http://bluegrassbeat.bloginky.com Police and courts in the Lexington, Ky., area Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:50:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You can follow us on our new site at Kentucky.com: http://www.kentucky.com/crime/ http://bluegrassbeat.bloginky.com/2009/06/03/we-have-moved/ The Associated Press LYNCH -- An eastern Kentucky police chief has been arrested and charged with assault, alcohol intoxication and disorderly conduct. The Harlan Daily Enterprise reports that officers in Cumberland arrested Lynch Police Chief James Miller Monday morning. Police say they found Miller intoxicated and his wife with bruises on her neck ... http://bluegrassbeat.bloginky.com/2009/04/07/eastern-kentucky-police-chief-arrested/ By Shawntaye Hopkins and Ashlee Clark - shopkins@herald-leader.com Detective Albert Johnson parked his Honda Accord near the fence that separates Hillcrest Memorial Park cemetery from a retail parking lot. He walked past mounds of dirt and gravel to a grassy area shrouded with tree limbs and litter. Two days earlier, on ... http://bluegrassbeat.bloginky.com/2009/04/06/abandoned-fetuses-stump-police/ By Jim Warren - jwarren@herald-leader.com A man used gasoline to rob a Lexington gas station early Monday morning, police said. According to officers, a man entered the Shell Station at Nicholasville Road and Southland Drive about 2:30 a.m., threw some gasoline at the attendant and demanded money. The robber fled with an ... http://bluegrassbeat.bloginky.com/2009/04/06/robber-uses-gas-to-rob-lexington-gas-station/ By Beth Musgrave - bmusgrave@herald-leader.com FRANKFORT — After deliberating for two days, seven women and five men convicted William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham Jr. of conspiracy and eight counts of wire fraud. [caption id="attachment_864" align="alignright" width="120" caption="Shirley Cunningham Jr. (left), William Gallion (right)"][/caption] This is the second trial for Gallion and Cunningham on ... http://bluegrassbeat.bloginky.com/2009/04/03/fen-phen-jury-gallion-and-cunningham-guilty-on-all-counts/ By Shawntaye Hopkins - shopkins@herald-leader.com Two teens who pleaded guilty in February to charges related to the murder of a fellow gang member in 2007 are scheduled to be sentenced Thursday morning. Manny Erevia, 16, pleaded guilty to murder and Jose Cruz, 17, pleaded guilty to facilitation to commit murder. Both are ... http://bluegrassbeat.bloginky.com/2009/04/02/teens-to-be-sentenced-for-roles-gang-killing/ By Beth Musgrave - bmusgrave@herald-leader.com FRANKFORT — Closing arguments are likely to begin Wednesday in the retrial of two disbarred Lexington-area lawyers accused of taking $94 million from their former clients in a diet-drug settlement. [caption id="attachment_864" align="alignright" width="120" caption="Shirley Cunningham Jr. (left), William Gallion (right)"][/caption] This is the second trial on wire ... http://bluegrassbeat.bloginky.com/2009/04/01/closing-arguments-to-begin-in-fen-phen-trial/ By Shawntaye Hopkins - shopkins@herald-leader.com An owner of the cemetery where the body of an unclothed infant was found Thursday afternoon said the child was discovered by a woman who walks her dog there every day. "She was pretty shaken up," said Carolyn Hale, co-owner of Hillcrest Memorial Park. "It was very ... http://bluegrassbeat.bloginky.com/2009/03/27/dead-infant-initially-thought-to-be-doll-cemetery-owner-says/ By Shawntaye Hopkins - shopkins@herald-leader.com A man wanted in Missouri on several felony charges was arrested Thursday night as Danville police investigated possible narcotics activity in a Sonic restaurant parking lot. Robert Caldwell, 20, of Danville, was inside a white Cadillac where police found marijuana, scales, alcohol and a pellet pistol, Danville ... http://bluegrassbeat.bloginky.com/2009/03/27/wanted-missouri-man-arrested-in-danville/ By Brandon Ortiz - bortiz@herald-leader.com A Fayette County judge imposed the maximum sentence Friday on a man who was convicted of fleeing the scene of a crash that killed a University of Kentucky freshman last spring. [caption id="attachment_2289" align="alignright" width="126" caption="Connie Blount"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_2286" align="alignright" width="162" caption="Shannon Houser"][/caption] Shannon Houser, 37, was sentenced ... http://bluegrassbeat.bloginky.com/2009/03/20/driver-who-fled-fatal-uk-hit-and-run-gets-5-years/