Two-year-old Myra Lewis has been missing for over 45 days and Madison County Sheriff Randy Tucker said the investigation has hit a dead-end.

He held a press conference April 10 urging the media to keep Lewis in the news and continue to circulate her photo.

“This is a plea to keep her name out there and picture out there,” he said. “Nothing has really changed. We’ve followed dozens of leads to dead ends and we don’t really have any investigatory route to follow.”

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Tucker said someone has to know either what happened to Lewis or where she went. He said his office has fielded a leads from a dozen states, some as far away as Washington.

“As far as investigations, we are still looking at phone records,” he said. “We still talk to family members when we can. We still receive and investigate tips to make sure there’s nothing overlooked.”

He added, “This is the most bizarre case we’ve ever worked.”

Lewis was last seen wearing a turquoise sweater with a bear print, off-white pants and pink shoes. She was first reported missing to authorities at 4 p.m. on March 1, but her mother, Ericka Lewis, told law enforcement she was last seen at 10 a.m.

Since then, thousands of man hours have been spent searching and following leads into Myra’s disappearance. Heavy equipment was used to search a septic tank on the property. Over 100 law enforcement personnel from multiple agencies scoured several square miles around the family home using grid searches.

A $20,000 reward is still being offered by the FBI for information relating to the disappearance of Myra.

Myra’s mother remains locked up at the Madison County Detention Center on an unrelated charge.

Ericka Lewis was arrested on March 8 by the sheriff’s department for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Her previous conviction was for welfare fraud. A probation revocation hearing is scheduled for May 19.

Ericka Lewis has three probation violations pending, including the firearm possession, failure to pay court costs, and failure to pay supervision fees.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 601-355-TIPS.

Two people are behind bars after a bizarre robbery in Lexington early Saturday morning.

The duo set up a meeting with the victim for 12:30 a.m. at the corner of Locust Avenue and Limestone Street. The victim thought he was only meeting up with one person: a woman he had met online. He believed he was finally meeting her for the first time in person.

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According to police, when the victim arrived he was approached by the woman and another man, armed with a handgun, who demanded money. The two took the victim’s money and fled, and that’s when police say the victim called 911.

Just a short time after the call, authorities tracked down the male and female at the White Castle on New Circle Road. No names have been released yet but police have said that the female involved in the incident is a juvenile.

About 4:40 p.m. Tuesday, an Oklahoma County sheriff’s deputy pulled over a vehicle that failed to signal while changing lanes at NW 63 and N May Avenue. With permission from a passenger who owned the vehicle, the deputy used a drug dog named Axo to perform an open-air sniff, sheriff’s spokesman Mark Myers said.

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Axo, a veteran dog in the K-9 unit, signaled there were illegal drugs in the car. A search uncovered 1.5 pounds of methamphetamine and more than $5,000 in cash, Myers said.

The deputy who made the arrest is a member of the Central Oklahoma Metro Interdiction Team, a multi-agency unit operating under an agreement between the Oklahoma County district attorney’s office, the Oklahoma City Police Department and the sheriff’s office.

The driver of the vehicle, Eugene Robert Snyder, 51, and a passenger, Kira Leigh Snyder, 32, were jailed on complaints of trafficking illegal drugs and possession of drug proceeds. Each was being held Thursday in the Oklahoma County jail in lieu of $40,000 bail.

Oklahoma City police are asking for help in locating a 16-year-old who has been missing for over a week.

Officers say Anne Josette Hill, 16, was last seen April 10 in the north Oklahoma City or Edmond area.

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Anne is white, with brown hair and eyes, is 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 120 pounds. She was last seen wearing a blue one-piece short set and has a curvy lined tattoo on her right hip.

Anyone who knows her whereabouts should contact the Missing Person’s Unit at 405-297-1129.

James M. Houshour II, the now-21-year-old Salem man accused of having sex with a teenager in 2012, pleaded guilty in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court on Friday to four counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.

