Tomahawk man indicted on manslaughter charge in 2022 crash

By Lilly Adkins

BSN Associate Editor

INEZ — A Martin County man was indicted Thursday on a manslaughter charge in connection with a car crash that killed a teenager last April.

Timothy Ramey, 19, of Tomahawk, is charged with second-degree manslaughter for allegedly causing the death of Brenda Maynard in a car crash on April 3, 2022.

Maynard, 15, a sophomore at Martin County High School, was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Ramey, who apparently lost control and ran off the roadway, causing the vehicle to flip on its top, Martin County Coroner Chris Todd said at the time of the collision.

Another passenger, Juanita Bowen, 19, was injured and flown to Pikeville Medical Center for treatment.

The indictment against Ramey was one of 17 returned by the Martin County Grand Jury Thursday. Others named in true bills were:

• Johnny Steven Kirk, 25, of Columbus, Ohio, charged with kidnapping a minor, second-degree assault and second-degree persistent felony offender for allegedly restraining another person with the intent to inflict bodily injury or terrorize the minor victim or another, or by depriving the parents or guardian of the custody of the minor when the person taking the minor is not a person exercising custodial or supervision of the minor; and intentionally assaulting and causing physical injury to a female from Lovely on Nov. 6, 2022; and for having previously been convicted of a felony.

• Christopher G. Maynard, 45, of Pilgrim, charged with first-degree possession of a controlled substance for allegedly possessing methamphetamine on Aug. 13, 2022.

• Taylor G. Howell, 24, of Lovely, charged with theft by unlawful taking over $1,000 but under $10,000 and violation of air pollution standards and rules for allegedly taking $3,490.26 in copper transmission line owned and maintained by AT&T and burning contaminants or other materials on Nov. 25, 2022.

• Bart Anthony Horne, 27, of Pilgrim, charged with second-degree strangulation; fourth-degree assault, minor injury; and second-degree unlawful imprisonment for allegedly impeding the normal breathing or circulation of the blood of another, applying pressure to the throat or neck of another, or by blocking the nose or mouth of another person; physically assaulting another person and unlawfully restraining the liberty of another person on Dec. 20, 2022.

• James Tyler Harmon, 30, of Warfield, charged with first-degree possession of a controlled substance, failure to maintain required insurance, no registration plates, no or expired registration plates and improperly on left side of road for allegedly possessing heroin, and operating a motor vehicle upon a roadway without insurance, without proper registration plates and on the wrong side of the road on Oct. 29, 2022.

• John R. Pack, 19, of Warfield, and Taylor G. Howell, 24, of Lovely, charged with theft by unlawful taking over $1,000 but under $10,000/complicity and first-degree criminal mischief/complicity for allegedly, acting alone or in complicity with each other, taking $3,490.26 in copper transmission line owned and maintained by AT&T and damaging property owned and maintained by AT&T, with the damages to the property exceeding $1,000, on Nov. 17, 2022.

• Leslie Maynard, 43, of Inez, charged with first-degree criminal mischief for allegedly damaging property owned by Kennis Maynard of Inez, with the damages exceeding $1,000, on Nov. 7, 2022.

• Michelle Horn, 39, of Debord, charged with first-degree fleeing or evading and first-degree wanton endangerment for allegedly disregarding signals and commands to stop given by Martin County Sheriff’s Deputy David Adams, with the intent to flee, avoid, or elude arrest and she engaging in conduct that creates substantial danger of death or serious physical injury to another person on Nov. 5, 2022.

• Pamela Matthieu, 52, of Louisa, charged with first-and second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance and public intoxication for allegedly possessing six oxycodone dosage units, 27.5 dosage units of amphetamines and $9,400 in cash monies with the intent to traffic; and for being manifestly under the influence of a controlled substance to the degree that she was a danger to herself or others persons or property, or unreasonably annoy persons in her vicinity on Oct. 28, 2022.

• Frankie Maynard, 46, of Pilgrim, charged with first- and third-degree trafficking in a controlled substance for allegedly possessing more than two grams of methamphetamine, more than 10 units of gabapentin and $174 in cash monies with the intent to traffic on Dec. 4, 2022.

• James Tyler Harmon, 30, and Zachary Dials, 30, both of Warfield, and Cody Gullett, 21, of Pilgrim, charged with theft by unlawful taking over $10,000/complicity for allegedly, acting alone or in complicity with each other, taking in excess of $10,000 in copper transmission wire owned and maintained by AT&T on Sept. 28, 2022.

• Gary Jude, 30, of Hardy, charged with first-degree fleeing or evading police, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol/drugs, first-degree wanton endangerment and first-degree possession of a controlled substance for allegedly disregarding signals and commands to stop given by Martin County Sheriff’s Deputy Chris Kidd with the intent to flee, avoid or elude arrest; operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or other substances that impair a driver’s ability to operate that motor vehicle; engaging in conduct that creates substantial danger of death or serious physical injury to another person; and possessing morphine on Nov. 1, 2022.

• Christopher Jude, 41, of Lovely, charged with first-degree fleeing or evading police, first-degree possession of a controlled substance and resisting arrest for allegedly disregarding signals and commands to stop given by Martin County Sheriff’s Deputy Chris Kidd with the intent to flee, avoid or elude arrest, possessing methamphetamine and attempting to prevent Kidd from effecting an arrest by using, or threatening to use physical force against the deputy on Oct. 25, 2022.

(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.)