Courts & Crime

The driver of a vehicle that caused a double-fatal crash after crossing the median of Interstate 71 on Thanksgiving Day has been indicted for reckless homicide.

By Janell Oliver, special to The Oldham Era

An Oldham County jury has ruled in unanimous favor that an Anchorage bank committed fraud as a Prospect couple’s land deal went awry.

And now, the bank is expected to pay hefty damages.

He told prison guards they were ankle braces.

But just before his arrest, a Shelbyville man working as a teacher at the Kentucky State Reformatory admitted to police that he had a pound of tobacco pressed, bundled and taped to each foot.

It’s a process police say James H. Petrey, 62, has repeated at least four times per month during the four years he’s worked as a teacher behind prison gates.

And the sum of his efforts is surprising – two pounds per trip, four trips per month and a price tag of $350 per pound.

Employees of Howell and Emery law firm found a surprise when they arrived Thursday morning.

The front door of their office at 105 S. Walnut St. in La Grange lay shattered on the front porch. A red brick rested in the debris.

"We aren't having the luck of the Irish today," Emery said.

The brick shattered the storm door and cracked a glass panel on the bright red wooden door behind it, which is "very, very old."

"It will be hard to replace," Emery said.