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Floyd Boler, a Frankfort man who pleaded guilty to multiple child sexual assault charges, was sentenced Friday in Franklin Circuit Court.
Two defendants who pleaded guilty to their involvement with a 2018 shooting on Alexander Street were each sentenced to three decades in prison by a Franklin County Circuit Court Judge on Monday morning.
A Frankfort man plead guilty to a long list of charges in Franklin County Circuit Court on Friday morning.
At nearly 11 p.m. on Friday night — after five full days of testimony — a Franklin County Circuit Court jury found Leroy Love guilty of two counts of second-degree manslaughter in the 2018 shooting deaths of Jared Miles Moore and Dustin Wayne Johnson. He was also convicted of two counts of f…
A local man pleaded guilty to several charges including manufacturing methamphetamine and was sentenced to five years in prison recently.
The courtroom saga continues for the family and friends of Xavier Cochrum, who was shot and killed in Indian Hills in 2019.
A Frankfort man who pleaded guilty to trafficking in large quantities of cocaine and ecstacy earlier this year was sentenced Friday.
Frankfort police arrested a 37-year-old man Monday after he allegedly tried to break down the door to a Marlowe Court apartment.
A local man caught with three different illegal drugs in a Louisville Road apartment complex last summer pleaded guilty to numerous charges in Franklin Circuit Court Friday including endangering the welfare of a minor.
Franklin Circuit Court Judge Phillip Shepherd gave a Frankfort man a vote of confidence at his change of plea and sentencing hearing on Friday.
A Frankfort man who was charged twice with possession of methamphetamine last year entered a guilty plea in Franklin Circuit Court Friday.
A Lawrenceburg man received a five-year sentence probated for five years after entering a guilty plea in three cases involving illegal drugs in Franklin Circuit Court Friday.
A Frankfort mother who patronized a local pub while her three children ages 3, 2 and 1 were left in her vehicle for hours will serve three years in a state penitentiary.
A Frankfort man who pleaded guilty to 18 felony charges for communicating with and sending nude photos to three underage girls at his arraignment last fall was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary Friday.
A Frankfort man who was allegedly in possession of a pistol, three different illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia when arrested in June was sentenced in Franklin Circuit Court Friday.
A 38-year-old Frankfort man was sentenced to a total of nine years in prison Friday after previously pleading guilty to child abuse.
A former Franklin County Regional Jail guard, who was accused of sexually assaulting a female inmate, was sentenced in Franklin Circuit Court Friday.
A Frankfort man accused of trying to kill a local police officer in late February was sentenced to five years on a slew of charges stemming from the incident in Franklin Circuit Court on Friday.
The Franklin County man who pleaded guilty to the 2018 murder of his ex-girlfriend, Margaret “Meg” Smith, was sentenced to a total of 30 years incarceration Friday morning.
A Frankfort man who led Franklin County Sheriff’s deputies on a pursuit in September 2020 pleaded guilty to 11 charges in that case and two charges from a separate incident in Franklin Circuit Court Friday.
Editor's note: This story was updated at 7:44 a.m. on Aug. 17 to reflect that Elder's sentence runs concurrently.
A Frankfort man was sentenced to five years each for two drug trafficking cases, while being arraigned for a pursuit with sheriff's deputies.
Four months after a Frankfort man pleaded guilty to the shooting death of Jared Banta, Franklin Circuit Court Judge Thomas Wingate sentenced him to a total of 25 years in prison for his part in the robbery and murder 3½ years ago.
The following people were sentenced Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:
The following people were sentenced Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:
The following people were sentenced in Franklin County Circuit Court on Friday:
A Greenup woman who pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison.
The following people were sentenced in Franklin County Circuit Court on Friday:
The following people were sentenced in Franklin County Circuit Court on Friday:
The following people were sentenced in Franklin County Circuit Court on Friday:
Within the next 180 days, Thomas S. Banta will have to donate $5,000 to Women of the Well Ministry in Louisville at the orders of Franklin County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Wingate.
A video camera, nude photos of several women and various sex toys are just some of the evidence uncovered during an investigation of 70-year-old Thomas S. Banta.
A Frankfort teen originally charged as a juvenile in connection with a series of shootings over marijuana was sentenced Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court.
The following people were sentenced in Franklin County Circuit Court on Friday:
In August, Commonwealth’s Attorney Larry Cleveland predicted a former Frankfort police officer would be sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to stealing nearly $27,172 from the department.
The following people were sentenced Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:
The following people were sentenced in Franklin County Circuit Court on Friday:
The following people were sentenced Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:
The following pleas were entered Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:
The following people were sentenced Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:
The following people were sentenced Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:
The following people were sentenced Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:
The following people entered pleas in Franklin County Circuit Court on Friday:
The following people were sentenced Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:
A Midway man who pleaded guilty to driving a man accused of killing a 39-year-old Frankfort woman to the scene of the crime and helping to dispose of the murder weapon was sentenced Friday to five years of probation on the condition that he testifies in the case of the alleged gunman, Derek Garten.
A former Estill County judge-executive pleaded guilty Friday to taking more than $38,000 in county funds.
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 sentenced Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court:
The following people were sentenced in Franklin County Circuit Court on Sept. 20.