The Boone County Sheriff is asking residents for help in identifying suspects who drove a car into Goodies Pawn on Petersburg Road in Hebron before burglarizing the shop early Thursday morning. The car was a stolen Hyundai Elantra, according to the sheriff’s office. The suspects used the car to crash through the doors to the […]
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Annual state crime report shows drop in robberies, homicides
The Kentucky State Police’s 2023 annual crime report shows a drop in homicides, robberies, burglary and kidnappings from 2022, with homicides declining from 571 in 2022 to 562 in 2023.
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Burglary at Johnson Elementary Thwarted by Police and Citizen Tip
Johnson Elementary under construction earlier this year. A tip from a neighbor helped lead to an arrest of a man suspected of burglary of materials at the construction site. by Robin Gee, city council beat reporter Thanks to a tip from a resident, Fort Thomas police were able to stop a crime in process and […]
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Southgate police recapture fugitive burglar
Dakota Blackburn, serving a sentence for burglary, escaped home monitoring and was rearrested Saturday. By Robin Gee, City Council Beat Editor Dakota Blackburn, who escaped from custody on June 3 while serving a three-year sentence for burglary, was recaptured on Saturday, August 10, in Southgate, Kentucky. The arresting officer was Sergeant Danny Johns of the […]
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‘Drug Deal Gone’ Wrong Lands Five in Jail
Five Campbell County men are in jail after a drug deal and countywide chase ended in Fort Thomas, with attempted robbery, burglary and assault charges being placed on the suspects. Police are characterizing the incident as a “drug deal gone wrong.” Jacob Frisch (18, Alexandria), Thomas Ritchie (19, Alexandria), Paul Jones (20, Highland Heights), Kizar […]
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Two Arrested Overnight in Fort Thomas for Burglary
Two men were arrested at around 2:30 a.m. last night after Fort Thomas Police spotted a suspicious looking car on the corner of James and Highland Avenues. Officers Brandon Laffin and Wayne Dutle were patrolling the Fort Thomas streets in tandem, looking for potential burglars, when they saw a car idling on the street. They […]
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Home Invasion Suspect Nabbed By Fort Thomas Police
Fort Thomas Lt. Rich Whitford reviews the case from today’s home-invasion arrest of Ricky Dean Lovins. FTM file. Ricky Dean Lovins, 57 from Alexandria, was arrested Thursday morning and charged with Burglary 2nd after he allegedly broke into a Fort Thomas apartment in the early morning hours, rifled through drawers and lined his pockets with […]
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Burglar Wrecks Car Into Fort Thomas Business, Goes On Crime Spree
A thief allegedly busted through the front window at Fastenal this morning at the Fort Thomas Plaza. FTM file. This morning at 5:45 a.m., Active Day driver, Demetrius Abrams said he noticed some suspicious activity when he was waiting to leave to pick up some clients from 90 Alexandria Pike at the Fort Thomas Plaza. […]
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Burglars Preying on Unlocked Cars in Fort Thomas
Canon Ridge, off of Alexandria Pike near 471, exit 2, was recently apart of a burglary spree. FTM file. It should be a simple fix, according to Fort Thomas Police Lt. Rich Whitford. But in spite of that burglars have stolen items from over 35 different cars on eight different streets in Fort Thomas over […]
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Fort Thomas “Serial Burglar” Couple, Nabbed In Boone County
Meghan Roll and Michael Ritchey. On Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at approximately 12:15 p.m. a Fort Thomas, Kentucky married couple were stopped in the 7,000 block of River Road (KY-8) in Hebron, Kentucky and subsequently arrested for committing five home burglaries in the area over a five day period beginning September 22nd.