Wearing an orange Lincoln County Jail jumpsuit, Jamarkos Campbell was escorted Thursday into the Madison Circuit courtroom to smiles of more than a dozen friends and family members.
Sentencing on a Madison County felony promoting contraband charge for Campbell, 23, of Orange Street, was scheduled before he turned himself in last month in connection with a pair of 2002 Lincoln County murders. Campbell has been lodged in the Lincoln County Jail ever since.
No mention of the murder case was made during Campbell’s sentencing. Represented by Lexington attorney Ed Cooley, Campbell stood before Madison Circuit Judge Julia Hylton Adams and said he had nothing to say about the charges before he was sentenced.
After making a few corrections on Campbell’s pre-sentence investigation report, Cooley asked only that Campbell be sentenced as recommended by the commonwealth. Adams did impose the two-year sentence and waived Campbell’s court costs.
Campbell was indicted in October 2007 for promoting contraband in the Madison County Detention Center in August 2006, when he “as an inmate in the (MCDC), knowingly possessed dangerous contraband,” the indictment states. The contraband was a bag of cocaine.
The grand jury initially indicted Campbell for first-degree possession of a controlled substance — the cocaine — the promoting contraband charge, and being a second-degree persistent felony offender. The possession charge was dismissed after Cooley made a motion to that effect, citing that the act of possession was the same act of possession in the promoting contraband charge.
The persistent felony offender also later was dismissed.
Campbell was driven last month by an immediate family member to the Richmond Kentucky State Police Post 7 to turn himself in to authorities in connection with the murders of Ryan Shangraw, 20, and Harold “Bo” Upton III, 18, the relative told the Richmond Register previously. Kentucky State Police officials, who are investigating the murders, have not said how Campbell is connected with the boys’ deaths.
KSP officials did send out a press release the day after Campbell turned himself in stating that an arrest of one suspect had been made in connection with the Feb. 1, 2002, murders. However, it stated the investigation was ongoing and no further details would be released at the time. It also indicated that more arrests were expected.
KSP Post Commander Eddie Johnson previously said information about the arrest was not being released because it was made under a juvenile petition and the case still is being investigated.
Thursday, Johnson said there still are no details to be released at this time.
“We are still trying to track down leads,” he said. “There is really nothing newsworthy to release.”
Campbell would have been 17 at the time of the murders.
According to the Post 7 Cold Cases Web site, Shangraw and Upton, both of Stanford, were found shot to death at about 10:30 p.m. at a mobile home on Hubble Road. The report states that the residence is about four miles north of Stanford in Lincoln County.
The Lincoln County case had been cold for six years until Campbell turned himself in. It is not clear how Campbell may have been involved or if he just has information about the murders.
In other, unrelated Circuit Court news:
• The attorney for Edmonson County Sheriff B.J. Honeycutt has filed a motion for a change of venue for Honeycutt’s misrepresentation case. Honeycutt, 47, of Park City is charged with 13 counts of misrepresentation of having conducted training courses and four counts of providing incomplete firearms training.
No reason was given in open court for the request. Adams continued the case to July 3 to allow the commonwealth time to respond to the defense motion.
• A July 7 trial date was set for Eastern Kentucky University student Dotlene Bonner, 20, of EKU’s Telford Hall. Bonner is charged with two counts of trafficking in a controlled substance, cocaine.
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Campbell gets 2 years for having cocaine in jail
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Judge weighs constitutionality of legislative redistricting
Kentucky’s deadline for filing to run for legislative seats was in flux on Monday because a judge did not immediately rule on a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of newly redrawn district boundaries.
Franklin County Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd said he expects to enter a ruling in the case by mid-week.
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A couple was hospitalized after their home was set ablaze Sunday by a spark from a cigar, according to a county fire official.
County Fire Chief Jim Cox said the city and county fire departments were called to the home at 111 Concord Road in the early afternoon. Waco Volunteer Fire Department and the Richmond Fire Department also responded.
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A Richmond country club is no longer offering dining to members, but remains available for catered events and will be open on certain holidays.
Arlington Country Club, which has been a staple of Eastern Kentucky University for the past 40 years, laid off all dining staff late last week, according to Tom Coffey of the EKU Foundation.
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Standoff at Super 8 Motel ends peacefully
A bizarre drug-fueled standoff at the Richmond Super 8 Motel ended peacefully with no one hurt, including a child who was in the room with a man that police found wielding two knives.
About 1:53 a.m. Friday, police received a call about a man who was threatening someone with a knife at the motel on North Keeneland Drive, according to Richmond Police Chief Larry Brock.
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(Editor’s note: The following story contains graphic information some readers may find offensive.)
A Richmond man has been arrested for possession of child pornography as a result of a nearly one-year investigation by local police.
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Noted author to deliver keynote address for Black History Month
Almost a year ago, Arnold Rampersad stood in the East Room of the White House as he was presented the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama.
On Thursday, Feb. 16, the noted author will stand in O’Donnell Hall of Eastern Kentucky University’s Student Success Building to deliver the keynote address for the university’s Black History Month observance. Rampersad’s visit is also part of Eastern’s year-long Chautauqua lecture series, and the title of his talk, “Black History: The Challenge of Living with Others,” coincides with this year’s Chautauqua theme, “Living with Others: Challenges and Promises.” -
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity of Madison and Clark Counties, which has built 160 homes for people in need since 1992, is seeking applicants for partner families, according to Judy Flavell, executive director of the organization.
“We really need applicants right now,” Flavell said. “More people can qualify for Habitat homes than people realize.”
Eligible applicants must have lived in Madison or Clark counties for at least one year, have a stable income, be able to pay a modest monthly mortgage and be able to demonstrate that their current housing is overcrowded, physically substandard, too expensive, unsafe, or they are living in subsidized housing, according to Habitat.
For more information about eligibility, or to apply, call Habitat for Humanity at 625-9208 or visit its office at 1417 East Main Street in Richmond. Visit online at habitatmadisonclark.org. -
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For local adults who are experiencing memory loss related to dementia or Alzheimer’s, the Department of Occupational Therapy at Eastern Kentucky University has provided “The Place to Be” for the past two decades.
The department will again sponsor the free eight-week program on Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., beginning Feb. 9. Participants can attend Thursday and/or Friday. Applications still are being accepted (call 893-0653) for the free service, which is offered in Room 100 of the Dizney Building on EKU’s campus. -
Bible Belt towns in state consider going ‘wet’
In this Appalachian college town where socially conservative views are bedrocks of life, some people want to do what was once unthinkable: legalize liquor sales.
Supporters say passing the measure in Tuesday’s special election in Barbourville would tap a new revenue source in a place where hundreds of jobs are evaporating as one plant shuts down and another cuts its workforce in half. But from the pulpits to the courthouse square, opponents have been pressing their case that uncorking liquor sales would irreparably harm the town of about 3,200. - More Local News Headlines
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