Clarksville wreck kills 20 year old man
Clarksville went over a month without its first fatal wreck of the year, but that came to an end this morning.
CPD Public Information Officer Jim Knoll says a head-on collision at the 1500 block of Madison Street around 7:40 claimed the life of a 20-year old man.
Officer Knoll says a 31-year old male was eastbound on Madison when he crossed the center line for an unknown reason and struck the 20-year old male victim’s pickup head-on.
A 19-year old passenger in the westbound vehicle was life-flighted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and is in extremely critical condition with multiple injuries, while the 31-year old was also taken by helicopter to Vanderbilt and is in stable condition.
A female passenger in the eastbound pickup was treated and released from Gateway Medical Center. Police say the 20-year old who died on the scene and his passenger were not wearing seat belts.
The names of the victim and the injured are being withheld, pending family notification. Madison Street was closed for about four hours while police investigated the scene.
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02/03/2012/am
Former West Side Chief and Deputy Chief indicted
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The two local former volunteer fire fighters accused of embezzling money for personal use had indictments returned against them today by the Christian County Grand Jury.
Former West Side Chief 30-year old James Douglass of 13495 Dawson Springs Road, Crofton and his brother—former Deputy Chief 28-year old Jerry G. Douglass, Jr. of 13255 Dawson Springs Road Hopkinsville—are both charged with theft.
James Douglass is also charged with abuse of the public trust in addition to theft over 10 thousand dollars, while Jerry is charged only with theft under 10 thousand dollars.
The pair is accused of using funds collected by the department to make personal purchases and of writing checks to themselves to collect cash. Numerous instances are noted in the court file, including one time when James allegedly purchased a vehicle for himself with department money.
In other action, the grand jury returned an indictment against 36-year old Rico Cavanaugh of Cerulean Rd., Cadiz on 1st degree robbery charges for allegedly holding up a local Kangaroo Mart on November 27th.
23-year old Richard Brown of the Pennyrile Apartments was indicted on theft charges for allegedly embezzling $2,900 from a Hopkinsville McDonalds while an employee there.
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02/03/2012/am
Man accused of sex act with juvenile probated
A former Fort Campbell EMT convicted of having sexual contact with a minor was given probation in Christian Circuit Court this week.
40-year old Edward Carr of Crofton accepted a plea deal which amended his sodomy charge down to 4th degree Assault. Carr allegedly admitted to making a 14-year old girl perform a sex act on him last year.
The plea deal also requires Carr to follow through on a plan to work in Iraq and to pay $250 to the Pennyrile Child Abuse Council.
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02/03/2012/am
Burke court martial delayed
Fort Campbell officials have announced the court martial hearing for accused murderer Brent Burke has been postponed.
The General Court Martial for Sergeant Brent Burke was scheduled for Monday, but his defense team asked it be delayed.
That motion was granted and officials say a new court martial date must now be set. Burke is accused of killing his estranged wife and former mother-in-law in Hardin County in September of 2007.
He has faced four civilian court trials and those resulted in two hung juries and two mis-trials. Court martials are much different from civilian trials in that it does not require a unanimous verdict among the jury pool to reach a conviction.
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02/03/2012/am
Hopkinsville man accused of burglarizing girlfriend's residence
The Hopkinsville Police Department responded to a report of a burglary that took place this morning in the area of 2nd Street.
According to Police, 18-year old Chante Moore claims her room-mate’s boyfriend knocked on the front door of her residence located at 7-36 2nd Street and when she refused to let him in, he went to the back door, kicked it in and once inside he allegedly broke a kitchen table and threw a pot of cold oil against a wall.
Moore also claims her room-mate’s boyfriend also punched a hole in the wall near the bathroom.
No arrests have been made in this case, but police say the case remains open.
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