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October 27, 2011 12:20 PM
One of two accused would-be burglars who were met with gunfire during an attempted burglary in Rockcastle County Wednesday morning talked to LEX 18 Thursday from behind bars.
Katrina Price, 29, admits to everything that happened at a home on Dorman Creek Road in Mount Vernon. She says she...
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September 22, 2011 5:38 AM
A passerby stopped a fleeing burglar in Richmond Tuesday night.
Police say a man broke into Dale's Auto Service and took a cash box just after 11 p.m. Several people spotted the suspect leaving the business. One of the witnesses pulled the burglar to the ground and held him...
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September 9, 2011 6:21 AM
Burglars used a car to break into a Boyle County business late Thursday night.
Employees at the Hardee's/BP Station off US-127 in Junction City say three people in a car used the bumper to break a window just before midnight. Surveillance pictures show a woman in a hoodie with...
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September 8, 2011 9:02 AM
Somerset police arrested a brother and sister and charged them in a series of downtown residential burglaries Wednesday.
Police say detectives arrested Jonathan Tyler West, 24, and Kalee West, 21, and charged them with burglaries at homes on Richards Court, Grande Avenue, and Rosewood Avenue.
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August 31, 2011 5:47 AM
Police arrested a suspect after a burglary in Lexington early Wednesday morning.
Police say a burglar broke through the door of the Marathon station along Southland Drive just after midnight. The suspect got away with an undisclosed amount of cash from the lottery drawer.
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August 18, 2011 6:11 AM
Police say three men arrested in connection with the burglary of a Garrard County pawn shop were behind burglaries in several different counties.
Police spotted Tyler Jessie Roberts, 20, driving a stolen car in Madison County on Wednesday. They say it was loaded with weapons stolen from Cecil's Pawn...
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August 16, 2011 6:39 AM
Surveillance video caught a man burglarizing a Jessamine County business, and police continue to search for that suspect.
The burglar first tries to break into DB Auto Service in Nicholasville by throwing a rock against the window. When that fails, the suspect returns with as large piece of wood...
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August 15, 2011 6:25 AM
Police in Woodford County are searching for two burglars who tried to steal copper early Monday morning.
David Phillips owns the property along Leestown Road near Midway. He says copper thefts happen in the area on a regular basis, and he was on the lookout. When he heard noise...
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August 11, 2011 1:29 PM
Franklin County deputies say they've made a second arrest in a burglary caught on video.
Deputies arrested Dewayne Chadwell just after noon Thursday. Investigators say Chadwell was caught on video selling stolen lottery tickets, grabbed when he and Michael Raisor robbed the Jericho Gas and Go. Deputies say the...
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August 8, 2011 12:41 PM
Deputies continue to search for suspects who broke into a gas station twice, and likely hit another.
The Franklin County Sheriff's Department say two men burglarized Jerichos Gas N Go on Lawrenceburg Road on July 31. Cameras captured images of the two men stealing lottery tickets, cash and cigarettes....
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July 19, 2011 6:34 AM
A Lexington woman woke up to find a man standing over her bed early Tuesday morning.
Police say the woman discovered the intruder inside her apartment along Northland Drive just before 5:30 a.m. The man fled the building and the woman called 911. The victim recognized the suspect as...
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July 19, 2011 5:13 AM
Police arrested two men after a short chase and crash in Lexington early Tuesday morning.
Police say they initially got a call reporting the alarm going off at the Stereo Warehouse on New Circle Road around 3 a.m. As police investigated, an officer at the scene noticed a car...
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July 5, 2011 1:14 PM
A burglar in Madison County got into a local drug store the hard way.
Through the roof.
Police say they were called to the Blue Grass Family Pharmacy just after 3:30 a.m. Friday. When officers arrived, they spotted a man up on the roof. The suspect jumped down,...
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June 24, 2011 5:19 AM
Police and firefighters both busied themselves at a Lexington home Thursday night.
Patricia Murphy says she noticed a normally closed gate was open when she and her husband returned to their Pepperhill Road home from church. The couple went inside through the garage, smelled smoke and called 911.
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May 30, 2011 10:27 AM
Pulaski County Sheriff's deputies arrested a suspect outside of a home after residents interrupted a burglary.
Deputies say they responded to a burglary in progress call at a home along Loveless Road early Friday morning. Residents told deputies they returned home around 2:30 a.m. and discovered somebody had broken...
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May 26, 2011 9:04 AM
Police continue to search for two suspects who burglarized a Richmond business early Wednesday morning.
