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Cops & Courts

  • Court report: Oct. 16, 2012

    District court

    The following cases were heard by Judge Linda Armstrong:

    Yvonne Benson, second-offense failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security – plead guilty – insurance monitoring for 2 years and $1143 fine and costs, $900 conditionally discharged.

    Carolyn A. Brown, first-offense failure of owner to maintain required insurance/security – plead guilty – insurance monitoring for 12 months and $643 fine and costs, $400 conditionally discharged.

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  • Shelby County Sheriff Reports Oct. 17, 2012

    DUI

    Melissa D. Marlow, 46, of 226 Hyatt Store Road in Bagdad was arrested Sept. 8 on Washington Street and charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs under aggravating circumstances, first offense.

    Greg D. Haynes, 39, of 207 McCormack Road in Waddy was arrested Sept. 6 on Bardstown Trail and charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs or alcohol, first offense, and obstructed view of a windshield.

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  • Suspect in Shelbyville shooting arrested

    A suspect wanted in connection with a Sept. 22 shooting in Shelbyville was arrested Sunday during a routine traffic stop, police said.

    Stefan L. Harris, 32, was arrested when police discovered he was a passenger in a car being driven by Jerome Harris, 27.

    Shelbyville Police had pulled over Jerome Harris’ vehicle after they noticed him driving careless on Midland Trail shortly after midnight on Sunday morning.

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  • House heavily damaged by blaze Saturday

    No one was injured when a house on Burks Branch Road received major damage from a fire this past weekend, fire officials said.

    Shelby County Fire Department Capt. Eddie Whitworth said that when firefighters arrived at 669 Burks Branch Road on Saturday morning just after 11 a.m., they saw smoke coming from under the eaves of the house.

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  • Schutte to retire as Shelbyville Police chief

    Shelbyville Police Chief Robert Schutte this week announced that he plans to retire in December and has recommended a replacement.

    Schutte, who has been at the helm of the Shelbyville PD for the past 8 years, said he has recommended that Maj. D. Goodwin be promoted to chief.

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  • Shelby County Sheriff Reports Oct. 12, 2012

    DUI

    Luis M. Zuniga-Verastegui, 28, of 80 Frankfort Road No. 185 was arrested Aug. 26 at Taylorsville and Finchville roads and charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicants, first offense and no operator’s license.

     

    Burglary

    Danny J. Mills, 28, of unknown address was arrested Aug. 27 at 8655 Shelbyville Road and charged with second-degree burglary, theft by unlawful taking, third-degree criminal trespassing, second-degree fleeing and evading police on foot.

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  • EARLIER: Hickman: No ‘new’ trial for King

    TAYLORSVILLE – A Mount Eden woman serving time for killing a Shelbyville man in 1998 will not get a new trial, despite another man's confession and later recantation, to the murder, according to an opinion and order entered in Spencer Circuit Court last Friday by Circuit Judge Charles Hickman.

    Susan Jean King, 52, of the 2000 block of Van Buren Road, was indicted on murder charges for the death of Kyle “Deanie” Breeden in April 2007.

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  • Suspect in Shelbyville shooting is identified

    Shelbyville Police investigators have identified a suspect in a shooting two weeks ago and are asking the public to be on the lookout for him, warning that he is considered to be armed and dangerous.

    Investigators say Stefan L. Harris, 32, of Shelbyville is wanted in connection with the shooting of Jeffery Riggins on Sept. 22 on Martin Luther King Blvd.

    SPD Det. Jessie Paulley said that the shooting was first thought to have taken place on Berea Street, but more investigation revealed otherwise.

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  • Breathitt woman killed on U.S. 60

    A state employee traveling through Shelby County on her way to a work site in Carroll County was killed Tuesday morning in an auto accident near the Franklin County line, officials say.
    Shelby County Chief Deputy Coroner Jeff Ivers said that Martha A. White, 44, of Wolf

    Cove in Breathitt County was killed when the car she was driving was hit in the passenger side by a garbage truck at the intersection of KY 395 and U.S. 60.

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  • Two families left homeless by fires within 24 hours

    Two Shelbyville families have lost their homes to fires within a 24-hour period, one on Sunday morning and the other on Monday morning, fire officials say.

    In Sunday’s blaze at Marshall’s Terrace, a woman received burns while rescuing her 3-year old from the blaze, Shelbyville Fire Chief Bobby Cowherd said.

    “She was cuddling the child in her arms to get through the flames,” he said.

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