre-trial conference, former Trigg County Sheriff Jason Barnes and his defense attorney, David Rye, noted they

Christian County Grand Jury to Hear Tampering Case of Convicted Murderer

A Christian County grand jury will now hear the case of a Hopkinsville man who cut off his ankle monitor earlier this year and failed to show up in Trigg County

One of the two suspects accused of being involved in a shooting at the Marathon gas station on East Ninth Street that left two people injured on Mar. 27 was

Proceedings were continued in Christian Circuit Court Wednesday afternoon for attempted murder and assault suspect Jaylynn Cheatham. Cheatham appeared virtually before Judge Andrew Self, who informed him that his new attorney David Rye had requested the continuance as he awaits both more evidence to be turned over and for a new indictment in the case. Judge Self set a pretrial hearing for July 26, saying hopefully any new indictments will be in by that time. Cheatham is facing charges of two co...

The man accused in the May 6 North Elm Street shooting was arraigned on his charges Wednesday morning in Christian Circuit Court. Marshawn Taylor, 25, appeared in Judge Andrew Self’s court via Zoom while at the Christian County Jail while his new defense attorney, David Rye, appeared in person for the arraignment hearing. Rye waived the formal reading of his indictment and officially entered a not guilty plea on Taylor’s behalf as Rye prepares to defend his client. Rye advised the cou...

A man accused of firing shots next to his girlfriend in 2017 entered a plea deal Wednesday afternoon in Christian Circuit Court Judge Andrew Self’s courtroom.

Two suspects involved in separate shootings were arraigned on assault charges Monday afternoon in Christian District Court sending both cases to preliminary hearings next week. The first case to appear involved Jaylynn Cheatham, 21, who is accused of being involved in a shooting at the Marathon gas station on East Ninth Street that left two people injured on Mar. 27. Cheatham was finally arrested after police had been searching for Cheatham on Friday afternoon. Cheatham appeared in court Monday...

A pretrial date for the case was also set for the afternoon of Wednesday, October 13. Barnes resigned as Trigg County Sheriff midway through his first term on August 31, 2020, after being indicted by a Trigg County grand jury on one count of third-degree unlawful transaction with a minor and one count of tampering with a witness. A joint investigation by Kentucky State Police, FBI, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Kentucky allege Barnes provided alcohol to a person u...

Barnes is charged with tampering with a witness and unlawful transaction with a minor. As previously reported, an investigation conducted jointly by the Kentucky State Police, the FBI, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Kentucky found that in February of 2020 Jason Barnes provided alcohol to a person under the age of 21. They also allegedly discovered that several months later, during the investigation, he knowingly practiced deceit with the intent to affect the testim...