According to Wayne County Sheriff Tim Catron a local man has been arrested on a North Carolina Warrant of Arrest for sex related charges.
The North Carolina Arrest Warrant stated that on July 26, 2026, the Monticello man made inappropriate statements and then sent an unlawful sexual type video to a Franklin, North Carolina City Police Department Undercover Detective believing it was going to an underage female. The Detective then obtained the arrest warrant for the Monticello man after identifying him and his location here.
On August 5, 2026, Deputies with the Wayne County Sheriff Office located the man at his residence with Deputy Zachary Bybee arresting Joshua L. Brooks of Monticello, KY. for being a fugitive from another state. The North Carolina Arrest Warrant list Brooks charges as being 2 counts of indecent of liberties with child (both felonies), and disseminate obscene material by exhibiting (misdemeanor).
Brooks was lodged in the Wayne County Detention Center awaiting extradition proceedings before he can be released to North Carolina Officials to face those charges.
Unrelated to the previous;
Wayne County Sheriff Tim Catron reports the following arrest.
Jonathan Ferrell of Monticello, KY. was arrested on 5 Wayne County Circuit Court Warrants of Arrest for Probation Violations and failure pay or show cause on the underlying charges of burglary-3rd degree, receiving stolen property ($10,000.00 or more), and possession of a controlled substance-1st degree (methamphetamine).
Ferrell was lodged in the Wayne County Detention Center.