Found Alive KY - Baby, 3 months, kept in shed/loft, Bowling Green, Nov 2018 *Arrests*

Four people arrested after report that baby was being kept in shed/loft

Deputies with the Warren County Sheriff's Department arrested four people on drug and criminal abuse charges after a report that a 3-month-old baby was being kept in a shed/loft.



According to the arrest citations, the sheriff's department went to Barren River Road to help Social Services on a complaint that a baby was being kept in a shed/loft without water or electric.

Officials met with Virginia Keabler and Nicholas Nichols, the parents of the child. Virginia took them to the loft, which did not have water and was being heated with gas and electric heaters. The citation says the baby was sleeping in a laundry hamper with a pillow. The sheriff's deputy also saw three meth pipes.

During the visit, deputies said in the arrest citations, Roger Ramsey, 59, and Ronda Keabler, 50, arrived and stated they lived in the loft and the child's parents, who were also on the scene, Virginia Keabler, 20, and Nicholas Nichols, 22, were just visiting.

The deputy asked to search the loft and found several meth pipes, and two baggies of suspected meth.

The baby was placed in protective custody.

Report of child kept in shed leads to four arrests

 

KEABLER, VIRGINIA RAE (D)
• WARREN : 18-CR-01372-002
COMMONWEALTH VS. KEABLER, VIRGINIA RAE
W / F DOB: 06/18/98
Next ARRAIGNMENT is scheduled for 01/28/2019 at 09:00 AM in room CCI

KEABLER, RONDA RAE (D)
• WARREN : 18-CR-01372-001
COMMONWEALTH VS. KEABLER, RONDA RAE
W / F DOB: 02/20/68
Next ARRAIGNMENT is scheduled for 01/28/2019 at 09:00 AM in room CCI

NICHOLS, NICHOLAS JEWELL (D)
• WARREN : 18-CR-01372-003
COMMONWEALTH VS. NICHOLS, NICHOLAS JEWELL
W / M DOB: 05/25/96
Next ARRAIGNMENT is scheduled for 01/28/2019 at 09:00 AM in room CCI

RAMSEY, ROGER DALE (D)
• WARREN : 18-CR-01372-004
COMMONWEALTH VS. RAMSEY, ROGER DALE
W / M DOB: 08/17/59
Next ARRAIGNMENT is scheduled for 01/28/2019 at 09:00 AM in room CCI


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Monday, January 28th:
*Arraignment Hearing for all (@ 9am ET) - KY - Baby (3 mos) (Nov. 9, 2018, Bowling Green) - *Virginia Rae Keabler (20) & *Nicholas Jewell Nichols (22), (the parents of the child) and *Roger Dale Ramsey (59) & *Ronda Rae Keabler (50) (lived in the loft) were arrested & charged (11/9/18) with Possession of a Controlled Substance (Meth), Buy/Possess Drug Paraphernalia, & Criminal Abuse of a Child under the age of 12.
Charged with drug & criminal abuse charges after a report that a 3-month-old baby was being kept in a shed/loft. Loft did not have water & was being heated with gas & electric heaters. The citation says the baby was sleeping in a laundry hamper with a pillow. The sheriff's deputy also saw three meth pipes. Baby was taken into protective custody & taken to the hospital to be checked out.
1/1/19 Update: Arraignment hearing for all on 1/28/19.

 

WARREN County CIRCUIT Court Docket for 03/04/2019 @ 1pm

18-CR-01372-001 COMMONWEALTH VS. KEABLER, RONDA RAE
(ARRAIGNMENT)
1 0132310 CRIMINAL ABUSE-1ST DEGREE-CHILD 12 OR UNDER 8CU378202-1
2 0422150 POSS CONT SUB, 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFF (METHAMPHETAMINE) 8CU378202-2
3 0420810 DRUG PARAPHERNALIA - BUY/POSSESS 8CU378202-3


