Two people in a van picked up a hitchhiker Thursday night. The man said he wanted to go somewhere and as they were driving, he implied he had a weapon.

When they stopped at Thorntons on North Broadway, a person in the van called police for help.

When police showed up he ran into the trailer park behind the Thorntons. An officer followed on foot.

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The suspect is described as a black male, wearing all black with a black knit cap on.

If you see this man, call Lexington police.

Two men from Nevada and Wisconsin have been found guilty in a $10 million investment fraud scheme involving a Swiss company.

The Justice Department announced Tuesday that 48-year-old Anthony Brandel of Las Vegas and 69-year-old James Warras of Waterford, Wisconsin were convicted by a federal jury in Nevada of conspiracy, wire fraud and securities fraud.

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Authorities say the two conspired with the Swiss company Malom, or Make A Lot of Money, Group AG to ask investors for up-front payment for access to investment opportunities and cash loans.

But the set up was fraudulent and prosecutors say they fabricated bank documents to lure the investors, including a sworn affidavit from Warras in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New Hampshire.

Sentencing is scheduled for March.

The men couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.

Round Rock Police arrested a pastor on charges of sexually abusing a child.

Henry Lee McGee, 68, serves as pastor at the First Baptist Church in East Austin.

McGee was arrested on Monday and faces at least one felony charge of continuous sexual abuse of a child.

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Investigators say McGee had been in a sexual relationship with a teenage girl since June of 2014.

The abuse started when the girl was 13 years old.

McGee lives in Round Rock, and the victim lives in Austin.

Police say the victim in this case was abused in Round Rock and other locations.

McGee was booked at the Williamson County Jail and later posted bond. This investigation is ongoing and additional charges may be pending.

Investigators believe there are more victims and ask anyone with information to call Round Rock Police at 512-218-5500.

A Louisville resident and former volunteer football coach at Jefferson County Catholic schools was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Senior Judge Thomas B. Russell to 87 months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for child pornography charges, announced U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.

Raymond A. Nowacki, age 51, pleaded guilty on July 27, 2015, to a two-count federal indictment charging him with possessing and transporting child pornography by way of a computer. Nowacki remains in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.

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According to the plea agreement, On November 24, 2013 a Task Force Officer with the FBI was investigating Kentucky computers that were actively sharing previously-identified child pornography on the Internet. The IP address was tracked to Nowacki’s Louisville residence. On October 31, 2014, the FBI executed a search warrant at Nowacki’s residence and seized a laptop computer. A forensic review of the laptop revealed several images and videos of child pornography. At the time, Nowacki admitted to downloading child pornography and watching videos of child pornography on his laptop computer. Further, Nowacki admitted that he conducted searches for “teenaged boys” and “teenaged girls” and had been interested in pornography since 2000.

This case was investigated by Assistant United States Attorney A. Spencer McKiness and was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Louisville Metro Police.

KSP have charged another person in connection with the murder of a Meade County man.

Rynn N. McGlinn, 28, has been charged with Complicity to Commit Murder in the death of her ex boyfriend Daniel Shane Allen.

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Allen was murdered on October 7, 2015 in the Battletown community.

McGlinn is being lodged in the Meade County Detention Center.

The case is still under investigation.

An arrest has been made in Prescott, Wisconsin, that might be related to a body found in a box in Kentucky, Prescott and Kentucky authorities say.

The Kentucky State Patrol said it found a body in a box in Bell County. It was sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Frankfurt, Kentucky for identification. The state patrol searched after police in Wisconsin and Georgia alerted them to the possibility that a body might be in the area.

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Police in Prescott say the incident involves a person reported missing in Peoria County, Illinois.

Prescott police say they have detained a person of interest in Pierce County Jail. That person has not been charged.

The Fayette County Coroner’s Office is searching for the next-of-kin for a Lexington man who died of natural causes.

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62-year-old Michael Joseph Bishop died at St. James Place Apartments on December 8. Bishop has several children believed to be in the Lexington area but authorities have been unable to reach them.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Coroner at 859-455-5700

Ronald Exantus, the Indianapolis man charged in the death of a 6-year-old Versailles boy, faces the death penalty after he was indicted Wednesday by a Woodford County grand jury, a prosecutor said.

“Because it was a murder committed during the course of a first-degree burglary, it’s a capital case,” said Commonwealth’s Attorney Gordie Shaw. He said he filed notice Wednesday that he intends to pursue the death penalty.

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In addition to the murder charge, Exantus was indicted on charges of first-degree burglary, two counts of second-degree assault, and one count of fourth-degree assault.

Exantus is charged in connection with the death of 6-year-old Logan James Dean Tipton, who was killed while he slept in his family’s home. The assault charges were filed in connection with injuries to two of the boy’s siblings and a struggle with the boy’s father.

Exantus is being held on a $1 million bond in connection with the slaying. Exantus is a nurse. He worked at a northeastern Indiana dialysis program for Fresenius Medical Care until he was “released from employment,” according to the company.

Public defender Bridget Hofler said Monday she didn’t think Exantus is mentally competent and might have schizophrenia.

“I feel certain he is mentally ill,” Hofler said. “I’m not a psychologist, but I’ve dealt with a lot of people in my career.”

Shaw, the commonwealth’s attorney, said he could shed no more light on why Exantus came to Versailles and why he chose to go to the Tipton house.

“This is going to be one of those that I can’t talk much about,” Shaw said.

Exantus is scheduled to be arraigned Jan. 6 in Woodford Circuit Court.

Meanwhile, the funeral for Tipton has been moved to the Woodford County football stadium at Falling Springs Recreation Center.

Visitation for Logan James Dean Tipton will be 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Clark Funeral Home on Rose Hill Avenue in Versailles. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the football field. It was previously scheduled to be at Woodford Community Christian Church.

A Gofundme page set up for the family has raised more than $42,000 as of Wednesday afternoon. A memorial fund also has been set up at Kentucky Bank in Versailles.

Kentucky State Police said they are investigating a double homicide, after two people were found dead at a residence on Burchell Road in Clay County on Wednesday.

Police said the bodies were discovered just before 1 p.m. after Clay County Deputies received a call that a man was dead outside of his home.

When KSP Detectives arrived, they said they found 64 year-old Leon Jackson and 65 year-old Shirley F. Jackson, both of Manchester, dead of apparent gunshot wounds. Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene by the Clay County Coroner.

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KSP said foul play is suspected, however no arrest has been made at this time. Police said the case is still under investigation.

Investigators said the victims’ bodies will be transported to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy.