Two charged with probation violation

Two people have been charged with probation violation.

John Deal, 44, of Cumberland, and Heather Nicole Sargent, 44, of Harlan, were both charged on Tuesday.

Both were lodged in the Harlan County Detention Center.

Deal has been arrested 11 times since December 2001. Sargent has been arrested six times since October 2015.

Mary Ivey, 81, of Harlan, was charged and arrested for DUI and other traffic charges on Wednesday.

Kentucky State Police Trooper Toni Combs made the arrest of Ivey.

She was also charged with possession of an open alcohol beverage container in a vehicle, failure to wear seat belt, failure to produce insurance card, expired or no Kentucky registration receipt, expired or no registration plate.

Ivey was transported to the detention center and booked at 5:07 p.m.

Kentucky State Police Trooper Jason Nunley made an arrest after a traffic stop early Thursday morning.

Christopher Clay Yount, 37, of Fairview, was charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of a substance (first offense), first-degree trafficking a controlled substance (first offense, drug unspecified), trafficking a controlled substance (first offense, carfentanil or fentanyl derivative), buy/possession of drug paraphernalia, second-degree possession of a controlled substance (drug unspecified), controlled substance prescription not in original container (first offense), failure to produce insurance card, expired or no Kentucky registration receipt, expired or no registration plate and failure to appear for court.

Yount was arrested and transferred to the Harlan County Detention Center and booked at 1:16 a.m. He has been arrested 39 times since April 2008.

Bradley O’Ryan Enlow, 44, of Harlan, was placed in jail on assault charges on Wednesday.

He was charged with third-degree assault (EMS, fire and rescue squad) and second-degree assault, from an incident that occurred July 4 in Baxter.

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A two-vehicle accident happened Wednesday on the U.S. 25E near Middlesboro and resulted in a fatality.

Kentucky State Police Post 10 in Harlan received a call regarding collision with other first responders responded to the scene and began an investigation.

According to the report, the investigation indicates that a red Ford EcoSport SUV was exiting Casey’s and attempting to turn left onto southbound U.S. 25E.

A black Chevrolet Avalanche traveling northbound struck the Ford on the rear driver’s side in the northbound fast lane.

The operator of the Ford, identified as Maxine Wright, 79, of Miracle, was transported by Bell County EMS to Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Hospital, where she was pronounced deceased.

The operator of the Chevrolet Avalanche, identified as Harold Hensley, 47, of Stoney Fork, declined EMS treatment at the scene.

KSP is continuing the investigation.

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A rock truck overturned at Broughton’s Curve in Baxter on Wednesday morning.

According to a report, the vehicle was full of rocks and coming down Pine Mountain on U.S. 421.

The truck came to rest on its side along the road, spilling rocks onto the shoulder.

The driver was not injured but was out of the truck and shaken up from the accident.