A man convicted of shooting a child in the head last March was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

The shooting happened just before 6 p.m. near Russell Cave Road and Hollow Creek Road.

Police said 9-year-old Antonio Reese was riding in the car with his parents and two other siblings, when he was hit in the head by a bullet.

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Antonio Reese was in a medically induced coma for more than two weeks with a severe brain injury.

His family is currently trying to save up money to get him a therapy dog click here to find out how you can help.

The family still drives in the SUV that Antonio was shot in because they can’t afford a new vehicle. Antonio’s mother had to quit her job to take care of him.

Alberto Piñedas Contreras was in court Thursday for the sentencing. He had one message for the family.

“I recognize the mistake I made,” said Conteras. “First of all, I want to ask for forgiveness because I truly feel terrible about it.”

Over three years ago, LEX 18’s Kristen Pflum sat down with an inmate named James Watts, who gave her a sob story about what landed him in jail.

“I do sincerely apologize,” Watts told her. “It’s really a piece of trash thing to do.”

He was charged back then with posing as a Kentucky Eagle employee and looking to fix tap lines in Lexington bars.

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He even stole from his former school.

“When you’ve got a thousand dollar a day drug habit, you don’t just pluck it off the tree branches,” said Watts.

He was sentenced to eight years in jail and did about 18 months. He is allegedly back to his old tricks.

“It just goes to show you that this guy’s raging addiction is so out of control he can’t control himself,” said Detective Mark Thomas with the Lexington Police Department.

Last week, Lexington Police say Watts stole keys from the locker room of the High Street YMCA, found the car they belonged to and took off with it.

Three days later he allegedly did the same thing at Wildcat Fitness on Hartland Parkway.

Owners of the gym say he signed up for a membership, went to the locker room, found a set of keys and drove the stolen car right out of the lot.

“Right now we have two gyms where cars have been stolen from as well as evidence he could be connected to burglaries in the area,” said Thomas.

Lexington Police arrested Watts on an unrelated drug investigation last night. He was in possession of heroin.

A Louisville driver has been arrested after running into a girl on the sidewalk.

It happened yesterday afternoon in the Park Hill neighborhood. Witnesses told police that an SUV was hit by a car, which pushed the SUV toward the girl.

The driver of the vehicle fled. The driver of the SUV,  23-year-old Keylandance Carpenter, was taken into custody on outstanding warrants and charged with driving on a suspended license and giving a false name in connection to the crash. He was not charged in the crash.

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The girl is expected to survive.

Anyone with information about the vehicle’s driver is asked to call the anonymous police tip line at (502) 574-LMPD.

KSP Troopers in Richmond are investigating an incident that injured a Madison County Employee on Tuesday.

They say a Madison County Highway Department employee suffered non-life threatening injuries when he was assaulted by a man in the passenger’s seat of a dark blue F-150 that was driving north on Meadowbrook Road.

The highway worker says he was putting up a speed limit sign when the passenger stuck a long object out of the window and hit him in the legs, causing him to fall.

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KSP Troopers are asking for the public’s help in finding the vehicle and the people responsible for this assault.

Information about this crime can be reported by calling 859-623-2404, visiting our website www.kentuckystatepolice.org, or by submitting the ‘Crime Tip Form’ through the KSPolice app

A company vehicle stolen from Edgewood Mobile Homes in Whitley County was found in Georgia.

An investigation into the stolen vehicle began on February 18. Several days later, deputies say they received information about the trucks possible whereabouts.

Deputies say the tip said the vehicle could be found in Georgia and was stolen by Hobert Elswick, 43.

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Officers in Fulton County, Georgia located the vehicle outside of a business that Elswick was accused of shoplifting from.

On March 8, an arrest warrant was obtained for Elswick.

He was arrested at a residence in Williamsburg.

He is a former employee of Edgewood Mobile Homes and is charged with theft by unlawful taking of a vehicle and also theft of vehicle parts by unlawful taking.