RITTENBERRY

            A CLARKSVILLE MAN WAS ARRESTED IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY LAST NIGHT FOR ALLEGEDLY DRIVING A STOLEN VEHICLE.

            THE ARREST CARD SAYS 29-YEAR OLD WILLIAM RITTENBERRY OF COBALT DRIVE, CLARKSVILLE WAS PULLED OVER ON THE BARKERS MILL ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION WITH BUMPUS MILL ROAD JUST AFTER 9 O’CLOCK.

            WHEN POLICE RAN THE VEHICLE’S INFORMATION THROUGH THE COMPUTER, THEY DETERMINED THE 2001 MAROON NISSAN HAD BEEN REPORTED STOLEN IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

            RITTENBERRY WAS CHARGED WITH THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING AND LODGED IN THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL.

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            A PIT BULL REPORTEDLY ATTACKED A MAN WALKING DOWN FOREST PARK BOULEVARD SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

            MARCUS CHAMBERS OF 7013 FOREST PARK TOLD DEPUTY WADE CONNELL HE WAS WALKING IN THE STREET IN FRONT OF 7050 FOREST PARK AROUND 12:45 SUNDAY WHEN THE RESIDENT OF THAT ADDRESS REPORTEDLY LET HIS DOG OUT OF THE HOME.

            CHAMBERS SAID THE DOG IMMEDIATELY ATTACKED HIM, BITING HIM ON THE HAND AND ON HIS PANTS.

            THE DOG THEN RAN OFF AND CHAMBERS SAID THE RESIDENT MADE NO ATTEMPT TO ASSIST HIM.

            WHEN POLICE MADE CONTACT WITH THE DOG’S OWNER, HE SAID HE WAS TRYING TO CONTROL A SECOND DOG WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AND THAT CHAMBERS HAD WALKED AWAY BY THE TIME HE COULD GET BACK OUTSIDE TO ASSIST.

            CHAMBERS WAS REPORTEDLY ADVISED OF HIS OPTIONS CONCERNING FILING A CIVIL OR CRIMINAL COMPLAINT.

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            A SEARCH OF A YOAKAM CIRCLE RESIDENCE RESULTED IN DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES MONDAY NIGHT, THOUGH NO ARREST WAS MADE.

            HOPKINSVILLE POLICE SAY 29-YEAR OLD JEREMIAH ROBERT MAULE OF HOPKINSVILLE GAVE THEM PERMISSION TO SEARCH 40 YOAKUM CIRCLE JUST BEFORE 10 O’CLOCK.

            OFFICERS REPORTEDLY FOUND MARIJUANA, A SCALE AND BAGGIES IN ADDITION TO OTHER PARAPHERNALIA NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH SELLING THE ILLEGAL WEED.

            OFFICERS DID NOT ARREST MAULE, HOWEVER, CHOOSING INSTEAD TO CITE HIM INTO COURT ON TRAFFICKING IN MARIJUANA CHARGES. MAULE HAS A COURT DATE OF NOVEMBER 18^TH.

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Christian Fiscal Court conducts business Tuesday/photo by Adam May

            CHRISTIAN FISCAL COURT ISN’T THE LARGEST GOVERNMENT BODY IN THE COUNTY, BUT AT LEAST ONE MAGISTRATE BELIEVES THE GROUP SHOULD BE SMALLER.

            FIFTH DISTRICT MAGISTRATE JIM FLEMMING TOLD COURT AT TUESDAY MORNING’S MEETING THAT HE’S BEEN TO SEVERAL MEETINGS OF COUNTY LAWMAKERS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH AND HAS FOUND CHRISTIAN FISCAL COURT TO BE LARGER THAN MANY OTHER BODIES AT EIGHT MEMBERS.

            SQUIRE FLEMMING SAYS THE POLITICS COULD BE REMOVED FROM THE PROCESS BY ELIMINATING TWO SEATS AS CURRENT MAGISTRATES DECIDE TO NOT RUN AGAIN OR RETIRE.

            THE ULTIMATE BENEFIT TO THE COUNTY WOULD BE A SAVINGS OF FUNDS FROM TWO LESS SALARIES AND BENEFIT PACKAGES, ACCORDING TO FLEMMING.

            JUDGE-EXECUTIVE STEVE TRIBBLE TOLD COURT THEY COULD THINK ON THE MATTER AMONGST THEMSELVES AND COUNTY ATTORNEY MIKE FOSTER COULD GIVE DETAILS ON THE PROCESS IF THEY SO DESIRED.

            IN OTHER BUSINESS, COURT TABLED THE JAIL’S QUARTERLY REPORT DUE TO WORDING ABOUT LEAKS IN THE JAIL ROOF. REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE ROOF LAST YEAR AND MAGISTRATES BELIEVED THOSE STATEMENTS MAY HAVE BEEN ENTERED IN ERROR.

            COURT ALSO APPROVED ALLOWING CONSTABLE MIKE HADDOCK AND DEPUTY CONSTABLE DICKEY REESE TO PLACE BLUE LIGHTS ON THEIR VEHICLES AS THEY COMPLETED THE MANDATED TRAINING.

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            GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR WILL BE IN HOPKINSVILLE THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON FOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENT.

            A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE SITUATION HAS CONFIRMED THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE RELATING TO THE PROPULSYS PLANT, ALSO KNOWN AS WHITE HYDRAULICS, ON BILL BRYAN BOULEVARD.

            THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS SET FOR 2 O’CLOCK, WITH DETAILS FROM THE EVENT TO FOLLOW IN LATER NEWSCASTS.

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