A Kentucky man charged with gunning down his retired reserve deputy father last week planted a bomb under his father’s car and left notes making clear his “intent on killing his father.” Brandon McQuillen, 43, was arrested Thursday on charges of being a felon in possession of a weapon — he was found carrying an …
A retired Kentucky reserve deputy was found died Wednesday after he was found with a gunshot wound early Wednesday morning, and his son is in custody but has not been charged in the shooting. John McQuillen, 65, worked for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office for more than 10 years, retiring in 2021, WAVE reported. A …
A Kentucky daycare worker has been arrested after she was seen on surveillance video yanking a handful of hair out of a toddler’s head. Leitchfield Police said the video showed 24-year-old Kesha Cochran monitoring a room of small children onTuesday when she approached a year-old child and pulled the toddler’s hair, according to WBKO. Then, …
An eastern Kentucky woman was arrested last week for child abuse after reports said her son “showed signs of torture.” The returned to school on Tuesday after not attending since before Christmas and appeared to have “chipped front teeth and a busted nose,” WYMT reports. A school official called police, and the boy told investigators …
A missing Kentucky woman who disappeared in December was found dead Saturday near a Mason County park. Maysville Police said the body of Eugenia Harris Cooley, 47, was found just before 11 a.m. Cooley was last seen leaving her apartment on December 21, as CrimeOnline reported. Police have not determined what happaned to her but …
A Kentucky man was killed last week when he was struck by a vehicle while hanging out the window of the car he was riding in. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office said that Michael Orchard, 34, died from multiple blunt force trauma on January 23, according to WLKY. Louisville Metro Police initially said that the …
A Kentucky man wanted for shooting a Wendy’s employee because his fries weren’t hot enough turned himself in last week to face two counts of assault. Monjah D. James-Wooten was wanted for the January 6 incident, in which the Wendy’s employee fired back, the Louisiville Metro Police Department said. James Wooten surrendered on January 17 …
A West Virginia man police say kidnapped his pregnant, estranged wife on Tuesday morning has been captured more than 24 hours after he was located in eastern Kentucky but got away from state police there on foot. Derek Orme, 37, allegedly abducted Chelcia Orme, 33, from a truck in Lincoln County, West Virginia, after firing …
The Kentucky parents of a toddler and an infant and their paternal grandparents have been arrested after police found the children strapped into a car seat and baby swing, apparently for days. “The children were found covered in urine and feces that appeared to be several days old,” an arrest citation says, according to The …
A mother has been arrested after she admitted doing drugs and getting in to a motel tub with her infant daughter then falling asleep while the baby drowned. Emergency responders were called to Motel 6 in Louisville, Kentucky, at about 4:40 a.m. on January 1, WLKY reported. Amber Winstead, 36, told officers she had been …
Kentucky police have asked for the public’s help locating a woman who vanished late last month. The Ledger Independent reported that Eugenia Cooley, 47, was last seen at her Maysville apartment on December 20 or 21, 2024. Detective Ryan Hull said they are reviewing surveillance footage of Cooley from December 2, and they have not recovered …
Kentucky police have arrested a man they say broke into a Springfield home and shot two women, one fatally, early Friday morning. Police say Roosevelt Davis III, 23, told police after his arrest he stole money from a bank in Wisconsin on Christmas Day and used that money to buy two guys and camouflage, WLKY …
