Deputies say a woman was shot five times by her boyfriend while their son slept in the next room.

Deputies say that Michael Johnson became involved in an altercation and backed his girlfriend into a corner of the bedroom. As the situation escalated, officials say Johnson shot his girlfriend five times.

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The victim managed to pick up a metal baseball bat and began hitting her alleged assailant.

The couple’s 5-year-old son was asleep in the bedroom next door. The victim was airlifted to University of Kentucky Hospital.  Laurel County Deputies think she is going to survive her wounds.

Johnson was arrested and charged with attempted murder, wanton endangerment and assault.

The Valley View Ferry is closed Wednesday after Lexington Police say that potential human remains have been found in the Kentucky River.

Police tell us the possible remains were found on Saturday while they were pulling old vehicles from the water.The Fayette County Coroner tells LEX 18 were pulling a car out of the water when it split in half. At that point, bones washed out of the vehicle.

They say testing still needs to be done on the remains, which could be a lengthy process. They aren’t sure if the bones were originally inside the car or if the remains washed into the vehicle.

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On Wednesday another crew will return to the river to further explore the area.

The remains were found during a salvage operation in which cars that had been spotted in the river months ago were pulled from the water.

At this time police say it is not clear if the suspected remains are connected with any of those vehicles or any particular investigation.

Because river conditions remain ideal, a crew will head back to continue their search. The Valley View Ferry will be closed all day starting at 8 a.m.

A 35-year-old Northern Wisconsin man has been charged after investigators said he was arrested while trying meet an underage person for sex.

Dustin Zernicke was arrested Friday and remains in custody on $10,000 cash bond.

Deputies from the Oneida County Internet Crimes against Children Task Force conducted undercover operations in attempt to arrest child sexual predators. The Oneida County Sheriff’s Department has conducted joint stings with other agencies, but conducted this latest sting on their own.

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Captain Terri Hook said in the past they have worked with other sheriff departments but decided to do the online sting solo to specifically serve and protect the children of Oneida County.

“We had 10 people working that night primarily on this case. So that’s a lot of effort put into one arrest. But for us it’s an important arrest because it’s one less person who could be possibly victimizing children,” Hook explained.

Captain Hook said it took several months to organize the online ad sting. She said they hope to continue to do more stings like this in the future.

A woman has been indicted on multiple charges relating to a 2015 crash that killed two people in Lexington.

On December 2, 2015, Joseph and Cynthia Beemer were headed back home to Paducah. They were headed west on Versailles Road that morning when their pickup truck was hit head-on by another pickup truck.

The other truck was allegedly driven by Krystal Chaffins who has been indicted for manslaughter, driving under the influence, and possession of a controlled substance.

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“I know for myself that it has been unbearable,” said Joseph’s daughter Stephanie Beemer-Fryar. “My father and I spoke every day, my father and I, we would spend an hour to two hours on the phone every Sunday.”

Beemer-Fryar told LEX 18 that she would like less leniency for intoxicated drivers, especially the one who allegedly killed her father and step-mother.

“I don’t know how someone bears the weight of killing two people and be as happy has she portrays herself to be,” said Beemer-Fryar.

Police are looking for a man who made some frightening threats during two gas station robberies.

The man didn’t attempt to cover his face during the robberies, but he was wearing a baseball cap.

Police say that first, he robbed the Speedway on Leestown Road. During that robbery, he threatened the clerk with a gun and demanded cash.

The next day, police say the same man showed up at the Thornton’s on Georgetown Road. This time, police say he took it a step further.

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“He comes into this gas station, and he goes to the clerk and he actually tells her that if she does not give him the money quickly, he’s going to shoot someone else in the store; a customer,” said Detective Mark Thomas with the Lexington Police Department. “To us, that’s certainly a heightened level of violence or at least a threat for violence.”

Police say that in both robberies, the man entered the store calmly before pulling a gun from his waistband.

If you have any information leading to an arrest, Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $1,000. You can call in your anonymous tip to (859) 253-2020.

You can also text ‘LEX-PD’ and your tip to ‘CRIMES.’

A Golden Alert has been issued for a man who dispatch says is mentally disabled.

Whitley County Dispatch says that 26-year-old Justin Lee Dale was last seen at a residence on Old Mt. Ash Road in Williamsburg during the early morning hours Monday.

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Dale is described by dispatch as a white man, 5’11”, 240 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.

They say he requires medication that he does not have.

They say he had been at the Waffle House off the I-75 exit 115.

If you have any information on Dale’s whereabouts, please call (606) 549-6017.

Kentucky State Police arrested an Anderson County man on charged related to distribution and possession of matter portraying a sex performance by a minor.

KSP says that Robert Cataldi, 42, was arrested as the result of an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children investigation. The KSP Electronic Crime Branch began the investigation after discovering the suspect sharing images of child sexual exploitation online, according to police.

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Officers say that the investigation resulted in the execution of a search warrant at the residence in Anderson County on October 25. Equipment used to facilitate the crime was seized. The investigation is ongoing.

Cataldi is currently charged with two counts of distribution and 20 counts of possession of matter portraying a sex performance by a minor.

KSP says he was lodged in the Shelby County Detention Center and additional charges are expected

A piece of artwork valued at over $5000 was stolen from the Muhammad Ali Center and now Louisville Metro Police released photos asking for help identifying the suspect.

The Ali Center now says that the suspect has been identified and that they are working with police to recover the artwork.

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Police believe the print of Muhammad Ali by the late artist LeRoy Neiman was stolen from the museum around 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon.

Surveillance cameras captured the image of the man believed to be responsible. His name has not been released and police have not said he is in custody.

The painting has been part of the museum’s exhibit since 2005.

The body of missing Boyd County man Justin Reeder was found on Monday on County Road 218/Tunnel Ridge Road in Lawrence County, Ohio, according to police.

Justin Reeder was last seen on his skateboard on October 16 on 29^th Street in Ashland.

The 21-year-old texted his dad that someone was going to pick him up, but he never returned home.

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On Monday, Justin’s father, Tim, searched a field near I-64 in Ashland.

“It’s been a living hell. I’ve never experienced nothing so bad in my life,” Tim told LEX 18 before his son’s body was found. “It’s the worst thing that’s happened to me.”

Jacob Lane,24, of Franklin Furnace, Ohio, was already in the Boyd County Jail charged with 2nd degree burglary from an alleged incident at Tim’s house.

“The last person that was with him had his phone and keys, because I caught the man in my house with his keys,” said Tim.

Police say Lane shot Reeder to death on the day he vanished. LEX 18 spoke to Tim Reeder after he was notified of his son’s death.

“It’s the worst day of my life, that I found out my son been murdered. I’m sorry I can’t help it. It’s an awful thing to find out that your son has been dead and laying in the woods for 8 days,” said Reeder.

A gofundme page has been established to help with funeral expenses. Click here to donate.

Skeletal remains found along Louie B Nunn Parkway in 2011 have been identified.

KSP Post 3 in Bowling Green announced that investigators received information from the Medical Examiner’s Office in Louisville saying that the remains found on August 15, 2011, have been identified through DNA evidence.

The remains have been identified as Carma J. Purpura of Indianapolis, Indiana.

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She was reported missing from Indianapolis on July 11, 2007 when she was 31.

Nasvhille Police arrested truck driver Bruce Mendenhall, of Illinois back in 2007. They say he was a serial killer responsible for the deaths of as many as nine women in multiple states.

Mendenhall was charged with Purpora’s death in 2008, although her body had not been found. Her blood was found in the cab of his truck.

Mendenhall is currently serving a life sentence.