Warrants have been issued for four Pulaski County residents following an investigation into a child being burned with drain cleaner.

The incident happened on August 21. Police say a 20-month-old male child was transported by his father, Curtis Anderson, to Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital for treatment of burns to the mouth, face and chest.

The child was treated at the local emergency room and then flown to UK Hospital in Lexington for treatment of the injuries. Initial fears were that he ingested the acid and that could lead to death. However, during treatment doctors found the acid had barely entered the mouth, burned the child’s lips, and then spilled onto his chest and splashed onto his legs. This caused serious burns but was not life threatening.

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An investigation by the Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division, Criminal Investigation Division, Narcotics Division, and the Department for Community Based Services was initiated and several interviews were conducted with the mother and father of the child. Through those interviews, detectives have pieced together the events that led to the child being burned.

Police say during the evening hours of August 20, 2013 the child’s mother, Brittany Helton, took the child to the residence of Brian Herrin, a neighbor who lives on Old South Highway 27 Loop 4 in southern Pulaski County. During that visit, the child picked up a cup off a table that contained what was reported to be Liquid Fire. The child attempted to drink from the cup which led to the acid burning the child’s mouth and lips. The child then dropped the cup which led to the acid spilling on his chest and splashing his legs.

Immediately following the incident, Brian Herrin, along with his friend Krystal Hampton, fled the scene and detectives have not been able to locate either of them for an interview.

Detectives executed a search warrant at Herrin’s residence on Old South Highway 27 Loop 4, where they found several items used to manufacture methamphetamine including, muriatic acid, batteries, tubing, salt, and acetone.

All four adults involved have been charged with Controlled Substance Endangerment to a Child 2nd degree – a class B felony. Herrin has also been charged with Manufacturing Methamphetamine 1st offense, a class B felony

A woman was killed in Louisville Tuesday afternoon after a multi-vehicle crash on a busy road.

The wreck happened shortly after noon on Lagrange Road near the Gene Snyder freeway. Witnesses told police the dump truck tried to beat a red light at the intersection and crashed into a car. Then the car slid across a few lanes of traffic, hitting a delivery truck and a pick up.

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The driver in that car was taken to the hospital where she later died. There is no word yet if charges will be filed.

A woman was arrested Tuesday after police say she was illegally soliciting donations to help in the search for a missing Madison County teen.

Officers were called to the Berea Tourism Center in reference to a female who was soliciting donations. Police say Amanda Griffey, 21, of Berea told people that she was from a local church and that she was collecting money for the family of Brookelyn Farthing. She got $10 from two separate people before being stopped by Officers on North Broadway.

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Officers also learned that the female previously got $20 from another person on Sunday after telling them the same story. On that occasion, she gave another person’s name and signed a receipt with the false name. She admitted to Officers that she was not collecting money for the family and she was not with a church, but was keeping the money for herself.

Griffey was arrested and charged with Theft of Identity of Another and Theft by Deception.

A man has been arrested and faces charges of murder and robbery at a pizza restaurant in Bowling Green.

Police have arrested 20-year-old John Shobe for allegedly shooting and killing an employee. Investigators say shortly after the Domino’s store closed at midnight Monday, Shobe came in through the back door and robbed the business. Police say as he was leaving, he ran into 51-year-old Harold Johnson, who was a delivery driver for a different store who was stopping by to surprise his girlfriend. Johnson was shot and killed.

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Officers caught up with Shobe after a chase.

A Cedar Rapids woman said her efforts may have aided in the arrest of a Monona fugitive.

Dubuque Police arrested Troy Laufenberg, 21, in Dubuque Saturday night around 9:30 p.m. He faces child endangerment and drug charges. He is accused of severely injuring 18-month-old Myah Larson in July. Doctors said the Monona girl suffered injuries consistent with shaken baby syndrome.

Something about Myah Larson caught Jody Mitchell’s attention. “I don’t know why, it’s just something that hit me in the heart and I decided this guy needs to be caught. There’s too much of it going on,” Mitchell said.

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Mitchell and two other moms from neighboring states teamed up to create a virtual wanted person poster to share on social media. They used Laufenberg’s police issued mug shot. They also attached Myah’s hospital bed photo.

“Pictures say a lot about what happened, Then it just blew up from there,” Mitchell said.

Nearly 500,000 Facebook users shared the poster. Mitchell said her Facebook page quickly became somewhat of a hub for information.

“There are some people out there for whatever reason didn’t want to get involved,” Mitchell said. “But yet, they thought they knew something, so they’d private message me.”

The women shared that information with investigators. “There was really no where he could go that people wouldn’t recognize him in the whole United States,” she said.

The woman said a picture is worth a thousand words. But in this case, a picture is worth a half million shares.

Mitchell and the two other women created a Facebook page called “Tri-State Fugitive and Missing Persons Center.” That’s where they hope to spread the word about more missing or wanted people.

Macon police say they’ve charged a man with 588 counts of fraud and identity theft.

They identified him as 26-year-old Jaydeep Patel. He was arrested Thursday and is still in the Bibb County jail on $49,700 bond.

Police say Patel was a middle man for an international loan scam.  Fronting for a company called Incomm, police say Patel took people’s information and used it to open debit and credit cards.

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They say he withdrew around $190,000 from ATMs in the Macon area, and say this is also part of a national scam.

Macon Police say the international operation may have connections to India, but that Patel is a U.S. citizen.  They were first made aware of the situation in April.

Patel was was arrested at the Houston Mart on Houston Avenue, where he worked.

Macon police say they’re still investigating alongside the U.S. Secret Service and the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, and may make more arrests.

Police say a man is dead after an armed robbery at Domino’s on Stonehenge Avenue in Bowling Green Monday morning.

Police say a black man came in the back door shortly after the store closed at midnight.

Witnesses say there was a struggle and a lot of yelling.

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When police arrived, they say 51 year old, Harold Dean Johnson was found dead by the side of the building.

Johnson is an employee at a different Domino’s location.

Witnesses say he was a father of two.

Employees were inside during the robbery, but no one else was hurt.

Police say they are not sure if the suspect took any money, but surveillance video shows he is 6’1″ tall and his face was covered.

If you have any information on this shooting, please call Crime Stoppers at 781-CLUE

Perrye K. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the Kentucky Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced today that the FBI is offering up to $50,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for the death of Bardstown, Kentucky Police Officer Jason Ellis.

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Officer Jason Ellis

It has been three months since the tragic death of Officer Ellis. In the early hours of May 25, 2013, Officer Ellis was gunned down in what appears to be a carefully planned ambush. Jason Ellis leaves behind his wife and two young sons. The FBI and the Kentucky State Police appeal to anyone who has information to call the FBI at (502) 263-6000 or the Kentucky State Police at (270) 766-5078.