Police are taking a closer look at a burned down house in Richmond that looks to have the remnants of a meth lab.

The Richmond Fire Department put out flames a little after 4 a.m. Monday morning at a home on Barnes Mill Road.

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The fire chief says the house was boarded up and the electricity turned off.

An arson investigator is taking a closer look at some of the items found inside that police suspect may be related to a meth lab.

A former Grant County band director, who admits having sex with a 14-year-old student, was sentenced to 10 years behind bars Monday in Kenton County.

Kenneth Owens made a plea deal in Grant County court entering the guilty plea to rape, sodomy and sexual abuse.

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Prosecutors said Owens had sex with at least two young women.

In addition to prison time, he will lose his teaching license and will have to register as a sex offender.

Owens will be sentenced in Grant County on other charges in April.

A former employee of Golden Town Buffet has admitted to his role in an identity theft case surrounding the restaurant.

Pheng Sathongoth used numbers stolen off customers’ credit cards to steal thousands of dollars in merchandise.

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Several other employees have been previously arrested in connection with the case.

Sathongoth faces up to seven years in state prison when he is sentenced. He must also pay back $5,901.55 in restitution.

The restaurant has since closed.

A North Texas insurance agent was sentenced to more than 24 years in federal prison for his role in a $4 million life insurance scam that used elderly straw buyers.
Vincent Bazemore, 40, formerly of Aubrey, Texas, was sentenced Friday to 292 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $4.01 million in restitution.
A jury deliberated for just an hour before convicting him of four counts of mail fraud in July 2013.
Bazemore worked as an insurance agent in Denton County from October 2007 to April 2009. He issued stranger-initiated life insurance policies, or STOLIs, for applicants of modest financial means, according to the October 2012 indictment . Bazemore misrepresented the straw buyers to insurance companies as wealthy people seeking insurance for estate-planning purposes. He then transferred the policies to investors – a practice condemned by insurance companies.

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“STOLI policies circumvent state insurable interest laws and are inconsistent with the established and legitimate purposes of life insurance,” the indictment stated. “In order to deter STOLI policies, life insurance companies required applicants to meet certain standards.”
Prosecutors said Bazemore solicited elderly people to apply for policies by claiming the life insurance was an investment with no financial cost or exposure and would result in a sizable monetary benefit to heirs.
“Bazemore prepared the applications and related documents on behalf of the applicants that contained forged signatures and falsified financial information to induce the life insurance companies into issuing the policies,” prosecutors said in a statement Friday.
“Bazemore also submitted the false and fraudulent applications and related documents to financial institutions to obtain premium financing on the policies. … Bazemore had agreements with insurance companies and managing agents that provided he would receive, for each policy issued on an application he submitted, a commission of 95 to 105 percent of the first year’s premium paid on the policy.” Insurance companies to which Bazemore submitted applications include Principal Life Insurance Company, Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company, ING Annuity and Life Insurance Company, John Hancock Life Insurance Company, Sun Life Assurance Company and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

Surrounding law enforcement agencies are looking for 26-year-old Chase Tyler Massner who was last seen on the afternoon of March 27.

A spokesperson for the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office said investigators are working closely with Cobb County Police to locate the missing man, who was last seen around 1 p.m. last Thursday at his friend’s house, located at 555 Farmbrook Lane in Kennesaw.

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Massner’s wife and mother reported him missing on Friday.

The missing man was described as being 6-foot-2 with dark brown hair and brown eyes. He reportedly weighs about 175 pounds and has several tattoos, including a treasure chest and an angel on his arm. He also has a chest tattoo of two roses, authorities said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the sheriff’s office at (770) 928-0706.

A Clearwater man was charged Saturday with two counts of sexual battery on a child and his wife was charged with not reporting the abuse, deputies said.

James P. Millard, 29, of 1304 Sunset Point Road, was arrested after the 8-year-old victim told authorities he sexually battered her multiple times over the past two years, deputies said.

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Millard told deputies he sexually abused the girl twice, according to a release from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.

Millard’s wife, Jennifer Millard, 31, was charged with one count of child neglect after deputies learned that she knew about the abuse but did not report it, according to the release.

The crimes occurred at a private residence in Pinellas County and the victim knew her abusers, deputies said.

James and Jennifer Millard were taken to Pinellas County jail. James Millard’s bond was set at $100,000 and Jennifer Millard’s bond was set at $5,000.

Rosenberg police say they found nearly half a million dollars worth of cocaine, and it all started with a faulty tail light.

It’s been ten years since Jennifer and Adrianna Wix went missing. Saturday, family and friends gathered in Robertson County to mark the anniversary.

A cold and rainy day cannot deter a mother’s love.

“This is all about something we don’t have any control over,” Wix’s mother Kathy Nale said.

Every day she is reminded about what she can’t control.

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“I’m up and down like a roller coaster, she said. “I’ve already been through my sad part. I’ve had my alone time.”

Ten years ago this week, Nale’s daughter Jennifer Wix and then 2-year-old granddaughter, Adrianna, went missing in Robertson County. It’s another anniversary with no answers.

“It’s been all the anniversaries. The anniversary of the last time I talked to her. The anniversary of the last time anyone said they saw her,” Nale explained. “Her boyfriend saying he dropped her off or saying she was at his house. The anniversary of when I panicked and called the police.”

Three months ago new information surfaced allowing authorities to re-classify the investigation from a missing persons case to a homicide; increasing the reward to $27,000.

“This has been a ten year nightmare and we need it over with,” Nale’s mother said.

Saturday, organizers solicited donations to help increase the reward in hoped that someone would finally speak up.

“Let God into your heart. Do the right thing,” Nale pleaded. “If you’ve got a child think about it being your child now. Just do the right thing.”

A cold and rainy day has not hampered this mother’s love.

“We need to bring them home, bury them (and) lay them to rest.”

With every year, Nale’s love intensifies as she holds out hope for closure and justice. Jennifer’s boyfriend Joey Benton was the last known person to have seen her and Adrianna.

Police have searched Benton’s home numerous times. He denies any involvement.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Robertson County Sheriff’s Office.

A Lexington Burger King was robbed Sunday morning and police say they are still searching for the man responsible.

According to police, a man walked through the front entrance of the Burger King located at Clays Mill and Keithshire Way, jumped over the counter and made one of the employees get on the ground. The man, armed with a gun, then made the manager retrieve the money.

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Police tell LEX 18 that while this was happening, a customer came through the drive thru and one of the employees was then able to ask the customer to call 911.

The robber, described as a black male about 5’7″, took off on foot. For now, police say they are considering him armed and dangerous.

Kentucky State Police arrested a 50-year-old Flemingsburg man on multiple charges involving sex with a child under age 12.

Carl Poling was arrested Friday during an ongoing investigation, according to a release from the Morehead state police post.

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Troopers said Poling was charged with six counts of first-degree rape of a victim under age 12, and 36 counts of first-degree sexual abuse of a victim under 12.

He was lodged in the Mason County Detention Center.