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A police informant is in jail this morning, accused of stealing a body camera from the police department.
The Richmond Register reports that Mitchell Clontz, 27, worked as a police informant and was given a body camera and cash for a drug purchase.
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After the transaction, police say that Clontz took off without returning the camera, money or drugs.
Clontz was arrested and charged with theft.
One person’s bad luck got worse after he was robbed after breaking down on the side of the Interstate. Now, two Ohio men are behind bars after a pursuit.
It happened in Rockcastle County on I-75. KSP received a complaint on a 1998 Ford Ranger that had just been involved in a robbery of a person whose vehicle had broken down.
An officer located the vehicle on I-75 near the intersection of KY 909 at which time the vehicle took off at a high rate of speed. After running the license plate, Hamblin learned that the vehicle was reported stole by New Boston Police in Ohio.
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The pursuit continued for nearly seven miles and finally ended near the 42 mile marker when the operator, identified as 36-year-old Joe R. Starnes of McDurmont, Ohio, finally pulled over.
Officers located items that were taken from the robbery as well as several open alcoholic beverages.
Starnes was arrested and lodged in the Laurel County Detention Center on charges of speeding, disregarding a stop sign, failure to wear a seat belt, no operators license, possession of an open alcoholic beverage, DUI, fleeing and evading police, and receiving stolen property.
Also arrested on scene was a passenger, 48-year-old Kelvie L. Riffe of McDermott, Ohio, on charges of alcohol intoxication and possession of an open alcoholic beverages.
Louisville Police are investigating a double homicide in the city’s Shawnee neighborhood.
According to our sister station, WAVE 3 News, a neighbor discovered the bodies of two young men, possibly teenagers, badly burned and propped up against an abandoned home.
Investigators on scene did not release much information but are currently trying to identify who the victims are. Neighbors in the area are also piecing together what they think could have happened.
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“It seems like they were tortured and burned so evidence wouldn’t be found. And this is really scary, because this is a new height of crime,” a neighbor told WAVE 3 reporters.
A makeshift memorial has been established at the scene. Neighbors have gathered together to clean up the home where the bodies were found.
There is no word on any suspects at this time. Police have released sketches of the victims
Lake Geneva Police Chief Michael S. Rasmussen is asking the public for information regarding the whereabouts of Michalene Melges, 40, and her three sons.
Foul play is not suspected, according to a news release.
Melges and her children, Hans Melges, 14, Kristian “Max” Melges, 12, and Maverik “Buddy” Melges, 10, were last observed leaving their residence in the 900 block of South Lakeshore Drive on Tuesday, May 10, 2016.
Melges rented a van in Lake Bluff, Illinois, on May 9 and the van was returned to a rental company in Plano, Texas on May 13.
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Melges and her sons may be traveling with their two dogs, “King” a black in color English black lab and “Gigi” or “Geneva” a white in color Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.
She called in to school to excuse her sons for a vacation May 10-13 and has not been heard from since, said Lt. Ed Gritzner of Lake Geneva police.
She is divorced and in violation of child custody rules, as the boys have missed three visitations with their father, Gritzner said.
Police have no evidence Melges is trying to keep her sons from her ex-husband, so police at this point just want to check on her welfare, Gritzner said.
Melges, is well known in the Lake Geneva area as a real estate agent and is related to the Melges sailing family of Zenda.
She called in to school to excuse her sons for a vacation May 10-13 and has not been heard from since, said Lt. Ed Gritzner of Lake Geneva police.
She is divorced and in violation of child custody rules, as the boys have missed three visitations with their father, Gritzner said.
Police have no evidence Melges is trying to keep her sons from her ex-husband, so police at this point just want to check on her welfare,
Gritzner said.
Melges, is well known in the Lake Geneva area as a real estate agent and is related to the Melges sailing family of Zenda.
She called in to school to excuse her sons for a vacation May 10-13 and has not been heard from since, said Lt. Ed Gritzner of Lake Geneva police.
She is divorced and in violation of child custody rules, as the boys have missed three visitations with their father, Gritzner said.
Police have no evidence Melges is trying to keep her sons from her ex-husband, so police at this point just want to check on her welfare, Gritzner said.
The city of Lake Geneva Police Department requests anyone with information to call 
262-248-4455.
Police say a woman attempted to drive drunk with two newborns in her vehicle in Lexington.
They say that they found Tonya Moore, 35, at the Speedway on South Broadway Friday evening.
According to documents, the gas station clerk called police when they thought Moore was going to drive drunk.
