Cops & Courts

Charles R. Heightchew, 35, of 301 Lynne Acres was indicted for flagrant nonsupport.

Victor C. Fallis, 27, of 406 Eminence Road in New Castle was indicted for flagrant nonsupport.

Gerald Lee Ramsey, 45, of 10102 Westego Place in Jeffersontown was indicted for fourth-degree assault (domestic violence), third offense or greater in the past 5 years.

District court

The following cases were heard by Judge Linda Armstrong:

Russell E. Nation, second-offense DUI – plead guilty – 6-month sentence, serve 30 days, balance probated for 2 years, operator's license suspended for 12 months and $878 fine and costs.

Joshua A. Stepp, improper passing and first-offense DUI – plead guilty – operator's license suspended for 30 days and $778 fine and costs.

A Shelbyville man was arrested Wednesday night and charged with a variety of offenses, including impersonating a police officer.

Kentucky State Police Trooper Eddie Whitworth pulled over Travis Beckley, 22, on Main Street in Shelbyville at 11 p.m., after having seen Beckley fail to stop at a stop sign at Henry Clay and 1st streets, police said.

Whitworth said Beckley told him he was a Shelby County sheriff’s deputy and was undergoing criminal justice training.

More than $8,000 worth of property was stolen from a home on Benson Pike early in the month.

Between Oct. 5 and Oct. 9, in the 6100 block of Benson Pike, someone broke into a residence by using forced entry through the front door.

Property stolen included several rifles and shotguns, jewelry and a jewelry box, musical instruments, a coke can coin bank, a weed eater with a metal blade, a Western roping saddle, a compound bow, and a black powder pistol.