GRETHEL, Ky. — A man accused of breaking into a Floyd County home helped police with his arrest by getting trapped in shrink wrap. Floyd County deputies were called to a home in Grethel, where a woman reported that she thought her son was trying to break into her home through a bedroom window. When police arrived, they found 50-year-old Darvin Shepherd lying on the front porch, tangled in what appeared to be plastic wrap. The woman told deputies she’d had an argument with her son earlier in the day and thought it was him trying to come through the […]

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PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man has been charged with theft, after he allegedly refused to return a lost phone when he discovered there was no reward. Police were called last Wednesday by a woman who reported the incident. She said her son lost his iPhone 12 when he left it on the roof of the car. A short time later, they received a text from the phone saying it had been found and could be retrieved from an address on Phyllis Lane. When they went to get the phone, they said 44-year-old Phillip Kendrick came outside and asked […]

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LOUISA, Ky. — A Lawrence County man who has a history of not maintaining his sex offender registration has been arrested once again for not maintaining his sex offender registration. Roy Osborne, 35, of Louisa, was arrested on Wednesday. Osborne had been previously convicted of sexually abusing a 12-year-old in West Virginia. As part of his sentence, he was ordered to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, but he has repeatedly arrested for not doing so. Since moving to Kentucky, he has been found guilty of failing to maintain sex offender registration requirements five times, […]

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LINEFORK, Ky. — One man is dead following a crash Monday afternoon in Letcher County. It happened just after 1:30 p.m. on Defeated Creek Road, at Linefork. Kentucky State Police says Terry C. Combs, 58, of Linefork, failed to negotiate a curve and overturned over an embankment, partially ejecting him from his truck. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say Combs was not wearing a seat belt and alcohol is suspected to have played a role in the crash. The incident remains under investigation.

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HARDY, Ky. — A Pike County man is facing felony charges because police say he was under the influence when he crashed his car with two young boys in the car. The crash happened Sunday night on Route 319 at Hardy. When police arrived at the scene, firefighters told them the driver, identified as John Mayhew Jr., 41, of McCarr, required two doses of the overdose medication Narcan to awaken. They also said there were two boys, ages 9 and 12, who were in the back seat during the time of the crash. The boys told police Mayhew agreed to […]

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