An armed man robbed four businesses in four hours early Christmas morning.

Louisville police say the robberies happened at an America’s Best Value Inn, a Days Inn, a Super 8 and a Waffle House between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. in the morning. The robberies all happened within miles of each other

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The manager at the Days Inn told our sister station WAVE 3 news that the clerk was on the phone with her when the robbery happened.

“He picked up the phone and said I’m being robbed. I was almost in tears at home. i don’t know what I would’ve done if it had been me,”  said Shelley Ferguson, the manager at the Days Inn.

Police are using surveillance video to investigate the crimes.  They believe the events are connected to an attempted robbery at a stop-n-go that happened early Thursday morning.

A lengthy rape investigation has resulted in the arrest of a Monroe man for the sexual battery, and forcible rape, of a six year old girl.

30-year old Jose Galarza is now in jail, facing one count of aggravated rape, one count of sexual battery and one count of oral sexual battery.

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According to an arrest warrant, Galarza was confronted about weird behavior in March, which he denied. Later, it was discovered that Jose had allegedly touched the child sexually, forced her into sex, and tried to hide it.

Galarza is being held on $500,000 bond.

A 4-year-old child is among the four people killed in a deadly crash in Floyd County.

It happened just before 7 p.m. on Christmas Eve in Floyd County, on Kentucky 114, in the Middle Creek Community near Prestonsburg Elementary School. Kentucky State Police say it appears Sandra Bauer, 54, of Salyersville, crossed the center line in her SUV striking a car driven Roland Patrick, 52, of Salyersville.

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Both drivers, along with two passengers in Bauer’s SUV, Nevaeh Bauer, 4, of Teaberry, and an unidentified female, were killed.

Two others in Bauer’s SUV, Pamela Kendrick-Bauer, and Brayden Bauer, 5,  survived the collision and are currently stable. Brayden Bauer had to be extricated from the crash and airlifted to UK Medical Center.

The crash is still under investigation.

Laurel County Sheriff John Root says that on Thursday, around 4:29 a.m., they responded to report of someone trying to steal a pickup truck.

Root says that the incident happened on Slate Lick Road when a homeowner caught a man trying to steal his 2004 Chevrolet Pickup. The homeowner was able to keep the man from leaving.

Curtis B. Brewer, 37 of London, was arrested and charged with Burglary, 1^st, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, Criminal Trespassing 3^rd, and Menacing.

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He was also charged on outstanding warrants for Parole Violation and a Bench Warrant issued out of Knox County.

Root says that further charges may be pending.

One Clay County man is facing charges of multiple charges, including murder and fetal homicide, after his involvement in a crash that killed three women, a toddler and an unborn child.

Jason Gibson, 40 of Big Creek, is facing four murder charges, one fetal homicide charge, 1st degree, wanton endangerment 1st, degree operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs, reckless driving and possession of a controlled substance 1st degree.

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The arrest citation says that police found methamphetamine on his person at the scene of the crash. Tests came back saying he had meth in his system during the crash, according to the arrest citation. Gibson told police he did not remember taking meth before the crash.

The arrest citation also says that Gibson had admitted to taking Xanex bars before the crash.

The crash killed Tiffany Williams, her 2-year-old son, Kyson, her grandmother, Judy Pennington Adams, and family friend, Charlene Lewis, as they were heading to Williams’ doctor appointment. Williams was eight months pregnant and her unborn child did not make it.

A deadly crash claimed the lives of four people, and sent another to the hospital on Thursday night.

It happened just before 7:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve in Floyd County, on Kentucky 114, near the Prestonsburg Elementary School.

The coroner tells EKB News that two cars collided in what may have been a head-on crash. He said two people died at the scene, while two more died at a local hospital.

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The Coroner told EKB News that a fifth person was airlifted for help, however there is no word on their condition.

Investigators aren’t sure what led to the crash, and no names have been released.

Five people have been charged in Dakota County in a suspected identity theft ring that authorities believe impacted more than 150 victims.

Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom says the suspects made initial court appearances Thursday where substantial bail amounts were set. The five men from Las Vegas were arrested after trying to use stolen credit card information to buy thousands of dollars in gift cards from area stores.

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Backstrom says one man told authorities the group flew to Minnesota recently. Backstrom’s office has charged 14 cases like it in 2015 and he suspects it’s part of a broader ring. The people use cloned credit cards containing stolen numbers but are in their own name. When arrested, the men had $21,000 in gift cards.

The victims are from Minnesota and beyond.

A Green Forest man was arrested Friday after a California man reported that someone was trying to steal his identity.

Gerardo Castillo-Pedraza, 30, was arrested at his residence in Green Forest, according to a news release from the Carroll County sheriff’s office.

Fredi Jaimez of Bakersfield, Calif., contacted the sheriff’s office to report that someone in Green Forest was using his name to obtain a credit card, the release said.

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The investigation revealed that a man with the same name as the victim lived in Green Forest and had previous arrests under that name, according to the release.

An investigator with the sheriff’s office submitted the prior arrest information and fingerprints to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for possible identification through the Alien Registration database. According to the news release, the agency confirmed that the individual was actually Castillo-Pedraza, who has no legal status in the U.S.

Investigators arrested Castillo-Pedraza on one count of financial identity fraud and six counts of nonfinancial identity fraud, all of which are felony offenses.

Castillo-Pedraza was held in the Carroll County jail until Tuesday when he was turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said Maj. George Frye with the sheriff’s office.

“Identity theft cases are very difficult to make and we were able to make that one, which I think is newsworthy,” Frye said. “And also somebody was here illegally doing it.”

A Sabetha man learned his sentence Wednesday after striking a plea deal with prosecutors on child sex crimes.

Jackson County Attorney Shawna Miller says that 25-year-old Daniel Thompson was sentenced to 20 months in prison followed by 60 months of parole. She says that Thompson will also have to register as a sex offender for 25 years.

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The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department arrested Thompson last May after an investigation into child porn and the exploitation of a 16-year-old from Jackson County.

Many Signals Communications says that in November he pleaded no contest to one count of sexual exploitation of a child. In exchange for the plea a second count was dropped.