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November 18, 2011 11:41 AM
The lawyers of the man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend want more time for the start of the trial.
Bass Webb's trial is set to begin on December 1, but the lawyers say they're simply not ready. They say it's not due to anything they've done, but instead the...
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July 18, 2011 2:11 PM
A jury on Monday began deliberations in the trial of a man accused of killing a Frankfort crime victim's advocate back in 2010.
Alastair Couch, 33, is charged with murder, two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, tampering with evidence and being a persistent felony...
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July 11, 2011 5:23 AM
A Mercer County judge is expected to rule Monday whether a man accused of murdering his business partner is competent to stand trial.
Police say James Kelley shot and killed John Dacci in December 2010 and tried to kill the victim's wife. The next day, Kelley shot himself outside...
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July 7, 2011 10:52 AM
The start of the trial for a man accused of killing a Frankfort crime victim's advocate has been delayed until Monday.
Alastair Couch, 33, is charged with murder, two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, tampering with evidence and being a persistent felony offender in...
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July 6, 2011 3:42 PM
A jury has been seated and opening arguments will begin Thursday in the trial of a man accused of killing a Frankfort crime victim's advocate.
Alastair Couch, 33, is charged with murder, two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, tampering with evidence and being a...
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July 5, 2011 2:31 PM
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Casey Anthony was found not guilty Tuesday of killing her 2-year-old daughter in a case that captivated the nation as it played out on national television from the moment the toddler was reported missing three years ago. Anthony, 25, wept as the judge read the verdict,...
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July 1, 2011 5:43 AM
After nearly three weeks of testimony, about 50 witnesses, and more than 100 items put into evidence, the trial of the man accused of killing a Lexington police officer in a hit-and-run ended Thursday with a guilty verdict.
It wasn't the murder conviction the state sought. After more than...
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June 30, 2011 1:45 PM
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The defense rested Thursday in the Casey Anthony murder trial without her taking the witness stand, leaving unsubstantiated her attorneys' contention that her 2-year-old daughter Caylee wasn't killed but accidentally drowned.
Her attorneys also never produced any witnesses bolstering the claim made in last month's...
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June 30, 2011 11:55 AM
A jury in the trial of a man accused in the hit-and-run death of a Lexington police officer last year continued their deliberations Thursday.
The jury in the Glenn Doneghy trial recessed a little after midnight Thursday without reaching a verdict. Attorneys from both sides gave their closing arguments...
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June 21, 2011 12:59 PM
(AP) A judge is weighing whether jurors in the upcoming murder trial of a former state lawmaker may see a batch of writings seized from his car after his arrest on a charge of killing his one-time fiancee.
Fayette Circuit Judge Pamela Goodwine said Tuesday that the writings become...
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June 17, 2011 7:45 AM
The first officer on the scene the night Lexington Police officer Bryan Durman was killed took the witness stand Thursday in the Glenn Doneghy murder trial.
Doneghy is accused in the April 2010 hit and run death of Durman.
The first officers to arrive the night Durman died...
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June 16, 2011 7:41 AM
Testimony in the trial of the man accused in the hit-and-run murder of Lexington police officer Bryan Durman is expected to continue Thursday one day after a jury was seated and the defense started the trial by claiming Durman was "careless" the night he was killed.
During opening statements...
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May 13, 2011 11:11 AM
A judge will allow details of one defendant's guilty plea to be used in the trial of another man accused of murdering a UK student back in 2006.
Police charged Adrian Benton, 31, with complicity to commit murder and robbery. Investigators say Benton and Raymond Wright robbed John Mattingly...
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May 3, 2011 8:47 AM
(AP) - Jury selection is expected to take several days for the murder trial of two men charged in the shooting of a University of Kentucky student five years ago. Attorneys began picking the jury Monday in Lexington to try 31-year-old Adrian Lamont Benton and 29-year-old Raymond Larry Wright, according...
