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Suspect arrested in Chase Bank Robbery

Lexington police arrested 41-year-old Frederick Ray Miller of Lexington on Tuesday in connection with two Chase Bank robberies.

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PUBLIC SAFETY

Lexington woman is accused of leaving elderly man in filthy home

A 73-year-old Lexington woman was jailed Tuesday because police say she left an elderly man under her care in a filthy home.
LEXINGTON'S MOST WANTED

Lexington's Most Wanted, June 19

Lexington's Most Wanted is a service of the Office of the Fayette County Sheriff and the Herald-Leader.
PUBLIC SAFETY

Judge will take more time for decision in deSha's, Victorian Square case

A Fayette Circuit judge said Tuesday that he needed more time to review information before making a decision in a lease dispute between deSha's restaurant and Victorian Square.
PUBLIC SAFETY

Woman's nose partially bitten off; roommate charged

Lexington police were called to an East Main Street apartment Monday night after a 40-year-old woman allegedly bit off the tip of her roommate's nose.
PUBLIC SAFETY

Extradition to begin after Lexington murder suspect appears in Michigan court

A man who is wanted in Lexington on a 2010 murder charge is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday in Michigan.
MOST WANTED

Lexington's Most Wanted, June 19

Most Wanted highlights wanted fugitives as a service of the Office of the Fayette County Sheriff and the Herald-Leader.
PUBLIC SAFETY

Police: More than 1 may have had role in Bardstown officer's slaying

A Kentucky State Police spokesman said it appears that more than one person was involved in the ambush slaying of a Bardstown police officer.
PUBLIC SAFETY

Roof collapses at Lexington gas station and mini mart; no one injured

The roof of a gas station on Loudon Avenue collapsed Monday night, just seconds after the two men working inside escaped.
PUBLIC SAFETY

Catholic Action Center's offices damaged by fire

Fire damaged the offices of a Lexington homeless program Monday, when a blaze started outside in an Urban County Rosie recycling container and spread into the building through an air conditioning system, Lexington Fire Capt. Lee Hayden said.
SCOTT COUNTY

Doctor who worked in Georgetown pain clinic pleads guilty in pill case

A doctor who worked in pain clinics in Georgetown and Dry Ridge pleaded guilty Monday to a federal charge that he conspired to distribute and dispense oxycodone "outside the scope of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose."