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Cops & Courts

  • Woman in ‘puppy mill’ case pleads to 1 count

    NEW CASTLE – During a pretrial hearing last week in Henry County Circuit Court, Terri L. Smith, 51, of Campbellsburg waived her right to a jury trial and entered a guilty plea to one count of second-degree cruelty to animals, a Class A misdemeanor.

    Smith, 51, had been charged with 218 counts of second-degree cruelty to animals in December, after Henry County officials raided the property she and her husband, Kenneth H. Smith, 71, shared on Allyson Lane in rural Henry County.

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  • Shelby County Police Reports March 30, 2012

    DUI

    Carlos Mendez Hernandez, 33, of 221 A St. was arrested March 10 at 10th and Main streets and charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicants, disregarding a traffic control device, no operator’s license and fleeing or evading police.

     

    Public Intoxication

    Robert C. Crawford, 38, of an unknown address was arrested March 2 at 10th and Washington streets and charged with public intoxication.

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  • Shelby County Sheriff Reports March 30, 2012

    DUI

    Karen M. Shelby, 43, of 1881 Pea Ridge Road was arrested Jan. 22 at Fairway Crossing and Mount Eden Road and charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs, second offense, careless driving and operating on a suspended or revoked operator's license. She

     

    Theft

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  • Donation to fire department

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  • Injured Finchville couple is improving

    A Finchville couple injured in an auto accident on Fisherville Road is continuing to recover at  the University of Louisville Hospital.

    Darryl Brooks, 49, and Tracey Brooks, 48, were injured March 9 when Darryl Brooks lost control of the 2004 Ford Explorer he was driving and ran off the road and into a tree.

    The condition of Tracey Brooks, who was airlifted from the scene, has been upgraded from critical to serious, and Darryl Brooks, who was transported by ambulance, has been discharged, hospital officials said Wednesday.

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  • High-speed wreck: Driver injured, passenger charged

    Tuesday night, during rush hour traffic, the Kentucky State Police dispatcher at Post 12 in Frankfort got a call of a car traveling westbound on I-64 that was speeding and driving recklessly.

    Troopers who responded found a 2003 Pontiac Grand Am that had overturned at Mile Marker 41.4 mile marker in Shelby County. 

    The investigation revealed that the driver was attempting to pass another vehicle at a high rate of speed and lost control.

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  • House destroyed on Huffman Lane

    Shelby County firefighters work to extinguish a blaze that destroyed this house at 625 Huffman Lane. The fire broke out shortly before noon on Thursday. No one was injured. Huffman Lane was blocked for several hours because the road was narrow and fire trucks had to keep going back and forth to bring water to the scene because hydrant service is not available, Shelby County Assistant Fire Chief Jeff Ivers said.

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  • House destroyed on Huffman Lane

    Shelby County firefighters work to extinguish a blaze that destroyed this house at 625 Huffman Lane. The fire broke out shortly before noon on Thursday. No one was injured. Huffman Lane was blocked for several hours because the road was narrow and fire trucks had to keep going back and forth to bring water to the scene because hydrant service is not available, Shelby County Assistant Fire Chief Jeff Ivers said.

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  • Moving roadblock ends chase on I-64

    What began as a routine traffic stop quickly got hairy when a Kentucky State Police Trooper tried to pull over Robert B. Brewer Tuesday morning near Simpsonville.

    KSP spokesperson Ron Turley said at 4:14 a.m. a trooper saw a Chevrolet SUV traveling westbound on I-64 in Shelby County striking construction barrels in the work zone on the interstate in Simpsonville.

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  • Arrest made in Waddy interstate shooting

    Kentucky State Police have made an arrest in connection with a shooting that happened Thursday night in Waddy.

    Timothy O’Shea Johnson, 25, of Danville, has been charged with first-degree assault and first-degree wanton endangerment. He is lodged at the Boyle County Detention Center. He was arrested Friday afternoon by KSP and the Boyle County Sheriff’s Office.

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