A Georgetown woman is attempting to find her sister who was traveling to Lexington but never made it.

Desndra Payne boarded a Greyhound bus in Florida headed to Lexington Friday Jan. 24 for their mother’s funeral.

Her sister, Everly Hounshell said the last time she spoke to her sister was Sunday after Payne got on a connecting bus in Atlanta.

“She said that the bus broke down somewhere between Georgia and Tennessee and that she was cold and hungry,” she said.

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Then Payne’s phone went dead.

“She missed all of that and she wouldn’t miss that,” Hounshell said.

Hounshell has been trying to get help but after numerous calls to different police departments, she hasn’t gotten any answer about who has jurisdiction.

“When I called Atlanta State Police they said I needed to call Ft. Lauderdale because that’s where she boarded the bus,” she said. “When I called Ft. Lauderdale they said I can’t file a missing person report.”

Plus she said Greyhound didn’t know what bus Payne was on or if it broke down.

“I don’t know who else to call,” Hounshell said.

LEX 18 worked with Hounshell and called the Georgetown Police and after hearing the story, officers jumped to the rescue and filed a missing person report.

“I just hope and pray that she’s not hurt, that something didn’t happen to her,” she said. “I want her found and I want to make sure she is OK.”

Police are searching for an armed robbery suspect in Lexington Friday night.

It happened at the Speedway on North Broadway on 7th Street around 7 p.m.

The clerk said the suspect loitered in the crowded store then approached the counter like he was going to buy something. Then he pulled out a gun and demanded cash.

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He got away with an undisclosed amount of money and left in the direction of Delcamp Drive where crews are searching by air and ground.

No one was injured and police said it is unknown if this robbery is connected to any other gas station robberies.

The suspect is described as white man in dark colored sweatshirt with a red tobaggon and tattoos.

A Ft. Worth man has turned himself into Lamar County officials for child sex crimes.

Officials say 63-year old Henry Mayes turned himself into a Lamar County Constable Wednesday. According to the Sheriff’s Office, the parents of a 10-year old Lamar County girl say Mayes sexually assaulted their daughter.

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Investigators say the original offense happened on January 3rd, but the parents of the girl didn’t report the incident until two weeks later.

Mayes posted a $25,000 bond a short time after being booked.

The investigation is ongoing.

A man who was arrested last week on multiple sexual assault complaints was charged in Tulsa County District Court on Wednesday.

Lexington police have arrested a man accused of sexually abusing numerous relatives who were minors at the time.

Police say Jerald Eugene Harper, 59, sexually abused the children and teenagers over more then 25 years. According to court documents, the first sexual abuse occurred in 1985, with numerous incidence reported through 2013. The youngest victim was 8-years-old.

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Harper faces 19 charges, including four counts of rape, eight counts of sexual abuse and six counts of incest.

A Pulaski County pastor accused of gunning down three people inside a Danville business last fall could face the death penalty.

According to the Herald-Leader, prosecutors filed papers Thursday indicating they would pursue death in the case of Kenneth ‘Allen’ Keith.

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Police say Keith shot Mike and Angela Hockensmith, and their business associate Daniel Smith, inside ABC Gold Games and More in Danville back on Sept. 20.

Georgetown Police are searching for a suspect in an armed robbery that happened Thursday evening that put Georgetown College on lockdown.

Two students reported being robbed at gunpoint in the Lambda Chi Alpha parking lot near the corner of Clayton Avenue and Hollyhock Lane just after 7 p.m.

Neither was injured and there was no other report of a threat to any other students in the area.

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According to police, wallets and cell phones were taken. The lockdown was lifted by 7:30 p.m.

The suspect is described as an black male in his late 20s, wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and a camouflage vest.

Anyone seeing an individual matching this description is urged to call the Georgetown Police Department at 911 or the College’s campus safety office (502) 863-8111.

Police said a local woman was arrested Wednesday after a drug-sniffing dog detected drugs in the car she was riding in.

Melanie York, 34, was charged with possessing drugs for which she had no prescription, Wilton police officer Andrew Hardy.

Hardy stopped James Young-Dumont, 29, of New Gloucester on Munson Road and arrested him on a charge of driving with a suspended license, Wilton Police Chief Heidi Wilcox said.

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Hardy called for Cpl. Christopher Chase of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department and his dog, Abbie, who detected drugs in the 2009 Nissan Ultima, she said.

York had five prescription drugs with her and could not produce prescriptions for at least two of them, Hardy said. She also had marijuana, he said.

York was released from Franklin County Detention Center on Thursday on $100 cash bail. She has a court appearance scheduled for March 12.

Young-Dumont was charged with driving after suspension. He was released Thursday on $1,500 unsecured bail with a court appearance scheduled March 12.

Family, friends and area police departments are actively searching for Brittany Chiasson, 28, who was reported missing to Chelmsford police by her parents Tuesday.

Chiasson, who lives with her parents, Paul and Margaret Chiasson, at 9 Singlefoot Road, phoned the Dunkin’ Donuts in Acton before her scheduled 6 a.m. shift to say she would not be reporting for work, police said. She spent part of the next several hours driving around the area, including dropping a friend off at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in Lowell at 2 p.m., according to Chelmsford police.

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Chiasson’s name and photos were uploaded by police into the FBI’s National Crime Information Center database on Wednesday as a “missing and endangered” person, Deputy Police Chief James Spinney reported.

She was last seen in Lowell driving a gray, 1995 Mazda “MPV” model van, with Mass. license plate number: 421JP6.

Two Chelmsford police detectives are actively pursuing all leads, Spinney said.

“Family and associates have had no contact with her since (Monday). She made a $200 cash withdrawal from a local bank on that date; she has never gone missing before,” read the official missing persons report that Spinney provided to The Sun.

Spinney said detectives were considering all possibilities, including taking into account a possible link to Chaisson’s past issues with substance-abuse. They believe she may have been headed to Lawrence on Monday.

Sara Ray posted several photos of her lifelong friend and Chiasson’s Mazda van on her Facebook page on Tuesday, and took to area roads in her own vehicle in an effort to find her.

“It’s totally out of character” for Chiasson to have taken off for this length of time without contacting her parents, friends, or sister, Amanda, with whom she is very close, Ray said.

Late Thursday afternoon, Ray said she learned from police investigators that the last known cell-tower ping received from Chiasson’s cell phone was on Monday at 2:30 p.m., and it placed her in the area near Exit 34 of Route 3 in Tyngsboro.

“To everyone that knows her, it doesn’t make any sense to have heard nothing at all from her for this long,” said a very concerned Ray. “She’s constantly calling and staying in touch with her parents, her sister, her boyfriend. She usually posts on Facebook what seems like every five minutes. …

“I just can’t wrap my head around this, ” Ray said.

At 2 p.m. on Thursday an unidentified family member posted a message on Chiasson’s personal Facebook page, imploring her to come home.

“brittany J ….. please come home. no one is mad we love you til death. we love you ….” the Facebook posting reads. “no questions asked. baby girl …… we want you home.”

Spinney said anyone with information on Brittany Chiasson’s disappearance, or who spots her vehicle, is urged to contact the Chelmsford Police Department immediately, at (978) 256-2521.