Crime

Officials say Bluegrass Crime Stoppers is partnering with the Lexington Police Department on an initiative that aims to help solve some homicide cases in central Kentucky.

It happened just before 7 Monday morning at Old World Timber on Versailles Road.

Joseph Hicks was re-indicted on several charges, including murder, robbery and tampering with evidence.

Angel Kidd, 27, is under arrest on a felonious assault charge

A Lexington woman, who continued getting her mother’s Social Security checks after her death, has been sentenced.

Jessamine County Fire Chief Michael Rupard entered an Alford plea in court Tuesday as part of a plea agreement in the case against him.

He was accused of murder in the death of Lonnie Oxendine, a young father and aspiring rapper, in January 2021.

The man allegedly used Playstation and Snapchat to contact his victims.

Lexington police say they received a call around 3 p.m. Tuesday from the Nicholas County Sheriff’s Office that a female inmate had escaped during transport near the area of New Circle and Russell Cave.

A Jessamine County woman is accused of setting a mobile home on fire.

Police say 42-year-old Wendell Clay broke into a woman’s apartment on June 1.

A plea agreement has been reached in the case against a woman charged with a deadly Lexington crash.

A woman is accused of setting her house and a car on fire.

The case against the man accused of killing his wife and two daughters is moving forward.

Senate Bill 23 makes stealing packages from private carriers like Amazon, Fedex, and UPS off someone’s doorstep a felony.

The child is described by police as a 5-year-old Black boy standing approximately 4 feet tall with short hair and a slim build.

Officers say he was asked to leave the building and refused. They also say he got physical during an arrest attempt.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, a federal grand jury returned an indictment Thursday on Samuel J. Patrick, 41, of West Van Lear, Ky.; Clinton L. Pauley, 40, of Ironton, Ohio; and Kevin C. Pearce, Jr., 37, of Inez, Ky.

Police said Xavier Hardin shot and killed 17-year-old Kenny Bottoms Jr. inside Fayette Mall in August 2020.

WKYT has reported at least two arrests of Kentucky men in the past six months stemming from self-described predator hunters.

Steven Wilson, 64, is facing three counts of Murder-Domestic Violence.

Court records show Robert Goforth admitted his Clay County pharmacy billed insurance companies for prescriptions that weren’t picked up.

A man is accused of killing his wife and two adult daughters, according to Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn.

The mayor of Lexington and the police chief are addressing the city’s deadliest month we’ve seen in the last 14 years.

On Wednesday, Williamsburg Police announced that two men were arrested twice within a 24-hour period after separate chases.

Teachers said he started lunging at the kids and that was when they knew they had to do something.

Police said a man was found Tuesday afternoon in a home in the 400 block of Locust Avenue, just off Bryan Avenue near Castlewood Park.

Police responded to a situation on the Frederick Douglass High School campus Tuesday afternoon.

According to a release from KSP, investigators responded to a home near Elkhorn Creek and found two men had been shot.

Cincinnati police are looking for a car in connection with a felonious assault.