Burglary

Thieves caused more than $8,000 in damages and $2,700 in stolen property at a Nicholasville business, and police are seeking the public's help in catching them. According to a Nicholasville Police Department news release, between 3-6 a.m. on Nov. 15, three men entered the Stokley's Marine lot and removed 25-30 marine batteries from boats that were for sale. “(The boats) were in a fenced-in area, and (the men) cut through the fence,” Nicholasville police Sgt. Scott Harvey said.

A Jessamine County grand jury indicted three people Nov. 28 in connection with a string of home invasions between July and September 2012. A grand jury returned an indictment charging 28-year-old Erick Reynolds and 31-year-old Shaylin Floyd with nine counts of second-degree burglary as well as the attempted burglary of a 10th home and the theft of property from an automobile. In addition to the second-degree burglary charges, both Reynolds and Floyd were charged with being persistent felons.

The following cases were resolved in Clark District Court Oct. 31 with Judge Brandy Oliver Brown presiding. - Anthony Randall Lovins, theft by deception, pleaded guilty, 60 days, 53 days conditionally discharged, restitution; contempt of court (two counts), pleaded guilty, one day concurrent. -  David J. Airth, third-degree criminal mischief (two counts), dismissed, restitution; disorderly conduct, pleaded guilty, 14 days; resisting arrest, pleaded guilty, concurrent sentence; third-degree assault (two counts)

The Clark County grand jury has indicted a man for allegedly setting his girlfriend's apartment on fire earlier this summer. Glenn D. Johnston, 50, was indicted Thursday for first-degree arson in the Aug. 27 incident, which began as a medical call but changed once Johnston was in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. Police said Johnston told paramedics he started a fire in his girlfriend's apartment at 608 Westwood Drive before he left and walked to College Park. He also said he and his girlfriend had been in an argument about 30 minutes earlier.

The Nicholasville Police Department arrested three people in connection with a rash of burglaries that have occurred in recent months, according to officer Kevin Grimes. On Thursday, police arrested Erick Reynolds, Shaylin Floyd and Mike Samaan. Reynolds was charged with second-degree burglary, while Floyd was charged with complicity to commit burglary. “We were able to determine that Shaylin Floyd and Erick Reynolds were involved with multiple burglaries that were taking place in the city based on information that we gathered,” Grimes said.

Police are searching for one of the suspects in Wednesday's burglary after he was released from the hospital before police obtained their arrest warrants. Wednesday afternoon, Howard Gross and Tony Gross were officially charged with complicity and first-degree burglary, respectively, after they were shot outside 414 E. Broadway earlier that morning. Winchester Police Capt. James Hall said Tony Gross is still in the University of Kentucky Medical Center recovering from his gunshot wound to the leg, while Howard Gross Jr. was released before police made contact with him at the hospital.

The Jessamine County Sheriff's Office is asking the public's help regarding a burglary that occurred Tuesday, Sept. 25. Around 6 p.m. that evening, deputies were dispatched to Springcrest Drive near the Fayette County line off U.S. 68 on a burglary call. According to a JSO news release, when a mother and her daughter arrived home, they realized the door that led from the inside of their home to the garage was pried open. The pair exited the garage and called 911. While on the phone, a white male fled from the garage area of the home.

A burglar stormed The Castle early Monday morning, taking an undisclosed amount of jewelry from the store and pawn shop, located at 2048 Lexington Road. According to Jessamine County sheriff's deputy Larry Oliver, a white male gained entry into a vacant next door building to break into the store around 4:50 a.m. “It looks like entry was made into The Castle from an adjacent, unoccupied building,” Oliver said. “It looks like they breached the door of that building and went in and removed a section of the drywall and got into The Castle that way. Once they were in there, they removed several items of jewelry from the display cases.” Oliver said the only description available is a white male who was wearing dark shorts and a dark hoodie.

STANFORD - The case against a man accused of shaking a 6-week-old girl has been waived to a Lincoln County grand jury. Lucas Vinyard, 29, of Star Avenue, waived his preliminary hearing last week. Vinyard allegedly shook the daughter of Kisha Gosser, on Aug. 17. Gosser's daughter suffered broken ribs and hemorrhages in its skull and eyes, according to an arrest citation. When Gosser took her daughter to Fort Logan Hospital, police were notified an injured infant had been admitted.

STANFORD - Police are searching for whoever committed an apparent burglary of the Family Dollar on Lancaster Street Monday night. Stanford Police Detective Joe Gilliland said sometime during the night someone or a group of people broke the glass out of one of the front doors of the Family Dollar and made off with 150 single packs of cigarettes valued at $668. The burglary was reported around 7:30 a.m. after employees arrived to find the broken glass, Gilliand said. There were no other items reported stolen from the store.