A former Kentucky sheriff charged in a judge's shooting death pleaded not guilty Monday as he returned to the same courthouse where the two worked closely for years and where the attack occurred.
A grand jury indicted former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines last week on one count of murder of a public official. Stines, who served as sheriff for several years, resigned after the Sept. 19 attack at the courthouse in Whitesburg, a small town about 100 miles (146 kilometers) southeast of Lexington, near the Virginia border.
