The Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training (DOCJT) announced Thursday that twenty-eight law enforcement officers from agencies across the state have graduated the basic training academy. The class included six officers from Northern Kentucky agencies. “Your graduation today from the Department of Criminal Justice Training makes you part of a special group of brave men and […]
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Social Worker Helps Erlanger Police Focus on Full-Time Mission
Special to The River City News As police departments around the county re-examine their operations in light public protests and consider how to improve their missions to serve and protect the public, they can look to the City of Erlanger Police Department for an innovative program that has changed the police department’s relationship within the […]
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Florence Paints Thin Blue, Thin Red Lines on Road
The Florence Police Department thanked the mayor and city coordinator after a “thin blue line” was painted between the yellow-striped lane dividers on Ewing Boulevard from Kentucky 18 to the city building. The police department, which shared an image of the painting on Facebook, said that Mayor Diane Whalen and City Coordinator Josh Wice came up […]
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Man Pleads Guilty to Years-Long Sexual Abuse of Child
A man pleaded guilty this week to sexually abusing a child for a period of five years. Keith Edward West, 43, entered his plea to three counts of first degree sodomy and two counts of first degree sexual abuse, all involving the same child who was under the age of 12 at the time. Investigators […]
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Latonia Bank Robbed on Friday
A Latonia bank was robbed Friday afternoon. Covington Police told RCN that a male suspect entered the Heritage Bank at 3600 Decoursey Avenue and demanded money from a teller. Police said that no weapon was displayed, but that the suspect “implied he had a weapon.” No arrests have been made. The Covington Police Department Criminal […]
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Fewer Firearms Discovered at Ky. Airport Checkpoints this Year
Two dozen firearms were discovered at airport security checkpoints in Kentucky over a six-month period this year, including fifteen at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) in Hebron. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reported that the twenty-four firearms discovered between March and September of this year was far less than the same period in 2019 […]
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Erlanger, Covington Men Sentenced After Drug Convictions
One man from Covington and another from Erlanger are headed to federal prison after being sentenced in unrelated drug trials that led to their convictions. Both were convicted in U.S. District Court. Robert Copeland, 43, of Covington was sentenced to 63 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David Bunning after Copeland previously admitted to […]
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Mother Killed, 3-Year Old Child Wounded; Another Man Shot Before Suspect Caught
A woman was shot and killed and her 3-year old son was wounded Friday night in Walton. Tiffany L. Kidwell, 32, of Walton, had pulled into the driveway of her home with her two children in the backseat when, according to investigators, John C. Gentry approached the vehicle. Gentry, 34, of Crestview Hills, had been […]
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Police Seek Teen in Covington Shooting
Covington Police are looking for a 17-year old boy in connection to a shooting that left a man with three gunshot wounds Wednesday evening. Officers found the 31-year old victim on the 700 block of Lewis Street at around 7 p.m. with three wounds to his back. The man was transported to University of Cincinnati […]
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Search Continues for Driver Who Plowed Through Kremer’s Market Sign
The search continues for the driver who ran a vehicle through a Crescent Springs business’s sign on Friday afternoon. Villa Hills Police identified the culprit’s car as a tan or bronze Audi Q-7, likely a 2012 through 2018 model. Video shared on social media Friday show the car being driven in the Kremer’s Market parking […]