Police say they responded to a burglary in progress call at the Redi Mart on Red House Road at 1:53 a.m. When officers arrived, they found the glass in the front door was broken...
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May 19, 2011 8:19 AM
Police arrested three men after a burglary in Lexington Thursday morning.
Police say at least two men broke into a home along Aylesford Place around 2 a.m. It remains unclear how the pair got inside, but the homeowner spotted them and says they demanded cash. The suspects took off...
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May 19, 2011 6:11 AM
Lexington police took three people into custody after a burglary early Thursday morning.
Police say two men broke into a home along Aylesford Place around 2 a.m. It remains unclear how the pair got inside, but the homeowner did spot them and says they demanded cash. The suspects took...
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May 12, 2011 12:13 PM
Kentucky State Police in Ashland is seeking the public's assistance locating two suspects responsible for the burglary of Clarks Pump and Shop located on US 60 at the Boyd-Carter County line near Ashland early Thursday.
Kentucky State Police responded to an alarm activation at about 4:45 a.m. at the...
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April 19, 2011 11:55 AM
Kentucky State Police arrested two men after surveillance video captured them burglarizing a Clay County school.
Police say they received a report of a burglary at Manchester Elementary School on Friday. Two men entered the school and stole several items, including an undisclosed amount of cash. The suspects also...
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February 24, 2011 12:47 PM
Two men have been arrested in Laurel County after police say they were caught on surveillance video burglarizing a home of jewelry and a gun earlier this week.
According to the Laurel County sheriff's department, Adam Stone and Frederick O'Donnell broke into a home on Echo Valley Road on...
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February 18, 2011 5:15 AM
A burglar used an unorthodox method to get into a Lexington business early Friday morning.
A man threw a flower pot through the glass in the front door of Bluegrass Home Entertainment around 3:15 a.m. Surveillance video of the break-in shows a man throwing the pot into the door...
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February 2, 2011 6:46 AM
A Lexington couple work up early Wednesday morning to find a stranger standing in their bedroom.
The break-in happened around 1 a.m. at a home along Taylor Drive. Police say it appears Samuel, J. Mullins, 21, broke in through a back door. The couple woke up and found Mullins...
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January 28, 2011 6:02 AM
Police in Winchester are looking for two smash and grab burglars.
Massoue Pourdollah, the owner of a BP gas station at the corner of Bypass Road and Fulton, woke up Friday morning to a call from his alarm company around 2:30 a.m. He arrived at his store to find...
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January 27, 2011 8:28 AM
Their video performance won't garner them an Oscar, but it did land them in jail.
Scott County Sheriff's deputies arrested three men they say are connected with a string of gas station robberies after surveillance cameras caught two in the act.
The latest robbery was last Saturday at...
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January 24, 2011 6:15 AM
Lexington police arrested two men after a copper burglary in Lexington Sunday night.
Police say officers arrived at the old bread factory off Sixth Street and Bellaire around 7 a.m. after somebody reported a man on the roof of the building. Police called in the fire department to assist...
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January 21, 2011 7:07 AM
Lexington police arrested two men suspected of breaking into cars Friday morning.
Police say they got a call about two suspicious men in black hoodies along Coburn Boulevard around 6 a.m. An officer spotted one of the men near the old Lexington Mall and chased him down. Police tracked...
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January 19, 2011 5:21 AM
Lexington police made an arrest after a burglary attempt at a Lexington gas station, and investigators say the suspect my be connected to other burglaries as well.
A man tried to break into the Marathon station on Red Mile Road early Wednesday morning using a rock. The video surveillance...
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December 30, 2010 5:22 AM
A burglar left an unusual clue when he hit a home improvement store in Lexington on Christmas Eve.
His voice.
Police say two men broke into the Home Depot on Richmond Road. When the duo got inside, they set off the store's alarm. As a matter of protocol,...
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December 29, 2010 5:50 AM
Lexington police are trying to track down a burglar who broke into the Dollar General Store on Bryan Station Road early Wednesday morning.
Police say they responded to an alarm at the store around 3:00 a.m. and found evidence of a burglary. Investigators say the burglar broke in through...
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December 24, 2010 8:59 AM
Police in Corbin arrested one burglary suspect and continue to search for two more.
Police arrested Jarryka L. Thompson, 21, just before 2:30 a.m. Friday. Officers say the caught up with her after reports of three people breaking into vehicles along Sanderline Drive.
Police say they are still...
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December 14, 2010 5:54 AM
A smash and grab burglar got away with some cigarettes early Tuesday morning in Lexington.