18-CR-01372-002 COMMONWEALTH VS. KEABLER, VIRGINIA RAE
(PRETRIAL CONFERENCE)
1 0132310 CRIMINAL ABUSE-1ST DEGREE-CHILD 12 OR UNDER 8CU378172-1
2 0422150 POSS CONT SUB, 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFF (METHAMPHETAMINE) 8CU378172-2
3 0420810 DRUG PARAPHERNALIA - BUY/POSSESS 8CU378172-3


18-CR-01372-003 COMMONWEALTH VS. NICHOLS, NICHOLAS JEWELL
(PRETRIAL CONFERENCE)
1 0132310 CRIMINAL ABUSE-1ST DEGREE-CHILD 12 OR UNDER 8CU378182-1
2 0422150 POSS CONT SUB, 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFF (METHAMPHETAMINE) 8CU378182-2
3 0420810 DRUG PARAPHERNALIA - BUY/POSSESS 8CU378182-3


18-CR-01372-004 COMMONWEALTH VS. RAMSEY, ROGER DALE
(PRETRIAL CONFERENCE)
1 0132310 CRIMINAL ABUSE-1ST DEGREE-CHILD 12 OR UNDER 8CU378192-1
2 0422150 POSS CONT SUB, 1ST DEGREE, 1ST OFF (METHAMPHETAMINE) 8CU378192-2
3 0420810 DRUG PARAPHERNALIA - BUY/POSSESS 8CU378192-3


link: KCOJ Docket

 

Monday, March 4th:
*Arraignment Hearing (Ronda) & Pretrial Conference Hearings (for rest) (@ 1pm ET) - KY - Baby (3 mos) (Nov. 9, 2018, Bowling Green) - *Virginia Rae Keabler (20) & *Nicholas Jewell Nichols (22), (the parents of the child) and *Roger Dale Ramsey (59) & *Ronda Rae Keabler (50) (lived in the loft) were arrested & charged (11/9/18) with Possession of a Controlled Substance (Meth), Buy/Possess Drug Paraphernalia, & Criminal Abuse of a Child under the age of 12. *Warren County #18-CR-01372-001 Keabler, Ronda, #18-CR-01372-002 Keabler, Virginia. #18-CR-01372-003 Nichols, Nicholas, #18-CR-01372-004 Ramsey, Roger
Charged with drug & criminal abuse charges after a report that a 3-month-old baby was being kept in a shed/loft. Loft did not have water & was being heated with gas & electric heaters. The citation says the baby was sleeping in a laundry hamper with a pillow. The sheriff's deputy also saw three meth pipes. Baby was taken into protective custody & taken to the hospital to be checked out.
1/1/19 Update: Arraignment hearing for all, except Ronda Keabler on 1/28/19.
1/28/19 Update: Arraignment hearing for Ronda Keabler; rest have pretrial conference hearing on 3/4.

 

@SeesSeas - Warren County & their case #s are listed above in post #5. TIA!

 

I don’t find FREE online access to KY criminal court records.
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KCOJ Docket This is the link for Docket Information. A tedious task to look at every date , but the daily docket can be reviewed for circuit court calendar events. Select WARREN County.

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I was able to get a snippet of information when initiating the case search (by case number). Beyond this information, paying $$ is required:
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KEABLER, RONDA RAE (D)
• WARREN : 18-CR-01372-001
COMMONWEALTH VS. KEABLER, RONDA RAE
W / F
Next PRETRIAL CONFERENCE is scheduled for 05/13/2019 at 09:00 AM in room CCI

 

They were all together in the last hearing - so I'm going to put them all on this one. Strange that you can't get into the one I was using. No cost, but you have to look at each day's court hearings.
Thanks!

 

@SeesSeas - they all have the same case # except with the dash -
Virginia K. is -002
Nichols is -003
Ramsey is -004

Can you find them that way? I ask cause I noticed the Ronda has different court dates them the rest of them. The others were last in court on 3/4.

 

Yes, I was being lazy. Here's all of them:
KYeCourts - Guest Login
Search by Case; Select WARREN County; Enter Case #.

