Warren County grand jury returns indictments
Published 5:00 am Sunday, December 21, 2025
The following people were indicted Wednesday by a Warren County grand jury:
Fermira Abdic, 28 1802 Twilight Ave., second-degree assault, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, menacing, reckless driving, disregarding a stop sign; transfer bond.
Johnny Ray Bixby, 58, 2115 Rock Creek Drive, Apt. A, first-degree possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia; transfer bond.
James Eugene Bledsoe, 52, c/o Warren County Regional Jail, receiving stolen property valued at $1,000 or more but less than $10,000, third-degree fleeing or evading police, first-degree persistent felony offender; $5,000 cash bond in defendant’s name only.
Austin Tyler Pedigo, 30, c/o Warren County Regional Jail, receiving stolen property valued at $1,000 or more but less than $10,000, first-degree persistent felony offender; $5,000 cash bond in defendant’s name only.
Jarred Thomas Chase Brown, 25, c/o Warren County Regional Jail, reckless homicide, alcohol intoxication; $250,000 cash bond in defendant’s name only.
Lorenzo Sinclair Johnson, 37, 312 Morgantown Road, three counts of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (fentanyl); $5,000 cash bond.
Tocarro Renea Taylor, 42, 1131 N. Lee St., first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (fentanyl); $2,500 cash bond.
Kaleb Dewayne Ferguson, 28, 3902 Brownsville Road, fraudulent firearm transaction, violation of a Kentucky EPO/DVO; $10,000 cash bond.
Jacqulene Danielle Garrett, 38, c/o Warren County Regional Jail, third-degree assault, resisting arrest, menacing, second-degree disorderly conduct, second-degree criminal mischief, harassment, violation of a Kentucky EPO/DVO, alcohol intoxication; $1,000 cash bond in defendant’s name only.
Carlos Grijalva Albanes, 31, 403 Pelham St., Franklin, first-degree bail jumping; $10,000 cash bond in defendant’s name only.
Coty Ross James, 36, c/o Warren County Regional Jail, first-degree strangulation, fourth-degree assault (domestic), first-degree persistent felony offender; $5,000 cash bond.
Robert Leroy Kiepke, 68, 156 Enterprise Court, Apt. 512, theft by unlawful taking of property valued at $1,000 or more but less than $10,000, second-degree persistent felony offender; transfer bond.
Daniel Layle, 75, c/o Warren County Regional Jail, two counts of first-degree sexual abuse (victim less than 12 years of age); $50,000 cash bond.
Anster Marquez, 29, c/o Warren County Regional Jail, first-degree rape; $50,000 cash bond.
Michael Thurston Phillips II, 29, c/o Warren County Regional Jail, first-degree strangulation; $6,000 cash bond.
Michael Lee Rigsby, 50, c/o Warren County Regional Jail, first-degree possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, third-degree fleeing or evading police, careless driving, failure to wear seatbelt; $1,000 cash bond.
Kaleb Samuel Rose, 34, c/o Warren County Regional Jail, two counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, first-degree criminal mischief, receiving stolen property valued at less than $500, second-degree persistent felony offender; transfer bond.
Chase Garrison Stone, 49, 232 Kendale St., first-degree strangulation; $5,000 cash bond.
Edward Dean Swayzer Jr., 36, 5690 Louisville Road, #144, three counts of incest, two counts of first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, unlawful use of electronic means originating or received within the commonwealth to induce a minor to engage in sexual or other prohibited activities, three counts of first-degree sexual abuse, tampering with physical evidence, second-degree unlawful transaction with a minor, third-degree unlawful transaction with a minor, three counts of fourth-degree assault (domestic); $100,000 cash bond in defendant’s name only.
Layna Katherine Taylor, 18, 2857 Cal Ave., first-degree bail jumping; notice to appear.
Andre C. Thomas, 29, address unknown, first-degree rape, first-degree sexual abuse; $25,000 cash bond.
Nicholas Wayne Thornton, 45, c/o Daviess County Detention Center, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (greater than two grams, meth), operating a motor vehicle while license is suspended for DUI (third offense within 10 years), ignition interlock violation, possession of drug paraphernalia, first-degree persistent felony offender; $25,000 cash bond in defendant’s name only.
Christopher Jacob Watkins, 20, 1132 Fairview Ave., #12, first-degree possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, theft by unlawful taking of property valued at less than $500; transfer bond.
Charles Dewayne Wilder, 38, c/o Warren County Regional Jail, fourth-degree assault (third or greater offense within five years, domestic), first-degree persistent felony offender; $10,000 cash bond in defendant’s name only.