Police say the suspect threw something through the door of the Fast Stop store on Trent Boulevard just before 4 a.m., breaking out the glass to get inside.
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December 9, 2010 5:28 AM
A Lawrenceburg police officer pulling up to the scene of a possible burglary hit a suspect with his car.
Police say they got a report of teens breaking into cars near Heritage Hall on South Main Street. As a responding officer was pulling up to the scene , he...
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December 8, 2010 9:04 AM
Richmond police arrested a man on burglary charges after a resident caught him getting into her refrigerator.
Police say Bryan J. Robinson, 26, entered an apartment along Villa Drive through an unlocked window on Nov. 22. The resident told officers she heard noise coming from the rear door and...
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December 1, 2010 9:35 PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A reality TV star who was jailed earlier this year for burglarizing Orlando Bloom's house has been arrested again after authorities say they found her in possession of black tar heroin. Probation Department spokeswoman Kerri Webb says Alexis Neiers was taken into custody Wednesday morning after...
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November 11, 2010 8:13 AM
Police say a break-in at an auto and truck accessories store may be linked to a gun shop burglary earlier in the morning.
Investigators say a burglar broke into Trail Blazers on East New Circle Road just before 3 a.m. Thursday. The suspect smashed through a door and got...
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November 11, 2010 5:28 AM
Gun thieves used a car as a battering ram to break into a Lexington gun store early Thursday morning.
Police say the burglars drove the stolen vehicle into Sling Point Firearms on East New Circle Road around 2:45 a.m. Surveillance video from inside the store show three men snatching...
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November 3, 2010 9:24 PM
Georgetown Police have arrested a man who they say broke into a pharmacy by kicking a hole in the roof.
Police say the man caught on surveillance video, falling from the ceiling of J-and-L pharmacy, is 26-year-old Christopher Blake Tackett. He faces burglary and theft charges... and police say...
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November 2, 2010 6:11 AM
Lexington police arrested a woman and charged her with burglary after a break-in at a convenience store early Tuesday morning.
Police say officers arrived at the Fast Stop near New Circle Road and Newtown just after midnight. Inside, they found a woman who told them her car broke down...
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October 20, 2010 6:11 AM
Danville police arrested a burglar after he went unconcious during an altercation with a homeowner.
Police say they were called out to a burglary in progress along West Lexington Avenue around 2:40 a.m. When officers arrived, they found the home owner standing in the front yard, along with a...
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October 20, 2010 5:47 AM
Police arrested two suspects and continue to search for others after a burglary at a Lexington business Tuesday night.
Police say they got a call reporting that at least a dozen people were dropped off along Rockcastle Avenue. When officers arrived, they saw flashlights roving around the Baker Iron...
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October 12, 2010 12:33 PM
Police have made an arrest after a burglary at the library at Transylvania University in Lexington early Tuesday morning.
The incident started at around 5 a.m., when a campus security officer spotted somebody moving around inside the J. Douglas Gay Jr./Frances Carrick Thomas Library. He also discovered a broken...
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October 2, 2010 7:14 PM
Lying among the leaves and grass on a deserted road in Harrison County police made an unusual discovery over the weekend.
Harrison County deputies say two burglars ditched an ATM, change machine and juke box after carrying it all in the back of their vehicle for miles.
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September 28, 2010 7:14 AM
Burglars hit a pharmacy in Richmond early Tuesday morning. The owner of Bluegrass Family Pharmacy, located along Lexington Road, says alarms went off around 4 a.m. He says two people broke into the pharmacy and stole narcotics. Police say the suspects fled into Clark County. Officers found the burglars' vehicle,...
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September 8, 2010 6:21 AM
Police have not been able to locate the burglar inside a vacant elementary school. Officers arrived at the vacant Julia R. Ewan building around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. Police say they believe the burglar was still inside when they arrived. Officers used K-9 units and searched the building for several hours....
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September 8, 2010 5:41 AM
Lexington police continue to search for a suspect inside a vacant elementary school. Police responded to the old Julia R. Ewan Elementary building on Henry Clay boulevard around 1:30 a.m. for a burglary call. Police say that the suspect was spotted inside after officers arrived. Police set up a perimeter...
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August 13, 2010 12:39 PM
A burglary in Jessamine County leaves police with few clues and three different organizations, including the Salvation Army, with less. Nicholasville Police were called to the building on South First Street just after 7 a.m. Friday morning. The Salvation Army, the Regional Kentucky Works program and the Jessamine County Animal...
