Police and courts in the Lexington, Ky., area
Johnny Vaughn, the Laurel County man arrested late last year for allegedly shooting his neighbor following an argument, was indicted on attempted murder and assault charges by a grand jury Friday in Laurel County Circuit Court.
Vaughn, 35, of Sally’s Branch Road in London, is charged with the Dec. 20, 2008 shooting of neighbor Georgiana Cowden.
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A grandmother who left her grandson in a hot car for hours will not face any charges.
The Laurel County grand jury refused to indict Linda Long on Friday morning.
A Laurel County man accused of leading a sheriff’s deputy on a chase early Thursday morning now faces a murder charge in the death of his passenger.
The incident happened at about 2:30 a.m. in Laurel County in the East Bernstadt area, when a sheriff’s deputy tried to stop a car for a traffic violation. Police say the driver, James Peters took off from the deputy, and allegedly threw a large tank and two smaller tanks out of the car during the chase. Authorities say those tanks may have contained meth making material.
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By Steve Lannen
A 2 ½-year-old boy was found dead inside a locked vehicle Friday afternoon in London.
Madison Nose was found inside a Suzuki SUV with the windows rolled up about 4:30 p.m. The vehicle was parked in a parking lot near St. Joseph’s Hospital.
It appears as though the boy’s grandmother, who has not been identified, forgot to take him to day care and went to work at the hospital. The child was left in the back seat of the vehicle all day. He died of hyperthermia, Laurel County Coroner Douglas Bowling said.
Temperatures were in the low 80s in London on Friday. It likely was much hotter in the vehicle, Bowling said, but he could not say how hot.
Police took the woman into custody, but it was not clear whether she would face charges, Bowling said.
Kentucky State Police early Thursday morning arrested two suspects in the death of a man in Laurel County on Sunday.
Troopers said they arrested Dwayne K. Riley, 43, and Terry Edward Riley, 38, of East Bernstadt, at about 2 a.m. Thursday.
Dwayne Riley is charged with murder, tampering with physical evidence and resisting arrest, as well as drug-related offenses.
Terry Riley is charged with tampering with physical evidence.
Both men are being held in the Laurel County Detention Center.
They were arrested in connection with the killing of Devin Overby, whose body was found along the side of Happy Hollow Road in Laurel County on Sunday.
Police said they also are seeking a third man, identified as Jason Frazier. Anyone with information is asked to call the state police post at London.
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