Two indicted for attempted murder in Lyon Co.

Two individuals currently lodged in the Kentucky State Penitentiary have been served with Lyon County indictments for attempted murder. 

According to the Lyon County Sheriff’s Department, deputies served 37-year-old John T. Maggard of McRoberts with a Lyon Circuit Court indictment warrant for criminal attempt to commit murder, complicity to first-degree promoting contraband and persistent felony offender.

Deputies also served two indictment warrants against 39-year-old Orie Spence of Tomahawk for criminal attempt to commit murder, first-degree promoting contraband, complicity to first-degree promoting contraband and two counts of persistent felony offender. 

Both suspects were in the Kentucky State Penitentiary and will remain lodged there.