PIKEVILLE, Ky. – Indictments returned by the November 2008 Pike County Circuit Court Grand Jury in addition to those published in Sunday’s edition of the Williamson Daily News include the following:

– Two Phelps, Ky., men identified as Danny Dotson, 23, and Dorse Bentley, 32, are jointly indicted on a charge of robbery, first degree, when, in the course of committing a theft from Jo Mart, they used or threatened the use of physical force with the intent of accomplishing the theft, or while armed with a deadly weapon, threatened use of the instrument upon a person not a participant in the crime.

Dotson additionally is being charged with the offense of persistent felony offender, first degree, having previously been convicted second degree robbery in 2006.

– Donald Rex Williams, 54, Jenkins, Ky., was indicted on the offense of receiving stolen property in August, 2008, by retaining or disposing of metal form boards valued at $300 or more and which had been stolen from Wright’s Concrete and/or Kendal Wright.

– David Little, 20, Pikeville, and James N. McClanahan, 21, Dorton, Ky., were jointly indicted on charges of receiving stolen property and criminal mischief, third degree. They allegedly received or disposed of the contents of an automobile, valued at $300 and more, which had been stolen from Steve Sergeant. The two also are charged with criminal mischief, third degree, by damaging or destroying a window seal belonging to Sergeant.

– Kelly Crase, 29; Brittney Collins, 24, and Joni Miracle, 39, all of Whitesburg, Ky., are jointly charged with receiving stolen property (items valued at $300 or more and stolen from Wal-mart Nov. 25, 2008); and receiving stolen property (clothing valued at $300 or less and stolen from Underground Attitude).

Collins is additionally charged with promoting contraband, first degree, by introducing it into a detention facility.

Miracle is being charged with the offense of persistent felony offender, second degree, for having been previously convicted of a drug charge in Letcher County in 2005.

– Richard Bruce Huffman, 32; Tina Renee Huffman, 31, and Donald G. Mullins, 29, all of Pikeville, are named in the same indictment. The two Huffmans are each charged with trafficking in a Schedule II controlled substance, first degree. Mullins is similarly charged in two other counts of the indictment.All three defendants are named in Count V with trafficking in a controlled substance, first degree.

– Valarie Ratliff, 40, Pikeville, is charged with operating a motor vehicle on Jan. 7, 2009 while under the influence of intoxicants, after having been convicted of such offense in Pike County in 2005.

– Elizabeth James, 32, Pikeville, is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol on Oct. 20, 2008, after having been previously convicted on said offenses in 2004, 2005 and 2006. A second charge is that she operated a motor vehicle while license was DUI suspended or revoked due to three convictions in Letcher, Wolfe and Pike Counties in 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively.

– Michael D. Gillispie Jr., 29, Pikeville, was indicted on three charges stemming from his arrest Feb. 2, 2009: Possession of a controlled substance, first degree; possession of marijuana, and operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants.

– Larry Kendrick, 31, Rockhouse, Ky., is charged with offenses dating back to Dec. 4, 2008: possession of a controlled substance, first degree; possession of a controlled substance, third degree; possession of a controlled substance, second degree; possession of drug paraphernalia; tampering with physical evidence; resisting arrest, and a new charge of persistent felony offender, second offense for having been previously convicted in 2003 of second degree burglary.

The grand jury also issued notices of two superseding indictments that take precedence over two 2008 indictments.

– Jason Rose, 27, Pikeville, is the defendant in one of the indictments, being charged with promoting dangerous contraband, first degree (a cell phone) into a detention facility. He also is charged with the offense of persistent felony offender, first degree, as a result of two prior convictions for receiving stolen property and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, in 2007.

– Jessica Reynolds, 26, Pikeville, is charged with trafficking in a controlled substance, first degree (Schedule I oxycodone), on April 10, 2008, and with being a persistent felony offender, first degree, because of prior convictions involving drugs.

(An indictment is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.)