Grand jury returns indictments

Published 12:47 pm Friday, June 15, 2018

A former Winchester-Clark County Parks and Recreation employee charged with stealing more than $10,000 from the department has been indicted.

Dosha Plummer, 36, was indicted Thursday by the Clark County Grand Jury for theft by unlawful taking over $10,000. The charge is a Class C felony and could carry a sentence of five to 10  years if convicted.

In January, an audit of the 2016-17 fiscal year uncovered a number of issues within the parks department, including an employee who had taken $15,000.

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Plummer was previously employed at the department as an administrative specialist. According to the indictment, Plummer took money from the department while she employed there.

Parks Board Chairman Charlie Eury told The Sun in February the employee, who had not been named at the time, repaid the money to the department and resigned. Criminal charges were not pursued by the department at that time.

However, the Winchester Board of Commissioners voted to turn over any information regarding the theft to local law enforcement. The department receives almost 60 percent of its funding from the city and Clark County, according to the audit.

Plummer had not been arrested as of press time and no court date had been set.

The following indictments were returned by a Clark County grand jury Thursday:

— Dosha Renee Plummer, theft by unlawful taking over $10,000

— Brian Guy, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (first offense), first-degree wanton endangerment, first-degree fleeing or evading police, first-degree criminal mischief and operating on a suspended or revoked license.

— Michael Spoonamore, first-degree burglary, second-degree robbery and second-degree persistent felony offender.

— Joshua Profitt, first-degree burglary.

— Anita Raleigh, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (opiates) and second-degree persistent felony offender.

— James Chadwick, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.

— Samantha Jo Raleigh first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (second or greater offense, opiates)

— Sam Raleigh, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (first offense), first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (opiates, first offense) and second-degree persistent felony offender.

— Edna Raleigh, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (first offense) and first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (opiates, first offense).

— Edward Tyler Fugate, first-degree wanton endangerment and fourth-degree assault (minor injury).

— Billy Jack Bowles, first-degree wanton endangerment and second-degree persistent felony offender.

— Stephon Sherrell, first-degree burglary, giving officer false identifying information, first-degree persistent felony offender and first-degree assault.

— David Cooper, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (2 grams or more of methamphetamine) and possession of drug paraphernalia.

— Martha Nickles, second-degree criminal abuse of a child 12 or younger (two counts).

— Amanda Jones, fraudulent use of a credit card under $10,000.

— David Jones, fraudulent use of a credit card under $10,000.

— Gary Oakley, receiving stolen property over $500 but under $10,000 and receiving stolen property less than $10,000.

— Anthony Hill, first-degree possession of a controlled substance (first offense, methamphetamine).

— Ernest Knowles, third-degree burglary and first-degree persistent felony offender.

— James McDonald, first-degree assault (two counts) and second-degree persistent felony offender.

— Michael Spoonamore, flagrant non-support and second-degree persistent felony offender.

— Russell Burgess, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance while in possession of a firearm (first offense, two counts).

— David Farmer, first-degree possession of a controlled substance (first offense, methamphetamine) and possession of drug paraphernalia.

— Ronnie Manns, first-degree promoting contraband, tampering with physical evidence, first-degree wanton endangerment and second-degree persistent felony offender.

— Ronnie Manns, selling or receiving vehicle with a removed or altered VIN, receiving stolen property under $500, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs, first-degree wanton endangerment and second-degree persistent felony offender.