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August 10, 2010 11:29 AM
Three people have been arrested in connection with a burglary at a Nicholasville convenience store Sunday night. The incident happened at the Pit Stop gas station on Richmond Avenue. Police say an employee arrived at work Monday morning and discovered that the back door had been forced open, and the...
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July 15, 2010 12:13 PM
Police are searching for a burglar that broke in and stole jewelry from K-Mart in Versailles, one of three K-Mart stores he is suspected of breaking into overnight. The burglar first tried to rob K-Marts in Erlanger and Louisville, but did not get away with anything in those two attempts...
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July 8, 2010 6:10 AM
Lexington police received a call from a business owner reporting a burglary Wednesday night. Not unusual in itself. Except that the call came from more than 700 miles away. The wonders of technology. Police say the owner of Demolition Recycle Company called from Pensacola, Fla. around 11:30 p.m. He told...
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June 21, 2010 5:53 AM
Lexington police continue to search for three men after the burglary of a store Sunday night. Police say three young men, possibly juveniles, threw a concrete block through the door of the Foodland on Eureka Springs Drive around 11:30 p.m. One of the suspects entered the store and stole some...
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June 18, 2010 1:27 PM
A Pulaski County man is charged with burglary after police say he was caught on security cameras breaking into a home. The sheriff's department says you can clearly see 30-year-old Jeremiah "Jeremy" Cain pulling into a driveway on Old Waitsboro Road in Bronston then walking to the front door with...
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June 16, 2010 5:24 AM
Lexington police arrested a burglary suspect after a short foot chase and standoff at an apartment complex early Wednesday morning. Police say they went to a home on Northland Drive after getting a terroristic threatening call. When officers arrived, they found a burglary had taken place. Police saw the suspect...
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May 24, 2010 4:32 PM
Police in Harrison County say two burglars made a big mistake when they were surprised at their latest job and left plenty of incriminating evidence behind. Police say that for three days, thieves have put their sights on The Steel Trailer Company, saying that they've stolen thousands of dollars worth...
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May 24, 2010 8:03 AM
Some people simply weren't cut out for a life of crime. After two burglars tried to break into a business along Water Works-Abdullah Park Road in Harrison County, they returned to their getaway vehicle to make their escape. It wasn't there. Turns out it had been towed. And inside the...
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April 26, 2010 6:39 AM
Police in Paris continue to search for a pair of burglars who broke into a local gun shop early Monday morning. Police say the two men first came by Bud's Gun Shop around 9:30 p.m.Sunday and cut the phone lines. They returned around 1:30 a.m. and entered the store. Officers...
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April 6, 2010 10:17 AM
Police have arrested a man and two juveniles in a burglary attempt at a Jessamine County convenience store that was foiled by a Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife conservation officer. The incident happened Friday night around 10:30 p.m. at the Pit Stop Food Mart on Richmond Avenue. Officer Rufus...
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April 5, 2010 11:11 AM
Burgin Police continue to look for the man who led them on an overnight chase through Mercer county. Burgin's police chief told LEX 18 News that he spotted a pick-up truck leaving a farm on Baily Pike, and when he tried to stop the driver, the chase started. Police say...
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March 26, 2010 11:37 AM
They got away with more than $12,000 in jewelry, guns, and cash, and now Richmond Police want to know who are the three thieves working in cahoots. Family members say the items belonged to the grandson of the late judge Bill Robbins. Included in what was stolen were several pocket...
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March 16, 2010 5:11 AM
Two burglars made a quick escape as police arrived on the scene of a home invasion in Lexington early Tuesday morning. Police say two men showed up at the back door of a house on Backhand Court, just off Redding Road. As the men beat on the door, a man...
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February 11, 2010 6:20 AM
Lexington police say they are searching for two men who broke into a trailer on Boysenberry Drive and attacked a resident early Thursday morning. Joshua Belcher says that he was in a back room when he heard his dog barking. Belcher says he runs a recording studio out of his...
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January 28, 2010 6:00 AM
Lexington police are investigating an early morning burglary. Police say that they got the call around 2:30 a.m. Thursday. A resident of the Canterbury Apartments, along Lakeshore Drive, told police that a burglar kicked in the door to their apartment. The burglar rummaged around, but took nothing. Nobody was injured...
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January 21, 2010 5:52 AM
A turtle found itself caught in the middle of a domestic dispute in Nicholasville early Thursday morning. Police say a man and a woman showed up at an apartment complex on Grinder Court around 2 a.m. The man planned to help the woman move out of her ex-boyfriend's home. At...
