Christian County’s Grand Jury closed July with several charges, including some regarding two May deaths in Hopkinsville.
A true bill was returned for Clarksville, Tennessee’s Isaiah Edwards was indicted on three counts: third offense DUI with an aggravator, and two counts of vehicular homicide while under the influence of alcohol.
On May 5, Edwards allegedly committed vehicular homicide of two people. Hopkinsville Police said Edwards was eastbound in his SUV between the Pennyrile Parkway and Eagle Way, when he hit four bicyclists.
Two victims, 31-year-old Marlene Martin and 34-year-old Rachel Hoover, were taken by Hopkinsville EMS to Jennie Stuart health before being flown to Nashville hospitals, where they died. Several people reportedly stopped after the crash and started CPR before emergency personnel arrived.
Edwards and his representation originally filed a Writ of Habeas Corpus — alleging he was being detained in the Christian County Jail “without lawful authority,” or was “being imprisoned when, by law, he is entitled to bail.”
Judge Andrew Self noted then that Edwards had been charged with a criminal offense, and was therefore not being detained without authority and was not being held without bail, but that appropriate actions would have been an appeal of the bail set at $100,000 — and not a petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus.
A 10% payment of that bail has since been posted.
The aggravator is attached because Edwards has twice prior been charged with DUI in the last 10 years.
A true bill has been returned on Jeffery White, of Hopkinsville, who has been charged with first degree attempted unlawful transaction with a minor under 16 years old for an illegal sex act, possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to notify the Department of Transportation of an address change.
This stems from a June 19 incident, and bail was set at $10,000.
A true bill was returned on Ashley Williams, of Mayfield, for first degree promoting contraband.
On May 2, Williams reportedly possessed a quantity of methamphetamine as an inmate of the Christian County Jail.
Bail was set at $5,000.
A true bill was returned on Ladarius Radford, of Hopkinsville, for second degree terroristic threatening and menacing.
On February 13, Radford reportedly threatened and created fear of serious bodily harm to employees and customers of the Indian Hills Barber Shop, intentionally placing a person in “reasonable apprehension of imminent physical injury.”
A true bill was returned on Deaudrey Civils, of Hopkinsville, for first degree wanton endangerment, first offense DUI with an aggravator and reckless driving.
On May 13, a traffic stop for reckless driving by the Christian County Sheriff’s Office led to a field sobriety test, which reportedly revealed alcohol consumption over twice the legal limit.
Deputies said a 10-year-old child was in the vehicle at the time of the stop.
Civils was released on recognizance with an ankle monitor.
