🚨 WHEELWRIGHT POLICE OFFICER FACES CHARGE OVER ELECTION DAY CONFRONTATION
Appalachia Insider · November 9, 2026
Keith Justice, 60, a Wheelwright police officer assigned to the Floyd County Area Technology Center, has been charged with misdemeanor terroristic threatening following an Election Day dispute.
According to a criminal complaint, Floyd County Magistrate Michael Tackett accused Justice of verbally confronting him outside a Wheelwright polling location and threatening physical harm.
Tackett’s son, Michael “Bub” Tackett, won the city’s mayoral election that same day.
Justice was issued a court summons for December 16. A conviction on the misdemeanor charge could result in up to one year in jail.
Justice is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
Source: Mountain Top Media
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