In September 2024, authorities said former Letcher County, Kentucky Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines unexpectedly shot District Judge Kevin Mullins, who he had known for decades, in Mullins' chambers.

Former Sheriff Mickey Stines was named in a civil sexual abuse lawsuit and was deposed just days before allegedly killing Judge Kevin Mullins.

A woman named Sabrina Adkins filed a civil lawsuit against former Letcher County Sheriff's Deputy Ben Fields, claiming that he had exploited her for sexual favors when she was on home incarceration.

The article went on to say that he explained the main concern centers around a civil lawsuit filed by Sabrina Adkins, who was sexually assaulted by former Sheriff’s Deputy Ben Fields. Stines was named ...

Former Sheriff Mickey Stines is suspected of killing Letcher County, Kentucky judge Kevin Mullins minutes after Stines made a ...

"[Stines'] big concern all centers around the civil suit by Sabrina Adkins, who had been sexually assaulted by this Ben Fields, or coerced into sexual favors in exchange for ankle monitoring fees ...

“He does have some videotapes of some stuff in the judge’s chambers… just with girls, sexual and stuff,” said Sabrina Adkins, who has spoken publicly about her claims of former Deputy Sheriff Ben ...

Just days prior to the shooting, Stines had been deposed in a separate federal lawsuit filed by Sabrina Adkins, who claimed that Deputy Sheriff Ben Fields was using his position to pressure women ...

Attorney Jeremy Bartley has cited a separate criminal case in which a woman, Sabrina Adkins ... sex with a girl … in the judge’s chambers,” Adkins told police during the investigation into Ben Fields, ...