Jason Riley

Former Louisville Metro Police Det. Joshua Jaynes and Sgt. Kyle Meany have been accused of providing and lying about false information in a search warrant used by police to burst into Taylor’s house, resulting in her death.

Joshua Smith, Shermichael Smith and their roommate Darius Tuff are all facing murder and several other charges in the death of Bryce Gerlach, 18, and wounding of others. Another man has been charged with attempted murder.

On Friday, Hankison’s attorneys filed several motions, including requesting a new trial, in part, because prosecutors misled jurors in their closing arguments about what other officers testified happened during the raid.

Officer Nicholas Green has filed a lawsuit against the city and Louisville police merit board to get his job back after he was fired last year for multiple violations, including cursing at numerous citizens, endangering the safety of other officers…

Nelson County Judge Charles Simms III ruled Tuesday that Houck and Joseph Lawson will be tried on June 24, 2025, in Bowling Green. Co-defendant Steve Lawson, who will be tried separately, will stand trial on Feb. 11.

Officer Dusten Dean, who was reprimanded last week for shooting pepper balls at journalists during the 2020 riots after the Breonna Taylor raid, is under investigation again for similar actions against protesters the same night.

Nelson County Judge Charles Simms III ruled Tuesday that co-defendant Steve Lawson will be tried separately because he has given hours of “ever evolving,” or contradictory, testimony.

The jury — made up of six women and six men, one of whom is Black — has deliberated for about about 10 hours total after hearing seven days of testimony.

“Even when officers face the most serious threats, they can’t fire their weapon unless they know what they are shooting at.”

Closing arguments are set for Wednesday before the jury gets the case to deliberate.

Hankison told jurors he had no doubt officers were in danger as he had already seen former Sgt. John Mattingly shot when police burst through Taylor’s door to serve a warrant and he saw a “large muzzle flash” he believed…

“Because our whole job is to preserve and save life,” Mattingly said.

In a hearing focused on whether to separate the trials for Brooks Houck, Joseph Lawson and Steve Lawson, prosecutor Shane Young was asked by the judge whether the searches in early September would produce more evidence in the case.”No, sir,…

No one has been executed in Kentucky since 2008 when Marco Allen Chapman was given a lethal injection for killing two Gallatin County children and injuring their mother and sister.

Tilley filed a defamation lawsuit in Fayette Circuit Court against Lexington Police Sgt. Markell Heyward, claiming the officer misled and lied to the court and grand jury about facts of the case and Tilley’s character.

Hankison believed there was someone with a rifle “executing his friends,” his attorney told jurors. “Brett Hankison did everything he could to try to protect and save his fellow officers.”

Amy Shoemaker claims she was demoted after she angered then-U of L President Neeli Bendapudi by telling police about an extortion attempt by then-assistant basketball coach Dino Gaudio.

Louisville police officer Gregory Satterly filed a lawsuit to get his job back after he was fired for using excessive force on three separate occasions, with the chief at the time noting the “community needs to be protected from you.”

Robert Moster III was charged late last month for allegedly kicking an 8-year-old Aug. 27 and causing injuries because the child left home and went to a neighbor’s house without permission, according to a criminal complaint.

Noel pleaded guilty to theft, obstruction of justice, tax evasion, money laundering, corrupt business influence and official misconduct on Aug. 26.

Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings ruled Thursday that prosecutors have not provided enough evidence to prove that the prior incidents occurred, that the actions were “substantially” similar to his criminal charges or that the force used in the incidents was…

Tears streamed down 19-year-old Ava Jones’ face as she told a jury that while she was once on scholarship to play basketball for Iowa, she can no longer shoot a basketball or even walk very far after a Louisville man…

Shannyn White filed a federal lawsuit after being shot by Louisville police during protests downtown on May 29, 2020.

Marlo Brown was pulled over for failing to signal while changing lanes, but the Louisville police officer who made the stop called Brown a “fu**ing piece of sh**.”