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Federal investigation names 37 suspects in drug pipeline from California to Kentucky
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A federal drug trafficking investigation ended with nearly 40 suspects from Kentucky and California indicted, and more than a dozen are from Louisville. In a news release Wednesday, U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western Kentucky District said a federal grand jury indicted 37 defendants...
Kentucky middle school teacher shows up drunk to school, gets arrested and resigns
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville-area teacher was arrested at school Tuesday after police say she showed up drunk. According to Elizabethtown police, staff at TK Stone Middle School observed Tamara Mouser on campus and believed she was intoxicated. The school resource officer assigned to the building was notified and made contact with Mouser.
Body found floating in Audubon Park lagoon
The body of 25-year-old medical school student Michael Nwokorie was found floating in the Audubon Park lagoon on Aug. 11. The cause of death is still under investigation and could take up to two months to be revealed. . According to social media, Nwokorie attended the University of St. Augustine for...
Louisville police betrayed by their own criminal informant
A convicted Louisville man selected as a Louisville Metro Police informant to help catch drug traffickers, stole guns from police and embarked on a bizarre crime spree while posing as a detective or federal agent. John E. Lohden, Jr., a felon barred from owning a single gun, stole three guns − including a...
Man shot and killed in Louisville roller rink parking lot
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A man was shot and killed in a roller skating rink parking lot in Louisville early Monday morning. Louisville Metro police responded to Robben's Roost, located at 5906 Six Mile Lane, at midnight. According to a police department news release, officers located a man in his early 20s suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest.
34-year-old woman identified as victim of fatal shooting Friday just off Bardstown Road in Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A 34-year-old Louisville woman was identified as the victim of Friday's fatal shooting in the Bon Air neighborhood. Louisville Metro Police a said the shooting happened around 5 a.m. in the 2200 block of Liverpool Lane, which is off Bardstown Road just south of Interstate 264. The Jefferson County Coroner's Office said Monday that Yailin Casales Espinel died of multiple gunshot wounds just before 5:30 a.m. Friday.
Feds arrest 34 Kentuckians in takedown of interstate drug trafficking ring
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – Thirty-seven people, including 13 from Louisville, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for being a part of an interstate drug trafficking ring. On Aug. 6, the federal grand jury in Louisville returned five indictments charging the 37, 34 of whom are from Kentucky,...
Man dies after shooting in Louisville's Russell neighborhood, police say
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A man died after being shot in Louisville's Russell neighborhood Wednesday evening. Louisville Metro Police said a man was found shot multiple times in the 1000 block of Esquire Alley just before 5:30 p.m. He was taken to UofL Hospital where he died. Anyone with information...
LMPD: Possible human remains found at construction site in Russell neighborhood
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Metro Police Department said possible human remains were found at a construction site in the Russell neighborhood on Monday. Police were called to the 400 block of S 28th Street around 2:15 p.m. about a report of "what appeared to be human remains." This is a block away from the Norton Sports and Learning Complex.
LMPD: 17-year-old injured after shooting in east Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) is investigating after a teenager was injured in a shooting Tuesday night in the Bon Air neighborhood. LMPD's Sixth Division officers responded to the shooting around 10 p.m. near Winward Way and Radiance Road. Officers found a 17-year-old boy who...
Body camera video shows LMPD officer use jiu-jitsu training to subdue suspect on Bardstown Road
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville Metro Police Officer Mason Barnes was on his routine patrol early Sunday morning on Bardstown Road when a bouncer waved him down. Just before 2 a.m., according to his arrest citation, Noah Carullo had "become belligerent" and was being removed from Chill Bar by security. Police said Carullo then pulled a handgun from his waistband and pointed it at the bouncer. Outside the bar on Bardstown Road, just south of Grinstead Drive, Barnes came over and saw Carullo arguing with security personnel at the bar. Barnes tried to detain Carullo, according to his arrest citation, but Carullo began to run away.
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