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After finding open alcohol containers, investigators say she failed sobriety tests.
Moore was arrested and now faces a number of charges including Wanton Endangerment.
David Q. Givhan, 34, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, was charged by grand jury indictment, unsealed late yesterday, with multiple counts of sex trafficking and interstate transportation for prostitution, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn Jr. of the Western District of Kentucky.
Givhan was arrested on May 18, 2015, and appeared before Magistrate Judge Colin H. Lindsay of the Western District of Kentucky on May 19, 2016. Givhan is charged with three counts of interstate transportation for prostitution and two counts of sex trafficking an adult by force, fraud or coercion.
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According to the indictment, the alleged criminal acts occurred between October 2014 and May 2015, and involved three women over the age of 18. The three women were transported by Givhan from Michigan to Kentucky to engage in prostitution.
The indictment also alleges that Givhan recruited and transported two of the women, knowing and in reckless disregard of the fact that means of force, threats of force, fraud and coercion, would be used to cause them to engage in commercial sex acts.
An indictment is merely an allegation, and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. If convicted, his maximum sentence for the interstate transportation for prostitution charges is 10 years in prison. For the sex trafficking charges, his maximum sentence is life in prison.
This case is being investigated by the FBI’s Louisville, Kentucky, Division and Louisville Metro Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda E. Gregory of the Western District of Kentucky and Trial Attorney William Nolan of the Civil Rights Division’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit.
The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a 28-year-old man reported missing on Sunday. Investigators say Robert Carter, III was last seen at the St. Charles Town Center around 4:30 p.m. and family members believe he may have gotten lost.
Carter is under a doctor’s care and is without medicine and money. He is 6’4” tall and weighs 195 pounds. He has black hair, a mustache and beard. Carter was last seen wearing a brown jacket, black and white checkered shirt, white Nike tennis shoes and prescription glasses.
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Carter lives on Springhill Road in LaPlata, and his relatives say he may be walking. He tends to go out at night instead of during the daytime. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call 911.
Charles County Crime Solvers offers rewards of up to $1,000 for information that leads to the arrest or indictment of a person responsible for a crime in Charles County. Anyone with information about an unsolved crime or the location of a fugitive may contact Charles County Crime Solvers by calling 1-866-411-TIPS FREE, texting CHARLES + the tip to CRIMES (274637) or submitting tips online at tipsubmit.com. All individuals who provide tips through Crime Solvers will remain anonymous.
The man accused of shooting his girlfriend multiple times entered a not guilty plea in court Monday.
William Pomeroy is charged with shooting his girlfriend, Amy Koegel, in the backyard of a home on Pinkney Drive. Neighbors say they heard the shots around 3 a.m. last Thursday morning. Her body was discovered Friday after police conducted a welfare check.
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Koegel and Pomeroy had three children.
He is facing charges of murder and tampering with physical evidence.
A preliminary hearing is set for Pomeroy on Thursday, May 26th at 8:30 a.m.
The man accused in connection to the murder of a Berea man pleaded guilty to several charges in a Madison County courtroom.
Ryan Denholm pleaded guilty to facilitation to commit murder, facilitation to attempted murder and facilitation to burglary in the 2011 death of Zackary ‘Zeus’ Flower. He stood in front of the court and addressed the judge, saying that the event was a “mistake.”
Denholm admitted that he brought the gun to the scene and that his brother, Matthew, used it to shoot Flower as well as another individual.
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Matthew pleaded guilty in three deaths in 2014: Flower’s death and the unrelated shootings deaths of Charles “Chew” Walker and Sonsaray “Sonsi” Warford in 2010.
Ryan Denholm faces 15 years in jail. Formal sentencing will be July 22, 2016.
A Cedar City man is facing 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child after five alleged victims stated the man touched them inappropriately.
According to a statement of probable cause, Milford Haley, 50 of Cedar City, faces 10 charges of aggravated sex abuse of a child as first-degree felonies.
Police state that officers interviewed a young girl who reported the man had touched her inappropriately on several occasions over the course of three or four years. Iron County Sheriff’s Office states a total of four other alleged victims also reported similar incidents.
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The original victim said the abuse occurred when she was 4 or 5 years old, and the most recent incident was when she was 8. Two other victims were 7 years old when the alleged abuse occurred.
The alleged assaults occurred inside homes and inside a vehicle as the man took young girls to purchase ice cream. Several of the victims reported being abused on multiple occasions.
The PC statement indicates the alleged offenses occurred between 2004 and 2016.
Police began interviewing the victims in February, and charges were filed in court May 18.