Some Garrard County parents are scared after they said another middle school student tried to cut their daughter’s throat Monday morning.

They said the disturbing scene unfolded inside Garrard County Middle School.

The upset parent took to social media posting what they claim happened. In part the post reads that his daughter “was sitting on the the gym floor talking to one of her friends when this girl that she doesn’t even know walks up from behind her and wraps a razor around her neck!”

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An incident Paul Mullins, the Garrard County School Superintendent, said he’s taking very seriously.

Over the phone, Superintendent Mullins confirmed to LEX18 the incident took place and that if there was a threat, it has been removed. Mullins went on to say parents should not be concerned about their children’s safety.

We’re told one of the girls who was cut was not seriously hurt and only has minor scratches.

Superintendent Mullins said this is still very much an on-going investigation.

It’s still unknown if there will be any disciplinary actions or if any charges will be filed.

The victim’s family said they’re waiting to see how the school handles the situation before making a comment.

A 48-year-old Random Lake woman is facing felony charges of identity theft after applying for credit cards using a friend’s information.

Christine Murphy is charged with two counts of felony identity theft for financial gain after applying for credit cards at Target, Capital One, and American Express using the identity of the man she was staying with.

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According to the criminal complaint:

A 49-year-old man received information from Target and Equifax that someone had attempted to open credit cards in his name in early March.

While the information on the credit card applications contained mostly his information, the phone number and email address on the application was Murphy’s. The man said he was letting Murphy stay with him because she had no where else to go. He said he did not give her permission to open credit cards under his name.

In an interview with police, Murphy did not deny the allegations, but said she did not remember filling out the application. She said she is on disability for issues that sometimes make her blackout and that her medication makes her a different person.

The Somervell County Sheriff says a mother is in custody after witnesses told deputies she put her two-year-old child in an oven.

According to a statement released by Sheriff Greg Doyle, deputies responded to a report of a child who had been burned inside a home in Glen Rose at 11:48 p.m. Thursday.

Somervell County is located about 74 miles southwest of Dallas.

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Upon arrival, witnesses told deputies that a woman, later identified as Tasha Hatcher, 35, had told them she put her baby in the oven, Doyle said.

Hatcher was arrested and charged with injury to a child with serious bodily injury, a first degree felony.

The child was taken to a hospital in Fort Worth before being careflighted to Parkland Burn Center in Dallas.

Hatcher was arraigned Saturday with a bond set at $300,000.

The case remains under investigation by the Somervell County Sheriff’s Office, the Texas Rangers and Child Protective Services.

State troopers arrested a man in Barren County in connection to an attempted murder investigation in Pennsylvania. 22-year-old Cortland Michalides of Winder, PA was arrested Sunday evening.

Officers from the Windber Borough Police Department in Pennsylvania asked troopers to help located Michalides, who was considered armed and dangerous. According to police, the man was wanted in connected to the shooting death of a woman. Officers in Pennsylvania had information that Michalides may be in the Elizabethtown area in a 2002 Chrysler minivan.

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KSP troopers found the suspected vehicle and conducted a traffic stop at the 49 mile marker southbound on I-65 in Barren County and identified the driver as Michalides.

Michalides is currently in the Barren County Detention Center and was charged with fugitive from another state in reference to the original charge in Pennsylvania of criminal attempt to commit homicide involving a gun.

A Lexington woman is being charged with burglary after she was accused of breaking into a home over the weekend.

According to her arrest citation, Ta’Shyania Gills, 18, was discovered by police inside a home that she did not have permission to be in. Police say they discovered clothes in her possession.

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The citation also states that Gills caused damage to the property.

She was arrested and charged with second degree burglary.

Four people, including at least one child, have died after a fire was intentionally set in southeastern Jefferson County.

The arson was reported in the 13000 block of Saratoga Springs Place around 2:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon, according to Louisville Metro Police Department spokesman Dwight Mitchell.

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“Upon further investigation it appears that four people are deceased,” Mitchell said.

Mitchell said that the deceased include adults and children.

The Homicide Unit of the Louisville Metro Police Department is investigating after a 5-month-old boy died of blunt force injuries.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the child as Noah Jones. Deputy Coroner James Wesley said the child suffered multiple blunt force injuries, describing them as “inflicted trauma.”

Residents at a home in the 2200 block of Date Street, where the baby and his mother were staying, said the baby was taken to Kosair Children’s hospital on Monday morning.

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The residents said the baby died on Wednesday and people in the home suspect foul play due to the child’s injuries.

“He had 11 broken ribs, (a) fractured skull, broken arm, bleeding from the brain,” a woman who wanted to remain anonymous told WAVE 3 News.

Detectives haven’t identified a suspect and family members are advised by police to steer clear of details, but are using community activist Christopher 2X to speak on their behalf.

“They even described to me an indescribable amount of pain and the weight connected to that pain in losing a five month old child,” 2X said.

Neurath-Schoppenhorst Funeral Home is handling the funeral arrangements.

A Kansas man was sentenced Friday to more than 15 years in prison for child sex crimes, according Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said.

Samuel L. Merced, 35, was sentenced in Geary County District Court by Judge Maritza Segarra to 185 months to be served in the Kansas Department of Corrections.

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Merced was convicted by a jury in October 2015 of two counts of aggravated indecent solicitation of a child and one count of lewd and lascivious behavior. The convictions stemmed from crimes that occurred in May and June 2014.

The case was investigated by the Junction City Police Department. Assistant Attorney General Lyndzie Carter of Schmidt’s office prosecuted the case.

Lexington Police say a juvenile wanted in connection to a shooting at Palomar Center was taken into custody Saturday morning after a long standoff with police. The shooting happened March 17th.

Around 1:40 a.m. Saturday, detectives located the juvenile who then ran into an apartment complex on Camelot Drive. He was taken into custody after 7 a.m. with assistance from the Lexington Police Department’s Emergency Response Unit. The suspect was taken to a local hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg from an earlier incident.

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The 17-year-old male is charged with assault and robbery. Police say additional weapons and narcotics charges are pending.

Detectives say they are working to determine if the same juvenile is connected to a different shooting that happened Friday evening, shortly before 11 p.m. That shooting took place in the 500 block of Pemberton Street. Officers say when they arrived to the scene, they discovered two vehicles had been hit by gunfire and there were blood trails on the sidewalk on both sides of the street. One of those blood trails led officers to a home where a 22-year-old male was found with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital.

The investigation is ongoing.