Cops & Courts

A Shelby County man who is a convicted sex offender has been arrested and charged with several offenses, one of them a felony, relating to distributing obscene matter to a minor using social media. 

Anthony T. Bradford, 41, was arrested Monday and charged with being aregistered sex offender who has been prohibited from using social-networking Web site, Internet messaging or chat room programs used by minors;, distributing obscene matter to a minor, both misdemeanors, and prohibited use of electronic communication to procure a minor, a Class D felony.

TAYLORSVILLE – Susan Jean King, the Mount Eden woman who served time for the 1998 murder of a Shelbyville man, was released from prison two weeks ago, and her attorneys have filed an appeal in an effort to get a new trial.

King, 52, was indicted on murder charges for the death of Kyle “Deanie” Breeden in April 2007. Two months after the initial indictment, a grand jury also charged King with tampering with physical evidence.

On the fourth anniversary of the death of James Duckett, his murder case is undergoing a new surge of investigation, detectives say.

Since the morning of Nov. 9, 2008, when Katherine Nichols discovered her brother brutally slain in a horrific execution-style murder at his home on Rockbridge Road, she has not given up hope that his killer will be brought to justice, she said.

District court

The following cases were heard by Judge Donna Dutton:

Trenton R. Hensley, violation of Kentucky E.P.O./D.V.O – guilty – 20-day sentence and $154 costs.

David A. Linson, third-degree criminal trespassing, two charges of third-degree criminal mischief and carrying a concealed deadly weapon – guilty – 6-month sentence, serve 15 days, balance conditionally discharged for 2 years, restitution and $254 fine and costs.