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Suspect in December crime spree faces murder charge in Jeffersontown shooting
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Suspect in December crime spree faces murder charge in Jeffersontown shooting

  • WDRB Digital Staff
  • Updated Feb 18, 2026

Winthrop Taylor was already facing several charges stemming from a separate December incident that included a three-hour crime spree in the Highlands, carjackings and a shootout with police that injured one person.

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Hammer attack leaves 6-year-old in critical condition, mother charged, Louisville police say
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Hammer attack leaves 6-year-old in critical condition, mother charged, Louisville police say

  • Updated Jun 21, 2025

Police said the girl was taken to Norton Children's Hospital where she is in critical condition. 

Southern Indiana man arrested after being accused of stabbing woman in Scott County, police say
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Southern Indiana man arrested after being accused of stabbing woman in Scott County, police say

  • Updated Feb 28, 2025

A southern Indiana man is behind bars after police said he brutally stabbed a woman in Scott County. 

Indiana man sentenced to 40 years in prison for shooting daughter's boyfriend
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Indiana man sentenced to 40 years in prison for shooting daughter's boyfriend

  • Updated Feb 20, 2025

Swafford was convicted of attempted murder for shooting his daughter's boyfriend in the back of the neck in Madison, Indiana on Jan. 6, 2024. 

Judge lowers bond amount Louisville pastor will forfeit for defendant who fled trial
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Judge lowers bond amount Louisville pastor will forfeit for defendant who fled trial

  • Jason Riley
  • Updated Sep 13, 2024

A new attorney for David Fortney, Ramon McGee, argued that Fortney was “an innocent third party” who was the only one suffering by losing $75,000 in property and argued that appellate courts have ruled on the excessiveness of similar rulings.

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Police: Shelby County man admitted he shot his wife, mother-in-law Friday night
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Police: Shelby County man admitted he shot his wife, mother-in-law Friday night

  • Updated Jun 25, 2024

Police said 32-year-old Michael Hunt told investigators "he had a job to take both females out and that he had shot both victims in the head."

Man arrested, charged with murder after shooting on Friday in Shelby County
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Man arrested, charged with murder after shooting on Friday in Shelby County

  • Updated Jun 25, 2024

Michael Hunt, 32, of Shelbyville, was arrested and charged with one count of murder and one count of attempted murder. 

A Kentucky defendant attended his trial but fled before the verdict. Should his bond be forfeited?
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A Kentucky defendant attended his trial but fled before the verdict. Should his bond be forfeited?

  • Jason Riley
  • Updated May 8, 2024

Did Vernon Jackson fulfill the conditions of his bond by showing up for trial, or does the man who put up his bond have to forfeit it because Jackson wasn’t there for the verdict?

Louisville man escapes while jurors deliberate in attempted murder trial that ended in hung jury
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Louisville man escapes while jurors deliberate in attempted murder trial that ended in hung jury

  • Jason Riley
  • Updated Mar 9, 2024

"If he had come back, he would have been free. Now he's guilty of escape."

Henry County man convicted of 2018 murder of 22-year-old man
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Henry County man convicted of 2018 murder of 22-year-old man

  • Updated Feb 29, 2024

A jury found Gregory Heightchew guilty on several charges, including murder, arson, attempted murder, and evidence tampering.

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