Lexington Police have called a Wednesday afternoon press conference to discuss a troubling scam.

A spokesperson for the police department says over the past two days, they’ve investigated reports of scammers who are attempting to extort parents out of money with claims that their child has been kidnapped.

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This afternoon, police will discuss how to deal with the scammers if you find yourself in the situation and what they’re doing to track them down.

Kentucky State Police troopers in Richmond are investigating a missing juvenile out of Madison County.

Investigators say 17-year old Harley D. Bussell was reported missing Tuesday around 10:30pm, by her father who says she did not return home from school. She was last seen that morning when her father dropped her off at Madison Southern High School.

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The initial investigation indicates that Bussell left the school and ran away with an unknown person. Harley is a white female, 5’3″ tall weighing approximately 125 pounds. She has blonde, shoulder length hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a black jacket and red tennis shoes.

Harley’s current location is unknown and she has been entered as a missing person.

If you have any information about the possible location of Harley or if you have seen her, please call the Kentucky State Police, Post 7 at 859-623-2404

A Romeoville man found guilty late last year of filming child pornography and sexually assaulting a young girl for nearly 10 years will spend at least the next six decades in prison.

Will County Judge David Carlson on Tuesday sentenced 38-year-old Timothy Brandt to 108 years in prison. He will not be eligible for parole for 66 years, the Herald-News reported. If he’s ever released, he will have to register as a sexual predator for the rest of his life.

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Brandt was arrested in May 2013 on criminal child sex abuse and aggravated child pornography charges after investigators executing a search warrant at his Romeoville home found a laptop containing videos showing Brandt sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl, authorities said at the time. The arrest came after a two-month investigation by the Will County High Technology Crimes Unit, Romeoville police and the Secret Service after he posted videos and photos of himself abusing the girl.

The judge reviewed evidence showing that Brandt had molested the girl since she was 4 years old

A traffic stop in Dover led to the arrest of a passenger who had a stash of cocaine hidden in his prosthetic leg, city police said Tuesday.

Safe Streets Unit officers stopped an SUV for a traffic offense shortly after 2:30 p.m. Monday in the area of McKee Road, south of College Road, Cpl. Mark Hoffman said.

A city police K-9 alerted for illegal narcotics in the vehicle and officers searched the front seat passenger, finding 28.7 grams of cocaine hidden in his artificial leg, Hoffman said.

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Marlow Holmes, 39, of the 600 block Crawford Ave., Dover, was charged with cocaine possession with intent to deliver, cocaine possession in the highest-quantity category and drug paraphernalia possession.

He was committed to Vaughn Correctional Center near Smyrna after failing to post $81,000 secured bail.

A 24-year-old woman has been arrested in the death and abandonment of her newborn baby found earlier this month in a recycling center, Chief James Berlin said Monday.

The woman had been pregnant and acquaintances were suspicious about her explanation for the absence of a baby, Berlin said.

The baby boy — estimated to be 1-3 days old — was discovered Jan. 14 by workers sorting items at the ReCommunity Recycling Depot on the 30600 block of Groesbeck.

According to the police, the infant’s body showed no obvious signs of trauma and still had the umbilical cord attached, meaning the baby may have been discarded shortly after birth.

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Donations to provide a proper burial have poured in from around Macomb County.

Kaul Funeral Home in Roseville will donate its services and provide a casket for the infant, manager Timothy McGillen said earlier this month.

McGillen said he is uncertain when the service would be held.

The baby also has an unofficial name: Henry Alexander Macomb, Berlin said earlier this month. Workers at the Macomb County Medical Examiner’s Office named the boy after the county’s namesake, Gen. Alexander Macomb, Berlin said.

“They thought he looked like a Henry,” he said. “He deserves a name. He deserves to be more than a number.”

Clinton Township supervisor Robert Cannon announced earlier this month that Rizzo Environmental Services and the Clinton Township Fire Fighters Association Local 11381 will buy a headstone for the boy.

The newborn will be buried in Resurrection Cemetery, 18201 Clinton River Road, in Clinton Township.

Shortly after the depot announced the discovery of the body, it was contacted by the Meridian Police Department, which was working to locate a missing baby in Ingham County. But DNA tests determined it was not the same missing boy.

