A Golden Alert has been issued for a missing Madison County man.  83-year-old Curtis J. Rose of Waco was last seen in the area of Dreyfus Road around 2 p.m. Sunday.

Rose is described as a white man, approximately 6’1″ tall and about 240 pounds. He has brown eyes, gray hair and might be wearing glasses.   Rose was last seen driving a Red 2011 GMC Sierra Extended Cab pickup, with a KY license plate of 101-MKF.  The vehicle has damage to the right and left rear quarter panel and a diamond plated toolbox in the bed.

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Anyone with information about a possible location of Curtis J. Rose is asked to contact the Kentucky State Police, Post 7 at 1-800-222-5555 or at 859-623-2404.

A man who police say cut off his ankle monitor during a chase overnight is still on the run. Lexington Police say they’re looking for 21-year-old Deryk Smith.

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Police say it all started around 2 a.m. Sunday morning, when officers arrived to a call of domestic violence at the 1700 block of Terrance View Drive. They say Smith ran from the scene towards Cardinal Hill, where police tracked the GPS coordinates of his ankle bracelet. The monitor hasn’t been found, but police say they believe it’s somewhere in the area.

Anyone with any information is asked to call Lexington Police.

A Cayuga County man admitted today that tried to lure what he thought were children into sex through Craigslist.

Robert J. Stachura, 45, pleaded guilty in federal court to using the Internet to try to coerce a child into sexual activity. He was arrested last year after he tried to meet a 15-year-old and a 13-year-old in a public park for sex.

Stachura faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life behind bars, Assistant U.S. Attorney Lisa Fletcher said. U.S. District Judge David Hurd scheduled sentencing for June 4.

Police discovered Stachura through advertisements he placed on Craigslist in which he stated that he was seeking sexual contact with minors. He posted lewd images with the advertisements.

In May, a Cayuga County sheriff’s detective engaged Stachura in online conversation, posing as a 15-year-old boy, according to court records. Stachura requested to meet him, and asked him to bring a 13-year-old friend to meet in person for a sexual encounter, court papers said.

Stachura was arrested when he arrived at the meeting spot, in a public park in Auburn.
An investigation and interview with Stachura revealed that there was child pornography on his computer, court papers said.

A robbery at Family Dollar leaves one employee so shaken she was taken to the hospital.

Authorities say a man wearing a dark hoodie with his face covered walked into the Family Dollar on Race Street around 10:00 Saturday morning demanding cash. The suspect implied he had a weapon. He then took off towards Ohio and Fourth Street. He is described as being about 5’6″ but no other description has been given. The clerk was so shaken she was taken to the hospital after the robbery.

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Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact Lexington Police.

A Boyd County man is in jail for allegedly shooting his daughter’s boyfriend. It happened Friday in Ashland.

Officers quickly arrested Todd Fowler. Investigators say Fowler shot Shane Parsons three times.

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Crews at the scene say Fowler’s daughter and two children were in the home at the time of the shooting.

Parsons’ injuries are not believed to be life threatening.

Crews were called out to reports of a hotel on fire Saturday in Whitley County. Fire investigators say the early morning blaze may have been intentionally set.

Just after 6 a.m., 50 firefighters and a total of 5 fire departments rushed to the Mountain View Lodge off Cumberland Falls Highway. When they arrived on scene, firefighters say they saw smoke coming from different ends of the building. The fire was located in one of the hotel’s 300 rooms.

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Corbin police detectives say they were immediately suspicious about the fire because the hotel has been closed for several years and the electricity shut off.

“No body was supposed to be in here we found some evidence that people had been staying here… Mail and clothing things like that,” said William Rose from the Corbin Police Dept.

Detectives say there was no one else on the scene when they arrived, and so far they haven’t pin-pointed a cause.

“Don’t know yet how it started, but the fire was mainly in one room and spread out into the hallway,” said Rose.

Corbin firefighters say they needed help with the building because the hydrants up on the hill here weren’t supplying enough water. Firefighters from West Knox, Woodbine, Keavy and Oak Grove also responded to the blaze.

Although no one was staying in the hotel, officials say it could have been a lot worse.

“It could have been a total loss, the fire department got here quick and was able to get it under control pretty fast,” said Rose.

According to a sign on the front of the building – the hotel was shut down by the franklin circuit court for not paying taxes.

Lexington Police alerted the public this week about a phone scam that has taken a new twist.

Authorities say the scam originally involved calls that would come from a foreign sounding man demanding cash for a kidnapped child, complete with a crying child in the background. These calls have taken a new twist with demands for money for a spouse rather than a child. The latest case involves a doctor at Bluegrass Orthopedics.  The caller claimed to have the doctor’s wife.  Police say the doctor wasn’t fooled and while on the phone with the man had a staff member call to verify his wife was safe.

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Authorities say if you happen to receive one of these calls, get as much information as you can and then call police.