The Russell County Sheriffs Office, Jamestown Police Department, and Russell Springs Police Department responded to a disturbance call last Monday, August 30, 2021 around 3:30pmCT from the Russell County Circuit Court Clerks Office at the Russell County Judicial Center. Upon arrival, Officers encountered a male subject inside the Circuit Clerks Office area, who had gained access to a room through a door next to the Clerks Office. The man, later identified as Ernesto Richards, was transported to the Russell County Hospital for medical attention. On Sunday upon release from the hospital, he was transported to the Russell County Detention Center.
33-year-old Ernesto Augusto Trevino Richards of Jamestown, KY has been charged with the following:
- Burglary 3rd degree
- Criminal Mischief 1st degree
- Obstructing Govermental Operations
- Disorderly Conduct 1st Degree
- Menacing
- Assault 3rd (Police Officer)
- Assault of a Police Officer (Bodily Fluids)
- Resisting Arrest and
- 3 Outstanding Warrants of Arrest
The incident remains under investigation by Deputy Dustin Bunch and the Russell County Sheriffs Office. Charges will be presented to a Russell County Grand Jury at a Later Date.
