Corbin woman indicted on rape, sodomy charges in Laurel County

UPDATE: London Police arrested 38-year-old Tara L. Cousineau, of Corbin on the indictment warrant issued Friday in Laurel Circuit Court.

Cousineau was indicted on multiple counts of rape, sodomy and unlawful transaction with two different minors, ages 14 and 15.

According to the indictment, Tara L. Cousineau, who was 37 years old at the time, engaged in sexual intercourse with the teens between July and August 2016.

In addition, Cousineau is accused of providing the teens with marijuana.

Police went to Cousineau’s residence on Smokey Lane off of Ky. 312 on Wednesday, taking her into custody without incident

Cousineau faces two counts of third-degree rape, three counts of third-degree sodomy and three counts of second-degree unlawful transaction with a minor.

London Police Detective Stacy Anderkin conducted the investigation.

Cousineau is being held in the Laurel County Detention Center on a $50,000 cash bond.

Cousineau is scheduled to be arraigned on Feb. 17.

Under Kentucky law, all of the charges are Class D felonies, which carry a potential sentence of one to five years in jail. Each sentence in a Class D felony is served concurrently, meaning for each day incarcerated, the individual receives credit toward the service of each sentence.

The grand jury also returned the following indictments:

• Shannell A. Lewis, 26, Gray, third-degree burglary and theft by unlawful taking of the value of $500 or more but less than $10,000
• Curtis Ray Lewis, 34, Gray, third-degree burglary, theft by unlawful taking of the value of $500 or more but less than $10,000 and first-degree persistent felony offender
• Daniel B. Cornelius, 19, Williamsburg, theft by unlawful taking of the value of $500 or more but less than $10,000, fourth-degree assault and resisting arrest
• Christopher L. Mason, 19, London, theft by unlawful taking of the value of $500 or more but less than $10,000, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance – methamphetamine, possession of marijuana and second-degree persistent felony offender
• Charlene Jackson, 30, London, theft by unlawful taking of the value of $500 or more but less than $10,000
• Tyrone Patrick Smith, Jr., 31, Corbin, third-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance – methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and carrying a concealed deadly weapon

Eddie Michael Feltner, 33, Manchester, third-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants, possession of drug paraphernalia and first-degree persistent felony offender

• Daniel David Hammons, 33, Corbin, flagrant non support
• Steven Ray Hammons, 45, Corbin, flagrant non support