Campbellsville dispatch received a call at 5:49 a.m. Friday about a possible human body on Ky Hwy 744.

Campbellsville Police Department and Taylor Sheriff Deputies responded to the scene where they discovered the body of a white female placed in a culvert under Hwy 744.

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An autopsy is scheduled and the identity of the victim will be released.

Police say Dewayne D. Gribbins, of Campbellsville, has been arrested and charged with murder stemming from a domestic related issue pertaining to this investigation.

Attorney General Jack Conway and his Office of Special Prosecutions today announced the guilty plea of Mark Lane Posey in Franklin Circuit Court.  Posey was Chief of Police in Falmouth, Ky. from March 2008 until his resignation February 5, 2015.  

Friday morning, Posey pleaded guilty to abuse of a public trust, theft by unlawful taking of a firearm and criminal possession of a forged instrument.

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“I appreciate the hard work of my Office of Special Prosecutions and my Department of Criminal Investigations in securing a guilty plea in this case,” Attorney General Conway said.  “These laws are in place to protect the citizens in Kentucky from the illegal mismanagement of resources by public officials and to ensure that there is accountability when public servants are entrusted with public funds.”

An investigation by the  Department of Criminal Investigations (DCI) uncovered that between March 2008 through December 2014, Posey took over $500 in funds from a drug task force account.  Posey would solicit donations from local businesses for drug cases and deposit the funds into one account.  Posey would then write checks out of that account for cash and keep the funds for personal use.  Posey then forged the signature of a co-signor to the account.  Also, Posey purchased a gun with Falmouth Police department funds approved by city council and then sold the gun to a friend for a higher amount.

As a condition of his plea agreement, Posey has agreed to pay back $16,700 in restitution and can no longer work in law enforcement.  Posey’s penalty range, two to four years in prison, and the possibility of probation will both be determined by the Court at his sentencing hearing.  Posey is scheduled to be sentenced on December 18 in Franklin Circuit Court.

A Winchester man has been arrested after police say he used physical force upon a loss prevention officer.

The incident happened Thursday at the Target on W. Reynolds Road in Lexington. According to his arrest citation, Phillip Ginter used force and threatened two loss prevention officers who attempted to stop him from leaving the store.

An unnamed woman in an SUV, also pulled up to the door telling the employees that she had a gun and if they didn’t let Ginter go she would shoot them.

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Ginter was charged with robbery and was arrested a few hours after the incident. He is lodged in the Fayette County Detention Center.

The Somerset Police Department is investigating the death of an elderly man.

On Thursday, officers from the Somerset Police Department were sent to a call on Oak Hill Road where a man had been discovered dead inside his home by a friend.

When they arrived,  they found 76-year-old Albert Hail deceased in his residence. Detectives are not releasing many details about the death, but a press release does call the incident a murder.

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The state medical examiner’s office is conducting an autopsy on Hail’s body this morning in Frankfort.

If anyone has information about the Albert Hail investigation, we ask you to utilize any of the Somerset Police Department 24-Hour Crime Tip Line at (606) 676-TIPS, or use our See-Hear-Report text-a-tip program. Send a new text message from your cell phone to “CRIMES” and include “SOMERSETPD” and the information about the tip. In either case, you may remain confidential and anonymous.

Police and family members still need your help to locate a teenager that disappeared almost three weeks ago. 14-year old Mackenzie Marken of Weston left her home early October 11th, and is still missing.

Marathon County Sheriff’s Deputy Matt Anderson says there was a report of Marken being seen October 16th by the school and at Mosinee’s River Park, but no other leads have come in.

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Anderson told WAOW television it’s highly unusual for a teenager to be missing this long. “In my experience, we’re usually able to locate a missing person within maybe the same day or a couple of days. Two weeks is a long time.”

Mackenzie Marken is considered a runaway, and has not attended classes or contacted friends or family since the 11th. “Nowadays, in the world of social media and Internet, it’s very unusual that nobody’s heard from her.”

