By MELINDA J. OVERSTREET
for Glasgow News 1
A rookie Glasgow police officer pleaded to a misdemeanor domestic-violence charge.
James D. Vickery, 31, was arrested Jan. 18 by a Kentucky State Police trooper and charged with fourth-degree assault, (domestic violence), no visible injury. He was released from the Barren County Detention Center the same day with a $500 unsecured bond.
District Judge Gabe Pendleton and County Attorney Mike Richardson both recused themselves from the case, so the initially scheduled arraignment was postponed. Steven Crebessa, the district judge serving Breckinridge, Meade and Grayson counties, was appointed to preside over the case instead, so at least the initial proceedings are occurring via the Zoom streaming service.
Crebessa signed an order for the prosecution and defense attorneys to provide all required types of evidence to each other within 30 days of the order, which was issued Feb. 6. Vickery’s next scheduled court appearance is a pretrial conference set for March 20.
KSP responded to the scene at the request of the Glasgow Police Department, because an officer was alleged to be involved, according to the arrest citation.
“The argument started verbally with accusations of infidelity,” the trooper’s narrative on the citation states. “During the course of the argument, Mr. Vickery grabbed for [the woman’s] phone.”
The trooper obtained statements from the woman lodging the complaint and other witnesses, and “it was determined that the lunge for her phone caused her to get knocked back. [She] was knocked back into a table, causing a small red mark as seen by [a GPD sergeant] upon his arrival,” the narrative continues.
The woman and other witnesses ran from the residence to a neighbor’s house, and they all said Vickery “grabbed her by the hair of the head” as she ran out, but she was able to escape and call 911, according to the citation.
Vickery was hired by the Glasgow Police Department last year. For now, he remains on paid administrative leave, pending further legal processes.
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