According to court documents, Houshour, who was 19 at the time, had sex with the same teenage girl four times in either late June or during the month of July in 2012. The girl was 13 years old when the alleged crimes began, although she turned 14 during the month of July that year. The charges note Houshour knew the girl was between 13 and 16 years old at the time of the crimes.

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Three of the sexual acts reportedly happened at a location on East Washington Street in Lisbon, while the fourth occurred in the Columbiana County Fairgrounds.

Each count of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor carries a possible maximum sentence of 18 months in prison for a total possible sentence of six years, according to Assistant County Prosecutor Timothy McNicol.

Sentencing is scheduled for June 12. Houshour remains in custody at the Columbiana County Jail.

University of Kentucky Police have arrested a third suspect in the attempted car fire at Commonwealth Stadium parking lot on campus Wednesday night.

Jennings Kleeman, 18, has been charged with second degree arson.

On Thursday night, police arrested Cullen Gallaher, 18, and Ian Baughman, 19, and charged them with second degree arson, a felony.

All three are students at the university.

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The Lexington Fire Department reported an empty cardboard beer case had been set on fire and placed under the bumper of a parked vehicle in K lot around 8:50 p.m. Wednesday. The fire was quickly extinguished, officials said, and the vehicle sustained minimal damage.

Male suspects were seen leaving the scene of the incident in a dark Saturn station wagon, UK police said.Two suspects were arrested Thursday night.

UK Police Chief Joe Monroe credited the arrests to surveillance cameras that caught images of the vehicle and the suspects inside.

“Our new camera system that provides extensive coverage of campus was again instrumental in assisting us with the identification of suspects in solving this crime quickly,” Monroe said.

The high-tech system provides more than 400 cameras across campus, and it was used to quickly solve an attempted robbery on South Limestone last month and proved essential in monitoring South Limestone and other areas during recent NCAA Tournament game celebrations.

If anyone has any other information regarding this incident, contact UK Police.

A Carlisle man is behind bars charged with kidnapping and burglary after police say a fight with his girlfriend got out of control.

Jeff Farrow was arrested after he allegedly broke into a home, dragged the woman out by her hair and drove away with her.

It all began late Thursday night in Carlisle where Jeff Farrow and his girlfriend got into an argument at an apartment. A friend of the couple who was also at the apartment tried to diffuse the situation and offered the woman a ride back to Clark County because he feared for her safety.

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Around 4 a.m., police say Farrow showed up at that friend’s Clark County home on Sewell Shop Road, pushed his way inside the mobile home and dragged the woman out by her hair.

The woman’s friend called police and gave them the car’s description and license plate number.

“He showed up here raising all kinds of hell with me and I told him not to go in my house and he did anyway. I went in, wrestled with him a little bit, we knocked the fridge over. He grabbed her by the hair of her head and drug her out of the house, so I called the law on him,” said the homeowner who didn’t want to be identified.

Clark County deputies tracked the car described to Carlisle where they found the victim unharmed, just shaken up and still with Jeff Farrow.

Farrow and his girlfriend went in to talk to deputies Friday morning. Farrow was arrested on a burglary and kidnapping charges.

“She could be more cooperative, and I’m sure she will be later when she thinks about this, but at this time, she’s a little non-committal,” said Berl Perdue.

The couple’s friend says there a reason for that.

” [I] told them she probably wouldn’t say much. She’s probably scared to death of him which I don’t blame her. He’s a big ol’ boy,” he said.

Farrow is now in the Clark County Detention Center. He declined an interview with LEX 18 News.

A Woodford County man was recently the target of a phone scam.

Michael McIntosh said the scammers had all of his information and were threatening to put him in jail if he didn’t payback a loan.

“They told me I was going to jail if I didn’t pay $579 immediately,” he said.

A man claiming to be Sheriff Jack Smith from New York County, New York said McIntosh owed on a Cash America payday loan.

But the truly scary part, McIntosh said they had his address, social security number and other private information.

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“They actually were very convincing until I heard the charges,” he said.

