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Cops & Courts

  • Shelby woman charged with child abuse

    Kentucky State Police have charged Samantha Holt, 22, of Shelby County with first-degree criminal abuse in connection with an injured 2-year-old.

    Kentucky State Police spokesman Ron Turley said that troopers responded to a call about an injured child that came in at 11:55 p.m. Wednesday from a residence on Eminence Pike.

    KSP trooper Eddie Whitworth said that along with EMS, Shelby County 911 dispatched deputies from the Shelby County Sheriff’s office to the scene as well, and KSP also decided to check it out because it sounded suspicious.

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  • Shelbyville school bus rear-ended on Main Street

    No one was injured in a minor accident involving a Shelby County school bus shortly before noon Thursday. No students were on the bus when it was struck in the rear on Main Street in Shelbyville.

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  • Arson suspected in Mount Eden fire

    Arson is suspected in a fire that destroyed a vacant building in Mount Eden, and investigators are asking for the public’s help.

    “We think the fire was probably set,” said Ron Turley, spokesperson for the Kentucky State Police.

    Mount Eden Fire Chief Doug Herndon said that his department and KSP arson investigators suspect arson because it is very unlikely the fire could have started on its own.

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  • Three indicted for sexual abuse

    Three people were indicted by a Shelby County Grand Jury on sexual abuse-related charges in different cases in December.

    Vanessa Bravo, 28, of West Haven, Conn., was indicted Dec. 5 on two counts of third-degree rape. That charge involves a person over the age of 21 years old having sexual intercourse with a person younger than 16 years old.

    The two counts she incurred pertain to the same person. She is charged with having sex with “B.H.” on July 1 and 3 of 2012 in Shelby County.

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  • Second city employee files complaint against employer

    A second employee has filed suit against Tom Doyle, the manager of the Shelbyville Municipal Water and Sewer Commission, alleging sexual harassment.

    Tonya Stearman, a 12-year employee, has asked to be added to the existing lawsuit against Doyle, filed by Debbie Clarke in December 2011, alleging sexual harassment and assault and battery.

    The suit also names the commission, saying that certain members in management knew of Doyle’s inappropriate behavior and did not discipline or terminate him, nor decreased his supervision.

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  • Mount Eden blaze destroys downtown building

     

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  • Bruner closer to trial in beating case

    Mark Bruner, charged with the brutal beating of a woman left by the side of the road, was given a new court date Monday for still another status hearing as he nears his jury trial date of March 11.

    Shackled and wearing his orange jailhouse-issued jumpsuit, Bruner glowered at onlookers as he entered Shelby County Circuit Court and stood stoically before Judge Charles Hickman as his court appointed attorney, Melanie Lowe-Stratton, and Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Melanie Carroll reviewed the case.

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  • Off-duty firefighter rescues 2 from blaze

    An off-duty firefighter who happened to be passing a burning house Monday afternoon fought flames and smoke without protective gear to help locate and rescue a man and his grandson caught inside.

    “I opened the front door, and I had to get down low to get underneath the smoke, and when I yelled out, ‘Is anybody inside?’ I was shocked when somebody called out, ‘Yes!’”

    So Marc Myres of the Shelby County Fire Department did what any firefighter would do, he battled through the blaze and smoke to find the residents.

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  • Court report: December 26, 2012

    District court

    The following cases were heard by Judge Linda Armstrong:

    Roy T. Bailey Jr., theft by failure to make required disposal of property – dismissed without prejudice.

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  • Teen injured in shooting New Year’s Eve

    A teen is recovering from a gunshot wound he received New Year’s Eve, police say.

    Shelbyville Police Chief Danny Goodwin said that on New Year’s Eve, police were dispatched to 116 Berea St. at 4:42 p.m. after receiving a call about a possible shooting.

    “We had a male juvenile who was shot and was transported to the University of Louisville Hospital, and it is currently under investigation,” he said. “That’s all I can say at this time.”

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