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MORELAND - A Kings Mountain man was airlifted to a hospital Tuesday night after a Stanford man shot him from a distance with a shotgun. Adam Alford, 18, of Stanford, has been charged with first-degree assault after admitting to shooting at Farren Rowland, 48, of Kings Mountain, along Ky. 1194, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office. According to a news release, Alford told police he shot at Rowland with a .410-gauge shotgun from a second-story apartment window while Rowland was sitting in a vehicle.

CRAB ORCHARD - A Lincoln County man is receiving treatment in a hospital after shooting his granddaughter and shooting at his wife before turning the gun on himself. According to police, Danny Brummett, 66, shot his granddaughter, Monique Brummett, 18, early Thursday morning at a trailer on Simpson Road in the Crab Orchard Area. He also shot at his wife, Kay Brummett, before traveling half a mile to his son's house and shooting himself, Lincoln County Sheriff Curt Folger said.

MORELAND - A Lincoln County teenager remains in jail without bond today after he allegedly blasted another man with a shotgun from the upstairs window of an apartment Tuesday night. Adam Alford, 18, of Stanford, is charged with first-degree assault for allegedly discharging a .410 shotgun at Farren Rowland, striking him in the neck and chest with pellets from the blast. Rowland, 49, of Kings Mountain, was airlifted from the scene to a Lexington hospital where he was treated and released, Lincoln County Sheriff Curt Folger said.

Lincoln County Sheriff Curt Folger said several burglaries have occurred in the last month in Lincoln County. Folger reminds residents to be aware of their surroundings and report any suspicious person or persons seen in their subdivisions, trailer parks, or anywhere else. Folger estimated the total number of burglaries at eight or nine. The burglaries have occurred mostly in Moreland and Hustonville, and on Crawford Lane in Stanford. Folger said investigators believe the burglaries are unrelated.

Lincoln County Sheriff Curt Folger invites those going on vacation to visit the sheriff's office and fill out a request form to take advantage of a new service: Vacation Security Request. "With summer thoughts turning to vacations, we want to provide this service for families planning to be away from their homes," Folger said. "My deputies will check your property daily while you're away. " In his weekly newsletter to Lincoln countians, Folger also emphasized his department's crackdown on the riding of four-wheelers and dirt bikes on public highways.

HUSTONVILLE - Lois “Minnie” Goode was not home on the afternoon of July 3 when two deaf women from Ohio, armed with butcher knives, were discovered inside her residence on Danville Pike. Had she been, police believe the 82-year-old Goode would have been the victim of a crime almost too horrific to contemplate. Lincoln County Sheriff Curt Folger said he has solid, high-tech evidence that Autumn Drass of Columbus and Taquisha Horton of Cleveland intended to stab Goode to death that day - at the bidding of Jessica Callahan of Danville - to settle a score in a lesbian lover's quarrel.

CRAB ORCHARD - The Lincoln County man who allegedly shot his granddaughter before shooting himself in the head Thursday morning remains in a Lexington hospital today but is expected to recover from his wound. Trooper Paul Blanton, spokesman for Kentucky State Police Post 7 in Richmond, said Danny Brummett will likely be charged with attempted murder and/or first-degree assault and other possible charges later today as his condition improves at the University of Kentucky Medical Center.

Lincoln County Sheriff Curt Folger investigated a report of two men possibly shoplifting in Wal-Mart and ended up arresting Jeff Denson, 33, and Ricky Byrd, 23, both of Lincoln County. A news release from the sheriff's department said when Folger arrived at the store one of the suspects had driven away, and Folger followed the suspect to Murphy's USA and arrested him. Folger then went back to Wal-Mart, according to the news release, and found the other suspect in the parking lot, where he searched him and found what he believed to be property taken from the store and also what looked like a crack pipe and three bags of meth.

An autopsy performed today in Frankfort determined no apparent cause of death for a 32-year-old Hustonville woman, Crystal Hager. Authorities are still awaiting toxicology results, Lincoln County Deputy Coroner Donnie Gilliam said. Hager's husband, Thomas Wayne Hager Jr., told Lincoln County Sheriff Curt Folger he awoke from a nap Monday and could not find his wife. He then went to her mother's house nearby to look for her before returning home and noticing his wife's body on the floor between a couch and table.

MORELAND - A Lincoln County teenager remains in jail without bond today after he allegedly blasted another man with a shotgun from the upstairs window of an apartment Tuesday night. Adam Alford, 18, of Stanford, is charged with first-degree assault for allegedly discharging a .410 shotgun at Farren Rowland, striking him in the neck and chest with pellets from the blast. Rowland, 49, of Kings Mountain, was airlifted from the scene to a Lexington hospital where he was treated and released, Lincoln County Sheriff Curt Folger said.

