Cops & Courts

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.

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.

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.

FRANKFORT –  The man who sued his surgeon and lost when he said the doctor had no right to amputate his penis has taken his case to the appealate system in a case that could have significant ramifications in medical procedure.

Oral arguments were heard Tuesday at the Kentucky Court of Appeals in the case of Phillip Seaton, 65, of Waddy vs. his urologist, Dr. John Patterson of Frankfort.