Cops & Courts

Fire caused heavy damage to a garage at a residence on Shelbyville Road just west of before Shelbyville early Monday afternoon.

The home owner, Renee Simon, said she was working in the backyard when the fire broke out.

"I just flipped on the light in there, and the ceiling light started melting," she said. "I called the fire department quick because there is a gas stove hooked up in there."

Between midnight and 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 7 in the 4900 block of Bell Avenue, nearly $700 worth of property was stolen was stolen from an unlocked vehicle.

The stolen property included a GPS, a cell phone and a digital camera.

Then, on Oct. 8, at about 7:30 p.m., a resident on Baker Drive reported that three white males in their late teens shot and damaged a window in his house with a B.B. gun. Officers were unable to locate anyone with a B.B. gun in that area.

Local law enforcement officials were on hand Wednesday at the Stratton Center to accept more than $21,000 in state grant money.

The Kentucky Office of Highway Safety presented two checks, one to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office for $10,300 and the other to the Simpsonville Police Department for $10,900.

Ricky Davis, 55, of 1327 Lagrange Road No. 3 in Louisville was arrested Thursday at 7th and College streets and charged with theft of a motor vehicle.

James Anthony Watkins, 38, of Shelbyville was served Thursday with a warrant at the detention center, where he is in custody, for bail jumping.