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E-cigarettes don't really light up, but they have lit up canteen sales at the jail. Jon Sallee, county jailer, says sale of the cigarettes has raised more than $6,000 for the Jessamine County Detention Center's canteen fund since December, when the facility first started selling them. Salle said he started selling them because he knew they would generate money for the canteen fund, which pays for inmate programs such as the GED program and garden program, which allows inmates to grow and maintain a garden outside the facility.

I would like to thank the many members of local groups who provided Christmas baskets to those housed in the Boyle County Detention Center this season. Local churches, businesses and organizations came together to provide the inmates with socks, fruit, candy and snacks, among the items in 300 bags delivered to the detention center on Friday. It is important that our community not forget those who cannot be with their families this holiday season and to provide them with needs that otherwise might not be fulfilled.

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STANFORD — A Lincoln County woman is behind bars after leading police on a high-speed chase early Sunday morning. Boyle County Sheriff Marty Elliott said Boyle Deputy Dustin Clem fell in behind a vehicle driven by Tina Maples, 47, of Stanford on South Lucas Street in Junction City about midnight Saturday after seeing the vehicle weave. Elliott said Maples refused to stop, turned onto U.S. 127 and reached 90 miles per hour as she headed south into Lincoln County. Authorities said Maples turned on Spring Run Road, where she stopped the 1994 Ford Explorer and attempted to flee on foot.

One of the people responsible for ruining as much as four acres of corn on a Boyle County farm during a Tuesday night joyride has been arrested. Boyle County Sheriff Marty Elliott said he and Deputy Brian Wolford received a tip early Thursday about one of the people involved living in Casey County. With additional assistance from Kentucky State Police, Elliott was later able to locate and arrest Charles Singleton, 20, of Stanford. Singleton and another person allegedly drove a Chevy Cavalier over four acres of corn stalks on a farm near Forkland Community Center on Tuesday night.

County officials took action Tuesday to improve security and curb employee turnover at the jail. The Clark County Fiscal Court approved a first reading of an ordinance to amend a lease, allowing the court to purchase new security equipment for the Clark County Detention Center. The $600,000 lease originally included money to help with construction of a new building for the county Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program. Judge-Executive Henry Branham said CSEPP¿did not need the money anymore, and it would free up between $80,000 and $100,000.

A convicted sex offender is back in jail after he was accused of raping a woman behind an auto parts store Thursday morning. Scottie K. Townsend, 29, of 125 Buckner St., is charged with first-degree rape and tampering with physical evidence. He is being held on a $100,000 cash bond. According to court documents, the woman reported the incident shortly after midnight Thursday morning. She told Winchester Police detectives that she was walking along Highland Street near NAPA Auto Parts when a man with black glasses and a black leather coat approached her and asked for a cigarette.

After two weeks of searching by police, the second suspect in a fatal fire turned himself in to officers Saturday afternoon. Brandon Guy, 25, was identified as a suspect during a District Court hearing for the other suspect, Aaron Spencer, on Oct. 31. At that time, detectives said they had been searching for Guy since the Oct. 21 fire that killed 50-year-old Kenneth Payton. According to police and jail records, Guy surrendered to Winchester Police Saturday afternoon and was booked on first-degree arson charges.

Dear Editor: I have said for sometime that I am not a fan of a Class D work release program. With the work release comes trouble. Not every prisoner who Is on work release is going to cause trouble, but there is that percentage that makes it tough on everyone else. There is an open door for drugs to get into the jail. These individuals go out and work in a day's time picking up trash, mowing, whatever their job is for that day. How easy would it be for an inmate to have someone leave drugs, or anything for that matter, for their use at their work location.

The Clark County Fiscal Court is in negotiations with a new contractor to finish the second half of the installation of security cameras in the county jail, delaying completion once more. The Kentucky Department of Corrections, which inspects jails at least twice a year, complained in November 2010 that the jail didn't have security cameras. After the last Fiscal Court meeting July 14, County Judge-Executive Henry Branham said the jail had been having problems with workers from the former contractor, Burdine Security Group Inc. of Lexington, showing up to install the second half of equipment.

