A Northern Kentucky attorney was sentenced to five years in prison on human trafficking charges. Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced that Robert L. Poole pleaded guilty to two counts of promoting human trafficking – commercial sex activity. His five-year sentence, delivered in Boone Circuit Court, is to be served concurrently with an existing sentence, a […]
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Man Accused of Stabbing Woman Outside Covington Shelter is Captured
Editor’s note: The Covington Police Department spells the suspect’s name as Donte Cammon while the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, which has him in custody, spells it Dante Cammon. A man accused of stabbing a woman in Covington on Tuesday was captured in Cincinnati on Friday. Covington Police reported that a woman was found with multiple stab […]
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Police: Shoplifter reportedly fires shot at Cold Spring Kroger
Kroger in Cold Spring on Martha Lane Collins Blvd. Police are still looking for a shoplifter who allegedly fired a shot Sunday night at the Kroger store in Cold Spring on Martha Lane Collins Blvd. Highland Heights Police said that another officer heard the gunshot at around 8:40 p.m. while conducting a separate traffic stop. […]
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Driver who killed Newport couple gets life in prison
The scene in Campbell Circuit, in Judge Dan Zalla’s courtroom. The driver charged in a high-speed chase that killed two and wounding two others, was sentenced to life in prison today. Judge Dan Zalla gave Mason Meyer, 28, life in prison on two counts of murder in addition to 20 years on the remaining charges […]
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Driver in deadly Newport police chase pleads guilty to murder
FTM file. A man charged with murder relating to a police chase that originated in Cincinnati and ended in Newport in from of Press on Monmouth pleaded guilty in Campbell County Circuit Court on Monday in front of Judge Dan Zalla. Merk & Gile. 513-713-0862 Mason Meyer, 28, pleaded guilty to two counts of murder, […]
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Body Found in Taylor Mill Near Banklick Creek
A body was found near Banklick Creek on Thursday, Taylor Mill Police reported. Officers were dispatched to the area of Banklick Creek under the bridge where Taylor Mill Road (Ky. 16) crosses the water. Officers located a body there. Police said that the discovery of the body is not being investigated as a crime at […]
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Man Arrested in Covington After Double-Shooting in Ohio
A man wanted in connection to a double-shooting in Ohio was arrested Tuesday morning in Covington. Elijah I. Thompson, 21, of Florence, was located on the 100 block of East 40th Street in Latonia after Covington Police were able to verify a call that the suspect was inside a residence there. Thompson surrendered without incident, […]
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Union Man Arrested After Confessing to Shooting Wife, Deputies Say
A man was arrested Monday after Boone Co. Sheriff’s deputies said that he confessed to shooting his wife during a domestic violence incident the night before. The sheriff’s office responded to the 5000 block of Loch Drive in Union at around 6:30 a.m. Monday after receiving a call that a woman had accidentally shot herself […]
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Law enforcement on site at Highlands campus to investigate threat
FTM file. UPDATE, 12:13 p.m. According to District officials, the threat has been thoroughly investigated and found to be unsubstantiated. Students are now returning to class. _________ Police from Fort Thomas, Southgate, Newport and K9 units from Cincinnati are actively investigating a phone-in threat at Highlands High School in Fort Thomas. The high school and […]
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One Dead, One Wounded, 18-Year Old Charged in Covington Shootings
A man is dead and a woman is wounded after a shooting on Sunday morning in Covington. Now an 18-year old man is charged with murder. It happened just before 11 a.m. Sunday on the 3100 block of Rosina Ave. in Latonia. Covington Police were dispatched to the scene of a reported shooting and found […]
