Judge Kevin Mullins, who served Letcher County in southeastern Kentucky, was shot and killed in his chambers today. Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines was arrested after surrendering to police.
District judge in Kentucky shot and killed in his chambers
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That might have a hell of a background story.
https://www.lex18.com/news/crime/sh...y-shooting-judge-at-letcher-county-courthouse
Letcher County is in far southeastern Kentucky, along the Virginia border.
Letcher County is in far southeastern Kentucky, along the Virginia border.
This may have been a significant part of the motive. Sheriff Stines was scheduled to be deposed on Monday in a US District court case in which one of his deputies is accused of providing favorable treatment to a woman in exchange for sexual favors. Stines is listed as a defendant in that case for failing to properly train the deputy.
https://www.courier-journal.com/sto...-mickey-stines-kentucky-shooting/75298516007/
https://www.courier-journal.com/sto...-mickey-stines-kentucky-shooting/75298516007/
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I’m no lawyer, but I could have definitely got him less than life without parole
I have a friend from Clintwood Va, which is about 20 miles from that county. About half his high-school graduating class was named Mullins, including my friend.
It's a weird part of this country.
No one bats an eye when the sheriff walks into a judge’s chambers with a firearm. Nice perk I guess.
JFC, he wasn't even the one accused of mistreating the women. He killed someone for something that at worst gets him fired? He'd probably keep his pension if he'd been fired. Now he's going to prison.
Here’s a little more background on the case. At least one woman claims the deputy had her meet him in the judge’s chambers at night for the tryst.
https://www.courier-journal.com/sto...ucky-deputy-traded-favors-for-sex/7074791001/
https://www.courier-journal.com/sto...ucky-deputy-traded-favors-for-sex/7074791001/
That’s going to make the Courthouse Christmas party awkward this year.
In some weird way I almost feel relieved that this apparently was precipitated by sexual misconduct rather than political tension.
‘Merica!
‘Merica!
Damn. Is there a death penalty in Kentucky? That sheriff may get a chance to experience it.
I'm guessing the Sheriff's highest level of education is a high school degree.
Big yikes. If true the sheriff should walk free
Seems totally legit. “High ranking government sources” told him it’s true so it must be.
Sadly, those will start in 2 months. I had the same thought.
Probably a whole lot more to the story...doesn't add up at the moment.
Am I the only one that thinks the sheriff would have if he hadn't shot the judge walked away scot free or gotten a slap on the wrist.
I mean if I was the sheriff I would say something to the effect of "I wasn't aware I needed to train an adult who had graduated a law enforcement academy that he's not suppose to trade favorable treatment for sexual favors"
Now if he like knew about it and did nothing than it's obviously a bigger deal. But failing to train him??? Does he also need to tell all his officers not to shoot themselves with their service weapons?
It seems odd to me that there would be any punishment for "failing to train" because it should be a given that an adult who graduated a law enforcement academy doesn't need to be told that they shouldn't trade favorable treatment for sexual favors.
In doing some more reading it sounds like the sheriff was accused of failing to train and supervise his deputies. There were at least two victims and when the fiance of one of the victims tried to file a complaint he was allegedly prevented from doing so and then deputies started harassing him and pressuring him to drop his accusations.
If the sheriff was aware that all of this was happening and didn’t put a stop to it then he’s got to go.
Ok so more than that. In the end he likely only would have been fired. He chose life in prison with the possibility of the death penalty instead.
I feel like there's more to the story. Like, the Judge was also banging his wife or sister or sister-wife or something.
Maybe, or maybe a narrative. A sheriff should have the knowledge and self control to know that "messing around" isn't cause for murder, and, you know, you have to prove things in a court of law. You can't just drop a guy. He's going to prison.
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