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.

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

That prompted him to discuss the allegations with Fields, and shortly after ... avoid paying home incarceration fees. The woman, Sabrina Adkins, had been in jail but was let out on home ...

Accuser Sabrina Adkins claimed that she was forced, alongside other women, to have sex with former Deputy Sheriff Ben Fields in exchange for favorable treatment after their arrests. She told ...

“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 ...

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, ...

Ned Pillersdorf represents Sabrina Adkins, who filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Deputy Ben Fields and others in the Sheriff’s office. “They know a simple phone call to the judge that you ...