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Court/Criminal

  • Civil suits against deputies winding down

    A pair of civil cases involving LaRue County deputies were filed in 2011 in circuit court. One case was eventually dismissed while the other continues to wind through the court system.
    Two women alleged false imprisonment and false arrest against the department after their arrests in unrelated cases.
    Pamela Dugan, 57, of Buffalo, claimed she was pulled from her residence on April 25, 2011, by Deputy Brian Smith. She claimed she was placed in a cruiser and transported to LaRue County Detention Center where she was processed and jailed for 13 hours.

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  • News of Record: May 6, 2015

    Marriage Dissolutions
     The following marriage dissolution has been granted in LaRue Circuit Court in Hodgenville:
    James Gregory Whitlock, 56, of Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, and Lydia Laine Switzer, 55, of Hodgenville. Married 10 years.
     
    Property Transfers
    The following property transfers are listed as given on deeds at the LaRue County Clerk’s Office in Hodgenville.
    BLVi, LLC to Kevin Glass and Cindy Glass, five acres from tract 7 of the Joe Edd Johnson Farm Division, $20,000

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  • Grand jury hands down indictments

    Several people were indicted April 20 by a LaRue County grand jury.
    Abe L. Hershberger (1973) of Sonora, was charged with three counts of first-degree unlawful transaction with a minor; three counts of first-degree sexual abuse; and one count of first-degree indecent exposure.
    The alleged acts occurred between Jan. 1, 2013, and March 3, 2015, in LaRue County.
    Bond was set at $100,000 cash only upon condition of dusk to dawn curfew and no contact with the alleged victims.

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  • Alford plea entered in murder case

    BARDSTOWN — After more than three years in the legal system, a 2011 LaRue County murder case now is resolved with the accused killer taking 45 years to serve in a plea agreement.
    After a failed mediation in April 2014 and months of motions preparing for a capital murder case, Abdullah White made an Alford plea — where a defendant maintains his innocence, but pleads guilty to avoid a possible stiffer sentence at trial if found guilty — to the murder of Kristie Allen and pleaded guilty to three other charges Thursday in Nelson Circuit Court in Bardstown.

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  • Several indicted in Nelson County

    The following people have been indicted by a Nelson County grand jury.  They are set for arraignment in Nelson Circuit Court May 7.

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  • Abdullah White to serve 45 years for murder

    Abdullah R. White of Radcliff, charged in the 2011 killing of Kristie L. Allen who was found dead inside a burglarized Buffalo residence, will be sentenced to 45 years in prison.

    White took an Alford plea for the Dec. 30, 2011 murder of Allen Thursday in Nelson Circuit Court. He also received 15 years for other charges such as first-degree burglary and tampering with physical evidence. He must serve 80 percent of his 45-year sentence to be parole eligible.

    White is 38.

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  • News of Record: April 29, 2015

    DUI
    The following cases of Driving Under the Influence and the resolution of those cases are found in LaRue District Court: ADE is an abbreviation for Alcohol Driver Education, KAPS stands for Kentucky Alternative Program. A service fee is added to all DUIs and court costs are added to all charges. Birth year is in parenthesis.

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  • Magnolia man sentenced to 30 years

    A Magnolia man pleaded guilty April 22 in Grayson Circuit Court to burglarizing a Clarkson residence – while the homeowners were attending the funeral of their son.
    James G. Parrett, 45, admitted to the June 2012 burglary and was sentenced to 30 years. He is not eligible for probation and must serve a minimum of 10 years in prison before he is eligible to seek parole.
    Parrett has prior felony convictions for theft, burglary and drug possession.  Parrett’s co-defendant, Timothy D. Terry, pled guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in prison in March.

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  • Man charged with theft of steaks

    Loretto Foodland is known for its low meat prices, but apparently they weren’t low enough for a Raywick man who was caught stuffing steaks down his pants last week.

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  • Superintendent enters Alford plea

    LaRue County School Superintendent Samuel D. Sanders entered an Alford plea Monday in LaRue District Court to a charge of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
    Through the Alford plea, Sanders maintains his innocence, but admits the prosecution has enough evidence to prove that he is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
    However, the case is far from over. An appeal is being filed in a higher court.

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