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Criminal Justice

Louisville police hone in on bus stop shooting suspect

By Jacob Ryan | November 1, 2021

Louisville Metro Police records filed with court officials provide new details in the murder investigation of 16-year-old Tyree Smith, who was killed in the early morning hours of Sept. 22nd while he waited for his school bus.

Criminal Justice

The model city: Inside LMPD’s failure to reform itself

By Eleanor Klibanoff of KyCIR and Carrie Cochran, Karen Rodriguez, Maia Rosenfeld and Maren Machles of Newsy | October 22, 2021

Louisville portrayed itself as a police department that would show the rest of the country how to reform. That facade came crumbling down in 2020.

Criminal Justice

Ky. Supreme Court to decide if police need a warrant for real-time phone tracking

By Jacob Ryan | October 20, 2021

State attorneys arguing that police don’t need a search warrant to track a person’s location in real-time through their cell phone were met with skepticism from the Kentucky Supreme Court on Wednesday.

Criminal Justice

To solve murders, Louisville police turn to ‘geofence’ warrants — but net few arrests

By Jacob Ryan | October 19, 2021

Police in Louisville and across the country are using controversial warrants to collect cell user data from people who were nearby crimes in hopes of pinpointing suspects.

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Longtime Metro jail union leader has history of misconduct allegations

By Jared Bennett | October 1, 2021

Current and former jail staff testified that Tracy Dotson has benefited from a culture of enforced loyalty and a contract which makes it difficult for jail management to hold bad actors accountable.

Before Fatal Bus Stop Shooting, A Complaint About Missing Streetlights

By Jacob Ryan | September 23, 2021

The students wait before sunrise for the bus at a corner with no streetlights. On Wednesday, one was killed in a drive-by shooting.

Jefferson County Sheriff Seizes Millions in Cash — Often From UPS Packages

By Jacob Ryan | September 20, 2021

The sheriff says seized cash is a tremendous asset for the agency and has taken millions in recent years, often without a criminal case.

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At Shelby County Jail, Quarantine Means Missing Your Own Court Hearings

By Jared Bennett | September 17, 2021

The Shelby County Detention Center isn’t offering remote hearings, leaving people with COVID without the chance to post bail or participate in their case.

COVID-19 Deaths, Infection Rates in Ky. Prisons Among Nation’s Worst

By Jared Bennett | September 1, 2021

More than 10,000 people are currently held in Kentucky prisons, and nearly 8,000 have gotten the coronavirus since the pandemic began.

Criminal Justice

Lawsuit: LMPD Detective Alleges Retaliation For Reporting Sex Crime

By Eleanor Klibanoff | August 19, 2021

In court records, Det. Jason Moseley says that a woman alleged a fellow detective sexually assaulted her — and he got demoted for reporting it.

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