Cops & Courts

No one was injured seriously in a 5-vehicle chain reaction accident on Taylorsville Road just before 5 p.m. Monday afternoon. The accident caused a slight back up near the intersection of Taylorsville Road and U.S. 60 for about an hour.

A Crestwood man was killed Wednesday night in a single vehicle accident in Simpsonville, police say.

Kentucky State Police Trooper Kendra Wilson, assistant public affairs officer for Post 12, said that Steven A. Ball, 40, was traveling east on Aiken Road at 7:50 p.m. when he failed to negotiate a curve in the 6000 block.

He lost control of his 2006 Yamaha motorcycle, striking a road sign.

Shelby County Chief Deputy Coroner Jeff Ivers said that Ball, who was wearing a helmet, died at the scene of the accident.

A jury trial scheduled for April 10 for Linda Poole, a Bagdad woman who was indicted in February for embezzling more than $110,000 from her employer, has been postponed, said Shelby County Commonwealth Attorney Laura Donnell.

A new date has not yet been scheduled.

Poole, 57, was indicted on 11 counts of theft by unlawful taking of more than $10,000, two counts of theft by unlawful taking by disposition and seven counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument in connection with thefts from Amen East, an auto salvage business in Bagdad.

Is there a counterfeit money ring in Shelbyville?

Police say no but add that bills are circulating in the area, which is not an uncommon problem in most communities the size of Shelby County.

Shelbyville Police Det. Jessie Paulley said that he has seen counterfeit money in Shelby during the past year.

“We have had three counterfeit bills in the last six to eight months,” he said.

That’s not counting six counterfeit $100 bills found recently in the coat of a man arrested for robbery and assault, Paulley said.