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Corbin man charged with rape, sexual abuse

A Corbin man was arrested Wednesday night on rape and sexual abuse charges. David Lee Mayes, 27, was charged with first-degree rape and first-degree sexual abuse stemming from the alleged incident Wednesday afternoon. Laurel County Sheriff’s Detective Chris Edwards is leading the...

Federal grand jury returns child pornography indictment against Corbin man

A Corbin man indicted previously indicted in Whitley County on rape and child pornography charges involving a 15-year-old girl, has been indicted in federal court in connection with the child pornography. A federal grand jury returned the indictment Thursday against Amos...

Pretrial hearing set in child rape case

A Corbin man is scheduled to appear in Knox Circuit Court on Friday to face a nine-count grand jury indictment charging him with an assortment of sexual abuse offenses. Carl Wayne Weddle, 36, was indicted by a Knox County grand jury on three counts of Rape in the First Degree for...

Keavy man facing rape, sodomy, impersonating a peace officer charges

A Keavy man has been charged with rape, sodomy, unlawful imprisonment and impersonating a peace officer in connection with a Sept. 4 sexual assault incident in Laurel County. Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Walter Earl Darling, 46, Monday night. “The suspect has been...

Corbin man indicted for rape, sodomy, sexual abuse of child

A Corbin man was indicted Friday on multiple charges of rape, sodomy and sexual abuse. Carl Wayne Weddle, 35, was named in the nine-count indictment returned in Knox Circuit Court. According to the indictment, the incidents, involving a single victim, who was under the age of 12,...

Corbin man charged with rape, possession of child pornography

A 24-year-old Corbin man is facing rape, sodomy and child pornography charges after he admitted to police that he had sex with a 15-year-old girl on multiple occasions, and videotaped it. Corbin Police arrested Amos Sparkman early Sunday morning following an investigation into a...

Bond becomes significant issue in rape, video voyeurism case

All four defendants in a recent Williamsburg rape and video voyeurism case are now currently behind bars following a court hearing Monday afternoon in Whitley Circuit Court, but that is expected to change for at least one of the defendants on Friday. On July 15, the Whitley...
Posted On 07 Aug 2019

Whitley County Grand Jury indicts four for rape, video voyeurism

A Whitley County Grand Jury has indicted four local men in connection to the alleged rape of a Williamsburg woman in May that was apparently recorded. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not...
Posted On 22 Jul 2019

Corbin man indicted on rape, sodomy charges in Laurel County

A Corbin man was indicted Friday in Laurel County for allegedly raping and sodomzing a 15-year-old. Brian Allen Johnston, Jr., 31, is facing charges of third-degree rape and third-degree sodomy. Johnston was arrested March 20 at his home on College Street following an...

Two of four suspects in rape case arrested again

A pair of Whitley County men, who were among four people charged in connection with the alleged rape of a Williamsburg woman, that was apparently recorded on a cell phone last month, are back behind bars facing allegations that they tried to intimidate the victim in the case....
Posted On 19 Jun 2019