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Two men have been charged in connection with the attempted robbery of a pharmacy, Lexington police said Wednesday night. The attempt was foiled when an employee pulled a handgun, John E. McGarvey and Steven E. Corman, both 47, were each charged with two counts of first-degree robbery, police Lt. Chris Van Brackel said. McGarvey was also charged with two counts of tampering with physical evidence; Corman was charged with one count. The incident happened about 10 a.m. Wednesday at Corner Pharmacy, 1701 Alexandria Drive. A man entered the pharmacy, displayed a knife and demanded pills. At that point, an employee...

Former Republican lieutenant governor candidate and state Rep. Mike Harmon, R-Danville, has filed a bill allowing Kentucky residents to carry concealed firearms without a permit. The legislation would make the unlicensed carrying of a hidden deadly weapon legal and prohibit employers from having no-firearms policies that apply to buildings or parking areas. It also forbids companies from disciplining employees who have firearms in their vehicles or who use them for self-defense. Harmon says certain restrictions to carrying conceal weapons will still apply to schools and judicial areas, but the bill is about securing Second Amendment rights. “I do believe it’s...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- Some scary moments for a 16-year-old who was in bed asleep when two men break into her home in Pleasure Ridge Park. Residents in the Hunters Pointe neighborhood say this wasn't the first time burglars are breaking in in the middle of the day. It's what this teen did that probably saved her life. Around 11:30 Tuesday morning Steve Dennison's 16-year-old daughter was asleep in her bed, home alone, when two robbers busted through the back door. "They took the iron chair and threw it through here. They never bothered to unlock the door they climbed...

A man is stabbed to death after breaking into someone's home. State police say Edward Crowley forced his way into the home on Keith Whitley Boulevard in Sandy Hook early Sunday morning. The homeowner, Jamie Dillon, then stabbed Crowley when the two got into a fight. Police did not charge Dillon and say it appears he acted in self defense. The case will be presented to a grand jury.

A Richmond man told troopers he shot a burglar in self-defense. Police got a call around 8:30 Saturday morning about a break-in that was happening on Hager drive. Steven Womack later told investigators he was holding the burglar at gunpoint until troopers arrived when the suspect suddenly tried to get out a window. Womack also told troopers when the burglar went to reach for something in his pocket, he shot him three times. The man who was shot, 38-year old Steven Murphy, was taken to the hospital and is expected to recover. No word yet on charges filed in the...

Lexington police have obtained an arrest warrant for a would-be robber who they say was shot by his intended victim last week. Darrell Wayne Strunk, 35, of Lexington is wanted in a Dec. 5 robbery at B&N Towing, 336 Lisle Industrial Dr., according to a news release from Lexington police. A man working at the business told police that he was approached by two people, one of whom was holding a handgun. The man, who was not identified, pulled out his own handgun and shot the man with the gun, who is believed to be Strunk, in the abdomen. The...

A robbery turned violent, but witnesses say the victim turned the tables on one of the suspects, and shot him. The wife of the man who owns B & N Towing, on Lisle Industrial Avenue in Lexington, said he fought back while being attacked. Lexington Police say around 2 p.m. Monday, a man walked into the business and acted like he wanted to sell the owner an alternator. After a brief discussion, the owner's wife says a second man, wearing a ski mask, came out from behind a car, threatening to shoot her husband if he didn't cooperate with their...

Shepherdsville, KY (WDRB) -- The coroner's office has identified the man who was shot in the head following a struggle with a homeowner. Police say he was trying to steal items from the woman's home. 25-year-old Christopher Sanford died of that wound Monday at 2:26 at U of L Hospital A woman who lives at the house on Blue Ash Drive returned home with her twin boys around 11 a.m. Sunday to find an intruder pointing a shotgun at her. A man who spoke to a reporter at the home declined to identify his wife by name, but said the...

Update: We are learning more about a fatal shooting during a robbery at a Mount Vernon gas station. Family members of 20-year old James Hensley of Rockcastle County say he was shot and killed outside the Shell station, off exit 59, overnight. Police say Hensley had just robbed the clerk and was on his way out of the gas station when the clerk fired a gun. They say Hensley used a knife to get away with cash and cigarettes before he was killed. Officers are not identifying the clerk. Police say they are still investigating. Original story: We have confirmed...

Tea Party Says Metro Government Playing Favorites LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Questions have been raised about the 2½-month long special event permit issued to Occupy Louisville. Members of the tea party believe the Metro Government gave the protesters a big break. According to a spokesperson for Metro Public Works that's just not the case, though spokeswoman Lindsay English said the request was unusual. Occupy Louisville continues its occupation of Jefferson Square. For several days the group operated without permit. Now, Occupy Louisville has been given the OK to camp out until 2012. "It was kind of uncharted waters because there had...

