Mountain News Morning Edition 5:30 a.m. 8/14/2024

Intro coming up on Mountain news this morning a woman almost died as police began to investigate a shooting that involved four people in two cars and one company is offering a large reward for copper thieves as more lines continue to be hit in the area dedicated to Eastern and Southern Kentucky this is WMT Mountain news this morning good morning I'm Madison Carmo Weather we're at 5 :30 this Wednesday morning and I have to give a shout out to meteorologist Tim jawbridge because the weather machine was perfect this morning it wasn't chilly there were no sprinkles not too much fog I just really enjoyed myself so let's send it over to him for a look at your forecast you make it sound like I'm in this office with the white jacket on and you know the weird funky hat and going ha what can I conjure up on the weather Department this morning right well Madison we got a little Fong that's developed outside the door right now 57 here in the heart of Perry County reporting stations though not too bad but we'll see how this goes that's why I love the web cameras because we can verify in other locations as what's going on 62 at the London Corbin airport 63 Pikeville 59 at Jonesville and 61 right now at Morehead satellite R composite just a few clouds across Eastern in Southern Kentucky and as we head through time for today another delightful on the weather radar the weather machine if you do prefer right Madison mostly sunny maybe feeling a bit humid south of Hazard into the Cumberland Valley and a forecast high this afternoon touching 84 more about your arh first alert Saturday forecast coming up at about 5:42 Madison all right Tim thank you a Woman Shot Southern Kentucky Woman was shot and three people are now in jail after a violent incident in a rural part of a Southern Kentucky county it happened early Monday morning near Somerset police say a woman was shot while she was being followed by another car there were three people in the car police believe the shots came from and there's questions over who exactly fired the shots wit's Phil Pendleton has been going through the complex case and has more on the investigation like that was completely unnecessary Kayla strong says friends of hers were driving down Stewart's Lane near Kentucky 192 early Monday morning when someone in another car fired shots at them so they shot at the vehicle and um they hit her in the shoulder which Ricochet and punctured her L Asus Simpson told investigators that he was trying to locate a stolen car according to court papers he brillan Greer and Christian Helton were all in the car that the shots were fired from and all are charged with attempted murder what's running through my mind is you just gave your life away for 20 years 25 years for a van and a gun to our van according to the arrest citation all three suspects are claiming that they are not the ones that fir the shots brillan Greer in that citation also stating that she did see a handgun in the back seat and that she also said that she handled it at one time Simpson also told police that hton said that he was going to kill whoever took a car that belonged to them strong says the fact that it turned to violence is ridiculous given what she was told about the car their intention was to return the vehicle back to the original owner so they had every intention of getting this situation taking care of all three suspects in jail said they did not want to talk to us about the allegations against them in palaski County Phil Pendleton WMT Mountain news police say the victim was taken first to Lake Cumberland regional hospital then to UK treat for treatment of a gunshot wound to the shoulder area new developments in the ambr bradlin murder case the attorney for her accused murderer could be facing charges last week attorney Randy Martin O'Neal filed a motion to dismiss charges against his client Michael Kent mckenny the motion cited evidence from three cases that could not be corroborated by the court attorneys for the Commonwealth are now calling for O'Neal to be held in contempt of court if he is unable to provide copies of the cases he referenced a death investigation is underway in Scott County in Central Kentucky police say they are investigating the area of Secretariat Street in Georgetown Police say they received a call from 911 this yesterday morning from a family member about two people found with gunshot wounds at a home there according to our sister station a woman and man as well as a pet were found dead a woman is charged in connection to a moped crash that killed her daughter on I75 in Whitley County the crash happened last week according to our sister station in Denisha Martin's criminal complaint she admitted to knowing Darius Wade had been drinking before driving a moped with the 10-year-old on it police say they crashed into AIA that night Wade and the child were flown to UK hospital where the girl died Martin is charged with complicity to murder Medical Examiners Report we now know the cause of death for a Henry Clay High School student in Lexington the fyed County coroner says a fight did not contribute to the death of 17-year-old Emanuel motti motti died in May in May after having a medical emergency in a classroom the medical examiner's report says motti died due to a seizure complicating a ruptured vascular malformation there were no drugs or alcohol present at the time of death and no no trauma he says the manner of death was Jerry Dunn Arrested natural a Laurel County man is facing charges related to child sexual