In an attempt to learn more information, LEX 18’s Megan Moore made up a name and called the “sheriff”.

Scammer: Yeah, hello this is Sheriff Jack Smith. I got a call from you, how can I help you?
Megan: I got a call about me owning something, about a payday loan.
Scammer: What’s your name?
Megan: Sarah Johnson.
Scammer: Sarah Johnson…Yeah, Ms. Sarah I got your records. How are you?

After further introductions, that’s when the “sheriff” started talking about the loan and other charges.

Scammer: There is a lawsuit filed against your name and that is a criminal charge on you.

He claims “Ms. Johnson” is facing theft and cyber crime charges and the matter of the loan as well.

Scammer: And finally you’ll have to make a payment of $7,985 to the court execution fees.

If she doesn’t pay, “Ms. Johnson” will get a zero on her credit score and her social security number will be blacklisted. But if she is unable to make that payment, another amount is given.

Scammer: If you make the payment of $590 your file will be closed and that will take care of all the matter. There will be no lawsuit against you. No charges against your name.

Woodford County Sheriff Wayne Wright said these scammers know what they’re doing.

“It’s real hard to understand what they’re saying but the minute they try to instruct you about payment that is crystal clear,” he said.

“Ms. Johnson” was then told what would happen if she couldn’t pay the second amount.

Scammer: You will be arrested by your local sheriff.
Megan: And who is that?
Scammer: Yea…we will, we will transfer case to your local county sheriff’s office tomorrow by 11 a.m. and you will be arrested. Do you want to make your payment or not?
Megan: How do I pay this?

The “sheriff” begins to get frustrated with the questions and that’s when it gets ugly.

Scammer: So you want to resolve this matter?
Megan: Well, how do I do that?
Scammer: I’m asking you, (explicative). First of all do you want to make a payment or not?

“You know they don’t care how much damage they do to you, they want your money,” Sheriff Wright said.

After eight minutes on the phone, the scammer gives up on the call.

Scam investigators said to be careful about giving out your information online. Also, avoid free credit checks or sweepstakes. That information is often sold to these kinds of scammers.

An Ohio woman and two men from California were indicted by a federal grand jury in Louisville this week on charges of conspiring to knowingly and intentionally possessing with the intent to distribute fifty grams or more of methamphetamine, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.

Brenda Buenrostro, age 21, of Fairborn, Ohio; Ricardo Morales, age 27, of Los Angeles, California; and Luis Villa, age 29, of Milpitas, California, were charged in a two-count indictment. Because of the interstate nature of the crime and the large quantity of methamphetamine seized, the case was referred for federal prosecution.

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According to a Metro Louisville Police Department arrest report, on March 27, 2014, police initiated an investigation after observing suspicious activity by the defendants. The investigation led to the search of the defendants’ room at the Economy Inn located at 3304 Bardstown Road and resulted in the seizure of approximately seven pounds of methamphetamine, with an estimated street value of $210,000, along with various items of drug paraphernalia.

If convicted, the defendants face a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison, a maximum sentence of life in prison, a fine of $10,000,000, and a term of supervised release of at least five years upon release from prison.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Larry Fentress and is being investigated by the Louisville Metro Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

The indictment of a person by a grand jury is an accusation only and that person is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

A Henderson County, Kentucky woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court this week by Chief Judge Joseph H. McKinley, Jr. to 125 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for robbing a bank and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.

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Meiesha R. Sharp, 25, of Henderson, was sentenced after pleading guilty to brandishing a .380 caliber pistol while robbing the Fifth Third Bank located in Henderson of $29,068.95 on June 29, 2012. According to the charges, Sharp put the life of another person in jeopardy by the use of a firearm. In return for the guilty plea, the United States agreed to drop four additional charges in a superseding indictment. There was no order of restitution, because the stolen money was recovered by the Henderson Police Department. Sharp was ordered to remain in custody. There is no parole from federal prison.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Thomas W. Dyke and Sungtae Kang and was investigated by the Henderson Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).