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News-HeraldServing Owen County Since 1868
Vol. 148 • No. 45 November 11, 2015 75¢
Celebrating our Veterans: Carlette
Vance joined the U.S. Army as a nurse in
1944. Read her story on page 2.
A closer look: For precinct-by-precinct voting
totals, see page 13.
BY MOLLY HAINES N-H Editor
Republican Gover-nor-Elect Matt Bevin was able to secure his victory due in part to northern Kentucky’s rural counties.
Bevin carried Owen County by 314 votes.
According to the Frankfort State-Jour-nal, within almost two hours of the polls clos-ing the gubernatorial candidates ran neck and neck in larger populat-ed counties, but Bevin quickly swept northern Kentucky and secured the governorship.
Democrat Jack Con-way garnered 1,000 votes locally and In-
dependent candidate Drew Curtis 130.
Bevin, only the sec-ond Republican in four decades to win the gov-ernor’s race, is expected to be sworn into offi ce Jan. 5.
Turnout for the Gen-eral Election was low
across the Common-wealth, with only 2,619 Owen countians taking to the polls.
In the Secretary of State race, Republican Stephen L. Knipper car-ried Owen County by 120 votes. Democrat Al-ison Lundergan Grimes
received 1,202 votes locally, but would win the overall election to retain her seat.
In the Attorney General’s race, Repub-lican Whitney H. West-erfi eld carried Owen County, but lost state-wide to Democrat and
son of Governor Steve Beshear, Andy Beshear.
Republican Alli-son Ball carried Owen County in the state treasurer’s race and statewide.
In the Auditor of Public Accounts race, Republican Mike Har-
mon won locally, but fell to Democratic in-cumbent Adam H. Edel-en statewide.
Kae Crenshaw, a former educator and public school guid-ance counselor, won
Owen County goes red in state electionsDecision 2015
Quarles’ victory will lead to special election
BY MOLLY HAINES N-H Editor
Kentucky’s Repub-lican Agriculture Com-missioner-Elect Ryan Quarles will soon resign as 62nd House District state Rep., which will take Owen countians back to the polls in a special election.
The 62nd House District includes Owen County, a small por-tion of southwestern Georgetown, western Scott County and a few Fayette County pre-cincts.
According to the Georgetown News-Graphic, the date of the special election is currently unknown and will depend on when Quarles resigns from his House seat.
According to the News-Graphic, that ac-tion will result in one of two things: If it comes before the 2016 Ken-
tucky General Assem-bly, which begins on Tuesday, Jan. 5 -- one day before Quarles is due to be sworn in the commissioner of agri-cultre post -- the gov-ernor will schedule the election.
If it comes after that date, House Speaker Greg Stumbo (D-Pres-tonsburg) will call the election.
Quarles told the
Circuit, district judges seek adult drug court funding BY JACOB BLAIR N-H Reporter
Owen, Carroll and Grant counties are three of seven across the Commonwealth that are currently lack-ing a drug court pro-gram, but that could change in the near fu-ture.
Chief Circuit Judge Leslie Knight and Chief District Judge Eliza-beth Chandler have re-cently requested state funding for a drug court program, Administra-tive Offi ce of the Courts Public Information Specialist Jamie Neal
said.“Whatever we’re do-
ing (to alleviate drug problems) is apparently not working,” Knight said. “I’m willing to ex-plore anything that will help alleviate the prob-lem in our community.”
She said she talks with state offi cials about the Drug Court program every time she travels to Frankfort for continuing education, in addition to the read-ing and research she and Judge Chandler have been doing in the 15th Circuit.
“Judge Chandler
and I have been re-searching this so when the funding is avail-able, we can get a leg up on it,” Knight said. “We are doing every-thing we can.”
The state does not currently have fund-ing available for this fi scal year to support a new Drug Court pro-gram but the Kentucky Courts of Justice has made it part of its 2016-2018 biennial budget request, Neal said.
If the program is approved in the budget session, Knight said she hopes to have the
program started by Oc-tober 2016. She added the program would not start out with a lot of people, rather a small size she estimated around 30 or 40 people.
“Drug Court is very selective,” Knight said. “When it is available, it would start very small because of the funding.”
Looking at local trends in recent years
Courts in the Com-monwealth track the number of charges and cases fi led in each calendar year as well
as charges and cases closed. There could be multiple cases involving the same person, which is why the numbers re-fl ect cases instead of the number of individu-als. The information for each of Kentucky’s 120 counties is available on the Kentucky Court of Justice website.
Knight said the amount of cases in recent years has in-creased.
“I’ve spoke with the Commonwealth’s Attor-ney about the caseload and it has increased dramatically.”
In Carroll County, the district court has had fewer drug cases fi led, down to 223 last year compared to 273 in 2012. The number of juvenile cases fi led went up from eight in 2012 to 10 in 2013, but only one case was fi led against a juvenile last year. In circuit court, the num-ber of cases fi led went from 179 in 2012 to 128 in 2013. However, the number rose again last year to 152 cases fi led in Carroll Circuit Court.
