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Police and Fire

  • Mobile home fire extinguished quickly

    A small fire caused only minor damage to a Bardstown mobile home Sunday morning.

    The fire was already out when the Bardstown-Nelson County Fire Department arrived at the home of Thomas Spalding after being dispatched around 11:30 a.m., Maj. Billy Mattingly said.

    “It appeared that it started around the flue pipe on the wood stove, and he actually had the fire out when we got there. He had thrown a bucket of water on it,” Mattingly said.

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  • Suspect injured during alleged armed robbery

    An attempted robbery in which the suspects were allegedly armed with a gun and a butcher-style knife ended with one suspect in the hospital Jan. 29.

    Demetrius Watkins, 34, and Claude Owen McMakin, 23, both of Bloomfield, were indicted in Nelson Circuit Court Wednesday on charges of first-degree robbery and complicity to first-degree robbery. Watkins faced an additional first-degree persistent felony offender charge after being previously convicted of second-degree robbery, theft by unlawful taking, first-degree wanton endangerment and a number of other charges.

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  • Man accused of a dozen sexual assaults

    A Bardstown man is suspected of raping a mentally incapacitated person on multiple occasions.

    Robert S. Manely, 48, was indicted on 10 counts of second-degree rape and two counts of second-degree sodomy in Nelson Circuit Court Wednesday.

    The indictment states that Manely engaged in sexual intercourse with a person who is mentally incapacitated sometime between June 1 and Aug. 31, 2011.

    Manely’s bail was set at $50,000 cash only, plus conditions, with arraignment scheduled for 1 p.m. March 8.

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  • Alleged armed stalker flees police

    A Bardstown man indicted for stalking and weapon possession has been accused of leading a Bullitt County deputy on a chase down Interstate 65 that ended in a crash.

    Namon Edward Milburn Jr., 21, reportedly fled when Dep. John Miller discovered him with a woman who had taken out an emergency protective order against him only four days before.

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  • Pedestrian hit by car in front of welcome center

    A woman visiting from Florida was hit crossing the road in front of the Bardstown-Nelson County Welcome Center in downtown Bardstown Tuesday.

    Karen Kuhn, 63, Navarre, Fla., and her husband have frequently passed through the area and decided to finally visit Bardstown.

    Keith Willett, who works with the Nelson County Maintenance, saw the accident happen.

    “It sounded like two cars hitting each other,” Willett said. “I saw her tumbling. She remained conscious.”

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  • Bardstown man faces more than 2,000 child porn charges

    A Bardstown man is facing more than 2,000 counts of distribution and possession of child pornography.

    On Feb. 2, Bardstown Police and the Kentucky State Police Electronic Crime Branch conducted a search warrant at the home of Richard Keene, 44. KSP reports that it seized a computer allegedly used to distribute child pornography, along with thousands of explicit videos and images. These items were reportedly examined by the KSP Forensic Laboratory before Keene’s arrest.

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  • One airlifted after BG wreck

    The cause of a single-vehicle accident from which a Leitchfield man was airlifted Monday morning remains unknown.

    Ema Sapp Jr., 64, was reportedly driving west on the Blue Grass Parkway, about 15 miles north of Springfield, when the accident occurred. About 10:25 a.m., Sapp’s 1995 Ford Taurus reportedly ran off the roadway and struck the guardrail, according to a press release from Kentucky State Police.

    Sapp, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the vehicle.

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  • Men allegedly shoot at crowd of people

    Two men have been indicted for allegedly shooting in the direction of a group of people at a New Haven bar.

    Patrick L. Keith, 40, Elizabethtown, and Jason Clay Sanders, 41, Hodgenville, allegedly fled the First and Last Chance Bar into LaRue County after shooting five or six rounds Jan. 5.

    New Haven Police Officer K.C. Holbert said the two men had been drinking when an altercation broke out shortly before 10 p.m.

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  • Four arrested for trafficking cocaine, thefts

    More than a dozen law enforcement officers conducted three simultaneous searches at residences at Federal Place and Harrow Court in Bardstown Wednesday afternoon, resulting in the arrest of four people suspected of trading stolen property for cocaine and other drugs.

    The search warrants were executed by the Bardstown Police Department and Kentucky State Police about 5:30 p.m.

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  • City takes next step to finding new fire chief

    The application process for finding a new chief for the Bardstown Fire Department has closed.

    Mayor Bill Sheckles said about 12 applications were received for the post, which will head up the city fire department as well as the Bardstown-Nelson County Fire Volunteer Department Inc., commonly referred to as the “corporation.” The two departments share space, equipment and some volunteers in a station behind Bardstown City Hall.

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