Court/Criminal

 Kentucky State Police Post 4 is investigating the robbery of West Point Bank in Glendale.

The suspect, described as a white male between 5-foot-9 and 6-feet, entered the bank at 2:45 p.m. Dec. 23 with a handgun. He demanded cash and exited the building a short time later with an undisclosed amount of money.

The man was wearing a black ski mask, green hoodie, blue jeans and black shoes. He fled the scene in a white, late model minivan with an obscured license plate.

No injuries were reported.

Former Raywick Fire Chief Charles A. “Chuck” Helm is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 18 after pleading guilty late last month in Marion Circuit Court to a charge of abuse of public trust. He was accused of misusing the department’s money.

Helm, 54, of 1000 Hazy Downs Road in Raywick was indicted in November 2012. He was originally charged with abuse of public trust between $10,000 and $100,000 and theft by unlawful taking of $10,000 or more.

A Hodgenville man is facing several charges after allegedly running from police and fighting with them.

Kentucky State Police were dispatched about 11:30 p.m. Dec. 6 to a residence on Heying Lane, according to an arrest citation. When they arrived, they spotted two subjects, later identified as Conor Wayne Creekmore, 18, of Hodgenville, and Larry Patrick Brooks, 18, of Buffalo, running toward a treeline in a field behind the home. Neither man stopped when ordered to do so.

William T. Bryan, 38, of New Haven, was sentenced to five years in prison for first-degree trafficking in controlled substances. Bryan was granted probation for a period of five years following set conditions pay restitution to the Greater Hardin County Narcotics Task Force, no new offenses, defendant not learn identity of confidential informant and waive 4th Amendment rights during probationary period.

On Feb. 12, 2014, Bryan sold cocaine to a confidential informant.  

The case was heard in Nelson Circuit Court.