Ryan Quarles
Matt Bevin Stephen Knipper Whitney H. Wester� eld Alison Ball
Driver crashes in to New Liberty home
A truck driven by Brandon Olson, 31, slid for more than 200 feet before crashing into Tommy Grisham’s residence at 535 Hwy. 227 North in New Liberty. The New Liberty Fire Department was on scene two minutes after receiving the call, New Liberty Fire Chief Greg Davis said. Davis said Ms. Grisham was sitting inside the residence when a 2x10 fell across her lap “with inches to spare” of space around her. Neither Grisham nor Olson had injuries, but Olson was transported to the New Horizons Medical Center. New Liberty Fire Department was assisted at the scene by Owen County EMS and the Kentucky State Police.
See DRUG COURT, page 17
See RESULTS, page 13
Mike Harmon
See QUARLES, page 13
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In Grant County, the number of cases filed in district court has increased from 118 in 2012 to 323 last year. The number of cases filed against juve-niles has also increased from 13 in 2012 to 21 last year. The circuit court was nearly steady with 99 cas-es filed in 2012 and 97 in 2013. However, the num-ber of circuit court cases increased to 195 last year.
In Owen County, there has not been a steady in-creasing or decreasing trend in regards to the number of drug cases filed compared to the other two counties in the 15th Ju-dicial Circuit. The num-ber of district court cases filed decreased from 61 in 2012 to 49 in 2013 before increasing to 74 last year. The number of juvenile drug cases filed increased from 6 in 2012 to 7 in 2013. No juvenile cases were filed in Owen County last year. The number of circuit court drug cases has remained similar the last few years, with 37 cases in 2012, 29 in 2013 and 39 in 2014.
“In my experience on the bench, the overwhelm-ing majority of cases stem from a drug problem,” Knight said.
She also said cases such as burglaries, thefts and prostitution in recent years have typically been related to a drug problem, even if the charges do not directly involve drugs.
Kentucky’s Adult Drug Court program
The Kentucky Drug Court program was first es-tablished in 1996 and had around 6,900 graduates at the end of 2014, according to information provided by Neal. Judges volunteer their time to operate the Drug Court program. For every $1 spent on Drug Court graduates, the Com-monwealth saves $2.72
that would have been spent on the cost of incarcerating them.
A 2011 brochure on the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts web-site said drug court cost less than half of the cost to incarcerate a person for a year in jail and less than one-third of the cost to house the person in a state prison.
Program participants have paid more than $5 million in court costs, res-titution and fines, and nearly $5 million in child support.The program has three phases and takes at least a year to complete. Once graduated, a person may have their charges dismissed through diver-sion or discharged through probation.
An evaluation in 2004 by UK’s Center on Drug and Alcohol Research notes that graduates are less likely to become re-peat offenders than those in a control group who did not participate in a Drug Court. A control group had more than 52 percent commit criminal offenses compared to less than 14 percent of drug court grad-uates, after a year of grad-uation. After two years, 20 percent of graduates in the study had new convictions or incarceration, compared to more than 57 percent of the control group. The same study showed 14 per-cent of graduates had been in jail compared to 53 per-cent of the control group, 2 percent were in prison compared to 34 percent of the control group and only 1 percent had a new pro-bation sentence compared to 20 percent of the control group.
How the program works
Individuals eligible for the Adult Drug Court are nonviolent offenders that have committed drug crimes or crimes related to drug use, according to the Kentucky Court of Justice website. Defendants have
to be eligible for a Class D diversion or probation, they have not previously par-ticipated in a Drug Court program and they have to agree to all the forms and waivers.
If a defendant is enter-ing the program in place of a probation, the defense attorney will ask the judge for a Drug Court assess-ment. A judge can order a Drug Court assessment for individuals going through the Class D diversion pro-cess. Drug Court staff con-duct the eligibility assess-ment and will notify the judge if they are eligible for the program. The judge then has the final say on whether to admit the de-fendant into the program.
Felony defendants can complete the program in a minimum of 18 months and misdemeanor defen-dants can complete the program in a minimum of 15 months. There are three phases participants have to go through and are required to submit to drug and alcohol screen-ings each week, attend counseling and court ses-sions, have a full-time employment or education, maintain approved hous-ing, pay court obligations, attend self-help programs, maintain weekly contact with the Drug Court staff and abstain from drug use. Failure to meet the requirements can result in community service, jail time or termination from the Drug Court program. A judge may discharge the probation or dismiss the charges for diversion once an individual has success-fully completed the pro-gram.
The effort to reduce the amount of drug crimes within the 15th Circuit has included many people, Knight said.
“It’s not just us, the judiciary, but everyone is coming and working to-gether to find a solution to our community’s problem,” said Knight.
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