Body camera footage of the Sunday incident was released Monday afternoon on the Louisville Metro Police Department Facebook page.
A Louisville man has been sentenced at U.S. District Court in Louisville to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The man who died when he was hit by a car while hanging on the outside of a vehicle has been identified. Officers were called to the area of South 4th Street and Winkler Avenue around 7 p.m. on a report that a person had been hit by a vehicle, Louisville Metro Police Spokesperson John Bradley said in a statement.
On Monday, a Louisville man was sentenced in connection to a carjacking that resulted in the death of a teenage driver. Court documents state 31-year-old Michael Dewitt was sentenced to 20 years and five months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release,
A Kentucky man who shot at Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg when he was a candidate in 2022 has been sentenced to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison.
A Kentucky congressman is voicing his concerns to the U.S. Department of Justice over Louisville's consent decree potentially being in jeopardy.
It is our honor to be part of the 11,000 plus law enforcement members that represent the entire nation during this historical event,” LMPD said.
An internal memo directed attorneys to notify leadership of consent decrees that were finalized within the last 90 days. Louisville's was finalized in that time.
The previous administration’s Department of Justice and Louisville signed the agreement last month, but it has not yet been approved by a federal judge.
One day after the Trump administration injected fresh uncertainty into the fate of Justice Department agreements aimed at reforming local police departments with histories of misconduct and abuse, city leaders in in Minneapolis and Louisville pledged to follow through with agreed-upon reforms no matter what.
The union claims the reform-oversight deal negotiated by the feds and city violates a collective bargaining agreement. The ACLU intervenes.
The lawsuit says that LMPD officers and MetroSafe emergency dispatchers neglected to adhere to mandatory domestic violence response protocols, a failure that directly contributed to Stukenborg sustaining life-threatening injuries. Shutterstock