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April 22, 2011 2:33 PM
A jury that on Thursday convicted a man in the kidnapping and killing his ex-girlfriend after he escaped from the Montgomery County jail in 2008 continued to deliberate his punishment in the sentencing phase of the trial Friday.
A jury took just 20 minutes Thursday afternoon to find Robin...
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April 6, 2011 10:55 AM
MANCHESTER, Ky. (AP) - A jury has begun deliberating in the case of an eastern Kentucky man charged with killing a family of five.
Clayton Jackson is accused of murder in the 2004 deaths of Chris and Amanda Sturgill and their three young sons at their Leslie County home....
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March 22, 2011 9:15 AM
Two children present during a deadly shooting took the witness stand during a Hardin County trial on Monday.
It's the fourth time former Fort Campbell soldier Brent Burke has stood trial for killing his estranged wife and his former mother-in-law.
Burke's son was only 4-years-old when the shootings...
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March 15, 2011 10:23 AM
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) - Attorneys are picking a jury for the state's fourth attempt to convict a soldier in the killing of his former wife and her former mother-in-law.
Potential jurors were being questioned individually on Monday, reports The News-Enterprise of Elizabethtown.
Defendant Brent Burke, a sergeant in...
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March 8, 2011 6:47 AM
The capital murder trial of a man accused of killing five people back in 2004 will likely be moved after failure to seat a jury in Leslie County.
According to an indictment, Clayton Jackson shot Chris Sturgill and his wife Amanda, then set their house on fire. Strugill's three...
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February 16, 2011 10:17 AM
The defense rested its case Wednesday morning in the murder trial of a Lexington man accused of gunning down his boyfriend in a mall parking lot in 2009.
Toby Lasure, 33, is accused of shooting Christopher Tolliver to death in the parking lot of Lexington Green in March 5,...
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February 15, 2011 4:00 PM
The prosecution rested its case Tuesday afternoon in the murder trial of a Lexington man accused of gunning down his boyfriend in a mall parking lot in 2009.
Toby Lasure, 33, is accused of shooting Christopher Tolliver to death in the parking lot of Lexington Green in March 5,...
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February 15, 2011 5:47 AM
Testimony in the trial of a man accused of killing his boyfriend in the the Lexington Green parking lot is scheduled to continue Tuesday.
On Monday, Toby Lasure, 33, cried nearly the entire time the medical examiner testified and showed pictures of Christopher Tolliver's fatal gunshot wounds.
Lasure...
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February 10, 2011 2:30 PM
Jury selection in the trial of a man accused of shooting his ex-boyfriend in Lexington in 2009 was completed Thursday afternoon and opening statements were scheduled for later in the afternoon.
Police say Toby Ray Lasure, 33, shot and killed Christopher Tolliver, 31, on March 5, 2009, in the...
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January 4, 2011 6:25 AM
FRANKFORT (AP) - Defense lawyers for former Kentucky lawmaker Steve Nunn may argue that he had a mental or emotional defect when his former fiancee was shot to death.
The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that Nunn attorneys filed documents last week showing they intend to use expert testimony and other...
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December 14, 2010 6:32 AM
A jury returned a guilty verdict in the trial of a deaf man accused of killing two people in Louisville.
The verdict for Jeston Murray came down just before 11 p.m. Monday. They found Murray guilty of murder, robbery, burglary and tampering with physical evidence.
Police say Murray,...
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December 2, 2010 9:19 AM
LOUISVILLE (AP) - The murder trial of a deaf defendant is under way in Louisville and the state is seeking the death penalty.
Jeston Murray is accused in the December 2008 killings of a store clerk and another man later on the same day.
Murray's co-defendant, Michael Knights,...
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October 11, 2010 4:11 PM
(AP) - A judge on Friday set an August 2011 trial date for a former state lawmaker charged with murder in the death of his ex-fiancee.
Fayette Circuit Judge Pamela Goodwine set aside 16 days for Steve Nunn's murder trial, which is set to begin Aug. 1, 2011. Prosecutors...