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January 6, 2010 5:22 AM
A vigilant neighbor led police to a burglary suspect making his way through a house early Wednesday morning. Police say the neighbor noticed a man breaking into a house on Ashland Terrace about 12:45 a.m. Officers say that when they arrived, they caught 20-year-old Matthew Roseberry red-handed. Roseberry faces charges...
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December 22, 2009 7:38 AM
The Kentucky State Police are investigating a burglary at the Whitley County Sheriff's Office. The incident happened Monday. Detectives have not released any specifics on the crime. Stay tuned to LEX 18 for more details.
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December 16, 2009 11:47 AM
A Clark County firefighter has been arrested after police say he stole tobacco from a tobacco barn and tried to sell it. James T. Wells is charged with two counts of third-degree burglary in the case. Police say Wells stole tobacco from a Clark County tobacco barn and tried to...
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December 14, 2009 7:31 AM
Lexington Police are investigating an early Monday morning smash and grab burglary.
The manager of the White Castle across the street says he saw the robber smash in the door of Dan's Discount Jewelery at 328 E. New Circle Rd. about 1:30 a.m. Sunday.
Police say the burglar...
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December 4, 2009 10:54 AM
Police in Madison County are investigating after a store was robbed of 28 firearms earlier this week. The burglary happened at about 3 a.m. on Monday at the Straight Shot Archery store on Kentucky 52 in West Irvine. Police say the burglar or burglars broke a window with a rock...
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December 3, 2009 5:17 AM
Police say a man was stabbed trying to fend off a burglar early Thursday morning in Georgetown. The burglar tried to enter the home on Mallory Lane about 1 a.m., but ran away when an alarm went off. Police say the would-be burglar returned about 2:20 a.m. A man inside...
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December 1, 2009 5:48 AM
Lexington Police say that a man was robbed at gunpoint Monday night. Two men entered an apartment on Kees Road and got away with an undisclosed amount of cash, according to police. One of the burglars was armed with a rifle. Police have made no arrests.
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November 20, 2009 5:30 AM
A Lexington apartment was burglarized Friday morning at the Gatehouse Apartments on Liberty Road. The victim told police that three or four men broke into his apartment about 2:30 a.m., hit him over the head with a gun and stole his car. The vehicle is a 1987 silver Monte Carlo...
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November 19, 2009 7:09 AM
Police say a burglar kicked in the back door of a home on Lantern Creek Court early Thursday morning and stole a television and other items.
Police received the call just after 1:30 a.m. No one was home at the time of the burglary.
Police have not made...
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November 13, 2009 7:22 AM
Lexington Police are looking for five people after a burglary. Officers were called to Sam's Satellite and Electronics on East New Circle Road around 4:45 a.m. Friday. They found the back door of the business open, but no one was inside. Police reviewed surveillance video and saw five people inside...
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November 11, 2009 5:24 AM
Police in Madison County said a man injured in a shooting may be the one in trouble. Kentucky State Police said they received a 911 call about a burglary in process on Simpson Lane in Madison County around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. When troopers arrived, they were met by the homeowner,...
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October 18, 2009 5:12 PM
Lexington Police are investigating a break-in overnight where the burglars got away with electronics and money that was donated to a local charity.
It happened early Sunday morning on Charwood Drive, off Saron Drive, near Tates Creek.
It was sometime after the homeowners at this house here on...
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October 13, 2009 6:30 AM
Lexington Police said they have seized a hard drive and computer and found more 'incriminating evidence' against a popular radio personality. 36-year-old Roy D. Baldridge, who is known as "Dusty Dan" on WBUL-FM, was arrested after a burglary at his home on Malabu Drive early Tuesday. The investigation began when...
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October 13, 2009 5:37 AM
Lexington Police are questioning a popular radio personality after his home was broken into. It happened early Tuesday morning on Malabu Drive. A neighbor called police after spotting two men parked outside in a car acting suspiciously. When police arrived, 36-year-old Roy D. Baldridge, also known as 'Dusty Dan' on...
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September 30, 2009 5:30 AM
A smash and grab for cigarettes kept police in Georgetown bust early Wednesday. Police said just before 2 a.m., a man tossed a rock through the front door of the Broadway Mini-Mart, ran inside and stuffed a bag full of cigarette cartons. A witness saw what was going on and...
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September 24, 2009 5:12 AM
A suspected burglar is under arrest, after a business owner took matters into his own hands. Just after 2 a.m. Thursday, a man said he caught the suspect, Donovan Brannon, breaking into his business on Fourth Street. Police said the owner held Brannon at gunpoint until officers arrived. No one...
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