Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Fayette County Inmate Indicted

{Kentucky}...Tuesday, a Fayette County grand jury indicted Trina Michelle Hurst, a Fayette County jail inmate, on a charge of second-degree escape, a felony. Hurst, who was being held on charges including probation violation, leaving the scene of an accident, driving with a suspended license and driving under the influence, was scheduled for release March 19th. She was allowed out of jail September 6th to attend the trial of 39 year old Timothy Meskimen, who was convicted of second-degree manslaughter September 9th. Prosecutors say Meskimen killed Hurst's father, Edgar T. Hurst, who was found beaten to death in a shallow grave at a makeshift campsite in Lexington last year. Hurst was arrested September 19th at a shopping center in Harrison County on an escape warrant.