Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has been arrested, months after a warrant was issued against him.
According to USA Today, the arrest was made Sept. 3 by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office, just north of Lexington, according to a dispatcher with Paris-Bourbon County 911.
A request for comment sent to the former governor's attorney was not immediately returned.
The dispatcher did not have additional details when reached just after 7 pm, other than to say Matt Bevin had been arrested on a warrant.
Requests for comment sent to the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office and the local circuit court clerk were not immediately returned. A copy of his arrest citation was also not immediately available.
Jefferson Family Court Judge Angela Johnson filed the arrest order against Bevin, a one-term governor who took office in late 2015, on May 29, a week after he'd failed to appear in court in person for a hearing involving his adopted son's push for retroactive child support.
The warrant was issued after he missed a deadline to provide the court with financial documents opposing attorneys said were needed to prepare for a trial.
He was given an option to bypass jail by paying a $250 fine and providing the filings within a week.
He sent over several documents minutes before the June 5 deadline but requested additional time to produce the others. The judge denied his request hours later.
The judge wrote in her ruling, "Matt, as the perpetrator of civil contempt, holds the keys to his own jail cell. By consistently refusing to comply with Orders that he produce documents after having multiple chances to comply, he has locked the door behind himself."
That arrest warrant, on a contempt of court charge, called for him to serve 60 days behind bars and pay a $500 fine.
