Frankfort Police are searching for a teen that has been missing since Monday.

17-year-old Zachary Thomas Watson went missing on Monday afternoon. He was last seen leaving his job.

Family members of Zachary told police that this disappearance is completely out of character and they do not believe he is a runaway.

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Frankfort Police PIO Robert Warfel says they don’t have any information that is suspicious but they don’t are treating it seriously because they say Watson has never threatened to run away and by all accounts is a responsible child.

At the time he disappeared, Watson was last seen wearing a powder blue YMCA long-sleeved shirt and blue jeans. He is 5-feet-8-inches tall, weighs 130 pounds and has hazel eyes.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to contact the Frankfort Police at 502-875-8582.

Richmond Police are investigating what led to three people being shot on Tuesday. The Madison County Coroner said 57-year old Steve Thomas Martin was killed in the shooting, and police are not looking for any suspects.

The triple shooting happened Tuesday afternoon, just before 1 p.m. on Jason Drive in Richmond.

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“It was blocked off with tape, police cars everywhere, the coroner van sitting there,” said Allison Thomas, who lives two doors down from the apartment where the shooting occurred.

Thomas described the troubling sight that greeted her, as she came home to find a bullet in her couch, and several inside her neighbor’s apartment.

“Had he been standing at his kitchen sink, he would have been shot,” said Thomas. “It is scary, very scary.”

So scary, the EKU student wanted to stay anonymous. He said he was napping when gunfire woke him, and bullets flew into his apartment.

“About six or seven gun shots. At first I didn’t know what it was. But, I could tell after I heard the last one, it actually broke my coffee maker,” said the young man.

The gunfire was happening inside the apartment next door, where the coroner said Steve Martin was killed, and police said another man was shot in the head.

“He was actually on the front porch, the police were giving him first aid. He was shot in the head, there was a lot of blood,” said the EKU student. “You could tell, he was alive, talking, responding to the officers.”

The man who was shot in the head was taken to UK Hospital, and on Tuesday night his condition was unknown. Police said they found a woman who had been shot in the foot, driving away in her car. Neighbors said she lives in this same unit.

“I am kind of in shock. I know a young couple moved in two months ago,” said Thomas.

Investigators said all three people are somehow connected, but won’t specify what their relationships are, or what this shooting was about. Richmond Police are continuing to investigate, but it’s not clear if anyone will face charges. Neighbors said they have their theories.

“The only thing I could think is domestic, because I don’t really think there was any drug activity going on,” said Thomas.

The Madison County Coroner said an autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday morning.

Investigators say the career criminal who shot at law enforcement in Tennessee and Kentucky over the weekend is not alone.

It began Saturday in Tennessee when police tried pulling over Floyd Ray Cook.

Cook was wanted for violating the sex offender registry and trafficking drugs but it didn’t take long for the traffic stop to take a violent turn.

“Shots fired! Shots fired! Officer down! Officer down!” came through dispatch.

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The 62-year-old man now faces an attempted murder charge for shooting the officer, luckily it hit his bullet-proof vest.

“I have help coming,” the dispatcher said. “I need you to breathe. talk to me, brother. I know you’re hit. They’re coming.”

An hour later there were more shots, this time in Kentucky when a state trooper tried to pull Cook over.

The convicted rapist and robber wrecked his truck and took off into the woods after a shootout with the trooper in Cumberland County.

Officials expanded the search statewide and the FBI joined in.

Tuesday morning new leads took investigators to Lebanon.

“Police officers were peaking through our front window yelling ‘Police, open up!” said a neighbor who did not want to be identified. “We opened the door to the cops with guns out and hot.”

Officers found no sign of Cook there, but Tuesday morning they revealed he may have help.

They say Cook may be 50 year-old Troy E. Wayne and troopers warn that Cook is as dangerous as they come.

Cumberland county schools have been closed for the past couple of days as they search for the men.

They’ll decide whether to resume Wednesday morning.

Kentucky State Police Troopers are investigating a fatal crash in Johnson County.

It happened Monday afternoon near Paintsville. According to a release, 43-year-old Susan Hensley years old of Inez, Kentucky, was traveling south in the northbound lane of US 23 in the Hager Hill community of Johnson County.

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The vehicle operated by Hensley struck the trailer tire of a semi-truck commercial vehicle owned by Big G Express, Inc.  After the initial collision, Hensley’s vehicle proceeded to leave the roadway and overturned multiple times over an embankment.

Hensley was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Evidence at the scene indicates Hensley was not wearing her seatbelt at the time of the collision, and alcohol is a possible contributing factor.

The driver of the semi was not injured.

A Boyle County man who has ties with a local high school is accused of multiple sex crimes against an underage victim.

