The two most recent issues of the
Newton County Times provide updates on the recent shenanigans of what is shaping up to the county's biggest crime family in recent years. The January 21, 2010, issue follows up on earlier reports of David Middleton's family plotting to help him escape from custody. (Read an earlier report
here). Specifically, the headline is that Middleton's daughter, Tracy Waits, was caught and that four others were arrested for hindering her apprehension. Waits was found thanks to the work of the Boone and Newton County Sheriff's departments and the 14th Judicial Drug Task Force, which traced leads about a vehicle seen at the Wal-Mart in Harrison. The vehicle was registered to an address in the nearby town of Lead Hill, where Waits was found. Four residents of Lead Hill were arrested for harboring or assisting Waits. Bond was set for the two women so charged at $25,000 each, and for the two men, $50,000 each. The women posted bond right away. The mug shots of Waits, along with those of her father David Middleton, uncle Ricky Middleton, and the four defendants who hindered her arrest across the top of the paper, just under its banner, is striking--like nothing I have ever seen in this small-town newspaper. It tempts me to wax nostalgic about the good old days when crimes were very rarely reported in the paper (and therefore presumably did not occur) and to wonder what on earth is becoming of my home town.
The January 28, 2010 issue follows up on other threads of this crime family drama. It reports that David Middleton himself, the man who tried multiple times to escape from custody (with or without his family's help), has finally decided to "take his medicine" and has pleaded guilty to two of four federal drug charges. His brother, Ricky Middleton, previously under custody for plotting to help David Middleton escape, posted $1 million bond and was released. The story says Middleton "put[ ] up cash and property through a professional bondsman."
In other news, 14th Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Ron Kincade has announced he will seek re-election. Kincade has been prosecuting attorney for the past seven years.
In news not related to crime, the story headlined "Help needed to preserve Boxley landmark" tells of efforts to raise money to repair and restore the century old Boxley community building, "one of the most visited and photographed buildings in the Buffalo National Park."
1 comment:
I WILL NOT SAY WHO I AM BUT THOSE MIDDLETONS SHOULD GET WHAT THEY DESERVE AND MORE I KNOW THEM AND THINGS THEY HAVE DONE THEY HAVE STOLE FROM PEOPLE AND BURNT TO MANY HOUSES FOR INSURANCE I KNOW OF ONE THAT RICKY WANTED ME TO BURN BUT I WOULD DO NO SUCH THING AND SO HE STOLE SOME THINGS FROM ME AND HE HAD SHANNON BURN IT AND COLLECTED THE INSURANCE MONEY MY CAR CAME UP MISSING AND MANY OF MY HOME ITEMS WASHER AND DRYER MY COMPUTER LOTS OF MY TOOLS OVER HUNDREDS OF MY VCR AND DVDS MY DECESED HUSBAND FLAG WELL OVER THOUSAND DOLLARS BUT THEY ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT IF YOU GO TO THE LAW YOU MIGHT NOT SEE YOUR NEXT BIRTHDAY I HAVE HEARD THEM TALKING ABOUT CATTLE THEY STOLE BELIEVE ME THEY HAVE DONE PLENTY THANK GOD THEY FINALLY GOT CAUGHT I HAVE NO PROBLEM TELLING ABOUT ANY OF THIS THING NOW THAT THEY WILL GO TO THE PLACE WHERE THEY BELONG MAYBE SOMEONE SHOULD INVESTAGATE ALL THE HOUSES THOSE MIDDLETON AND THEIR RELATIVES HAVE BURNT I WONDER IF THEY EVER FOUND MY CAR AND THE TRACTOR AND 4 WHEELER THEY HAPPEN TO TRY TO CHANGE THE NUMBER AND COLORS AND HOW THEY CHEAT THE IRS WHAT I DONT UNDERSTAND IS WHAT KIND OF CROOKED INSURANCE KEPT ON GIVING ALL THOSE FAMILY INSURANCE FOR OTHER PROPERTY AND WHAT ABOUT THE LOGGING EQUIPTMENT I KNOW PLENTY MORE OF THEIR TRASHY DEALINGS THEY HAVE DONE THANK GOD NOW THEY WILL PAY. A PERSON THAT PRAYED FOR THE THEY GOT CAUGHT.
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