E-cigarettes don't really light up, but they have lit up canteen sales at the jail. Jon Sallee, county jailer, says sale of the cigarettes has raised more than $6,000 for the Jessamine County Detention Center's canteen fund since December, when the facility first started selling them. Salle said he started selling them because he knew they would generate money for the canteen fund, which pays for inmate programs such as the GED program and garden program, which allows inmates to grow and maintain a garden outside the facility.

MORELAND - A Lincoln County teenager remains in jail without bond today after he allegedly blasted another man with a shotgun from the upstairs window of an apartment Tuesday night. Adam Alford, 18, of Stanford, is charged with first-degree assault for allegedly discharging a .410 shotgun at Farren Rowland, striking him in the neck and chest with pellets from the blast. Rowland, 49, of Kings Mountain, was airlifted from the scene to a Lexington hospital where he was treated and released, Lincoln County Sheriff Curt Folger said.

Jessamine County Fiscal Court magistrates got a first-hand look Tuesday at the inside of the Jessamine County Detention Center and some of the reasons the jailer says the building is in need of upgrades and an expansion. So far this year, the center has averaged 176 inmates per day, jailer Jon Sallee said. It is designed to hold no more than 138. It has held as many as 200 at one time since the beginning of the year, he said.  The jail has just two isolation cells, one for men and one for women, when it should have separate cells for intoxicated inmates.

A Danville man was arrested Friday evening after he allegedly fired a gun on a residential street after an argument with his girlfriend. Randal Gay, 52, of 1326 W. Walnut St., was charged with first-degree wanton endangerment and lodged in the Boyle County Detention Center. According of a press release from Danville police, officers responded to a shots fired call on West Walnut. A roommate told police that Gay was extremely intoxicated and had access to a shotgun inside the home.

Preliminary plans for a possible expansion to the Jessamine County Detention Center that could cost as much as $10 million were presented at a work session of the Jessamine County Fiscal Court last week. Architects in charge of the possible expansion are looking at the possibility of acquiring land either to the east or north of the current jail for a one-level addition that would add as many as 150 beds to the jail. Only the eastern expansion plan has been presented to the Kentucky Department of Corrections for approval, jailer Jon Sallee said.

LONDON - Authorities are investigating the death of a 28-year-old Danville native who recently died while incarcerated in the Laurel County Detention Center. Cortney Beldon Hensley, a 2002 graduate of Boyle County High School, had recently moved to Corbin with her husband, Travis. At the time of her death March 9, she had been incarcerated for six days for allegedly obtaining a controlled substance without a doctor's prescription, said Laurel County Jailer Jamie Mosley, according to reports in the Times-Tribune newspaper.  A jail staff member found Hensley “in distress” during a routine cell check.

An attempt to arraign brothers James Wesley Coffman and Eugene Shirley Coffman in Boyle District Court via videoconference from the jail was quickly abandoned Tuesday after it became clear the men would need help getting through the process. After both brothers struggled to provide basic information, Trial Commissioner Adam Miller assigned the public defenders' office to represent them and rescheduled their arraignment for 1:30 p.m. today in the district courtroom, where they will appear before Judge Jeff Dotson.

A possible multimillion-dollar expansion to the Jessamine County Detention Center is one step closer now that the Jessamine County Fiscal Court has chosen an architect firm for the project. The court voted Dec. 18 to hire CMW, Inc. of Lexington, according to Judge-Executive Neal Cassity. CMW has since submitted an initial proposal to the court, which calls for the firm to conduct preliminary work for the project at an estimated cost of $24,000. The fiscal court plans to negotiate further with CMW and has not yet signed that agreement, Cassity said.

The Jessamine County Fiscal Court is aligning with the detention center in a concentrated effort to expand the massively overcrowded jail. The Jessamine County Detention Center (JCDC) has 118 beds but at times has housed as many as 170 inmates, forcing them to sleep on mats on the floors -  if there are enough mats. When there is not room, the county has had to pay to transport inmates to other counties and return them for court dates. Jailer Jon Sallee has said that there is a move to expand the jail but would not comment further this week.

The Jessamine County Fiscal Court is considering two different architect and engineering firms for expanding the over-crowed detention center by at least 100 beds. During high intake, some inmates have been required to sleep on mats put on the floor. The court aims to expand the Jessamine County Detention Center (JCDC) using the same property. CMW, Inc. of Lexington made its presentation at Tuesday night's regular meeting and presented three proposals for the multi-million-dollar expansion.