Herald-Leader Staff Report
Police were searching Monday morning for three suspects involved in an assault and attempted robbery outside a Lexington McDonald’s.
A man told police he was renting a DVD from a Redbox kiosk shortly after 2 a.m. Monday outside the McDonald’s, 2321 Versailles Road, when a man approached him and asked for five dollars. He declined and the unknown suspect struck him in the head with a bottle, said Chris Sutton, a Lexington police spokesman.
The man ran to his car and the suspect threw the bottle at him striking him in the eye. He sustained only minor injuries, Sutton said.
A second suspect tried to get into the man’s vehicle, but did not. One of the vehicle’s windows was broken, he told police.
The two suspects fled with a third person toward an apartment complex behind the restaurant. Police searched the area, but could not find them, Sutton said.
The first suspect was described as a Hispanic man between 20 to 25 years, about 5-foot-9. He had a thin-line beard and wore a black hooded sweatshirt and black shorts, Sutton said. There was no description of the other two suspects.
If you have any information, call police (859) 258-3600.
Herald-Leader Staff Report
A University of Kentucky student was arrested Friday and charged with assaulting another student who was critically injured last week after he was struck on the head with a bottle.
Kyle Andrew Almy, 24, of Hopkinsville, was charged with first-degree assault and is being held at the Fayette County Detention Center. He is currently listed in UK’s online student directory.
UK student Blair Smith, 19, was in fair condition at UK Hospital on Friday, according to the hospital’s public relations office.
Lexington police found Smith injured Sept. 27 on the 500 block of Euclid Avenue. It appears Smith walked to Euclid from nearby Aylesford Place, where police responded to a disorder about 2:48 a.m. but did not find a victim.
Officer Ann Gutierrez, a police spokeswoman, said police have not determined what caused the altercation. She said there were about 20 people near 328 Aylesford who dispersed when police arrived.
Earlier: UK student’s injuries critical, possibly caused in a fight
The Associated Press
DAWSON SPRINGS — Kentucky State Police have criminally charged a Madisonville woman in a crash that killed three people in June.
A news release from state police says 23-year-old Meagan Gibbs is charged with three counts of second-degree manslaughter, assault and wanton endangerment.
The charges follow a June 9 crash on Kentucky Route 109 just north of Dawson Springs in which 34-year-old Penny Garrison and 12-year-old Jordan Duke of Dawson Springs and 64-year-old Beverly Lopez of St. Charles were killed.
Police said Gibbs’ full size pickup truck crossed the center line and struck the compact pickup truck that carried those who died.
Gibbs and her 1-year-old son Avery Gibbs were treated at a hospital and released following the crash.
Hopkins County court records did not list an attorney for Gibbs.
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