According to Danville Police, Bobby Cassady is charged with sexual performance by a minor, unlawful transaction with a minor and impersonating an officer. Cassady pleaded not guilty in a Boyle County Courtroom Tuesday.

According to his arrest citation, Cassady coerced the minor to send sexually explicit photos and videos of himself. When the victim threatened to tell, police say Cassady threatened to release the images and made reference to having arrest powers.

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During the investigation, a second 15-year-old male victim was uncovered.

Cassady’s Facebook page states that he was an assistant coach at Danville High School and the he has done youth work at Gethsemane Baptist Church. Danville High School confirms that Cassady did volunteer with several sports teams.

Gethsemane Church Senior Pastor James Gardner says that Cassady was a youth pastor who has since been relieved of his duties.

Cassady’s family was in the courtroom. His bond was set at $100,000. In order to be granted bond he must wear an ankle monitor and have no access to minors.

He’s being held in the Boyle County Detention Center.

There has been an arrest in connection to a body found in a box earlier this month, WAVE reports.

On Tuesday, Derrek Roark, 39 of Clearfield, turned himself in to authorities in Montgomery County.

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A warrant had been issued for his arrest after the body of Jeffery David Kingdon, 55, was found in a box on South Park Road on October 13. Kingdon’s last known address was Fort Worth, Texas.

WAVE reports that the warrant charges Roark with abuse of a corpse and tampering with physical evidence.

A Boyle County man who claims to have ties with a local high school is accused of multiple sex crimes against an underage victim.

According to Danville Police, Bobby Cassady is charged with sexual performance by a minor, unlawful transaction with a minor and impersonating an officer.

According to his citation, Cassady coerced the minor to send sexually explicit photos and videos. When the victim threatened to tell, police say Cassady threatened to release the images and made reference to having arrest powers.

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During the investigation, a second 15-year-old male victim was uncovered.

Cassady’s Facebook page states that he was an assistant coach at Danville High School and the he has done youth work at Gethsemane Baptist Church. Danville High School confirms that Cassady did volunteer with several sports team.

Gethsemane Church Senior Pastor James Gardner says that Cassady was a youth pastor who has since been relieved of his duties.

He’s being held in the Boyle County Detention Center.

Richmond Police have arrested a man in connection with a stabbing and shots fired incident that happened earlier in October.

Police have arrested 25-year-old Roger Million in connection with a large disturbance that ended with a man being stabbed. On October 8, Police responded to Ballard Drive in reference to shots fired. While enroute to the call, officers were informed that there were up to 20 people involved in the disturbance and that a male had possibly been stabbed.

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When officers arrived, several people were standing in the street screaming and yelling. Witnesses told police that a fight had occurred just prior to their arrival. Officers observed a male lying in the roadway and it was discovered that the male subject had been stabbed and cut during the fight.  The victim was transported from the scene to the UK Medical Center where he underwent surgery for his stab wounds.

Million was subsequently identified as one of the parties involved in the fight and he was implicated in the stabbing.

Officers arrested Million Sunday and took him into custody without incident. A search uncovered a glass pipe containing suspected methamphetamine residue.

Million was charged for Assault 1st Degree and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and lodged in the MCDC.

The former office manager of a Henderson, Kentucky law firm pleaded guilty to wire fraud in U.S. District Court yesterday before Chief Judge Joseph H. McKinley, Jr. for embezzling $264,867.84 during a 30-month period, announced U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.

According to the plea agreement, Krista Kaye Graupner, age 45, of Evansville, Indiana, committed wire fraud while employed at the law firm of King, Deep & Branaman (KDB) between June of 2012 and December of 2014.

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As office manager, Graupner had access to KDB’s bank accounts and was authorized to write checks and initiate ACH payments out of these accounts. During her guilty plea, Graupner admitted to paying her own personal bills using KDB’s funds.

In October of 2014, Graupner also began wiring money from Henderson to various individuals in South Africa who were part of the scheme. Graupner admitted that she would write checks, either for cash or to herself, drawn upon KDB accounts and then use the cash from the KDB checks to wire the money via Western Union to individuals in South Africa. In perpetuating this crime, Graupner made approximately 200 wire transfers from October 2014 through December 2014.

Graupner is scheduled to be sentenced by Chief Judge McKinley in Owensboro on January 13, 2016 and could receive a combined maximum term of 60 years in prison, a maximum fine of $750,000, and a three-year period of supervised release.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Nute A. Bonner and is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Henderson Police Department.

A North Platte man is going to prison after he pleads no contest to insurance fraud. 31-year Josh Salisbury was sentenced by Lincoln County District Judge Richard Birch.

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Birch gave Salisbury one-and-a-half to three years in the state penitentiary. In June of 2014 Salisbury reported his Nissan Maixima had been stolen. He collected over 27-thousand dollars from his insurance. Salisbury later admitted that he drover the car into the canal in order to collect the insurance money.