AFTERNOON HEADLINES 10/21

18-YEAR OLD GARRETT DYE PLED GUILTY TO MURDERING HIS 9-YEAR OLD SISTER AMY DYE ON FEBRUARY 4TH IN TODD CIRCUIT COURT THIS  AFTERNOON, TELLING JUDGE TYLER GILL HE GOT A HYDRAULIC JACK HANDLE OUT OF A SHED TO HIT HER WITH AND DIDN’T STOP UNTIL SHE HAD DIED. DYE TOOK A 50 YEAR SENTENCE FOR A GUILTY PLEA TO MURDER, TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE AND RESISTING ARREST, BUT RETAINED THE RIGHT TO APPEAL JUDGE GILL’S RULING TO ALLOW HIS FEBRUARY 5TH CONFESSION IN A TRIAL.
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27-YEAR OLD FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIER, CHRISTOPHER KRAATZ WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED STATUTORY RAPE  BY JACKSONVILLE POLICE AND APPEARED IN JACKSON CITY COURT TODAY FOR THE CHARGES.
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THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY GRAND JURY INDICTED MICHAEL CHEATHAM ON MULTIPLE CHARGES INCLUDING 1ST DEGREE RAPE AND SODOMY AND FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY AND  BECKY ANN THOMAS WAS INDICTED FOR MUTIPLE THEFT CHARGES INCLUDING UNLAWFULLY WRITING CHECKS WORTH IN THE EXCESS OF $10,000.
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TODD COUNTY FISCAL COURT HEARD ITS QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT FROM TREASURER TAMMY ROBERTSON THIS MORNING, WITH THE REPORT SHOWING RECEIPTS AHEAD OF BUDGETED NUMBERS AND EXPENDITURES BELOW, THOUGH THERE ARE SOME AREAS TO WORK ON OVER THE NEXT NINE MONTHS.
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THE HOPKINSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING A THEFT OF A CAR WORTH NEARLY 14-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM A LOCAL CAR DEALERSHIP AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL PAID FOR THE VEHICLE USING A COLD CHECK.
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HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE THEFT OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER WORTH OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM A DAWSON SPRINGS BUSINESS THURSDAY.
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