Two Hazard men were recently indicted by a grand jury in Perry County.
According to court documents, in Aug. 2020, Jimmy Combs, 61, and Henry Sizemore, 58, both of Hazard, committed theft of more than $500 when they allegedly took cattle gates with a padlock and chain that belonged to AEP Transmission. The two individuals also committed the offense of receiving stolen property under $10,000 when they received and retained two batteries worth more than $500 that belonged to Diversified Oil and Gas.
In a citation by Trooper Matt Gayheart, of the Kentucky State Police Post 13, Gayheart wrote that, in August, KSP Post 13 received a call from Mark Wallace, with Diversified Oil and Gas claiming that a tracker battery was stolen from a gas well on Polly Hollow. Wallace, said Gayheart, informed KSP that he was tracking the battery and it was showing up as being located on a strip job road off of Jackâs Branch Road. Gayheart said he met up with Wallace and the two drove to the batteryâs location.