MORELAND - A Kings Mountain man was airlifted to a hospital Tuesday night after a Stanford man shot him from a distance with a shotgun. Adam Alford, 18, of Stanford, has been charged with first-degree assault after admitting to shooting at Farren Rowland, 48, of Kings Mountain, along Ky. 1194, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office. According to a news release, Alford told police he shot at Rowland with a .410-gauge shotgun from a second-story apartment window while Rowland was sitting in a vehicle.

CRAB ORCHARD - The Lincoln County man who allegedly shot his granddaughter before shooting himself in the head Thursday morning remains in a Lexington hospital today but is expected to recover from his wound. Trooper Paul Blanton, spokesman for Kentucky State Police Post 7 in Richmond, said Danny Brummett will likely be charged with attempted murder and/or first-degree assault and other possible charges later today as his condition improves at the University of Kentucky Medical Center.

CRAB ORCHARD - A Lincoln County man is receiving treatment in a hospital after shooting his granddaughter and shooting at his wife before turning the gun on himself. According to police, Danny Brummett, 66, shot his granddaughter, Monique Brummett, 18, early Thursday morning at a trailer on Simpson Road in the Crab Orchard Area. He also shot at his wife, Kay Brummett, before traveling half a mile to his son's house and shooting himself, Lincoln County Sheriff Curt Folger said.

Spring began more than a week ago, but that didn't stop winter weather from contributing to multiple wrecks in Lincoln County earlier this week. Lincoln County Sheriff Curt Folger said there were eight reported accidents on Lincoln County roads Monday morning and one more Tuesday morning. Many of the accidents happened near the intersection of U.S. 127 and Indian Camp Road, due to ice forming on a bridge, Folger said. Folger said nearly half the wrecks happened Monday morning before 9 a.m. One of the nine wrecks was a three-vehicle wreck, but only one person sustained injuries and it was “nothing life-threatening,” Folger said.

DANVILLE - Lincoln County's sheriff has joined a growing number of sheriffs who are publicly assuring voters they would fight against any federal gun confiscation program. There are no plans for such a program at the federal level, but second-amendment supporters around the country are concerned about broader implications of a renewed push for gun-control legislation following the massacre of 20 children with an assault rifle at Sandy Hook Elementary School last year. "As far as gun control … there's no one going to come and take our guns.

FRANKFORT - Counties could abolish their constable offices under a bill that cleared a House panel on Tuesday. The proposal, which state lawmakers have been trying to pass in various forms for years, was approved by the House Committee on Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs. The bill will now proceed to the full House for consideration. The measure would amend Kentucky's constitution, which established the constable position in 1850. Constables are elected and have the same law enforcement powers as sheriffs.

A burglary suspect wanted in three counties was spotted Tuesday by police in Indiana. Billy Dale Roach, 32, of Indianapolis, Ind., is the only remaining suspect not arrested in a string of burglaries that occurred Monday. The burglaries took place at a Parksville country store, Old Bridge Golf Course in Danville, Hill of Beans BP in Garrard County, Sal's Marathon in Lincoln County, and Hardees in Junction City. Daniel C. Stovall, 42, of Plainfield, Ind., and Joshua C. Johnson, 38, of Indianapolis, Ind., were taken into custody Monday morning in Garrard County.

LANCASTER - Two of three suspects have been arrested in a string of burglaries that occurred early Monday morning. Daniel C. Stovall, 42, of Plainfield, Ind., and Joshua C. Johnson, 38, of Indianapolis, Ind., were taken into custody Monday morning in Garrard County. Lincoln County Sheriff Curt Folger said one of his special deputies observed Stovall get into a taxi cab in Lancaster. The deputy called Folger to inform him and proceeded to follow the vehicle that was headed toward Stanford.

HUSTONVILLE - A Perryville woman and Lexington man were injured in a two-vehicle wreck along Ky. 78 Tuesday afternoon. Lincoln County Sheriff Curt Folger said Joseph Reffitt, 32, of Perryville, was preparing to turn off of Ky. 78 into a driveway when Titus Godfrey, 32, of Lexington, pulled around to pass Reffitt's vehicle. Godfrey's SUV struck Reffitt's truck, causing it to flip, Folger said. Reffitt's wife, Tina, was in the passenger seat of the truck and was transported to Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville for possible neck and back injuries.