KEABLER, RONDA RAE (D)
• WARREN : 18-CR-01372-001
COMMONWEALTH VS. KEABLER, RONDA RAE
W / F
Next PRETRIAL CONFERENCE is scheduled for 05/13/2019 at 09:00 AM in room CCI

KEABLER, VIRGINIA RAE (D)
• WARREN : 18-CR-01372-002
COMMONWEALTH VS. KEABLER, VIRGINIA RAE
W / F
Next PRETRIAL CONFERENCE is scheduled for 05/13/2019 at 09:00 AM in room CCI

NICHOLS, NICHOLAS JEWELL (D)
• WARREN : 18-CR-01372-003
COMMONWEALTH VS. NICHOLS, NICHOLAS JEWELL
W / M
Next PRETRIAL CONFERENCE is scheduled for 05/13/2019 at 09:00 AM in room CCI

RAMSEY, ROGER DALE (D)
• WARREN : 18-CR-01372-004
COMMONWEALTH VS. RAMSEY, ROGER DALE
W / M
Next PRETRIAL CONFERENCE is scheduled for 05/13/2019 at 09:00 AM in room CCI

 

You could have been lazier - and just told me everyone is due in court on 5/13!

But Thanks!

 

Ha! But I was soooo lazy that I hadn't yet checked all four cases until you made the specific request. Which I knew you'd do, so I should have just looked up all cases instead of just one. Although, the research is rather tedious and the court websites can be annoying.

I have a good reason for my laziness. . . weary from attending so many days of the Jonchuck trial. I was emotionally drained and I'm still in recovery mode!

 

Monday, May 13th:
*Pretrial Conference Hearings (for all) (@ 9am ET) - KY - Baby (3 mos) (Nov. 9, 2018, Bowling Green) - *Virginia Rae Keabler (20) & *Nicholas Jewell Nichols (22), (the parents of the child) and *Roger Dale Ramsey (59) & *Ronda Rae Keabler (50) (lived in the loft) were arrested & charged (11/9/18) & arraigned (1/1/19 & 1/28/19) with Possession of a Controlled Substance (Meth), Buy/Possess Drug Paraphernalia, & Criminal Abuse of a Child under the age of 12.
Charged with drug & criminal abuse charges after a report that a 3-month-old baby was being kept in a shed/loft. Loft did not have water & was being heated with gas & electric heaters. The citation says the baby was sleeping in a laundry hamper with a pillow. The sheriff's deputy also saw three meth pipes. Baby was taken into protective custody & taken to the hospital to be checked out.
1/1/19 Update: Arraignment hearing for all, except Ronda Keabler on 1/28/19.
1/28/19 Update: Arraignment hearing for Ronda Keabler; rest have pretrial conference hearing on 3/4.
3/4/19 Update: Next pretrial hearing for all on 5/13.

 

Me again @SeesSeas - any updates on these 4?

TIA!

 

Odd that they are not all the same dates. Two on 6/10/19 and two on 6/17/19:
KYeCourts - Guest Login
Search by Case; Select WARREN County; Enter Case #.

KEABLER, RONDA RAE (D)
• WARREN : 18-CR-01372-001
COMMONWEALTH VS. KEABLER, RONDA RAE
W / F
Next PRETRIAL CONFERENCE is scheduled for 06/17/2019 at 1:00 PM in room CCI

KEABLER, VIRGINIA RAE (D)
• WARREN : 18-CR-01372-002
COMMONWEALTH VS. KEABLER, VIRGINIA RAE
W / F
Next PRETRIAL CONFERENCE is scheduled for 06/10/2019 at 09:00 AM in room CCI

NICHOLS, NICHOLAS JEWELL (D)
• WARREN : 18-CR-01372-003
COMMONWEALTH VS. NICHOLS, NICHOLAS JEWELL
W / M
Next PRETRIAL CONFERENCE is scheduled for 06/10/2019 at 09:00 AM in room CCI

RAMSEY, ROGER DALE (D)
• WARREN : 18-CR-01372-004
COMMONWEALTH VS. RAMSEY, ROGER DALE
W / M
Next PRETRIAL CONFERENCE is scheduled for 06/17/2019 at 1:00 PM in room CCI

 

The only thing that I can think of why they are splitting them up:

Virginia & Nichols - are the parents of the child and
Ramsey & Ronda - lived in the loft.