Investigators have talked to several people, done surveillance and they’ve asked other law enforcement agencies to keep an eye out for her.

If you have any information about the location of Mackenzie Marken, contact your nearest law enforcement agency or call Marathon County Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-877-409-8777. You can remain anonymous and could be eligible for a cash reward.

A 26-year-old Tucker man is in jail on charges of having sex with a 13-year-old northwest Georgia girl.

DeKalb police say Greg Paul Mitchell is being held without bond on charges of child molestation and computer pornography, according to the AJC.

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Authorities have arrested a 26-year-old man they say drove from DeKalb County to northwest Georgia to have sex with a 13-year-old girl.

The Dalton Citizen is reporting that Mitchell drove from his Tucker homemultiple times to meet the girl.

A Murray County detective assumed the victim’s identity and arranged to meet Mitchell, who was then arrested.

The Searcy Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing person.

Sgt. Steve Hernandez told THV11 News that 56-year-old Carl Cobb has not been heard from since October 28 at 6:20 a.m.

Hernandez said it is unusual for Cobb to not answer his cell phone, and family has had a hard time getting in touch with him. He was apparently headed toward Unity Health Medical Center to visit a relative before his disappearance; he never made it there. He has also not shown up for work.

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Cobb is described as standing at 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing around 140 pounds. He could be driving a white 2000 Lexus RX3.

If anyone has any information on Mr. Cobb’s whereabouts, the Searcy Police Department asks them to call the Criminal Investigations Division at (501) 279-1038.

The family of Ali Jo Burress, who was reported missing on June 29, 2015, is now offering a $10,000 reward in exchange for any information leading to her return, in the event she is alive.

Ali J. Burress remains missing. Family offers $10,000 reward.

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According to a special notice issued by the Lamar County Sheriff’s office the family hopes to acquire information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of persons responsible for the death of Ali Burress.

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The 28-year old Paris native woman went missing around 1:30 a.m. Monday morning, June 29. Her call to emergency personnel reporting she had crashed her silver Toyota car into a ditch near a corn field somewhere off State Highway 24 was the last anyone heard of her.

Anyone who may have information as to the whereabouts of Ali J. Burress, please contact Lamar County Sheriff’s office at 903-737-2400.

Missing person description:

Sex: female

Race: white

Age: 28

Height: 5’00”

Weight: 120 lbs

Hair color: blonde w/ reddish highlights or brown

Eye color: brown

Daniel French was found guilty of aggravated murder in the death of 86-year-old Barbara Howe.

On Wednesday he was found guilty of aggravated murder and aggravated burglary, meaning that he is eligible for the death penalty.

French is accused of killing Howe more than two years earlier in Ohio. Howe’s body was found in the trunk of the car.

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During the alleged confession the Journal-News says French tells the detective that he only meant to rob the elderly woman, not kill her.

“I just wanted to see if she had money. I was going to take it.  Basically I took a stun gun. This is all I was going to do. It didn’t work. It wasn’t my intention to choke her to death. I was just trying to get her to black out and she wouldn’t. I choked her to death,” French told detectives.

French told detectives that he was haunted by Howe’s ghost and had apologized to her.

After days of searching, police may be close to finding fugitive Floyd Cook.

According the Burkesville Mayor Keith Riddle, Floyd Cook has been spotted in Cumberland County, Ky. He says that police are actively searching the woods off Highway 61 South.

He has been on the run since Saturday afternoon after allegedly shooting Officer Ahscari Velencia during a traffic stop in Algood.

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After the shooting, A Kentucky State Police trooper spotted Cook’s truck on a Burkesville highway. Police said that during the pursuit Cook wrecked his truck and fired several shots at Trooper Jeremy Baker.

Two people who are alleged accomplices of Cook’s were arrested near White House, TN. Tennessee Highway Patrol said they believe Katie McCarty and Troy Wayne were in the Putnam County area where the officer was shot. They are not sure if the pair was with Cook during the shooting.