A Guin man faces assault charges after stabbing an Ashridge man in the chest then fleeing the scene to Fayette County, where he was apprehended. Jeffrey Allen Martin, 56, has been charged with first degree assault in the stabbing of a 31-year-old Ashridge man, according to Winston County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Josh Edwards, noting this is a Class B felony.
Billy Ray Smith, 43, of Fayette was arrested by the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department as the result of a Fayette County Grand Jury indictment. He was charged with 12 sexual offenses in the indictment.
A Guin man was arrested on Oct. 2 after being indicted by a Fayette County Grand Jury on 10 counts of sexual offenses against minors. Emil Christopher Sebesta, 34, was indicted in August by a Grand Jury following an investigation by the 24th Judicial Circuit.
Joseph Gatlin Peltz, 31, of Glen Allen, was arrested on July 21 by the Fayette County Sheriff’s office and charged with second degree aggravated assault and attempted murder.
Fayette Police Chief Danny Jenkins said that a response by officers to a call concerning an “unwanted guest” at a residence led to an arrest of a suspect on multiple charges. Dustin Glasgow was arrested at a residence on County Road 21, and charged with first degree burglary, second degree assault, third degree criminal mischief and attempted murder.
Federal indictments have been unsealed charging three defendants in separate and unrelated gun and drug cases, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Mickey French; Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley; and FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Felix A. Rivera-Esparra.
Editor’s Note: This article was compiled, written and furnished to The Times-Record by the staff of The Northwest Alabamian.
Lori Faye Lay, 42, of Fayette, was arrested on June 21 by the Haleyville Police Department and charged with possession of marijuana first degree, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Lay, along with four other people, including an employee of the motel, was arrested at the Imperial Inn, located on Highway 13 South in Haleyville.
The office of 24th Judicial Circuit District Attorney Andy Hamlin recently announced the guilty plea and 20-year sentence of a repeat offender in Fayette County. Demetrus Deundra Walker, 42, a five-time convicted felon who was on probation from a 2010 case, pled guilty to selling methamphetamine in June 2020.
What began as an investigation into a residential break-in near Lynn led multiple law enforcement agencies to Fayette County, where a majority of the allegedly stolen items were found and the suspect was arrested. Michael Dylan Tittle, 27, of Lynn, has currently been charged in Fayette County with receiving stolen property, since a large portion of the items taken from the Lynn residence were located there, noted Lynn Police Chief Bryan Kirkpatrick.
Jerry Martin Honeycutt, 78, of 10737 Hwy. 18 E., Bankston, was arrested on March 29 by the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department. He was arrested on a warrant stemming from a March 26 incident. Honeycutt was charged with four counts of reckless endangerment, attempted murder, first degree burglary, person forbidden to possess pistol, two counts of menacing aggravated assault, first degree criminal trespass, two counts of first degree burglary and probation violation.
