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Louisville Attorney David Lambertus is now representing Roger Burdette, the MSD driver charged with murder and DUI in connection with the Christmas Eve crash that killed Det. Deidre Mengedoht
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A judge has refused to lower the bond— set at $200,000 cash—for a truck driver accused of murder in the death of 32-year-old Deidre Mengedoht, a detective with the Louisville (KY) Police Department who was killed in a fiery crash on an interstate highway on Monday.
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Mengedoht was reportedly conducting a traffic stop around 2 p.m. Monday on a truck with four passengers inside when an MSD truck crashed into her cruiser. The officer's cruiser then struck the truck that had pulled over and caught fire. Investigators said the officer had her emergency lights on and was in the right-hand lane.
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A 39-year-old man now faces multiple charges—third degree assault, disorderly conduct, menacing, and resisting arrest—after he reportedly punched an off-duty Lexington officer who was responding to a disturbance taking place near him.
Read More →A trooper with the Kentucky State Police suffered minor injuries on Friday after a vehicle pursuit of a motorist who fled a traffic stop.
Read More →Police had responded to LB Manufacturing in Springfield after the department was called about a suspicious person in a vehicle nearby.
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Officers with the Ashland (KY) Police Department have been granted permission to grow out their facial hair—for one month.
Read More →Scott County Sheriff Tony Hampton said that the agency did not receive word until Wednesday that Morales would be released from a spinal rehabilitation facility in Louisville on Thursday.
Read More →A Mercer County, KY, deputy is out of surgery and stable in the intensive care unit after he had a heart attack during an active shooter response training Saturday.
Read More →Kentucky State Police say that several agencies were in pursuit of a pickup truck when the vehicle struck another car, killing two teenagers and injuring two others.
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