Two men have pleaded guilty to child rape charges in Pender County.

District Attorney Ben David says Thursday Bryan Powell, 30, pleaded guilty to first degree rape of a child, first degree sex offense of a child, attempted first degree sex offense of a child, sex offense in a parental role, and indecent liberties with a child. Powell was sentenced to 20 to 29 years in prison.

David says Powell confessed to detectives at the Pender County Sheriff’s Office that he had sexually abused his 12-year-old step-daughter over a period of one to two years while he was married to her mother.

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After his release Powell will be required to register as a sex offender. The judge also required Powell to be electronically monitored for 5 years after his release.

Inferiah Page, 22, is also facing some time. He pleaded guilty to one count of second degree rape. He was sentenced to 6 to 12 years in prison.

David says the victim in this case was a 13-year-old minor living in a foster care setting when she was assaulted by Page in 2013.

Page will have to register as a sex offender and be electronically monitored for 5 years after his release.

“Rape is a crime of violence and will be punished to the full extent in my office,” David said.

Police in Louisville continue the search for the suspect in a fatal stabbing Sunday evening.

Police say the victim got into a fight with a person inside a gas station along South Floyd Street in the Old Louisville neighborhood just before 7 p.m. The suspect stabbed the victim several times during the altercation. EMS rushed the injured man to the University of Louisville Hospital where he later died.

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The AP identifies the victim as Paul Cason, 76.

Police say they are working with witnesses trying to find out more information about the suspect.

Acting United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. today announced the indictment of a New Albany, Indiana, man on charges of interstate transportation for prostitution.

David McNeary, age 33, was charged by grand jury indictment on May 20, 2015. The indictment was unsealed yesterday during his initial appearance before Magistrate Judge Colin H. Lindsay. Today, during arraignment and detention hearing, Judge Lindsay placed McNeary on home detention with work release. McNeary was arrested Friday, May 22, 2015, in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

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According to the indictment, between January 2014 and March 2014, McNeary, knowingly transported four different adult females during at least three different trips from Indiana to Kentucky, with the intent that they engage in prostitution.

If convicted at trial, McNeary could be sentenced to no more than ten years in prison for each count, no less than five years of supervised release and fined $250,000 for each count.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Amanda Gregory and is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

The Brantley County Sheriff’s Office has issued a missing person alert for a 15-year-old girl.

Ericka Rentz was last seen before bedtime wearing a pink tank top on May 26.

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Anyone with information about her is asked to call the Brantley County Sheriff’s Office at 912-462-6143 or Brantley County 911 at 912-462-9119 or call a local law enforcement agency.

The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is issuing a warning about a scam after someone stole a Jessamine County man’s car after he saw an ad on Craigslist.

The sheriff’s office said the seller posted an ad selling his Camaro on Craigslist and a man out of Indiana responded. After he expressed his interest, the two set up a meeting at a truck stop in Waddy, Ky., so that the interested party could take the truck for a test drive.

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Just minutes after leaving the truck stop the potential buyer pulled the Camaro over and asked to look under the hood. When the seller got out of the vehicle, the man took off in the car.

With little info to go on, the sheriff’s office hopes they can locate the car before it’s too late.

“They move these cars quick it is very easy for them to take them somewhere and strip them down or take the VIN and make a clone of it you know a lot of these guys are professionals,” says Detective Eric Hettinger.

Police say the best advice they can give is always get a name, even if you have to ask for an identification, and always get to a meeting location early. Take notes of the license plates of any perspective buyer.

Thankfully in this situation, the seller was not hurt when he was stranded .

Health care officials in Madison County are searching for answers  after thousands of medical records containing patient information were found in a dumpster.

The records were found at the AAA Rent-a-Space in Richmond. By HIPAA laws, medical records should be shredded when disposed. The paper work, which belonged to a radiology clinic that practiced in Richmond in the late 90s and early 2000s.

Carl Swanger, the Madison County man who discovered the records, was throwing something in the dumpster at the storage center when he noticed that the bin was full of dozens of boxes of medical records that contained very personal information including social security numbers, birth dates, and medical conditions.

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He took the documents to the nearby Baptist Health, thinking they may have come from there.  Baptist Health is keeping the records in a secure area as they look into what should be done with them.

Baptist Health officials say they’re also trying to track down the original physicians who were in charge of these medical records.

Three people were hurt and one man was arrested in a Clark County fire Sunday evening. Police say they’re still investigating what caused it, but the homeowner says he has an idea.

“I smelled something real funny like metallic or something,” said resident Jon Ratliff.

Jon Ratliff, who says he lives in the apartment where the fire broke out, was letting a couple stay with him. He says he was watching TV in the living with his fiance when the woman came out of the bedroom yelling.

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“She’s on fire yelling ‘help’ so I had a blanket on the back of my chair. So, I grabbed the blanket and started putting her out,” he said.

“Someone said that a meth lab blew up in her face, so I was freaking out,” said neighbor Angela Fraley.

Detectives arrested James “Joe” Abner after firefighters put out the fire at some apartments on Carolina Avenue. Police had to evacuate 8 apartments as a precaution. Some neighbors explained what police told them had happened.

“That’s what blew up, was the fuel, that they actually did not get to finish the process of the meth lab,” said Fraley.

Ratliff says he was trying to help the couple, who used to be his neighbors, but had recently gotten kicked out and had no place to go.

“You let somebody stay with you and this is what happens,” said Ratliff.

Police say they are still investigating what caused the fire.