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CORBIN â A Corbin man who has been accused of attempting to kidnap and then offering $1,000 for a toddler is now facing federal charges.
Ronnie Lou Helton, 73, of Corbin, was indicted by a federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court in London Friday. The indictment says Helton attempted to kidnap, abduct, seize, confine, and carry away another person for the purpose of assault using a means of interstate commerce, a red Pontiac sedan.
Helton must appear in person in federal court at 2 p.m. Monday, May 24, for arraignment.
Helton was arrested and charged with attempted kidnapping of a minor and promoting human trafficking of a victim under 18 years of age after the Corbin Police Department were called to a residence on Gordon Hill Pike on the evening of April 7.
A federal grand jury returned an indictment against Ronnie L. Helton, 73, on Thursday.
According to the indictment, Helton is accused of using a means, facility, and instrumentality of interstate commerce, specifically at red Pontiac sedan, in the furtherance of the commission of the crime of attempted kidnapping.
Helton faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 if found guilty.
Helton is currently being held in the Whitley County Detention Center on state charges of attempted kidnapping, and human trafficking – victim under 18 years of age.
Under Kentucky law, each charge is a class “C” felony carrying a potential prison sentence of five to ten years.
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A Whitley County man was indicted on a murder charge after investigators say he killed his girlfriend who was reported missing at the time. A grand jury indicted 58-year-old John Meadows of Williamsburg on charges of murder and tampering with physical evidence. The indictment alleges Meadows killed his girlfriend, Donna Lay, on January 25th. Investigators say officers with the Williamsburg Police Department searched Meadows’ apartment where they found human remains in a trash can. Police believe Meadows was living there with those remains for around three weeks. Lay was reported missing on January 27. Investigators said Meadows searched the internet for information on how a body decomposes and had supplies to try to disguise the odor. When police interviewed Meadows they said his story did not add up. Meadows remains behind bars in the Whitley County Detention Center.
A Whitley County man was indicted on a murder charge after investigators said he killed his girlfriend who was reported missing at the time.
A grand jury indicted 58 year old John P. Meadows of Williamsburg on charges of murder and tampering with physical evidence.
The indictment alleges Meadows killed his girlfriend, Donna Lay, on January 25. Police believe Meadows was living there with her remains in a trash can for around three weeks. Lay was reported missing on January 27.
Investigators said Meadows searched the internet for information on how a body decomposes and had supplies to try to disguise the odor.
By Jarrod Mills
Staff Writer Apr 22, 2021
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WHITLEY COUNTY - A Williamsburg man arrested in February after police found the remains of a missing woman in a trash can located in the apartment shared by the two was indicted by a Whitley County grand jury Friday.
John P. Meadows, 58, was indicted on one count of murder and one count of tampering with physical evidence for the killing of his girlfriend Donna G. Lay.
Lay had been reported missing on January 27. The Williamsburg Police Department quickly began an investigation into the whereabouts of Lay, who was last seen on January 7.