Jason Barnes Another pretrial conference will be held next month in the case against former Trigg County Sheriff Jason Barnes. Barnes’ attorney David Rye appeared virtually before Circuit Court Judge C.A. Woodall Wednesday afternoon. Rye told Judge Woodall they have been in communication with Special Prosecutor Alex Garcia and are going over some things in the case, including a federal lawsuit filed in December. Judge Woodall set the next pretrial conference for Wednesday afternoon, February 10. In August 2020, Barnes was 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.