The Kenton Co. Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a scam in which a caller claims to be with the sheriff’s office, telling the resident that there is an active warrant for missing court. The caller is also able to mimic the sheriff’s office true phone number. The sheriff’s office said that the scammer says […]
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Kenton Sheriff Warns of Scam Involving Phone Number and Warrant
The Kenton Co. Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a scam in which a caller claims to be with the sheriff’s office, telling the resident that there is an active warrant for missing court. The caller is also able to mimic the sheriff’s office true phone number. The sheriff’s office said that the scammer says […]
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Kenton Sheriff Warns of Scam Involving Phone Number and Warrant
The Kenton Co. Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a scam in which a caller claims to be with the sheriff’s office, telling the resident that there is an active warrant for missing court. The caller is also able to mimic the sheriff’s office true phone number. The sheriff’s office said that the scammer says […]
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Three Arrested Following Dayton Robbery, SWAT Event
Three people were robbed and assaulted in Dayton, police allege, resulting in the arrest of two men and one teen on Sunday. The Kenton County Regional SWAT Team was called in to assist the Dayton Police Department with the execution of a search warrant at 601 8th Avenue. According to police, one of […]
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Three Arrested Following Dayton Robbery, SWAT Event
Three people were robbed and assaulted in Dayton, police allege, resulting in the arrest of two men and one teen on Sunday. The Kenton County Regional SWAT Team was called in to assist the Dayton Police Department with the execution of a search warrant at 601 8th Avenue. According to police, one of […]
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Meth Seized in Campbell, Grant Cos. Leads to 22-Year Sentence
A Dry Ridge man was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison on Friday following a guilty plea last spring to charges of conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and possession of a short-barreled shotgun in furtherance of drug trafficking. Paul Stapleton, 48, was one of multiple people charged and convicted in […]
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Meth Seized in Campbell, Grant Cos. Leads to 22-Year Sentence
A Dry Ridge man was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison on Friday following a guilty plea last spring to charges of conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and possession of a short-barreled shotgun in furtherance of drug trafficking. Paul Stapleton, 48, was one of multiple people charged and convicted in […]
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Woman Shot and Killed in Covington, Suspect Charged with Murder
This story has been updated with details about the arrest of a suspect. A woman was shot and killed in Covington in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Covington Police reported that officers responded to the 2400 block of White Court in the City Heights community at around 2 a.m. where they found a woman […]
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Woman Shot and Killed in Covington, Suspect Charged with Murder
This story has been updated with details about the arrest of a suspect. A woman was shot and killed in Covington in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Covington Police reported that officers responded to the 2400 block of White Court in the City Heights community at around 2 a.m. where they found a woman […]
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Independence Man Charged with Trying to Meet Boy for Sex
An Independence man faces charges after allegedly trying to meet a 16-year old boy for sex. Timothy Morehead, 54, was using a mobile dating application to communicate with what he thought was a teen boy but who was really a Kenton County Police detective. The department’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigation […]
