Two men from Tallassee were arrested over the weekend involving an ongoing investigation in DeKalb County.  Thomas Fuller, 62, and Glenn Fuller, 47, both face charges of first degree insurance fraud.

The case stems from a house fire that happened October 18, 2014 in Valley Head.

Thomas is a former police officer from Elmore County. Investigators say he was the Hammondville Police Chief when the fire occurred. Investigators say Tom and Glenn are not related, but have lived at the same residence in Valley Head and Tallassee.

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Investigators arrested both men after searching their home in Tallassee, and transported them do the DeKalb County Detention Center. The investigation, led by Deputy State Fire Marshall Ray Cumbuy, is still ongoing.

Police in Edgewood say that a 10-year-old girl did exactly what she was supposed to after a stranger attempted to kidnap her.

It happened on Monday. The girl told our sister station WLWT that she had been taught how to handle these types of stranger danger. The girl told a reporter that she had walked her cousin home when a man pulled up in a white van alongside her on Roundhill Court.

“I felt something grab at my arm and said, ‘Come with me your mother’s in the hospital. You need to come see her.’ I said, ‘Well that can’t really be right because my mom’s behind bars.’ And he’s like, ‘Oh, I meant your dad.’ And pulled my arm closer and said, ‘Get in the car with me now.’ So I just kind of took off running,” the girl told WLWT.

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A neighborhood friend called 911 after the girl told him what happened. The girl told police that the driver sounded young and that the van was square-bodied and looked like a work van.

The girl’s stepmother told WLWT that they had frequently talked about stranger danger but she had hoped the girl would never have to use the lessons.

“I can’t believe it actually happened. You talk about it and you think about it but you don’t think that’s going to happen to your child. It was scary,” the stopmother told WLWT. “I told her I was very, very proud of her.”

An elementary school is less than half-a-mile from where the incident happened.

A Covington, Ky., couple has been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to distribute heroin in northern Kentucky.

U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning sentenced William Lovelace, 25, to 90 months for conspiracy and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Tonia Cross received a 24 month sentence for conspiracy. Under federal law, both defendants must serve at least 85 percent of their prison sentence, and upon release, Lovelace and Cross will serve terms of supervised release of 10 and three years, respectively.

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Lovelace and Cross pleaded guilty in January of this year and admitted they conspired to distribute heroin in Campbell and Kenton Counties on multiple occasions, between May 1, 2014 and August 16, 2014.

Authorities arrested Cross and Lovelace on August 16, 2014, after observing Lovelace, armed with a handgun, sell heroin in Bellevue.

Kerry B. Harvey, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Howard S. Marshall, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Colonel Wayne Turner, Chief of Police, Bellevue Police Department, jointly made the announcement today.

The investigation was conducted by the FBI’s Safe Streets Task Force and the Bellevue Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Tony Bracke prosecuted this case on behalf of the federal government.

A Warren County substitute teacher is accused of inappropriately contacting a student.

52-year-old Kenneth Hart was substituting at a Richardsville Elementary at the time of the alleged incident.

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Hart has been indicted by the grand jury on four counts of sexual abuse first degree and was arrested on April 20, 2015.

The investigation is still  on going.

Police are looking for an elderly man with mild dementia and Alzheimer’s who failed to return to his Elmhurst home.

David Ruppert, 85, was last seen leaving Magic Scissors on Summit Rd. in Oak Brook Terrace around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, police said. He was driving a silver 2006 Chevrolet Equinox with license plate 502 999.

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Police said Ruppert was last seen wearing a maroon jacket, sweatshirt and a ball cap.

Elmhurst Police are asking anyone with information on this missing person or the vehicle, to contact their local police or the Elmhurst Police Department at 630-530-3050.

Two Knott County parents accused in the death of their baby girl pleaded not guilty in court Tuesday.

21-year-old Ashley Newsome and 19-year-old Joseph Newsome are facing manslaughter charges in the death of the 2-month-old baby. Investigators say that the Newsomes called 911 and were distraught.

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Troopers transported them to the hospital but baby Angel died soon after.

The couple will be  back in court next Tuesday.

Five of the nine people indicted for stealing and selling the rare and expensive Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon were booked into the Franklin County Regional Jail Tuesday night.

In a news conference Tuesday afternoon, Sheriff Pat Melton said that two of the the suspects, Toby Curtsinger and Christopher Preston worked with a Wild Turkey employee, Sean Searcy, to steal tens of thousands of dollars worth of bourbon.

He says the group then sold the spirit for half of market price.

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Sheriff Pat Melton said that booze was only a part of their plan, “You had the steroid side, and the bourbon side,” he said. “The tentacles go out to different folks…all interconnected.”

Jail officials say each of the five arrested Tuesday were released from the jail shortly after posting bond.

Several others have yet to be arrested, and the Sheriff said that more indictments could be handed down in the future.

Detectives with the Franklin County Sheriff’s tell LEX 18 that nine people have been indicted in a bourbon heist that has garnered international attention.

Nine people, including an employee of Wild Turkey and two employees of Buffalo Trace Distillery have been indicted in an organized crime ring which sheriff’s officials say goes back to 2008.

Officers are investigating at least one employee from the Wild Turkey Distillery who they believe helped Gilbert “Toby” Curtsinger steal at least five barrels of bourbon. Sheriff’s officials say these alleged thefts may have been going on for years and that Curtsinger was the ringleader.

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Curtsinger’s wife Julie was also indicted. Others indicted are as follows: Mark S. Searcy, Ronnie Lee Hubbard, Dusty H. Adkins, Christopher L. Preston, Joshua T. Preston, Shawn Ballard and Robert McKinney. The indictment calls them a “criminal syndicate.”

Sheriff Pat Melton said the nine accused people met each other playing softball.

Deputies also say that easily more than 300 bottles of Pappy were stolen and sold over the years for $800 a bottle

There are also charges related to the trafficking of anabolic steroids.

In October 2013, a large amount of Pappy Van Winkle was stolen from the Buffalo Trace Distillery. Officials have recovered several bottles of the stolen Pappy that are linked to Curtsinger.

Curtsinger was a Buffalo Trace Distillery employee.

The sheriff’s office will hold a press conference at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.