13 are eligible for parole talks

Thirteen inmates sentenced in Letcher Circuit Court will soon be eligible for parole hearings, according to the Kentucky Parole Board.

The following four inmates serving sentences on Class D felonies in the Letcher County Jail have been added to the list of inmates eligible for parole review in May:

• Brandon Adams — two counts of first-degree bail jumping.

• Joshua Edward Anderson — possession of a controlled substance and tampering with physical evidence.

• Bobby Brown — flagrant nonsupport.

• Wendy Pigg — attempt/obtain controlled substance by fraud.

The following nine inmates are eligible to meet the parole board in June:

• Anthony P. Back — engaging in organized crime.

• William D. Bentley — firstdegree bail jumping.

• Flint Henderson Day — firstdegree unlawful imprisonment, first-degree wanton endangerment, possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, second-degree burglary and theft by unlawful taking (firearm).

• Jason Craig Gibbs — manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of a controlled substance, tampering with physical evidence, unlawful possession of meth precursor and flagrant nonsupport.

• Johnny Austin Jenkins — third-degree burglary, first-degree criminal mischief and theft by unlawful taking (greater than $500).

• James E. Marcum Jr. — two counts of flagrant nonsupport.

• Donald Pigg — flagrant nonsupport, first-degree criminal mischief and first-degree wanton endangerment.

• Chris Shawn Raleigh — two counts of complicity to thirddegree burglary, two counts of complicity to theft by unlawful taking (greater than $10,000), complicity to promoting contraband and complicity to trafficking a controlled substance.

• Christopher Shepherd — third degree burglary and complicity to theft by unlawful taking (greater than $500).