Three members of a Floyd County family admitted in federal court that they attempted to defraud insurance companies out of thousands of dollars.

On Monday, Charles Ray Tackett, 42, his son, Michael Ray Tackett, 25, and his wife, Anna Grace McGuire Tackett, 27, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy before U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves.

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According to court documents, Charles Tackett devised a scheme to defraud insurance carriers, by fraudulently obtaining insurance on classic vehicles. Tackett admitted he purchased vehicles, including a 1971 Cadillac Deville and a 1972 Oldsmobile, and falsely reported to the insurance companies that the vehicles had been fully restored through a body shop, when no such work had been done to the vehicles.

Tackett claimed the cars were worth significantly more than their actual value and he obtained insurance based on the inflated value of the vehicles. After the vehicles were destroyed in a fire, Tackett attempted to recover money by filing a claim under the fraudulently obtained insurance policy.

Tackett also acknowledged he recruited his wife and son to join the conspiracy. Michael Tackett and Anna McGuire Tackett executed similar schemes involving a 1978 Chevy Monte Carlo, a 1979 Pontiac Trans Am, and a 1984 Pontiac Firebird.

Kerry B. Harvey, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Howard S. Marshall, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, jointly announced the guilty pleas.

The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kate K. Smith represents the federal government in this case.

All three defendants are scheduled to be sentenced on June 22, 2015. They face a maximum prison sentence of 20 years and a maximum fine of $250,000. Any sentence will be imposed by the Court after consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and the federal statutes.

Victorino Vasquez, 40, a former High School football assistant coach at Louisville’s Moore High School has been charged with rape.

Police say a girl who was 14 at the time, came forward on Monday night. She said she had consensual sex with Vasquez in the basement of the school’s medical building.

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A representative for the school says Vasquez resigned when the allegations first surfaced back in the fall of 2012.
The case was turned over to police at the time of the allegations.

The victim of the city’s latest homicide has been identified.

The Fayette County Coroner has identified the deceased as 20-year-old Vondre Smithers.

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Police responded to Bellefonte Drive around 7:45 a.m. Tuesday morning for reports of a person lying in the road. Initial reports were that the person had been hit by a vehicle. Fire crews arrived on the scene to discover that Smithers had been shot.

He was pronounced dead at the hospital.

An autopsy will be conducted Wednesday in Frankfort.

Three members of a Floyd County family admitted in federal court that they attempted to defraud insurance companies out of thousands of dollars. On Monday, Charles Ray Tackett, 42, his son, Michael Ray Tackett, 25, and his wife, Anna Grace McGuire Tackett, 27, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy before U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves.

According to court documents, Charles Tackett devised a scheme to defraud insurance carriers, by fraudulently obtaining insurance on classic vehicles. Tackett admitted he purchased vehicles, including a 1971 Cadillac Deville and a 1972 Oldsmobile, and falsely reported to the insurance companies that the vehicles had been fully restored through a body shop, when no such work had been done to the vehicles.

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Tackett claimed the cars were worth significantly more than their actual value and he obtained insurance based on the inflated value of the vehicles. After the vehicles were destroyed in a fire, Tackett attempted to recover money by filing a claim under the fraudulently obtained insurance policy. Tackett also acknowledged he recruited his wife and son to join the conspiracy. They executed similar schemes involving a 1978 Chevy Monte Carlo, a 1979 Pontiac Trans Am, and a 1984 Pontiac Firebird. Kerry B. Harvey, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Howard S. Marshall, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, jointly announced the guilty pleas.

The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kate K. Smith represents the federal government in this case. All three defendants are scheduled to be sentenced on June 22, 2015. They face a maximum prison sentence of 20 years and a maximum fine of $250,000. Any sentence will be imposed by the Court after consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and the federal statutes.