Terry L. Hensley
A local man charged with murder in connection to a fatal 2019 wreck has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.
Terry Lynn Hensley, 48, of Nancy, pleaded guilty last Thursday to first-degree Manslaughter after participating in criminal mediation earlier in the week.
The charge stemmed from a fatal car wreck that occurred in the early morning hours of February 4, 2019, at the intersection of Grande Avenue and East Mt. Vernon Street in downtown Somerset.
According to what the Somerset Police Department reported at the time, Hensley was driving a 1996 Honda Civic north on Grande Avenue at a high rate of speed when the vehicle crossed East Mt. Vernon and struck a utility pole.
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Feb 24, 2021
A Eubank man charged back in 2019 in connection to a marijuana plot that was protected by explosive devices is set to stand trial this spring.
William Wayne Gilliland Jr., 36, of Gary Powell Road, was initially set to stand trial on March 22 on charges of Cultivate in Marijuana (less than 5 plants, 1st offense), first-degree Wanton Endangerment of a Police Officer, and Possession of a Destructive Device or Booby Trap. However, state judicial officials have extended coronavirus restrictions prohibiting jury trials through April 1.
A new trial date has been scheduled for May 3.
Gilliland was indicted along with co-defendant Emmanuel J. Joseph, 35, of County Line Road in Eubank, in connection to a Kentucky State Police investigation that began on August 27, 2019. Sergeant Dustin Hon, with KSP s Cannabis Suppression unit, reported at the time that the plants were initially spotted from the air by the Marijuana Strike Force. The helicopter landed in order for officers to