Herald-Leader Staff Report
NICHOLASVILLE — Jonathan Lamb, the man accused of ramming his grandfather’s house with a Jeep Cherokee, turned himself in at the Jessamine County jail on Wednesday.
Lamb, 23, was charged with first-degree wanton endangerment, first-degree criminal mischief, and felony theft of a vehicle, said Deputy Sheriff Allen “Doodle” Peel.
Lamb’s vehicle also allegedly hit another vehicle in the driveway of his grandfather’s home on Union Mill Road east of Nicholasville. The incident was reported shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday.
A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Monday in Jessamine District Court. A judge will hear evidence to determine whether there is probable cause to the send the case to a grand jury, which will decide whether Lamb should be indicted.
Lamb remains in the jail in lieu of a $10,000 bond.
NICHOLASVILLE – A Nicholasville man has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly shot a handgun into a vehicle, striking the driver, police said.
Isaiah “Ikie” Wilkinson, 31, was also charged with possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, Nicholasville police said.
The incident happened at about 6:15 p.m. Sunday, when police responded to a call of a shooting on Courchelle Drive.
Witnesses told police there had been a confrontation between Wilkinson’s girlfriend and the shooting victim. When the victim, who was not identified, drove from the scene of the confrontation toward her home, Wilkinson was standing in the street waiting for her, police said. As she drove by, Wilkinson fired one shot into the driver’s side window and struck the victim in the left shoulder, police said.
She was taken to University of Kentucky Hospital for treatment.
Police served a search warrant several hours later at Wilkinson’s house and found several firearms, including the weapon they believe was used in the shooting.
Wilkinson was taken to the Jessamine County jail.
Central Kentucky Bureau
NICHOLASVILLE — The grandmother of a 2-year-old found walking the streets unattended was arrested Tuesday and charged with wanton endangerment, police said.
Nancy Thomas, 66, of Nicholasville was lodged in the Jessamine County jail on a felony charge of second-degree wanton endangerment, punishable by one to five years in prison, police said. No bond had been set as of Tuesday afternoon.
Police were dispatched to the city’s southwest side, where they found a 2-year-old boy wearing a diaper and wandering in a backyard on Melissa Drive.
Police began a neighborhood search for the child’s guardian. Thomas was located at her home on Pinoak Drive. She told police that she was unaware that the child had left the house.
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