Kentucky

Charges permanently DROPPED against Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, who allegedly fired warning shot during deadly raid
Police

On Monday, a Kentucky judge ruled criminal charges be permanently dropped against Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, who allegedly shot at police officers during last March’s raid that resulted in Taylor’s death. According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, Jefferson Circuit Judge Olu Stevens determined that charges of assault and attempted murder of a police officer against Kenneth Walker …

Murder
March 6, 2021

10-year-old calls 911 after dad allegedly kills stepmother, dog

A Kentucky police dispatcher answered a desperate call to 911 Thursday night: A 10-year-old boy reported a deadly shooting at his home in Brandenburg, WLKY reports. “A 10-year-old was on the telephone saying that his stepmother and stepmother’s dog had been shot,” said Brandenburg Police Chief Brian Haag. Brandenburg police and Meade County sheriff’s deputies …

Sex Crimes
March 3, 2021

Kentucky masseuse charged with raping client

A Kentucky massage therapist was arrested on Tuesday after allegedly raping a client, WBKO reports. Bowling Green Police said that a woman reported the rape during a massage at a spa near the College Hill Historic District. The woman said she had used Lindsey’s services several times in the past. Police said Christopher Lindsey admitted …

Murder for hire
January 29, 2021

Did property dispute lead son to hire hitman to kill his mother?

A northeastern Kentucky middle school teacher was arrested earlier this month after allegedly hiring someone to kill his mother, Kentucky State Police said, according to WSAZ. Billy G. Reynolds, 41, was a bus driver for Carter County Schools and also served as a special education teacher at West Carter Middle School in Olive Hill, Superintendent …

Sex Crimes
January 5, 2021

School principal ordered to pay $3.6M for sharing students’ nude pictures online

A former principal in Kentucky who is serving a nine-year federal prison sentence was ordered last week to pay $3.6 million for confiscating students’ phones and uploading their nude photos to the internet. According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, six accusers named ex-LaRue County High School principal Stephen Goodlett, 40, and the LaRue County School District …

Crystal Rogers
Missing
November 21, 2020

Crystal Rogers: FBI says remains found in July were not missing Bardstown mom

Human remains found this summer near the area where Crystal Rogers vanished more than five years ago did not belong to the missing Kentucky mother of five, the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office said Friday. After the remains were found on July 23, the FBI joined the investigation and served several search warrants, including at the …

Police
September 23, 2020

Grand jury indicts ex-officer for endangering Breonna Taylor’s neighbors

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced Wednesday that one officer will be criminally charged in relation to the shootout that killed Breonna Taylor, an emergency room technician who Louisville police fatally shot in March — but the charge pertains to Taylor’s neighbors. Former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison, 44, was indicted on three counts of …

Police
September 15, 2020

Breonna Taylor: City to pay $12M to family of ER technician shot dead by police [Reports]

UPDATE: The Louisville Courier Journal reported that the city of Louisville will pay $12 million to Breonna Taylor’s family. — On Tuesday, Kentucky officials reportedly agreed to pay several million dollars to the family of Breonna Taylor, who police fatally shot in March. A source confirmed the payout to the Associated Press. As part of …

Homicide
August 29, 2020

9-month-old girl shot in the face; father charged with negligent death

A 20-year-old father is behind bars after shooting his 9-month-old infant in the face, killing her. Anthony Lamont Meriweather first told police that the baby was hit by a bullet from a drive-by shooting but later admitted that the gun “went off” while he was handling it, the Louisiville Courier Press said. The baby girl, …

Crystal Rogers
Missing
August 19, 2020

Crystal Rogers: FBI searches missing mom’s storage unit in Kentucky

Federal agents were seen Wednesday morning sifting through a Kentucky storage unit belonging to Crystal Rogers, the Bardstown mother of five who vanished in July 2015, according to WLKY. The FBI took over the investigation into Rogers’s disappearance after human remains were found on the Washington-Nelson County line — a few miles east of Bardstown …

Crystal Rogers
Missing
August 10, 2020

PICTURED: FBI releases new surveillance images related to Crystal Rogers’ disappearance

The FBI has released new surveillance images showing several vehicles located at points of interest in the ongoing investigation of missing Kentucky woman, Crystal Rogers. FBI spokesperson Timothy Beam told the Lexington Herald-Leader that the agency needs help identifying the drivers of the vehicles seen in the two photos. Beam said these drivers may have …