Court/Criminal

 A high-speed chase through New Haven mid-afternoon Tuesday ended in a crash and foot chase.

Nelson County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Sean Vittitow, of Nelson County, on numerous traffic counts, driving under the influence and evading arrest after he fled from an attempted traffic stop.

The chase ended in the side yard of a home on the corner of Main Street and Lyons Station Road.

“He came down the road wide open,” said Bob Peterson, who witnessed the chase.

A Shepherdsville man faces numerous counts after what began as a routine traffic stop on April 6.
Darin J. Wright, 37, was driving a vehicle with one headlight and rear license not illuminated near the intersection of Lincoln Parkway and South Lincoln Boulevard, according to Hodgenville Officer Brandon Casey.
When the officer signaled for him to stop, Wright allegedly presented a license belonging to another man.

Abdullah Rahman White, the Radcliff man charged with the 2011 murder of Kristie Lynne Allen, is getting a new attorney.
Josian Passalacqua of Frankfort, White’s attorney for about a year, said his client is out of funds to pay for a private attorney and requested to withdraw as counsel.
LaRue Circuit Judge Jack Seay said White is entitled to Chapter 31 funding (state money for his defense) as he is indigent and he would appoint White a public defender.

Three Indiana men suspected of burglarizing three Nelson County businesses in the span of one hour in February have been indicted.

Joshua C. Johnson, 38, Daniel C. Stovall, 42, and Billy D. Roach, 31, all of Indianapolis, were indicted on three charges of third degree burglary, three charges of complicity to third degree burglary, three charges of second degree criminal mischief and three charges of complicity to second degree criminal mischief by the Nelson County Grand Jury Wednesday.