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Police: Mask gives away lost robbers

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on October 11, 2008

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police say two men who stopped to ask a police officer for directions were arrested for allegedly robbing a gas station less than two hours earlier.
Lavarr A. Milton, 21, and Guy O. Walker, 18, both of Louisville, were charged Friday with the early morning robbery of a Circle K gas station in Louisville, said Alicia Smiley, spokeswoman for Louisville Metro Police.
Smiley said the men stopped to ask a police officer for directions when “he noticed a mask in the back seat and became suspicious.”
Both men were being held Friday at Louisville Metro Corrections on charges of first-degree robbery and trespassing, police said.

Coroner rules man’s death accidental

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H-L Justice Team

on August 28, 2008

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LOUISVILLE — A corner’s report lists cocaine and underlying heart disease at the causes of a man’s death after Louisville Metro police stunned him with an electronic device.

Thirty-four-year-old Isaac Bass died on July 2 after officers used a stun device to break up a fight between Bass and his brother.

Police spokeswoman Alicia Smiley says Bass went into a “medical emergency” after a police officer shocked him.

Bass was pronounced dead a short time later at hospital emergency room.

The two officers who responded to the fight were placed on routine administrative leave, pending the coroner’s report.

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CONTRIBUTORS

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.

Brandon Ortiz has covered courts, criminal justice and judicial politics for the Herald-Leader since April 2005. Ortiz was a leading contributor to the paper’s coverage of the investigation of the Comair Flight 5191 crash. A native of Fort Worth, Texas, Ortiz has a journalism degree from Texas Christian University. He started at the Herald-Leader in September 2004.

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