Former Kentucky sheriff reportedly admits to courthouse shooting of judge, plans insanity defense citing extreme emotional disturbance and psychotic episodes.

In a deposition Stines gave investigators just days before he shot Mullins, the sheriff said he had been suffering from dizziness, sweating, headaches and memory loss brought on by California ...

Shawn Mickey Stines was in a Letcher County courtroom for hearings on bond and possible change of venue. Neither took place.

Former Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines faces a status hearing next Thursday in Letcher County Circuit Court regarding the ...

A hearing has been scheduled in the case of former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Mickey Stines. Stines is charged with murder ...

A Thursday court hearing in Whitesburg for former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines was delayed for an undisclosed reason.

Shawn “Mickey” Stines, who is accused of the fatal shooting of Letcher County District Judge Kevin Mullins in September of 2024, is listed as a witness in the case.

Eastern Kentucky Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines shot and killed Judge Kevin Mullins inside his courthouse office one year ago. Facts of the case remain murky 365 days later, though recent court filings ...

LETCHER COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — A Kentucky judge has denied a motion to dismiss the indictment against former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Stines, who is accused of fatally shooting District Judge ...

A bond hearing and a status report in the murder trial of former Letcher County sheriff Shawn Mickey Stines ended abruptly on Thursday without any testimony or legal arguments after Judge Christopher ...

A former Kentucky sheriff was indicted Thursday in the slaying of a judge who was gunned down in his courthouse chambers two months ago, shocking a tiny Appalachian community. Shawn “Mickey” Stines ...