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Shelbyville police investigating after credit card skimmer found in grocery store
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The Shelbyville Police Department wants shoppers throughout Shelby County to be on the lookout for credit card skimmers. Shelbyville police received a call to a grocery store back on Monday, July 8 for a reported credit card skimmer inside the business. A credit card skimmer can...
Louisville Man Arrested For Threatening Posts
A man accused of threatening a Butchertown bar, its employees, and members of the homeless population faced a judge for the first time Wednesday morning. Trey Anderson, 24, of Louisville, is charged with terroristic threatening, a Class D felony. A police report says Anderson sent threatening messages to the Whirling...
2 teenagers arrested in connection to 13-year-old’s murder in Chickasaw neighborhood
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Louisville police have arrested two teenagers in connection to the murder investigation of 13-year-old DaViawn Blackmon. Blackmon was found dead after he was shot in the Chickasaw neighborhood near 38th and Broadway on June 27. On Thursday, LMPD announced they arrested a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old in connection to his death.
22-year-old Clarksville man charged with rape after party at Hanover College, police say
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A 22-year-old from Clark County was charged with rape after an incident at Hanover College, according to Indiana State Police. ISP said troopers were called to investigate an alleged sexual assault on the campus in southern Indiana in September 2023. According to police, Jackson Kruer, a student from Clarksville, and an adult female student left an on-campus party together in the early morning hours of Sept. 17, 2023.
Kidnapping Suspect Leads Police On Chase
A Louisville man was arrested Saturday after a kidnapping incident turned into a police chase between Indiana and Kentucky. Louisville Metro police said Saturday afternoon, 19 year-old Alexander Mask had refused to give back his girlfriend’s son, leading police and family members on a chase throughout the city. Eventually, Mask dropped the child with one of the family members and continued to flee.
Police remove credit card skimming device in Shelbyville, expect there to be more across Kentucky
SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Shelbyville grocery store found an illegal credit card skimming device in a check out lane and police said there could be more throughout Kentucky. "This is the only Save-A-Lot here in Shelbyville," said Renee Clark, a longtime Shelbyville resident. "A lot of people rely on...
City paid $220,000 to man punched by Louisville officer who later struck Breonna Taylor protester
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A man repeatedly punched by a former Louisville Metro Police officer in 2018 received a $220,000 settlement from Metro government to settle an excessive force lawsuit late last year. Jarrus Ransom was arrested at a west Louisville Kroger at the intersection of South 27th Street and...
Man and woman shot in Park Duvalle neighborhood, police say
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A man and woman were shot in the Park Duvalle neighborhood late Sunday night, according to Louisville Metro Police Department. A little after 10 p.m., LMPD Second Division officers responded to a shooting in the 3000 block of Wyandotte Avenue. This is just a few blocks from Algonquin Park.
31-year-old Louisville man arrested for deadly shooting in Russell neighborhood
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A Louisville man is charged with murder after police said he shot another man during a fight that broke out in the Russell neighborhood. On July 10, police said Alonzo Thomas, 31, shot a man in the head after the two had gotten into a fight in the parking lot in the 2600 block of West Chestnut. The arrest citation said Thomas believed the man had taken his gun from Thomas’ girlfriend, who was trying to keep the gun away from Thomas.
Louisville MSD crews rescue ducklings that fell through grate
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Louisville homeowners shared their thanks to two MSD workers after they rescued five of their ducklings. In a post from Louisville MSD, the homeowners at Cobblestone Estates off Chamberlain Road called MSD for help after the ducklings fell through a grate on Cotehele Place. They said the mother duck was in distress, walking around the grate squawking.
Police: Man shows up at hospital after being shot on Algonquin Parkway
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A man was shot in the Taylor Berry neighborhood Wednesday morning, according to Louisville Metro police. Around 6 a.m., police say a man showed up at UofL Hospital by private means with a nonfatal gunshot wound. An investigation showed that the shooting happened in the 1100...
Louisville man arrested after allegedly planning to sell fake narcotics
CAVE CITY, Ky. – A Louisville man is facing multiple charges related to drug trafficking in Cave City. According to a uniform citation, around 9:36 a.m. Monday, the Cave City Police Department conducted a stop on a Chevy Malibu on South Dixie Highway in Cave City. Upon contact, police...
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