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Jessamine man held in fatal beating, Carlisle woman was killed at farm

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on January 20, 2009

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By Brandon Ortiz
bortiz@herald-leader.com

A Jessamine County man was charged Monday with murder and burglary in connection with the beating death of a Carlisle woman who was staying at a relative’s farm off Paris Pike in Lexington.

Gary T. Stone, 31, was charged Monday with murder, first-degree assault and first-degree burglary. He was being held in the Jessamine County jail.

Stone was arrested Saturday morning in Jessamine County on an unrelated arrest warrant. Lexington police obtained a murder warrant on Monday.

Stone is accused of fatally beating Pauline Mastin, 43, who was staying at a relatives home at 567 Muir Station Road, the location of Fair Trial Farm.

Lt. James Curless said a security guard at a neighboring farm saw a vehicle leaving Fair Trial Farm some time after 4:30 a.m. Since it’s odd for a vehicle to be out at that hour, the guard wrote down a description of the vehicle and its license plate number.

“It gave us a significant investigative lead,” Curless said.

Curless said the suspect broke into the home and assaulted Mastin and her brother, farm manager Bart Mastin.

Bart Mastin was taken to the University of Kentucky hospital with serious but not life- threatening injuries.

Curless called Pauline Mastin “a truly innocent victim.”

Reach Brandon Ortiz at (859) 231-1443 or 1-800-950-6397, Ext. 1443.

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Teens take law into own hands, stop pizza shop burglary

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Steve Lannen

on December 8, 2008

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Two teenage employees of Giovanni’s Pizza in Danville helped prevent a burglary of the business early Saturday morning by calling 911 and then acting as police officers.

Jerry Maxlow, a manager at Giovanni’s, said the employees, who live behind the business, were awoken by “a lot of banging and came outside to see what it was.”

Police arrest woman in fatal break-in

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H-L Justice Team

on September 14, 2008

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By Valarie Honeycutt-Spears
vhoneycutt@herald-leader.com

Police have arrested a Paris woman who they say was involved in a break-in at an apartment complex near Hamburg Wednesday during which a resident shot and killed one of the alleged intruders.

Teshayla Marie Clark, 30, of Paris was charged with first-degree complicity to commit burglary, according to Fayette District Court records.

She remained in the Fayette County Detention Center Saturday night under a $10,000 bond, jail officials said.

According to police, Brian Simpson, 28, was shot and killed after he, Clark and Reginald Laron Jones charged into an apartment on Polo Club Boulevard.

Jones, 24, was arrested Wednesday afternoon and charged with first-degree burglary.

According to police, the couple who live in the apartment answered knocks at the door and were “rushed” by three people with handguns. One of the residents got a handgun and shot Simpson, police said.

No information about any possible relationship between the intruders and the residents has been released. Police have not said why the three people were at the home.

Police have not charged the shooter. Investigators have said the case might be considered self-defense.

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Police say recent assault similar to 1992 slaying

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H-L Justice Team

on September 4, 2008

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Herald-Leader staff report

Kentucky State Police are investigating whether the man arrested in a brutal attack in Breckinridge County last month was involved in the unsolved murder of an Elizabethtown woman in 1992.

Ernest Pine, 58, of Breckinridge County, has been charged with rape, sodomy, burglary and attempted murder. State police said he attacked a woman on Aug. 25 and slit her throat.

Before she was flown to University Hospital in Louisville in critical condition, the woman told police that Pine attacked her, trooper Steve Pavey said.

State police said there are similarities between the attack and the 1992 murder of Elena Sanchez Hawkins, 29, who was found dead by her husband at their home on Jan. 8, 1992.

Her wrists had been bound, she had been sexually assaulted and her throat had been cut, according to the state police Web site. She died from blood loss.

The Herald-Leader does not name people who allege sexual assault.

Ky. state police charge man with attack of woman

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on August 28, 2008

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HARDINSBURG — A 58-year-old man remained in jail and a woman was hospitalized in critical condition after what Kentucky State Police described as a brutal attack.

Trooper Steve Pavey says Ernest Pine of Breckinridge County attacked the woman, raped and sodomized her on Monday. Pavey said Pine slit the woman’s throat and left her for dead after the attack.

Pavey says the woman called a neighbor, who called police. Pavey said the victim told police that Pine was the attacker before she was airlifted to the hospital.

Pine was being held in the Breckinridge County jail on Thursday and is charged with rape, sodomy, burglary and attempted murder. Jail records had no attorney listed for Pine.

The victim is still in critical condition at University Hospital in Louisville.

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Ashlee Clark is the Richmond bureau reporter for the Herald-Leader. She has covered general assignments in Madison, Clark, Estill, Powell and Montgomery counties since she joined the newspaper in September 2007. Ashlee, a Louisville native, is a graduate of Western Kentucky University, where she received degrees in journalism and sociology.

Shawntaye Hopkins is the Herald-Leader’s police reporter, covering local law enforcement, fire and EMS and breaking news. She joined the staff in September 2006 as the newspaper’s night police reporter. Shawntaye, a Louisville native, graduated from Western Kentucky University where she studied journalism and criminology. Shawntaye resides in Lexington.

Delano Massey is the Herald-Leader’s Regional Editor. He works closely with the paper’s bureau reporters and police and courts reporters to plan coverage, pursue breaking news and seek out enterprise stories. A Northeast Ohio native, Delano started his journalism career as a night cops reporter at the Belleville News-Democrat. In 2003, he made the trek to Lexington to take the reins as the newspaper’s daytime cops reporter. Delano, a graduate of the University of Akron, has won numerous awards for breaking news, spot news and investigative journalism.

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