Corbin man accused of hitting teen on bike is back in Laurel County

 A Corbin man who has been on the run after cutting off his home incarceration bracelet and escaping to Ohio is back in Laurel County to answer first-degree assault and other charges.

Forty-seven-year-old Terry Mullins, who had been apprehended in the Cincinnati area Nov. 7, was transported back to the Laurel County Detention Center Wednesday afternoon.

According to Sheriff John Root, Hamilton County Sheriff’s deputies took Mullins into custody following a routine traffic stop, after learning he was wanted for escape.

Mullins waived extradition back to Kentucky. Laurel County deputies travelled to Cincinnati Wednesday to retrieve Mullins.

A Laurel County grand jury returned an indictment against Mullins on Oct. 17. However, Mullins failed to appear in Laurel Circuit Court for the return of indictments and the judge issued an arrest warrant.

According to Sheriff Root, deputies began an investigation the night of September 4 after they responded to a complaint of an intruder at a home on Green Field Lane off of American Greeting Road and found Mullins passed out behind the wheel of his van.

The van had damage to the right front bumper, grill and windshield, hair embedded in the windshield and a backpack embedded in the grill.

Identification found inside the backpack led deputies to a residence on Ky. 2392 where they spoke to the teen’s parents.

The parents told deputies that their son had left home on his bike soon after arriving home from school but was late coming home.

Deputies and Kentucky State Police began a search of the area. Trooper Chris Saunders found the teen and the remains of his bike on U.S. 25 and called for an ambulance.

A landing zone was established at Hunter Hills Elementary School and the teen was airlifted to the University of Kentucky Medical Center.

Lt. Chuck Johnson, accident reconstructionist for the sheriff’s department, determined that Mullins had been travelling north on U.S. 25 when he ran off the shoulder of the road and struck the bike, ejecting the teen into the ditch. Mullins continued on and was approximately two miles from the scene of the crash when deputies found him.

Under Kentucky Law, first-degree assault is a Class B felony, carrying a potential prison sentence of 10 to 20 years.