Investigators are looking into a shooting in Powell County that resulted in the death of one person.

Kentucky Sate Police say that Melissa Roberts, of Stanton, was confronted by 39-year-old of Steven Strange inside of her residence on Cow Creek Road in Bowen Wednesday night.

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Roberts then fired a 12-gauge shotgun, striking Strange in the chest.

He was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Powell County Coroner.  Next of kin has been notified.

The shooting remains under investigation. No charges have been filed.

The two men responsible for critically injuring a woman in Pulaski County learned their fates in court Thursday.

Timothy Showalter and Mark Showalter were sentenced for the 2015 shooting of Allison Boclair. She suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was taken to UK Hospital in critical condition. Investigators say an argument led to the violence.

The two fled the scene after the shooting in a pickup truck which was later found abandoned.

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The father and son faced a judge in a Somerset courtroom. Timothy Showalter, who pleaded guilty to second degree burglary, was sentenced to eight years. His father, Mark, pleaded guilty to first degree assault and received a sentence of 12 years.

The victim, Allison Boclair, was allowed to read an impact statement. Though she said the punishment was fair, she stated that she will continue to live her life with pain.

A child care center is at the center of an investigation after a child was found dead in an SUV outside of a Louisville elementary school.

Officers tell WAVE 3 News that 2-year-old Lavonte Swain was left in an SUV belonging to Lil Kings and Queens Daycare. It was an employee of the child care center who was driving the SUV in which Swain died of heat stroke on Monday.

While police won’t release additional information about the employee at this time, WAVE 3 News found a long list of violations at Lil Kings and Queens three locations including investigations into tracking how long children were left in the vans.

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The daycare was found to not be in compliance because staff did not document the arrival time of four children, falsifying records and compromising the welfare of children. Complaints included leaving children unattended, leaving their food out for hours and making children sit in a circle for long periods of time without any activities, among other violations.

WAVE 3 News reports that an emergency license suspension has been issued by the Kentucky Office of Inspector General for the child care facility. The memo issued to parents and guardians of children at the facility stated, “The Emergency Suspension was issued to protect the health, safety and welfare of children in care. The center is required to surrender the license to operate and remain closed until further notice.”

The Kentucky Office Of Inspector General says that after an investigation, they have determined that an employee at Lil Kings and Queens picked up Lavonte from his home at 9:36 a.m. on April 18th, and, according to evidence, failed to deliver him to the facility as planned. Staff interviews revealed that Lavonte was not present at the center at any time on April 18th. The emergency license suspension states that the same employee who picked up Lavonte drove to a Louisville Elementary school to pick up more children. It was there that Lavonte was discovered in the backseat of the SUV by two school age children at around 3:45 p.m.. He was pronounced dead after being brought into the school for emergency resuscitation.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the little boy’s family and all the children and families impacted by this tragedy,” said the Cabinet for Heath and Family Services (CHFS) Cabinet Secretary Vickie Yates Brown Glisson. “Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of Kentucky’s most vulnerable citizens is our highest priority and we will not hesitate to take action against facilities that place children in harm’s way.”

CHFS staff members are working to find new day care services for the families of the children who attended the daycare and they are offering counseling services for the children who attended Lil Kings and Queens.

The name of the daycare employee who was driving the child has not been released.  No charges have been filed.

United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. this week, charged Christopher Steward, M.D., of Cave City, Kentucky, by grand jury indictment, with criminal counts of knowingly and intentionally distributing and dispensing controlled substances outside the course of professional medical practice, health care fraud, and identity theft, while he was a practicing physician in the Western District of Kentucky.

The eight-count indictment charging Steward alleges the criminal activity occurred between June of 2013, and July of 2015, in Barren County, Kentucky. Steward is charged with one-count of acquiring possession of controlled substances by misrepresentation, fraud, deception and subterfuge; three-counts of distributing and dispensing controlled substances outside the course of professional medical practice; two-counts of conspiracy to acquire possession of controlled substances by misrepresentation, fraud, deception and subterfuge; one-count of health care fraud; and one-count of illegally possessing and using a means of identification of another person (identity theft).

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Steward was arrested yesterday, April 13, 2016, made an initial appearance before Magistrate Judge H. Brent Brennenstuhl, in Bowling Green, and released on a $25,000 unsecured bond.

In the event of a conviction, the maximum potential penalties Ford faces are no more than 67 years’ imprisonment, $3,500,000 in fines, and supervised release for a period of three years.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David Weiser, and it results from an investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Kentucky State Police.

Timothy M. Longmeyer, the former Secretary of the Kentucky Personnel Cabinet, admitted in federal court today that he solicited and accepted over $200,000 in kickbacks from a private consultant during his tenure.

Longmeyer, 48, pleaded guilty to bribery of a public official, before U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell.

Longmeyer admitted that, while serving as Secretary of the Personnel Cabinet, he solicited and agreed to accept $212,500, in exchange for assistance in securing multi-million dollar contracts for a consultant. Over the course of the scheme, Longmeyer received $197,500 in cash and $6,000 in straw campaign contributions to various political campaigns, for a total of $203,500.

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Longmeyer oversaw the Kentucky Employees’ Health Plan (“KEHP”) and used his position to persuade insurance companies, who provided KEHP healthcare coverage, to hire the consultant to organize focus groups and telephone surveys. In return, Longmeyer accepted recurring payments from the consultant, including cash and straw contributions.

According to the plea agreement, Longmeyer agreed to accept $90,000 from the consultant in November 2014 and $100,000 from the consultant in December 2014. The consultant later used the proceeds from contracts with Humana, Inc., to make a series of payments to Longmeyer between November 2014 and June 2015, totaling $175,000 in cash and $6,000.00 in straw contributions.

In addition, in September 2015, Longmeyer agreed to accept approximately $22,500 from the consultant. The consultant used the proceeds from a contract with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield to make two cash payments to Longmeyer, totaling $22,500.

Kerry B. Harvey, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Howard Marshall, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, jointly announced the guilty plea. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Andrew T. Boone and Kathryn M. Anderson are prosecuting the case on behalf of the federal government.

Longmeyer is scheduled to be sentenced on August 18, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000. However, any sentence following a conviction would be imposed by the Court after consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and the applicable federal statutes.