THE HENDERSON COUNTY GRAND JURY HANDED DOWN INDICTMENTS AGAINST 52 PEOPLE ON A VARIETY FELONY CHARGES DURING ITS FEBRUARY SESSION TUESDAY.
THE GRAND JURY REFERED SIX CASES TO IT’S MARCH SESSION AND DISMISSED TWO OTHERS.
AMONG THOSE INDICTED WAS JOSHUA BLACKWELL WHO WAS INITIALLY CHARGED
WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER BUT WAS INDICTED ON FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT. HE
WAS ALSO INDICTED FOR BEING A CONVICTED FELON IN POSSESSION OF A HANDGUN,
BEING A SECOND-DEGREE PERSISTENT FELONY OFFENDER, AND ALSO INDICTED FOR FIRST DEGREE TRAFFICING IN A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, ILLEGAL POSSESION OF A LEGEND DRUG AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA.
JACOB MOORE WAS INDICTED ON FIRST DEGREE FLEEING AND EVADING POLICE, FIRST DEGREE WANTON ENDANGERMENT, FOUR COUNTS OF ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE, TWO COUNTS OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS OR ALCOHOL, OPERATING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE, SPEEDING 26 MILES AN HOUR OVER THE SPEED LIMIT, AND BEING A SECOND DEGREE PERSISTENT FELONY OFFENDER.
MOST OF THE OTHER CASES INVOLVED EITHER THEFT OR DRUG CHARGES.
ARRAIGNMENTS FOR THOSE INDICTED WILL BE HELD LATER THIS MONTH AT THE HENDERSON JUDICIAL CENTER.
KEEP IN MIND THE INDICTMENT OF A PERSON BY A GRAND JURY IS AN ACCUSATION ONLY AND THAT PERSON IS PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL AND UNLESS PROVEN GUILTY IN A COURT OF LAW.