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Danville driver charged with DUI after 7-year-old hit

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on December 19, 2008
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A 7-year-girl was taken to University of Kentucky Hospital after she was struck by a pickup in Danville, and the driver was charged with driving under the influence, Danville police said.

Shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday, Ravyn McKitric was trying to cross Wilderness Road in front of her house when she was hit by a blue Dodge Dakota. The driver, Jerry Curtis, 55, of Danville, was also charged with having an open container in the vehicle in addition to DUI, police said.

Ravyn initially was taken to Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville and was later transferred to UK. Her updated condition was not immediately available Friday morning.

Curtis was released from the Boyle County jail Thursday night after a $300 bond was posted. He will be arraigned in Boyle District Court within the next couple of weeks.

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Teens take law into own hands, stop pizza shop burglary

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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.”

Read more in the Danville Advocate-Messenger.

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Rios murder retrial begins Tuesday, victim was from Danville

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on December 2, 2008
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Opening statements are scheduled to begin Tuesday morning in the retrial of Steven Rios, a former Columbia police officer sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for the 2004 murder of 23-year-old University of Missouri student Jesse Valencia, who was from Danville.

On Monday morning, attorneys selected a Clay County jury of 12 primary and 3 alternate jurors for the trial, which will be held in Boone County Circuit Court. Later in the day, Judge Frank Conley denied a defense motion to suppress evidence from a Columbia police interview of Rios, now 31, conducted just days after Valencia’s death.

Read more in the Columbian Missourian.

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Pa. murder suspect arrested in Danville

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By Greg Kocher
gkocher1@herald-leader.com

A fugitive wanted on an attempted murder charge was arrested Wednesday night by Danville police.

Percy Thompson, 21, of Chester, Pa., was found hiding in a house on Smith Street after Danville police received a tip about his location, said Danville police Capt. James Monroe.

The woman whom Thompson is accused of shooting in January has since died, so Thompson will face a murder charge when he returns to Pennsylvania, Monroe said.

The woman was shot after a drug transaction turned violent. Police took a statement from her before she died, as well as from another woman involved in the deal.

Other charges pending against Thompson include assault, robbery and receiving stolen property, Monroe said.

Police also charged Stephen Roth Jr., 22, with hindering apprehension on a felony level. Roth was at the house where police found Thompson hiding in an attic space amid insulation, Monroe said.

Thompson and Roth remain in the Boyle County jail. No bond has been set on Thompson, but a $5,000 cash bond has been set for Roth, according to the jail.

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