CRIME & SAFETY
Louisville police search for man accused of breaking in, raping elderly woman
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Police are searching for the man accused of raping an elderly woman inside her home in the Hurstbourne Acres neighborhood on Wednesday. The woman told police that around 2:30 p.m., she heard a knock on her front door. When she answered the door, police said the man knocked her down and raped her. He also stole some of the woman’s belongings before he left.
Woman identified after being killed in hit-and-run on Preston Highway
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A woman was killed in an overnight hit-and-run in Louisville. Louisville Metro police received a call on Tuesday at 12:40 a.m. about a bicyclist hit near the intersection of Preston Highway and Durrett Lane. After LMPD officers arrived, EMS was called and she was declared dead.
Driver killed after flipping car on Preston Highway
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Someone was killed after flipping a car on Preston Highway early Thursday morning. Louisville Metro police officers were called at about 2:30 a.m. to a crash in the 4300 block of Preston Highway, just past Louisville Male Traditional High School. The car was traveling north when...
Man charged in Clark County buggy hit-and-run has been arrested nearly a dozen times before
CLARK COUNTY, Ind. — Police say just outside Henryville on U.S. 31 Sunday evening, Wade Roberts hit a horse-drawn buggy. A 20-year-old and two teens were ejected, receiving back and head injuries. A Good Samaritan spotted the pickup near Main Street, which later helped lead police to Roberts. In...
LMPD investigating after man killed in shooting on Taylor Boulevard
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A man is dead after a shooting on Taylor Boulevard Wednesday evening, according to the Louisville Metro Police Department. Officers responded to a call of a shooting in the 3400 block of Taylor Blvd, near where the Taylor Berry, South Louisville and Wyandotte/Oakdale neighborhoods meet. There, they found a man who had been shot, LMPD spokesperson Dwight Mitchell said.
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