RJ Corman’s son accused of breaking into family home, threatening to kill occupants
Jay Corman, the son of the late Central Kentucky railroad magnate R.J. Corman, was arrested earlier this month after breaking into his family’s home and threatening to kill them, according to court documents.
The incident happened April 4 at the RJ Corman property on Airport Highway in Jessamine County. Court documents say the sheriff’s department received a call at 2:26 a.m that Jay Corman was trespassing at the property.
When deputies arrived, they found Jay Corman’s vehicle unoccupied at the closed gate outside the property, according to court documents. They saw Jay Corman pacing outside the home, then going inside the home.
When he came back outside, officers ordered him several times to get on the ground. He did not comply, and an officer used a Taser, according to court documents.
The deputies checked with the residents at the property, who are relatives of Jay Corman, and they said he threatened to put a gun to their heads and kill them, according to court documents. He broke through the front door despite having no permission to be there.
Jay Corman’s arrest citation says alcohol and drugs were involved in the incident. He has been charged with first-degree burglary, first-degree criminal trespassing, and third-degree terroristic threatening.
R.J. Corman founded a railroad construction company in 1973 and built it into the Nicholasville-based R.J. Corman Railroad Group, a railroad service provider that hosts several service lines, according to his obituary. The company has over 1,200 employees, has field locations in 22 states and serves all seven Class I railroads.
R.J. Corman died in August 2013.
Jay Corman is being held at the Jessamine County Detention Center, according to jail records. He appeared in Jessamine District Court Monday for a preliminary hearing, and his case was sent forward to a grand jury, according to court records.
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