A Frankfort Police Department officer has pleaded guilty to criminal charges of stealing about $27,000 in gasoline from the city to fuel lawn equipment and his personal vehicle.

The following person was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury in Franklin County Circuit Court:

The following people were sentenced Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

The following people entered pleas Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

An Alabama man faces charges that he stole a $22,000 radar from a former employer and almost crashed into an off-duty officer while hauling the equipment through Frankfort toward his home state.

A Richmond man has been indicted on felony charges after a domestic incident turned into what was tantamount to close-quarters chemical warfare, according to officials.

A western Kentucky man who traveled to Frankfort with hopes of meeting two minors for a sexual encounter faces three years in prison.

The subject of an armed standoff at a Frankfort mobile home park earlier this year has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison.

The following people entered pleas Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

Editor's note: This caption in the photo with this story was updated at 10:43 a.m. Thursday to state that Derek Garten was not the father of Margaret "Meg" Smith's son.

A Frankfort man accused in a domestic violence incident will be the first in the county prosecuted under Kentucky’s new strangulation law.

A Frankfort man facing 80 years in prison for sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl won’t be getting a second chance to plead his case in Franklin County Circuit Court.

The following people were sentenced Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

The following people entered pleas Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

A judge has denied a request for a lower bond by a former Kentucky National Guardsman accused of child molestation, saying the charges are too serious.

A Frankfort juvenile will be prosecuted as an adult on charges related to a series of shootings over stolen marijuana.

The following entered pleas Friday in the Franklin County Circuit Court:

The following people were sentenced Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

Facing 80 years in prison after being convicted of sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl, a Frankfort man has asked for a new trial by claiming the prosecution’s closing arguments unduly influenced the jury's decision.

The following people were indicted by a grand jury Tuesday in the Franklin County Circuit Court:

A Franklin County Regional Jail inmate has been indicted on charges of smuggling deadly narcotics into the correctional facility, allegedly leading to the overdose death of another inmate.

A former Kentucky National Guardsman accused of child molestation argued that he should get a lower bond because of his lengthy military service and lack of a criminal past.

The following people were sentenced Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

The following people entered pleas Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

A Franklin County grand jury has indicted seven people in connection with a string of car burglaries in which handguns allegedly were stolen and sold to convicted felons.

The following people were indicted Tuesday by a Franklin County Circuit Court grand jury:

A judge has ruled that a civil lawsuit stemming from an ambush robbery turned fatal shooting of a pizza parlor assistant manager can proceed even as criminal charges surrounding the nearly 3-year-old case remain unresolved.

The following people were sentenced Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

The following people entered pleas Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

The following people were indicted Tuesday by Franklin County Circuit Court grand jury:

The case of a former part-time Franklin County Sheriff’s Office court security officer accused of being intoxicated during a deadly ATV crash last month will be presented to a grand jury.

A Frankfort man has pleaded not guilty to charges that he broke into a tattoo shop, drank top-shelf bourbon and ate food left at the business before pleasuring himself and falling asleep.

The following people were sentenced Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

The following people entered pleas Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

A year ago, gunshots rang out inside an Alexander Street home amid an alleged robbery, taking the lives of two men.

The following people were indicted by a grand jury Tuesday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

In less than an hour Monday, a Franklin County jury convicted a Frankfort man of sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl and recommended he spend eight decades behind bars.

The following people entered pleas Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

The following people were sentenced Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

On short notice, prosecutors have obtained an eyewitness who is expected to testify against co-defendants in an alleged drug robbery turned double homicide last summer.

In short: More than four years later, it’s ongoing.

The following people were indicted by a grand jury Tuesday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

More than a year after being accused of criminal tax evasion, a former Franklin County Sheriff’s Office chief deputy and his spouse have been given a trial date.

The following people were indicted Tuesday by a grand jury in Franklin County Circuit Court:

The following people entered pleas Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:

The following people were sentenced Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court: