{"id":107972,"date":"2024-11-26T00:03:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T00:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/former-kentucky-sheriff-pleads-not-guilty-in-shooting-death-of-judge\/"},"modified":"2024-11-26T00:03:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T00:03:29","slug":"former-kentucky-sheriff-pleads-not-guilty-in-shooting-death-of-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/former-kentucky-sheriff-pleads-not-guilty-in-shooting-death-of-judge\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Kentucky sheriff pleads not guilty in shooting death of judge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(KENTUCKY) — A former Kentucky sheriff accused in the fatal shooting of a judge in September was arraigned on new charges Monday.<\/p>\n

Monday’s arraignment hearing was held in the Letcher County Courthouse — the same courthouse where Shawn “Mickey” Stines is accused of gunning down Kentucky District Judge Kevin Mullins in his chambers on Sept. 19.<\/p>\n

An attorney for Stines, 43, pleaded not guilty on his behalf Monday to a new charge of murder of a public official.<\/p>\n

The judge denied Stines bond, citing concerns with security, community safety and the charges against him.<\/p>\n

Stines previously pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges, for which a special judge appointed to preside over the case has said he could face the death penalty.<\/p>\n

It is still not clear what led up to the alleged murder of Mullins, 54.<\/p>\n

Just days before the shooting, Stines had been deposed in a lawsuit, which alleged he had failed to investigate one of his deputies who sexually abused a woman in Mullins’ chambers.<\/p>\n

Kentucky State Police previously said the shooting occurred “following an argument inside the courthouse.” Letcher County Circuit Clerk Mike Watts said Stines and Mullins had lunch together earlier that day.<\/p>\n

Mullins was found in his chambers with multiple gunshot wounds after a 911 caller reported gunfire inside the courthouse.<\/p>\n

Stines was taken into custody without incident at the courthouse, police said. He retired from his position as sheriff shortly after his arrest.<\/p>\n

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Leslie County Detention Center (KENTUCKY) — A former Kentucky sheriff accused in the fatal shooting of a judge in September was arraigned on new charges Monday. Monday’s arraignment hearing was held in the Letcher County Courthouse — the same courthouse where Shawn “Mickey” Stines is accused of gunning down KentuckyRead More →<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107972"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107972\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}