By Andrew Wolfson
awolfson@courier-journal.com
Over the tearful objections of one of his former wives and another witness, who asked for a harsher penalty, accused bigamist George W. Dumstorf Jr. was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for providing counterfeit certificates of deposit as collateral for nearly $850,000 in loans.
Often crying as she spoke, Martha Irene Weed, who married Dumstorf in 2004 while he allegedly was still married to the first of his three wives, said part of her “still loves him dearly,” but he can’t be trusted.
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Two men accused of hanging an effigy of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on the University of Kentucky campus pleaded not guilty Friday in Fayette District Court. Their attorney said afterward that the incident has been “blown out of proportion.”
Maggie Greene says she knows about poverty and unconditional love.
And now the 22-year-old journalist - an intern for The State Journal - knows firsthand what it’s like being on the family end of a horrible news story.
For almost five years when she was a child, Greene lived in Owen County with her cousins Penny Michelle Brown and Tim Brown, who made national news this week.
Read the full story in the Frankfort State Journal
On Oct. 24, Penny Brown’s mummified body was found in the trunk of her brother’s car.
PADUCAH, KY - Paducah Police arrested Eric and Melissa Youngblood of Paducah this morning. Both are charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and firearm enhancement.
Eric Youngblood is running for Paducah City Commission. His wife, Melissa Youngblood, is running for Paducah City School Board.
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GRAYSON, Ky. (WSAZ) — State troopers in Kentucky say a man who was driving under the influence is lucky to be alive.
Kentucky State Police say 44-year-old Charles Kouns of Olive Hill was driving north on Damon Branch Road near Grayson when he lost control, entered a creek and hit natural gas line.
Read the full story at WSAZ.com
By Steve Lannen
slannen@herald-leader.com
Indianapolis Police are investigating information a man is offering in the disappearance of an Eastern Kentucky University student.
Molly Dattilo, who is from Indiana, has been missing since July 6, 2004. She was last seen in Indianapolis, where she was studying and living over the summer months.
Police are investigating some claims made by a man named John Shelton, said Sgt. Paul Thompson, an Indianapolis Metro Police spokesman on Friday. Shelton is thought to have been with Dattilo on the night of her disappearance
Shelton is in custody on an unrelated charge. Thompson declined to comment on reports that Shelton is offering information in exchange for a plea bargain. He did say that Dattilo’s case remains a missing persons investigation.
Some confusion was created because the lead detective on the case was transferred from the missing persons department to the homicide department but continues to work the Dattilo case, Thompson said.
A man was sentenced in federal court in Lexington on Friday to 10 years in prison for using a computer to entice a 14-year-old Madison County girl to engage in sexual activity.
Timothy Scott Richerson, 40, of Greensburg admitted in July that he met the girl on a MySpace.com page, where he represented himself as a 16-year-old boy. Richerson communicated with the girl through the computer and by telephone during the summer of 2007, according to a release from the U.S. attorney’s office.
In September 2007, Richerson traveled from his home in Green County to the girl’s house in Madison County. Richerson picked up the girl and drove to a location near her home and had sex with her.
After becoming suspicious, the victim’s mother found some sexually explicit text messages on the girl’s cell phone and reported it to Richmond police. Richerson was indicted in March.
Two men have been charged in connection with an elaborate diesel gas stealing operation in Cobb County, Ga..
Douglas Eriquezzo, 36 of Woodstock and Tommy McKenzie, 34 of Harlan, Ky., were arrested Monday after being caught with 1,500 gallons of top-grade diesel fuel in a moving truck, according to police. Eriquezzo and McKenzie allegedly used a generator to siphon gas from diesel trucks, said Cobb County detectives. Police believe they were selling the gas —- valued at $6,000 —- to small business owners.
Read the full story in AJC.com.
The Lexington Division of Fire launched on Wednesday its annual toy program at the #1 fire station at 219 East Third Street. Below is a schedule of events for the Firefighter toy program:
- 11/3 to 11/28 Toy Program signs ups from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 2555 Palumbo Drive.
- 11/17 to 11/21 FOF & ZRock Homeless for the Holidays, Kmart, 2520 Nicholasville Road.
- 11/20 FOF Bachelor Auction, 7 p.m., Blue Moon Saloon, 815 East Euclid Avenue.
- 12/6 Chuck Williams Auction 2 p.m. at 2555 Palumbo Drive.
- 12/13 Toy Distribution Day
SOURCE: Lexington Fraternal Order of Firefighters
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LOUISVILLE — A grand jury in Louisville has indicted a former public school principal and a bookkeeper with stealing funds.
The Courier-Journal reported the indictments handed up Wednesday against Adrian Sanford, who was the principal at Dixie Elementary School, and Toneke Bullitt, who kept the school’s books.
Both are charged with theft by unlawful taking, tampering with physical evidence, fraudulent use of a credit card and abuse of public trust.
The charges come after school officials’ own investigation revealed about $69,000 in payments from school funds could not be substantiated.
The newspaper said Sanford referred questions to his attorney John Stewart, who could not be reached.
Bullitt could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
Information from: The Courier-Journal, http://www.courier-journal.com
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