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Louisville jail mistakenly releases defendant deemed a 'significant danger'
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Louisville jail mistakenly releases defendant deemed a 'significant danger'

  • Jason Riley
  • Updated Aug 23, 2025

Kejaun Jackson was arraigned June 20 on several charges including strangulation and threatening to kill a woman and four children, but he was mistakenly released on home incarceration and is now on the run. 

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Don't Waste Your Money | Sheriff's departments warn of spike in scam calls around holiday season
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Don't Waste Your Money | Sheriff's departments warn of spike in scam calls around holiday season

  • John Matarese
  • Updated Dec 15, 2024

If you receive a call, it's important to take immediate action.

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.

0:49
Judge refuses to reimburse Louisville pastor who forfeited bond paid for defendant who fled trial
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Judge refuses to reimburse Louisville pastor who forfeited bond paid for defendant who fled trial

  • Jason Riley
  • Updated Aug 5, 2024

The judge had ruled that if Vernon Jackson turned himself in within 10 days, she would reconsider her order. Jackson was caught within two weeks and the judge said the pastor didn't have anything to do with his capture.

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Louisville man who escaped while jurors deadlocked in his attempted murder trial is caught
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Louisville man who escaped while jurors deadlocked in his attempted murder trial is caught

  • Jason Riley
  • Updated Jun 25, 2024

Vernon Jackson's escape after three days of trial but shortly before jurors declared they could not reach a verdict created a legal conundrum as to whether a pastor who paid Jackson’s $70,000 bond would have to forfeit it.

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Louisville pastor must forfeit bond paid for Louisville defendant who fled trial before verdict
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Louisville pastor must forfeit bond paid for Louisville defendant who fled trial before verdict

  • Jason Riley
  • Updated Jun 7, 2024

A Louisville minister forfeited a $70,000 bond Thursday because a defendant on trial for attempted murder fled before the jury reached a verdict, and, in doing so, violated the conditions of his release.

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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?

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Brooks Houck's bond will remain at $10 million when he stands trial for Crystal Rogers' murder
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Brooks Houck's bond will remain at $10 million when he stands trial for Crystal Rogers' murder

  • Jason Riley
  • Updated Mar 11, 2024

The Kentucky Supreme Court denied a request to review whether Brooks Houck's bond should remain at $10 million cash while he awaits trial for the murder of his former girlfriend, Crystal Rogers.

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3 men charged in Crystal Rogers murder will stand trial in February 2025
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3 men charged in Crystal Rogers murder will stand trial in February 2025

  • Jason Riley
  • Updated Feb 9, 2024

The prosecution will ask that the three men stand trial together. Defense attorneys will make a motion to move the case out of Nelson County. 

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Judge declines to lower bond for man accused of chaining naked woman to floor inside Louisville home
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Judge declines to lower bond for man accused of chaining naked woman to floor inside Louisville home

  • Jason Riley
  • Updated Jan 31, 2024

A prosecutor said Moises May has a domestic violence conviction from 2006 out of Alabama and would be a flight risk as he is wanted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Marshals Service because he is not a legal resident.

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