Nicholasville Police are currently investigating a fatal accident on South Main Street between Southbrook and Kimberly Heights. It happened Saturday afternoon.

Initial reports from witnesses are that an SUV was southbound on main and began swerving erratically. The SUV collided head-on with a pickup truck that was northbound, according to officers.

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The female passenger in the pickup was pronounced dead on scene. She has been identified as 30-year-old Amber Parker of Nicholasville.

The male driver of the pickup along with the male driver and the two juvenile passengers of the SUV were all transported to the hospital with injuries.

Authorities say an Owingsville woman has been charged in connection with a double murder.

According to Kentucky State Police, Carla Hunt, 31, is charged with murder and tampering with physical evidence in the deaths of Brandy Davidson and Devin Payton.

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Authorities say Hunt was taken into custody Friday afternoon.

She is the the third person arrested in connection to the murders.

A man killed in a police involved shooting tried to reach for an officer’s firearm, according to court documents.

Originally, it was reported that Mark Sawaf tried to escape authorities during a search causing police to shoot and kill him.

However, court documents filled on Friday say that Sawaf reached for an officer’s gun.

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According to officials, Sawaf placed explosives into cameras on a trail near Red Dog Road in Harlan County.

Sawaf helped authorities search for the explosives, while in custody, when he was killed.

Police in Campbellsville say that a man robbed the Forcht Bank on East Broadway.

They say that the suspect fled before officers arrived.

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Police describe the suspect as a black man, slim build wearing a blue cap, blue shirt, dark jeans, dark sunglasses, and a yellow reflective vest.

Anyone with any information in the case is asked to call the Campbellsville Police Department at (270) 465-4121.

KSP Troopers in Bowling Green say they have made and arrest in the case of a body discovered in the Green River in July.

They arrested Clark W. Smith, 53, of Cave City, and charged him with murder, tampering with physical evidence and abuse of a corpse.

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The body of 22-year-old Kristen Edwards was discovered in the Green River on July 23, 2016.

The investigation is still ongoing.

The family of a Laurel County woman whose boyfriend was found guilty in connection with her death are not satisfied with the jury’s ruling this week, nor the amount of jail time he received.

Christopher Byrd was found guilty of reckless homicide in connection with the death of his former girlfriend 22-year-old Shannon Engle. The jury recommended a one-year sentence.

On Thursday, the judge agreed with the jury and sentenced Byrd to one year of jail time.

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Engle was killed from a gunshot wound to the head during a domestic dispute at a Laurel County home last year.

Byrd was originally charged with murder in the case, but at the end of a three-day trial, a jury found him guilty of reckless homicide.

Byrd’s attorney says the shooting was a complete accident.

“She was drunk and she was on marijuana and she tried to get the weapon from him and in her reaching hard for that weapon, which he was trying to protect, the gun went off,” said defense attorney Theodore Lavit.

Engle’s Mother says that during the trial, she was upset that Byrd’s past was not brought up.

Misty Rambo, Engle’s mother, told LEX 18 that Byrd had been arrested in February for holding Engle at gunpoint. Lavit said that information was not relevant.

“The charges that he had displayed a weapon and threatened her with it were bogus charges,” said Lavit. “The case was dismissed. Chris has no record.”

United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. today announced the sentencing of a former medical office manager to 20 months in prison, on Wednesday, August 19, 2016, by Senior District Judge Thomas B. Russell, for committing health care fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Kelly Lenning, age 45, of Jefferson County, Kentucky, pleaded guilty to all charges in a six count federal indictment, on March 28, 2016. Lenning admitted to scheming to defraud a health care benefit program, in connection with the delivery of and payment for health care benefits, items, and services, and three counts of aggravated identity theft in relation to the health care fraud offenses.

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Specifically, from May of 2013 through August of 2013, while manager of Injury Rehab Specialists of Lou., PLLC a medical practice that treated motor-vehicle-accident patients, Lenning unlawfully used former employees’ (nurse practitioners) DEA numbers to order controlled substance prescriptions, namely Hydrocodone, and directed two individuals to fill the Hydrocodone prescriptions.

The individuals provided the filled Hydrocodone prescriptions to Lenning, for her own personal use, while she knew the individuals used Humana insurance, to pay for the unlawful prescriptions.

Additionally, during the same time period, Lenning admits to using the identification of another person, namely the DEA numbers of two nurse practitioners, without lawful authority. Lenning admitted that she did not have the authority or permission of the nurse practitioners to use their DEA numbers to order narcotics.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Joseph Ansari and Lettricea Jefferson-Webb and was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Louisville Metro Police Department.

A Rowan County woman pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal abuse in the death of her two-year-old son back in 2010.

Tiea Jones originally faced murder charges in the death of her son Nathaniel, but it was reduced to charges of criminal abuse.

Her then boyfriend Brian Gallagher is out on bond, and did not enter a guilty plea for his charges in the boy’s death.

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He is charged with murder in Nathaniel’s death.

The Commonwealth says that child abuse caused the toddler’s death, but Gallagher says a calf stepped on the boy causing internal injuries that killed him.

Gallagher must be back in court next Tuesday in Montgomery County where he must enter a plea or go back to jail.