Six Cases Bumped to Grand Jury in Lawrence County
By Roberta Cantrell
BSN Editor
The Lawrence County grand jury met in their February session sending six cases for further review including drug trafficking charges, assaults on a police officer and all-terrain violations that are being charged more after the KRS law passed making it illegal to operate them on highways without being insured and licensed.
Included in the indictments was Mike Griffith, 66, of Blaine.
Griffith was charged with assault 3rd degree (police officer), criminal mischief 2nd degree, criminal trespass 2nd degree and all-terrain vehicle violations.
The indictment stems from an incident that occurred on Feb. 7, when Griffith drove his ATV on the property of William Wellman causing damage that was caught on video and when confronted by LC Deputy Joe Osborne, he brandished a fake weapon and then became physically aggressive with the deputy.
•Callee West, 46, of Blaine, was charged with assault 3rd degree (police officer) and hindering apprehension 2nd degree when on Jan. 8, she is accused of unlawfully assaulting LC Deputy Joe Osborne and committed the offense of hindering the apprehension of Christopher Sons who police went to her home looking for.
•Carl Butcher, 55, of Louisa, was charged with theft by unlawful taking over $10,000 and failure to register transfer of a motor vehicle. These charges stem from July 3, 2025, when Butcher was accused of committing the offense of taking $26,880.05 in fiber/cable owned by Foothills Communication along with the vehicle charge.
•Jeffrey Hampton, 58, of Hager Hill, was charged with Trafficking in a controlled substance 1st degree (47 dosage units of methadone packaged in plastic baggies along with $8700 cash with the intent of trafficking, possession/use of drug paraphernalia, speeding MPH over limit failure to own maintain required insurance and prescription of a controlled substance (methadone) not in proper container. These offenses occurred Jan. 29.
•Elizabeth Campbell, 36, of Huntington, WV., was charged with fleeing/evading police, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol/drugs, unauthorized use of a vehicle and no registration plates.
The indictment said the offenses occurred on Dec. 13, when Campbell used an improper registered 2019 Chevrolet Suburban belonging to Frances Sines of Charleston, WV without her consent and then attempted to flee from LC Deputy Tyler Laney and Boyd County Deputy Spencer Beam.
•Larry Dixon, 59, of Louisa, was charged with possession of a controlled substance (fentanyl), possession of a controlled substance 1st degree (cocaine), possession of a controlled substance 1st degree (methamphetamine), possession of a controlled substance (heroin), failure of non-owner to maintain required insurance, improper registration plates, no/expired registration plates, improper display of registration plate and failure to or improper signal. These offenses were stated to have occurred Nov.15, 2025.
(Editor’s note: An indictment is not an indication of guilt but a determination by a grand jury that criminal charges warrant further judicial review.)