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Joe P. Asher

Staff writer

A Wallins man who had been a fugitive from justice in Ohio was arrested on Saturday. Jason Edward Johnson, 34, of Wallins, was placed into custody by Harlan County Sheriff’s Deputy Justin Luttrell on a warrant charging Johnson with being a fugitive from another state.

According to the arrest warrant, Johnson was wanted in Hamilton County, Ohio for probation violation. Authorities in Ohio advised Johnson would be extradited. Johnson’s probation was a result of an original charge of breaking and entering.

Johnson was also charged with operating a vehicle on a suspended or revoked operator’s license and operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Johnson was lodged in the Harlan County Detention Center to await extradition.

In other police activity:

n Jason Middleton, 28, of Gulston, was arrested on a Bell County warrant by the Harlan City Police Department on Saturday. Middleton was served with an arrest warrant charging him with receiving stolen property under $10,000;

* Melissa Hensley, 42, of Baxter, was arrested by the Harlan County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday on for probation violation for a felony offense. Hensley was lodged in the Harlan County Detention Center;

* Floyd Mitchell, 36, of Harlan, was arrested by the Harlan City Police Department on charges of failure to appear and probation violation for a felony offense. Mitchell was lodged in the Harlan County Detention Center;

* Annette Turner, 47, of Harlan, was arrested by the Harlan City Police Department on Friday. Turner was charged with a probation violation for a felony offense, third-degree unlawful transaction with a minor, public intoxication on a controlled substance excluding alcohol, and theft by unlawful taking;

* Charles Gibbons, 33, of Smith, was arrested by the Harlan County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday on a charge of theft by unlawful taking. Gibbons was lodged in the Harlan County Detention Center on a $5,000 full cash bond;

* Daphanie Young, 34, of Monticello, was arrested by the office of Probation and Parole for failure to appear. Young was booked into the Harlan County Detention Center on Thursday;

Reach Joe P. Asher at 606-573-4510 or jasher@heartlandpublications.com