Posted on 09/04/2025 6:08:35 AM PDT by V_TWIN
A former Kentucky sheriff charged with killing a county judge remained in an “active state of psychosis” days after the shooting and battled with jail staff, who had to use pepper spray on him, according to recently filed court documents.
Former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines is charged with killing District Judge Kevin Mullins in his chambers nearly a year ago, shocking the small eastern Kentucky community that twice elected Stines as sheriff. Widely viewed security camera footage from Mullins’ chambers shows a man police identified as Stines pointing a gun and firing at Mullins.
The ex-sheriff has pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder of a public official. Stines’ lawyers filed a transcript this week of the grand jury testimony by a state police detective in the case, along with other documents.
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