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September 30, 2010 11:10 AM
(AP) - A former nurse at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Lexington is set for trial on a charge of murder in January.
A judge postponed the date on Wednesday from October 12 until January 18. The delay is to allow prosecutors to provide records to the attorneys...
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September 15, 2010 5:44 AM
A judge has declared another mistrial in the murder case of former Ft. Campbell soldier Brent Burke. The Hardin County jury got the case early Tuesday afternoon, but could not reach a verdict. Burke stands accused of killing his estranged wife, Tracy, and his former mother-in-law, Karen Comer, four years...
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August 30, 2010 9:38 PM
Monday marked the tenth day in the latest double murder trial of a former Fort Campbell soldier. Brent Burke is accused of shooting and killing his estranged wife Tracy Burke, and her former mother-in-law Karen comer. Monday... a teenager who police say told at least two friends "he" was the...
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August 25, 2010 5:32 AM
After hours of deliberation, a jury finally came back with a verdict in a Boyle County murder trial around 11:20 p.m. Tuesday. The jury found Dr. Steven Hall guilty of second degree manslaughter. Hall was on trial for murder after he ran over his wife, Isabel, with a pontoon boat...
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August 24, 2010 12:46 PM
A jury began deliberations Tuesday afternoon in the murder trial of a Mercer County doctor accused of killing his wife. Prosecutors say Dr. Steven Hall killed his wife, Isabel Hall, by running over her with a pontoon boat during a trip to Herrington Lake. During testimony on Monday, jurors heard...
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August 24, 2010 10:13 AM
Testimony concluded Tuesday morning and opening arguments have begun in the murder trial of a Mercer County doctor accused of killing his wife. Prosecutors say Dr. Steven Hall killed his wife, Isabel Hall, by running over her with a pontoon boat during a trip to Herrington Lake. During testimony on...
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August 23, 2010 12:12 PM
The prosecution rested its case Monday in the murder trial of a Mercer County doctor accused of killing his wife. Prosecutors say Dr. Steven Hall killed his wife, Isabel Hall, by running over her with a pontoon boat during a trip to Herrington Lake. In testimony last week, detective Chris...
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August 12, 2010 4:26 PM
The work to seat a jury in the murder trial of a Fort Campbell soldier continued Thursday in Hardin County. It's the third attempt to put Brent Burke on trial. The Army sergeant is charged in the 2007 killings of his estranged wife, Tracy Burke, and Karen Comer. Tracy Burke's...
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August 4, 2010 3:35 PM
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - The trial has begun for a former sheriff's deputy accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend in south-central Kentucky. Jurors began hearing testimony Tuesday in Warren Circuit Court against 43-year-old Randall Creek. The former Simpson County deputy is accused killing 46-year-old Debbie Rediess, who was shot...
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July 12, 2010 7:58 AM
NEWPORT (AP) - The murder trial of a northern Kentucky man has been postponed after his lawyer's claim that caffeine figured into the strangulation death of the defendant's wife. The Kentucky Enquirer reported prosecutors want time to run tests on pills and drinks they were given only last week. The...
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July 8, 2010 12:50 PM
(AP) - Attorneys for a former Kentucky lawmaker accused of killing his ex-fiancee argued Thursday that child pornography and other evidence found on a computer hard drive should be disallowed because it was obtained through an improper police search. During a hearing, Steve Nunn's attorneys cross-examined law enforcement witnesses about...
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July 8, 2010 9:17 AM
Jury selection for the trial of a man accused of shooting his ex-boyfriend in Lexington has begun, but the trial will not start until Monday due a death in the judge's family. Police charged Toby Ray Lasure, 33, shot and killed Christopher Tolliver, 31, on March 5, 2009, in the...
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June 2, 2010 5:11 AM
The man accused of killing two women and trying to run over a pair of Sheriff's deputies has a trial date. Bass Webb will go to trial next March. Police say Webb killed his ex-girlfriend, Bryia Runiewicz last July. He also stands accused of trying to run down two Bourbon...
