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One dead, one hospitalized following KY 86 accident

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The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Thursday accident that resulted in the death of a Grayson County man.

“At 1:17 p.m. yesterday afternoon, we received a report of a serious accident on KY 86, also known as Hardinsburg Road, in the 15,000 block,” said Hardin County Sheriff John Ward. “A vehicle had run off the roadway just a little bit and overcorrected, losing control and striking a vehicle which was going in the opposite direction head on.”

Ward said the driver of the vehicle that lost control was identified as 20-year-old Andrew Miller of Leitchfield. He was declared dead at the scene. Ward said it appears Miller was not wearing a seat belt. The driver of the opposite vehicle was transported to Baptist Health Hardin with serious injuries.

The investigation into the crash by the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office’s Accident Reconstruction Unit is ongoing.

Judge denies JCPenney’s injunction request for Towne Mall work

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Attorneys for Penney Property Subholdings LLC, which owns the Elizabethtown JCPenney, and Linnick Investments LLC, which owns the Towne Mall, were back in court Thursday morning to continue a hearing on JCPenney’s request for a preliminary injunction to halt renovations at the mall.

Zachary VanVactor with Stites and Harbison PLLC, representing JCPenney, argued that Linnick Investments owner Tim Aulbach testified that he had not read the store’s lease with the mall but still moved forward with renovation construction, thus breaching the store’s right to review proposed changes to the property. VanVactor asked the court to issue the injunction and require Linnick to send full plans to JCPenney for approval.

Corky Coryell with Wyatt, Tarrant, and Combs LLP argued that JCPenney has no ability to prove irreparable harm in the case, and said witnesses called in the case have shown that the renovations are good for the property. Coryell said the injunction would just be the store’s way of blackmailing Linnick into renegotiating their rent agreement.

Hardin Circuit Judge Larry Ashlock denied the motion for an injunction, with Ashlock saying that case law in Kentucky shows injunctions are not issued in breach of contract cases without damages being proven, and in this case damages were not proven.

Man arrested in Meade County after domestic episode, vehicle pursuit

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A police call regarding a domestic incident led to a vehicle pursuit and a man’s arrest. 

Jerry S. Martin of Scottsville faces multiple charges including Attempted Murder of a First Responder, Wanton Endangerment, Fleeing or Evading Police, and Menacing, among other charges, following his arrest Monday.

According to the Meade County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a residence on Sandy Hill Road at around 1 a.m. on November 4 after receiving a call from a woman who said her ex-boyfriend had shown up and was trying to gain access to the residence while behaving “drunk and belligerent.” When deputies arrived, they made contact with the subject, later identified as Martin, at which time he stepped out of his vehicle, picked up a cinder block, and threw it through the living room window of the home.

The sheriff’s office says Martin ignored commands from officers, returned to his vehicle, and drove through the yard, nearly striking a deputy twice. Deputies lost contact with the vehicle after it left the residence. 

When deputies arrived later to obtain more information, Martin was discovered in his vehicle in a neighboring yard. Martin again fled, attempting to evade police by driving through a cornfield off Owen Loop. Martin abandoned his vehicle near a barn and fled on foot, and was later apprehended following a search with a K9 unit and other law enforcement agencies.

Martin is currently incarcerated in the Meade County Detention Center.

Veterans Day events happening throught the area

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Several area communities, schools, and organizations have events planned today through Monday in observance of Veterans Day.

The City of Elizabethtown will host their annual motorcade and Veterans Day ceremony Monday. The motorcade will begin at 10:15 a.m. at American Legion Park on North Miles Street, proceeding to Ring Road and ending at the Elizabethtown Nature Park. Active duty service members and veterans are welcome to line up by 9:45 a.m., while community members are encouraged to line the motorcade route.

The city’s ceremony at the nature park will begin sharply at 11:00 a.m. with the Posting of the Colors to commemorate the signing of the Armistice ending World War I on November 11, 1918. Lieutenant Colonel Michael Cooper from the First Theater Sustainment Command will be the keynote speaker.

G.C. Burkhead Elementary School invites area veterans to participate in their Veterans Day parade. Participating veterans should line up in the school parking lot at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, with the parade beginning at 12:45. G.C. Burkhead students, teachers, and staff will line up to show their support and appreciation.

Murder/Arson suspect waives case to grand jury

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The Elizabethtown man charged with Murder and Arson following a late October fire appeared in Hardin District Court Wednesday afternoon.

Dustin Caudill appeared before Judge Kimberly Schumate for a preliminary hearing. Caudill’s attorney, public defender Erin Hartman, said the hearing would not be necessary as Caudill was waiving his case to the Hardin County Grand Jury.

Judge Schumate said Caudill’s case will be reviewed by the grand jury, and should they choose to indict him on any of the felony charges he faces, his case will be moved to the Hardin Circuit Court. The judge said further decisions on bond will be made after the grand jury proceedings.

The Elizabethtown Police Department said Caudill confessed to shooting 41-year-old Blake France of Greenville and 43-year-old Anthony Garrett of Elizabethtown and then setting fire to the Henon Lane residence they were in on October 30. Caudill remains incarcerated at the Hardin County Detention Center on a $1 million bond.