(WHAS11) – Louisville Metro Police are investigating a shooting in old Louisville. Police say a man walked into a store and tried to rob it and the owner fought back taking aim at the intruder. Police say the robber walked into the business and demanded money. The owner gave it up, but then pulled a gun and shot the robber. The wounded suspect then fled the scene and police say he found a ride to the hospital where he remains at this hour Wednesday night. We're not sure of his condition, but police say the injuries do not appear to...

The ordinance does not extend protections to gays, lesbians and transgender people, but two council members said after the vote that an ordinance to include those protections would be proposed later.

RICHMOND — What he thought would be a quiet trip to his storage shed Tuesday night ended with a Richmond man holding an accused burglar on the ground while waiting for police. The 54-year-old man, who did not wish to be identified, said an alarm sounded as he passed Dale’s Auto Service on Main Street. When he turned around to investigate, he heard glass breaking at the business. Then he saw something black on the counter inside. “At first I thought it was a cat,” he said. “Then I realized a cat couldn’t have broken the glass. I looked closer...

An illegal immigrant who works harvesting tobacco has been charged with sexually abusing a female relative. Marcos Moran-Cuellar, 23, 1104 Beauty Ave., was charged Sunday with first-degree sexual abuse of an 11-year-old girl, according to Warren Circuit Court records. Cuellar also uses the name Oscar Ribera, court records show. The girl’s mother called the Bowling Green Police Department on Saturday after the girl told her older brother that Moran-Cuellar touched her breasts and committed a sex act with the child, according to court records.

Amish men jailed for not displaying buggy safety signsBy Steve Robrahn | Reuters – 15 hrs ago LOUISVILLE, Ky (Reuters) - Eight members of a traditional Amish sect were behind bars on Tuesday after refusing to pay fines for failure to display orange-red safety triangles on their horse-drawn buggies. The eight were being held in the Graves County Jail, serving sentences ranging between three and 10 days for failing to pay the fines on religious grounds. Graves District Judge Deborah Hawkins ordered the men jailed Monday in Mayfield, about 200 miles from Louisville in western Kentucky. The defendants contend that...

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - The Jefferson County Commonwealth's Attorney calls it a no-win situation from the beginning and there's nothing more he can do. WAVE 3 was the first to report that the Commonwealth was dropping its appeal in the death of a former Cards football player Daniel Covington. The man who shot Covington, former baseball player Isaiah Howes, will never face criminal charges. "You can't imagine how disappointed we are," said Donna Covington, Daniel's mom. Mrs. Covington does not like it but Commonwealth's Attorney Dave Stengel said from the start he believed Daniel's shooting was done in self-defense. "He...

MAYFIELD — Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell gave Kentucky Republicans a preview of next year’s presidential race and how his party will run against incumbent President Barack Obama at a pre-Fancy Farm breakfast of Republicans here.... McConnell didn’t directly address his part in negotiating a last-minute deal in the federal debt limit standoff, but he thanked his party for helping him rise to the position of Republican leader in the U.S. Senate, a position from which he helps decide some of the country’s most important debates.

NEWPORT -- A woman told a burglar to leave twice before shooting him in the head, Newport police said Monday. Phyllis Maloney, 63, told officers that a man she did not know walked in the back door of her home at 16th and Monmouth at about 1 a.m. Maloney said she told the man to leave, but he refused, even moving to touch her. She said she backed up and got a gun out of a drawer and pointed it at him, again telling him to leave. When the man refused a second time and started moving toward her, Maloney...

A Knott County man shoots his wife's brother and says he did it to defend his home and family. It happened last night in the Pippa Passes community, off highway 899 in Knott County. We spoke with the shooter about the situation, and to police, to see if any charges are expected to be filed. He says he gave Jerry Caudill multiple verbal warnings... "He didn't pay attention to no sign, he didn't pay no attention to nobody. He was just fried out of his mind." Paul Maggard says Caudill, his wife's brother, was upset over a family issue and...

Two men are in a Lexington hospital after an armed robbery Sunday morning took an unexpected turn. Investigators say the alleged victim managed to grab the suspect's gun, then shot him. Officers were called to East Seventh Street near Chestnut around 2:15 am. They believe the suspect, Quantez Allen, tried to rob a man and shot the victim 3 times. But investigators say the victim managed to get the gun from Allen, then shot him twice. Neighbor Jeff Gullett heard the gunshots and looked out his front door to see what was going on. He says, "I saw a guy...