The man charged in a Dawson Springs Road attempted murder case was scheduled for sentencing Wednesday morning, but failed to appear in Christian Circuit Court and allegedly removed his ankle monitor, preventing him from being tracked via GPS.
Judge John Atkins advised the court that he had been aware that Brian Ellis, 44, had removed his ankle monitor Wednesday morning and stated that the court would be issuing warrants for his arrest.
Shortly after the Christian County Sheriffâs Office released a press release requesting the publicâs help in locating Ellis.
According to the release, Ellisâ last location was the Sunoco gas station on West Seventh Street in Hopkinsville where he cut his ankle monitor off.
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Feb 10, 2021 11:12 AM
The Hopkinsville man who was originally charged with attempted murder for a September shooting incident in Christian County is sought by police again after he allegedly cut his ankle monitor off and failed to appear for final sentencing Wednesday morning.
Forty-four-year-old Brian Ellis entered an Alford plea November 16 to seven counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, fleeing or evading police, tampering with evidence and trafficking in methamphetamine. The attempted murder charge was dismissed and total sentence equals 15 years. He was arrested in January for failing to appear for sentencing, but was let out on bond again recently to get his affairs in order before going to prison.
After the COVID-19 pandemic led to businesses closing to the public early last year, the Kentucky state government began providing COVID relief funding in the form of reimbursements through the CARES Act.
Locally, Christian County Fiscal Court received around $3.2 million through the CARES Act for county reimbursements after the city was forced to spend extra funding due to the ongoing pandemic.
Of that $3.2 million, the Christian County Sheriffâs Office received a majority of that relief funding. Specifically, CCSO was given $2,191,025.45 in reimbursements from the Fiscal Court between March, 2019 and now, according to County Treasurer Walter Cummings.
Following the relief funds being disbursed, a misconception began floating around that because CCSO received roughly $2 million from the Fiscal Court, that freed up the Sheriffâs Officeâs budget money to be spent elsewhere.
Posted By: Hewson Beattie February 9, 2021 @ 1:04 pm Local News, News
U.S. Marshals say a fugitive has been arrested after he threatened to kill a Wright County judge, the sheriff and their families.
Lonnie Richardson, 50, was captured in Laclede County.
He’s charged with tampering with a judicial officer and second-degree terrorist threat for the incident on February 4.
He was found hiding in a small camping trailer and arrested after a brief standoff.
Here’s more from the U.S. Marshals:
Lonnie G. Richardson, age 50, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service-Midwest Violent Fugitive Task Force in Laclede County, Missouri on Monday, February 8th.