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10/19/2018
By Tom Marshall
Senior Advocate writer
A second charge of intimidating a participant in a legal process has been filed against a Mt. Sterling man already charged with rape, sodomy and kidnapping.
The Montgomery County Grand Jury filed the charge against Ronald Glynn Triplett, 67, when it met Oct. 3. The alleged crime is a class D felony punishable by one to five years imprisonment, if convicted.
The indictment alleges that on Sept. 12 Triplett wrote a harassing and intimidating message on the wall of the Montgomery County Jail to a victim in a pending case against him.
The victim was reportedly a jail trusty at the time.
Triplett was charged previously with the same crime after he allegedly wrote a harassing and intimidating message on the wall of the jail recreation yard on or about Sept. 14.
The incidents involve the same individual, Jailer Eric Jones said. Jones previously said a “keep apart” order involving the pair had bee instituted. He told the Advocate Tuesday that remains in place.
He also said previously that Triplett’s recreation time had been decreased and he was to be observed at all times while in the recreation yard. Other steps were also being taken to keep Triplett more closely monitored.
Triplett is currently charged with the alleged rape and kidnapping of a woman he found walking downtown in 2016. He reportedly took her to a building on East Main Street where she was repeatedly raped.
The alleged crime was reportedly videotaped.
After that alleged crime, another victim was reportedly located and a second rape charge was brought against Triplett, who was apprehended in Michigan. Police reportedly seized a laptop, computers and cameras from the motel room where he was found.
Triplett was once included on the FBI’s Most Wanted List after he allegedly escaped prison in Michigan in the 1980s where he was being held on robbery and attempted murder charges.
An indictment is a formal accusation of a crime, but does not establish guilt:
Other October indictments include:
• Hakeem Stuart Floyd, 24: He is charged with trafficking in marijuana, less than 8 ounces, a class D felony, possession of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor, and disregarding a stop sign, a traffic violation.
The indictment accuses him of reportedly trafficking approximately 5.35 pounds of marijuana, possession of drug-related items and running a stop sign in his vehicle at Indian Mound Drive and Spencer Road.
• Karen L. Stamper, 52: She is charged with possession of a controlled substance, first-degree, punishable by one to three years imprisonment, and failure to use proper signal, a traffic violation.
The indictment accuses her of reportedly possessing methamphetamine and failing to use proper turn signal when making a turn onto a highway.
• Julian David Butler, 52: He is charged with receiving stolen property, a class D felony.
The indictment accuses him of reportedly possessing a 2003 Buick Century belonging to Gregory T. Chandler valued at $3,500.
• Crissy Lee Centers, 37: She is charged with receiving stolen property, a class D felony, and with being a first-degree persistent felony offender.
The indictment accuses her of being an accomplice involved in the possession of the Buick Century belonging to Chandler.
• Gwindlin K. Pierson, 48: She is charged with three counts of first-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, each a class C felony.
The indictment accuses her of reportedly possessing counterfeit $5 bills she passed at The Corner Store.
• Stewart Thomas Jones, 60: He is charged with trafficking in a controlled substance, first-degree, a class C felony.
The indictment accuses him of reportedly trafficking in methamphetamine.
He is charged in a separate indictment with two counts of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, both allegedly involving methamphetamine.
• Andre Lamont Burns, 46: He is charged with first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, a class C felony.
The indictment accuses him of reportedly trafficking in methamphetamine.
• Douglas Eugene Jones, 40: He is charged with tampering with physical evidence, a class D felony, as well as fleeing/evading police, second-degree, theft by unlawful taking under $500-shoplifting, resisting arrest and second-degree disorderly conduct, all misdemeanors. He is also charged with being a first-degree persistent felony offender.
The indictment accuses him of reportedly attempting to flee in a vehicle from a Mt. Sterling police officer, taking $16.94 in merchandise from The Fancy Southern, trying to prevent arrest and engaging in threatening behavior toward officers to make the arrest.
• Stephen T. Allen, 48: He is charged with first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, a class D felony, possession of a controlled substance, first-degree, punishable by one to three years imprisonment, operating a motor vehicle under the influence (aggravating circumstances), a misdemeanor, and failure to wear seat belts, a traffic violation. He is also charged with being a first-degree persistent felony offender.
The indictment accuses him of reportedly operating a vehicle under the influence of drugs, failure to wear a seat belt, trafficking in 4.95 grams of methamphetamine and possession of the drug.
• Gary Dewayne Brooks, 37: He is charged with first-degree possession of a controlled substance, punishable by one to three years imprisonment.
The indictment accuses him of reportedly possessing methamphetamine.
Punishment
• Class A felonies are punishable by 20 years to life in prison.
• Class B felonies are punishable by 10 to 20 years in prison.
• Class C felonies are punishable by five to 10 years in prison.
• Class D felonies are punishable by one to five years in prison.
Sentences can be enhanced with a PFO conviction.
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