abuse material officials with kp's electric crime Branch arrested 58-year-old Jerry Dunn yesterday he was arrested as a result of an internet crime against internet crimes against children investigation Dunn was charged with 20 counts of possession of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor done is in the Knox County Detention Center in 2024 alone there Copper Thefts have been more than 60 copper cable thefts in Clay County kinetic officials estimate these copper thefts have affected more than 350 customers in and around Clay County they are offering a reward up to $10,000 to anyone who can give them information that leads to an arrest wmt's Caroline Mueller tells us how these thefts can affect you connectic spokesperson David faggard says copper theft is not a victimless crime it affects First Responders their ability to communicate inside the communities and with other life-saving agencies and services cable theft increases costs on companies governments residences and small businesses this has been true for owner of Pantry Shelf Susan Brotherton she says their phones were down all day Friday and back in may they were down for 9 days which resulted in them losing business from calling orders we were at least onethird down of our normal business yet I still work all my people they depend on me for their pay on Friday I can't say oh you all stay home cuz we don't have a phone today I can't do them that way she says with no way of knowing when they will or will not have service she bought an additional cell phone with another provider but that's hard to do we've had the same phone number since 1967 and have our customers have it memorized faggard says it's hard to say what the motive is Behind These crimes what we think is happening and what some law enforcement officials have told us is that when the economy is having a rough time and people are having a rough time some of these things thieves will turn to to theft and they will um specifically focus on copper because the cost of copper is up right now faggard says this is dangerous to the thieves and the public there is a risk of electrocution for the thieves themselves and potential hazards to the public due to exposed cables and compromised infrastructure he encourages anyone who sees wires down to report the issue immediately officials with Kinetic say they are just as frustrated with this situation as their customers and they are working with law enforcement to get this solved Caroline Mueller WMT Mountain news connetic officials say in Floyd County Man Arrested some instances fiber optic cables are being cut and the copper is left and they do not not know why they encourage any information that could help find the answer be reported to authorities a Floyd County man is facing charges after he reportedly broke into a home police were called to a home on Kentucky 3680 Sunday Mitchell Williams was reportedly armed with a knife at the time the woman who called told Williams she called the police to which Williams reportedly said they will have to kill me referring to police police later found Williams walking on Kentucky 3680 before they tased him he is also accused of pulling out a knife at an Huntington Man Arrested officer police in Huntington West Virginia have arrested a man wanted in connection with a robbery that happened last week officers say they have arrested Charles Farley he was booked in jail on Monday they say Farley walked into the business Saturday night showed a knife and demanded cash no one was hurt but police say Farley took off with an undetermined amount of cashh he's charged with first-degree robbery an Lee County Man Arrested esto County man is facing a host of charges after police found drugs on him it happened last week when police noticed an SUV sitting on the side of the road on a highway in Lee County after Anthony Colmes and his friend told police what was going on officers thought their story was not adding up that's when police decided to search the vehicle where they found marijuana in a small baggie with a crystall likee substance Combs was taken to Three Forks Regional Jail Crews worked to put out a Detention Center Fire fire at a Southern Kentucky Detention Center firefighters were called to the palaski County Detention Center Monday when they arrived they found smoke and Flames coming from a dryer in the laundry room the fire was put out quickly crew stayed at the scene to make sure the air quality was safe for inmates and workers a public virtual town hall Foster Care meeting was held yesterday to discuss improving outcomes for Kentucky families and children in the foster care system the meeting addressed better inclusion of these voices and their impact on current foster children findings will be reported to the Kentucky citizen foster care review board for inclusion in their annual recommendations to State leaders uh because this is a very very difficult thing to navigate um you know emotionally intellectually financially it impacts every single part of your life and having someone that you can trust and turn to who's been there uh is more valuable than you would think the next regional meeting is Friday registration is required when we return a biopic is being made for the late Anthony Bourdain that hopes to honor the legacy of the iconic chef and weatherwise this morning a few of us dealing with some fog otherwise looks like it could be a very delightful day again across a good portion of the Commonwealth details with your AR First Alert 7day forecast coming up after the break stay tuned