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June 1, 2010 3:16 PM
A trial date has been set for the man accused in a crime spree that included the murder of his ex-girlfriend. Bass Webb is set to go on trial in the Harrison County case next March Webb is charged with killing Bryia Runiewicz last July as well as trying to...
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May 13, 2010 12:15 PM
Jurors have begun their second day of deliberations in the trial of a Kentucky woman suspected of helping torture a Tennessee couple. Vanessa Coleman is the last of four defendants charged with helping kill 21-year-old Channon christian and her boyfriend, Christopher Newsom, in 2007. Coleman could be sentenced to death...
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March 15, 2010 3:53 PM
Jury selection has been completed in the trial for a man charged in a fatal shooting outside of a Lexington bar in 2008. Yves Garner faces capital murder and other charges for the death of 35-year-old Henry Means. Police say Means was shot several times and found outside the Korner...
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March 8, 2010 4:53 PM
A judge has decided to allow a jury to see a videotaped confession from the man accused of murdering his parents in Scott County in 2007. James Anthony Gray's attorneys wanted his confession thrown out, but on Monday a judge says he will allow the taped confession to play during...
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February 17, 2010 10:11 PM
A judge has delayed the trial of a couple charged with robbing and kidnapping a Bell County man before tossing him into the Cumberland River last year. 39-year-old Lora Amburgey and 27-year-old Joshua Parsons both face charges in the death of 70- year-old Paul Slusher... whose body was found several...
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February 4, 2010 10:40 AM
A Laurel County jury has convicted a man in the shooting death of his girlfriend back in 2008. Jurors found Michael McQueen guilty in the case Wednesday night. McQueen shot and killed his girlfriend, Christina Hodge, at a home on Haley Ridge Road back in 2008. The mother of three...
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January 21, 2010 10:49 AM
The trial of a Grant County man charged with killing his girlfriend's baby continued Thursday. Police have charged Douglas Barnhill with murdering 13-month-old Kiara Smith. Barnhill originally told authorities the toddler fell and hit her head. Court records say Barnhill changed his story when questioned by police, saying he fell...
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December 17, 2009 3:34 PM
Jury deliberations began Thursday afternoon in the trial of a Montgomery County woman accused of shooting and killing her husband. Pam Bartley is accused of shooting her husband, Carl Bartley, in their home in July 2007. The trial was originally scheduled to begin earlier this year, but officials were unable...
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December 17, 2009 11:03 AM
Closing arguments are expected Thursday in the trial of a Montgomery County woman accused of shooting and killing her husband. Pam Bartley is accused of shooting her husband, Carl Bartley, in their home in July 2007. The trial was originally scheduled to begin earlier this year, but officials were unable...
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December 14, 2009 5:41 PM
The defense is expected to begin presenting its case Tuesday morning in the trial of a Montgomery County woman accused of shooting and killing her husband. Pam Bartley is accused of shooting her husband, Carl Bartley, in their home in July 2007. The trial was originally scheduled to begin earlier...
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December 7, 2009 5:12 PM
Jury selection has been completed and opening statements are expected to begin Tuesday morning in the trial of a Montgomery County woman accused of shooting and killing her husband. Pam Bartley is accused of shooting her husband, Carl Bartley, in their home in July 2007. The trial was originally scheduled...
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December 7, 2009 12:00 PM
Jury selection has begun in the trial of a Montgomery County woman accused of shooting and killing her husband. Pam Bartley is accused of shooting her husband, Carl Bartley, in their home in July 2007. The trial was originally scheduled to begin earlier this year, but officials were unable to...
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December 7, 2009 11:18 AM
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Closing arguments are coming in the Knoxville trial of a Kentucky man accused in the carjacking and torture murders of a young couple. The defense for George Thomas of Lebanon, Ky., rested Monday morning as the trial resumed in Knoxville. No witnesses were called by the...
