Men accused of beating another man with pipes, running him over set to stand trial

 A Corbin duo charged with beating a man with pipes and running over him with a pickup truck will go to trial today in Laurel Circuit Court.

Fifty-four-year-old Joseph B. Money and 28-year-old Michael S. McCormick Jr. are each facing two counts of first-degree assault, along with one count of second-degree burglary and first-degree persistent felony offender stemming from the incident that allegedly took place outside of Eddie Hollinsworth’s home on North Corbin Baptist Church Road on Aug. 19.

They appeared in court Thursday for a final pretrial hearing, at which time Judge Tom Jensen ordered that Wednesday’s trial date would remain on the docket.

Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies and Kentucky State Police were called about 3 a.m. to investigate a complaint that Hollinsworth had been hit with a pipe run over with a pickup truck and had been taken to Baptist Health – Corbin.

Deputy Brett Reeves responded and took an incident report.

Later that morning, Money reportedly called Laurel Dispatch requesting that law enforcement come and get him as Hollinsworth had run him and McCormick off from the property once and was trying to do it again. When Law arrived, they reported that Money had left the scene and was hiding.

As the officers cleared the scene, deputies William Harris, Jr. and John Inman remained, hiding themselves in the event that Money and/or McCormick returned.

“(Money) returned and began telling the neighbors he was going to mess them up and was holding a large metal pipe in his hand,” Harris stated in the arrest report.

Harris and Inman confronted Money, ordering him to drop the pipe. A scuffle ensued, during which Inman used his Tazer on Money. Money was taken into custody. McCormick was cited to court on a charge of complicity to commit assault as he was allegedly a passenger in the pickup truck when Money allegedly ran over Hollinsworth.

While that charge was later dismissed, both men were indicted when the case was presented to a Laurel County grand jury in October.

Money and McCormick are both being held in the Laurel County Detention Center.

Under Kentucky Law, first-degree assault is a class B felony, carrying a potential prison sentence of 10 to 20 years. Second-degree burglary is a class C felony carrying a potential prison sentence of 5 to 10 years.