But what do I know.... LOL!

Thanks again!!! SeesSeas!

 

Monday, June 10th:
*Pretrial Conference Hearings (@ 9am ET) - KY - Baby (3 mos) (Nov. 9, 2018, Bowling Green) - for *Virginia Rae Keabler (20) & for *Nicholas Jewell Nichols (22), (the parents of the child) and *Roger Dale Ramsey (59) & *Ronda Rae Keabler (50) (lived in the loft) were arrested & charged (11/9/18) & arraigned (1/1/19 & 1/28/19) with Possession of a Controlled Substance (Meth), Buy/Possess Drug Paraphernalia, & Criminal Abuse of a Child under the age of 12. Charged with drug & criminal abuse charges after a report that a 3-month-old baby was being kept in a shed/loft. Loft did not have water & was being heated with gas & electric heaters. The citation says the baby was sleeping in a laundry hamper with a pillow. The sheriff's deputy also saw three meth pipes. Baby was taken into protective custody & taken to the hospital to be checked out.
1/1/19 Update: Arraignment hearing for all, except Ronda Keabler on 1/28/19.
1/28/19 Update: Arraignment hearing for Ronda Keabler; rest have pretrial conference hearing on 3/4.
3/4/19 Update: Next pretrial hearing for all on 5/13.
5/13/19 Update: Next pretrial hearings: for V. Keabler & Nichols on 6/10; for R. Keabler & Ramsey on 6/17.

 

https://kcoj.kycourts.net/kyecourts/login/guestlogin
Hearing date not listed:
KEABLER, VIRGINIA RAE (D)
• WARREN : 18-CR-01372-002
COMMONWEALTH VS. KEABLER, VIRGINIA RAE

Hearing date not listed:
NICHOLS, NICHOLAS JEWELL (D)
• WARREN : 18-CR-01372-003
COMMONWEALTH VS. NICHOLS, NICHOLAS JEWELL

KEABLER, RONDA RAE (D)
• WARREN : 18-CR-01372-001
COMMONWEALTH VS. KEABLER, RONDA RAE
W / F
Next PRETRIAL CONFERENCE is scheduled for 06/17/2019 at 1:00 PM in room CCI

RAMSEY, ROGER DALE (D)
• WARREN : 18-CR-01372-004
COMMONWEALTH VS. RAMSEY, ROGER DALE
W / M
Next PRETRIAL CONFERENCE is scheduled for 06/17/2019 at 1:00 PM in room CCI

 

Monday, June 17th:
*Pretrial Conference Hearing (@ 1pm ET) - KY - Baby (3 mos) (Nov. 9, 2018, Bowling Green) - *Virginia Rae Keabler (20) & *Nicholas Jewell Nichols (22), (the parents of the child) and for *Roger Dale Ramsey (59) & for *Ronda Rae Keabler (50) (lived in the loft) were arrested & charged (11/9/18) & arraigned (1/1/19 & 1/28/19) with Possession of a Controlled Substance (Meth), Buy/Possess Drug Paraphernalia, & Criminal Abuse of a Child under the age of 12.
Charged with drug & criminal abuse charges after a report that a 3-month-old baby was being kept in a shed/loft. Loft did not have water & was being heated with gas & electric heaters. The citation says the baby was sleeping in a laundry hamper with a pillow. The sheriff's deputy also saw three meth pipes. Baby was taken into protective custody & taken to the hospital to be checked out.
1/1/19 Update: Arraignment hearing for all, except Ronda Keabler on 1/28/19.
1/28/19 Update: Arraignment hearing for Ronda Keabler; rest have pretrial conference hearing on 3/4.
3/4/19 Update: Next pretrial hearing for all on 5/13.
5/13/19 Update: Next pretrial hearings: for V. Keabler & Nichols on 6/10; for R. Keabler & Ramsey on 6/17.