A sex offender set free by former Kentucky Gov Matt Bevin (R) after losing his re-election bid last fall has been arrested on a federal charge of producing child sex abuse material, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported. Bevin commuted Dayton Jones’s life sentence to time served in December, telling the Courier-Journal there was “zero, zero” evidence …
A Kentucky doctor was criminally charged Tuesday for allegedly assaulting a teen girl for not adhering to social distancing guidelines. John Rademaker, 57, was charged with first-degree strangulation and harassment with physical contact for an alleged incident that occurred on April 3 in Louisville. The Courier Jornal reported that Rademaker was filmed confronting a group …
Authorities announced that remains discovered in Ohio on Sunday belong to a Kentucky girl who mysteriously vanished in 2010. An unidentified man reportedly contacted the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office and claimed he’d discovered possible human remains in a wooded area near Williamsburg Township. Clermont County police, along with the Clermont County coroner and Covington, Kentucky, …
A Kentucky man filed a lawsuit against two police departments earlier this month, alleging officers violently dragged him out his home and threw him to the ground while investigating a shooting that turned out to be a false alarm. The September 2019 bodycam footage was released in light of the lawsuit Frank Serapiglia, 71, filed …
A man who was 5-years-old when his babysitter reportedly kidnapped him recently reunited with his mother after 55 years apart. According to WLKY, Jerry Barnett and Anna-Mary Barnett reunited on Friday in Radcliff, Kentucky. The mother and son managed to find each other four years after Jerry Barnett’s son took a DNA test for a …
A Kentucky man who was on house arrest while awaiting trial for fatally shooting a woman last year was recently arrested for assaulting his girlfriend, according to reports. WDRB reports that Austin Tudor, 25, was rearrested on February 27 — less than a month after being released from jail and entering a home incarceration program …
An oversight committee said a Kentucky judge had sex in court and forced attorneys to support her election bid. She’s now was suspended with pay as officials determine her punishment. The Judicial Conduct Commission issued nine counts against Kenton County Judge Dawn Gentry in early December, finding she had a “pattern” of misconduct. The Lexington …
On Friday, Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin pardoned a man who is serving a prison sentence for fatally shooting another man during a home invasion in May 2014. The Louisville Courier Journal reports that Patrick Brian Baker — who was convicted of reckless homicide and other charges in the shooting death of Donald Mills — had …
An oversight committee found on Monday that a Kentucky judge not only had sex with staff at the courthouse, but she also forced attorneys to support her election and retaliated against one of them for not donating the maximum amount. The six-member Judicial Conduct Commission issued nine counts against Kenton County family court Judge Dawn …
Police in Kentucky arrested a woman on Tuesday for allegedly selling her newborn baby for $2,000. Bowling Green police said in a statement posted to Facebook that Parker Bennett Curry Elementary School officials contacted them after receiving information about a woman selling her child. Officers eventually spoke with Maria Domingo-Perez, 31, who allegedly gave them …
Police arrested a 77-year-old man in north Georgia after Kentucky detectives linked his fingerprints to a 41-year-old rape case, WCPO reported. Michael Dean Tate is in jail in Union County, Georgia, awaiting extradition to Kentucky, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. According to a release from the Commonwealth’s Attorney in Kentucky, a woman in her 20s reported …
A 9-year-old Kentucky girl reportedly died last Tuesday when the handle of her bicycle severed a major artery. Larue County Sheriff Russell McCoy said Charlene Sipes died after crashing her bicycle into a curb near her Hodgenville home. Investigators said Sipes severed her artery as she fell to the ground, according to WLKY. The Louisville …