Anybody with information is asked to call the Roseville Police at (586) 447-4483 or Crime Stoppers at (800) 773-2587

The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office says  a missing 16-year old girl has managed to contact her parents, but “sounded scared” after “horrifying” text messages were received.

Veronica Angelina Bobadilla of Laurens could be traveling to Texas through Georgia and Louisiana to meet someone she had been communicating with on Facebook, according to LCSO investigators.

Veronica’s parents said their daughter called Tuesday afternoon and told them she was on her way home — but when relatives did talk to her she “sounded scared” with a man yelling at her in the background.

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Officials said Veronica is still considered missing because she has not returned home yet — and her parents said she told them it could take a while before she is able to return.

The search was launched after relatives who tried to contact Veronica said they got text messages saying, “I’ve killed Veronica. Stop texting her,” WYFF reported.

One friend, said: “We received the email off her Facebook … with horrifying news..”

Veronica’s relatives said that 2 calls they had with her were both worrisome.

“She was talking very, very low like she was scared and my brother called and said that he heard a man on the phone screaming at her, ‘Get up, cook my food, wash my clothes and clean my house now,'” her mom, Brandie McCuen told WSPA-TV.

Deputies say Veronica was last seen at her home on Conway Avenue In Laurens around 4:10 p.m. Monday.   Veronica recently asked her uncle how long it would take to get to Texas.

WYFF also reported that one of Veronica’s friends received a Facebook message from the teen saying, “I killed Veronica ya’ll want (sic) find her.”

Veronica is described as a Hispanic/white girl, 5’4″ and weighing 180 pounds. She has black hair and brown eyes.

If anyone has seen or know where she can be found you’re asked to please call 911, CRIMESTOPPERS at 68-CRIME or the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office at (864) 984-4967.

Police say a Florence woman has been arrested for using her dead sister’s identity to get a credit card.

Ashley Nicole Peters, 20, is charged with identity theft.  Investigators say she obtained a credit card using her sister’s credit information and used it at several businesses over a three-month period.

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Peters also faces charges for stealing a wood chipper and selling it to a pawn shop.

She’s being held at the Lauderdale County Detention Center on bail totaling $2,500.

Deputies in Pendleton County say a teenager is dead after a crash Monday afternoon. It happened on U.S. 27 just before 1 p.m.

Deputies say 18-year-old Bradlee Beagle of Cynthiana was driving a 2008 Chevy pickup and swerved to avoid hitting the car in front of him. That car had apparently stopped to avoid hitting an animal.

Investigators say Beagle crossed the 3-lane roadway and went over an embankment, flipping several times. The passenger in the truck, 18-year-old Darin Williams of Cynthiana, was ejected and pronounced dead on the scene. Investigators say Williams was not wearing a seat belt.

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Officials with Harrison County High School say they will have counseling available for students who knew Williams. They say this is the second student from their senior class to die in a car accident in just two months.

Special Agent in Charge Howard S. Marshall, Federal of Bureau of Investigation and Commissioner Rodney Brewer, Kentucky State Police, jointly announce the arrest of Robert Caldwell.

Robert Caldwell was arrested Tuesday at approximately 3:35p.m. after a vehicle and subsequent foot pursuit by the Kentucky State Police, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department and Stanford Police Department.

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Caldwell had abandoned a vehicle in Pulaski County and carjacked another vehicle a short distance away.  Caldwell will potentially be facing both State and Federal Charges.

This arrest stems from an early morning carjacking and kidnapping on Jan. 22, 2015 in the Kansas City area.  The victim was able to escape after a struggle with his assailants and was recovered near St. Louis.

At least one of the suspects, believed to be Robert Caldwell, fled in the victim’s vehicle.  The vehicle was later recovered in Bardstown, Kentucky after getting involved in a car accident.  Caldwell is 25-years -old and from the Danville area.
SAC Marshall and Commissioner Rodney Brewer wish to specifically acknowledge the following law enforcement agencies who participated with the search for Robert Caldwell: Kentucky State Police, Boyle County Sheriff’s Department, Stanford Police Department, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department, Junction City Police Department, Nelson County Sheriff’s Department, Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department and Knoxville Tennessee Police Department.