The Covington Police Department gathered overnight at the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge and at the Northern Kentucky Police Memorial to remember Officer Michael Partin, who died in the line of duty in 1998. Officer Michael Anthony Partin died after falling from the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge and drowning in the Ohio River below. The 25-year […]
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Police Seek Man Who Tried to Run Over Officer in Bellevue
Police in Bellevue are looking for a man they say nearly ran over an officer on Friday. The incident happened at the United Dairy Farmers on Fairfield Avenue. The suspect is identified as Mark A. Harp, 34, who is described as being 5’8″ with brown hair, blue eyes, and weighing roughly 175 pounds. If you […]
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Police Seek Man Who Tried to Run Over Officer in Bellevue
Police in Bellevue are looking for a man they say nearly ran over an officer on Friday. The incident happened at the United Dairy Farmers on Fairfield Avenue. The suspect is identified as Mark A. Harp, 34, who is described as being 5’8″ with brown hair, blue eyes, and weighing roughly 175 pounds. If you […]
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Man Who Shot at Covington Police During SWAT Standoff Now in Kenton Jail
UPDATE (Friday): Vaughan pleaded not guilty in a Kenton County courtroom Friday. ORIGINAL POST (Thursday): The man who fired at Covington Police officers during a 22-hour SWAT standoff in Latonia is now in the Kenton County Detention Center. Michael Vaughan, 43, took a bullet to his upper arm, an act by police that ended the standoff […]
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Man Who Shot at Covington Police During SWAT Standoff Now in Kenton Jail
UPDATE (Friday): Vaughan pleaded not guilty in a Kenton County courtroom Friday. ORIGINAL POST (Thursday): The man who fired at Covington Police officers during a 22-hour SWAT standoff in Latonia is now in the Kenton County Detention Center. Michael Vaughan, 43, took a bullet to his upper arm, an act by police that ended the standoff […]
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Six Indicted on Murder, Assault Charges in Death of Covington Teen
Six teenagers are indicted by the Kenton County Grand Jury on Thursday for their alleged roles in the shooting death of Desean Peterson in October. Peterson, 19, was gunned down in front of his home in Covington’s Austinburg neighborhood. Two days later, six teens were arrested. Within four days, eight were behind bars. Indicted Thursday on murder […]
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Six Indicted on Murder, Assault Charges in Death of Covington Teen
Six teenagers are indicted by the Kenton County Grand Jury on Thursday for their alleged roles in the shooting death of Desean Peterson in October. Peterson, 19, was gunned down in front of his home in Covington’s Austinburg neighborhood. Two days later, six teens were arrested. Within four days, eight were behind bars. Indicted Thursday on murder […]
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Man Faces Murder Charge After Fatal Independence Stabbing
A man will appear in Kenton County Court this morning facing a charge of murder. Matthew “Matty” Smith, 25, was arrested Wednesday after a man was stabbed to death in Independence. WLWT reports that the victim, a 39-year old man, was found around 7 a.m. in the backyard of a home on England Road, following […]
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Man Faces Murder Charge After Fatal Independence Stabbing
A man will appear in Kenton County Court this morning facing a charge of murder. Matthew “Matty” Smith, 25, was arrested Wednesday after a man was stabbed to death in Independence. WLWT reports that the victim, a 39-year old man, was found around 7 a.m. in the backyard of a home on England Road, following […]
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Latonia SWAT Standoff Suspect Moved from Hospital to Cincinnati Jail
UPDATE (Wednesday 11:45 a.m.): Vaughan is currently on suicide watch at the Hamilton County Justice Center where the staff has deemed him to be mentally unstable, WCPO’s Jason Law reports via Twitter. UPDATE (Tuesday 9 p.m.): Vaughan was transferred from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center to the Hamilton County Justice Center on Tuesday. He is being […]