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December 3, 2009 11:32 AM
BURLINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Prosecutors in Northern Kentucky say they'll seek the death penalty in the murder of a mathematician who was retired from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. The Kentucky Enquirer reported a prosecutor told a judge in Burlington on Thursday she intends to ask for capital...
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November 16, 2009 10:14 AM
A Montgomery County woman accused of shooting and killing her husband will be in court Monday for a change-of-venue motion to be heard. Attorneys for Pam Bartley have filed an unusual motion to move the trial back to Montgomery County. This comes months after a judge granted a change of...
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October 27, 2009 10:26 AM
The defense has concluded its closing arguments in the high-profile trial of a man accused in the sodomy and murder of a six-year-old boy. Prosecutors said Lewis "Buck" Ballard, 51, sodomized and killed six-year-old Wesley Mullins of Clark County while the boy was visiting his grandfather's home in Bourbon County...
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October 26, 2009 3:51 PM
The defense rested Monday afternoon in the murder trial of a man accused of sodomizing then killing a six-year-old Clark County boy in 2007. Prosecutors say Lewis "Buck" Ballard, 51, sodomized and killed six-year-old Wesley Mullins of Clark County while the boy was visiting his grandfather's home in Bourbon County...
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October 26, 2009 12:58 PM
UPDATED 1:45 p.m . - The man accused of sodomizing then killing a six-year-old Clark County boy in 2007 took the stand in his murder trial Monday and claimed he never touched and did not murder the boy. Prosecutors say Lewis "Buck" Ballard, 51, sodomized and killed six-year-old Wesley Mullins...
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October 26, 2009 10:16 AM
The defense in the murder trial of Lewis "Buck" Ballard said they may wrap up their case after testimony on Monday. Prosecutors say Ballard, 51, sodomized and killed six-year-old Wesley Mullins of Clark County while the boy was visiting his grandfather's home in Bourbon County in August 2007. The prosecution...
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October 26, 2009 5:14 AM
The murder trial of Lewis "Buck" Ballard is scheduled to continue Monday in Woodford County. Friday, the prosecution had a bit of a setback after a forensic technologist testified she did not find evidence of sperm cells on a swab collected from the six-year-old murder victim, Wesley Mullins. Earlier last...
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October 16, 2009 12:47 PM
The state's forensic anthropologist testified Friday in the trial of a man accused of killing a six-year-old boy that injuries suffered by the boy were so severe that she had to piece his skull back together. Dr. Emily Craig was one of the first prosecution witnesses to testify in the...
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October 16, 2009 5:21 AM
Jurors are expected to hear from the first witnesses Friday in the trial of a Bourbon County man accused of killing a six-year-old boy. During opening statements Thursday, the Commonwealth's Attorney told the jury Lewis "Buck" Ballard sexually assaulted Wesley Mullins in August 2007 while his grandfather was sleeping then...
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October 15, 2009 4:03 PM
The attorney for a man accused of killing a six-year-old boy in Bourbon County said during opening arguments of his trial Thursday that police "put blinders on" during their investigation. The murder trial of Lewis "Buck" Ballard began Thursday in Woodford County after days of jury selection. Ballard is accused...
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October 15, 2009 2:24 PM
Opening statements were expected to begin Thursday afternoon in the trial of a man accused of killing a six-year-old boy in Bourbon County. After two days, a jury was finally seated at around 2 p.m. Thursday in the trial of Lewis "Buck" Ballard. Police say Ballard killed Wesley Mullins in...
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October 15, 2009 5:44 AM
Opening statements in the trial of Lewis "Buck" Ballard could take place Thursday in Woodford County. The case is in the final stages of seating a jury and when that happens, opening statements could begin. Ballard is accused in the murder of six-year-old Wesley Mullins two years ago in Bourbon...
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October 13, 2009 2:44 PM
The second effort to find a jury is underway in the case the man accused of murdering and sodomizing a 6-year-old boy. Police say Lewis "Buck" Ballard killed Wesley Mullins in August of 2007 in Paris. After two days of jury selection in Bourbon County last week, officials said they...
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