Cops & Courts

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.

District court

The following cases were heard by Judge Kevin Delahanty:

Kristopher L. Bryant, operating on suspended/revoked operator's license – pleaded guilty – 10-day sentence, serve 5 days and $393 fine and costs.

Edy A. Arturo, failure to wear seat belts, no operator's/moped license and first-offense failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance – pleaded guilty – 30-day sentence conditionally discharged for 2 years and $918 fine and costs.

A crash on Interstate 64 Thursday night shut down the highway in both directions.

The accident caused such a traffic tie-up because it involved two semi-tractor trailers and a pickup truck that crashed on both sides of interstate at the same time at the 35th mile marker, which is near the Mount Eden Road exit.

One person was airlifted to a Louisville hospital, and a second person was taken to the hospital by ambulance.