MCKNIGHT

            A HOPKINSVILLE MAN WAS ALREADY ARRESTED FOR DUI SUNDAY MORNING WHEN HIS CIRCUMSTANCES GOT WORSE AT THE JAIL.

            ACCORDING TO THE ARREST CARD, STAFF AT THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL SEARCHED 32-YEAR OLD MACKSEY MCKNIGHT OF HOPKINSVILLE AROUND 7:30 YESTERDAY MORNING AS HE WAS BEING BOOKED IN FOR DRIVING IMPAIRED.

            POLICE SAY AN AMOUNT OF COCAINE LARGE ENOUGH TO CHARGE HIM WITH TRAFFICKING WAS FOUND IN MCKNIGHT’S PANTS POCKET IN A PLASTIC BAGGIE.

            MCKNIGHT WAS CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING IN COCAINE, POSSESSION OF COCAINE AND DUI.

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LEAVELL

             A LOCAL WOMAN HAS BEEN SERVED WITH A WARRANT ALLEGING SEX CRIMES AND FALSELY REPORTING AN INCIDENT.

            TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WAS 24-YEAR OLD JAMAISA LEAVELL OF HOPKINSVILLE, WITH THE WARRANT OBTAINED BY CITY POLICE DETECTIVE SCOTT RAUP ALLEGING THAT MS. LEAVELL FALSELY REPORTED THAT HER HOME WAS BURGLARIZED BY A NAMED FEMALE JUVENILE.

            THE WARRANT SAYS THE INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE YOUNGSTER HAD REMOVED SOME CLOTHING FROM THE RESIDENCE;HOWEVER, IT BELONGED TO HER AND THAT SHE AND MS. LEAVELL WERE INVOLVED IN AN ''INTIMATE PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIP'' WHILE THE GIRL WAS 13.

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            A VEHICLE FIRE ON MILLBROOKE DRIVE FROM SATURDAYMORNING IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SET INTENTIONALLY.

            HOPKINSVILLE POLICE RESPONDED TO 504 MILLBROOKE JUST AFTER 6 O’CLOCK SATURDAY MORNING TO FIND THE 1984 CADILLAC BELONGING TO 35-YEAR OLD JERVONN STEELE OF HOPKINSVILLE ON FIRE.

            THE REPORT SAYS AFTER SPEAKING TO MS. STEELE AND LOOKING AT EVIDENCE, AN ARSON INVESTIGATION WAS OPENED—THOUGH NO SUSPECTS ARE LISTED ON THE REPORT.

            THE VEHICLE WAS VALUED AT $5,000.

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            HOPKINSVILLE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN ARMED ROBBERY FROM SATURDYA MORNING.

            THE VICTIM, IDENTIFIED ON THE REPORT AS 44-YEAR OLD SHERRY CROFT OF HOPKINSVILLE, TOLD OFFICER SHE HAD JUST FINISHED COLLECTING RENT FROM AN APARTMENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF HAZEL AND 21^ST STREETS WHEN AN UNKNOWN BLACK MALE APPROACHED HER, BRANDISHING A HANDGUN.

            THE SUSPECT DEMANDED MONEY AND FLED BEHIND THE APARTMENT WITH 240 DOLLARS CASH IN HAND.

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            A WRECK INVOLVING A DEER ON THE BYPASS SATURDAY AFTERNOON SENT THE RIDER OF A MOTORCYCLE TO BLANCHFIELD ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.

            THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 3:18, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT FROM HOPKINSVILLE POLICE, WHICH SAYS 24-YEAR OLD WILLIAM CRONIN OF MESA, ARIZONA WAS WESTBOUND ON THE BYPASS ON HIS MOTORCYCLE IN THE RIGHT LANE WHEN THE DEER RAN INTO THE ROADWAY.           

            THE ANIMAL BROADSIDED THE RIGHT SIDE OF CRONIN’S BIKE, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL AND TO TIP OVER. CRONIN WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO BLANCHFIELD FOR TREATMENT OF MULTIPLE INJURIES.

            THE REPORT INDICATES HE WAS WEARING A HELMET.

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