Robbery

Three teenagers were arrested early this morning after allegedly robbing Bluegrass Truck Stop at gunpoint, Danville police said. Kenneth M. Williams, 18, of Harrodsburg; Raymarcause L. Simon, 18, of Danville; and a 17-year-old boy allegedly robbed the Stewarts Lane truck stop about 1:40 a.m., police said. All three teens allegedly brandished handguns, took an undetermined amount of money and fled the scene in a black sport-utility vehicle, police said. Shortly afterward, Boyle County Deputy Sheriff Dustin Clem found the vehicle wrecked near the scene of the robbery and arrested the trio.

A Harrodsburg man has been indicted by a Boyle County grand jury for allegedly robbing a man at gunpoint in his own home. Jeffrey Armstrong, 23, of 141 Emminence Lane, is charged with first-degree robbery and first-degree burglary for alleged unlawful entry of the home of Donnie Graves Sr. while carrying a firearm and then threatening Graves while taking personal items from him on April 18. Bond for Armstrong is set at $50,000, and he...

STANFORD - A Liberty man with a 15-year-long record of burglaries, thefts and assaults has been indicted in Lincoln County for allegedly forcing a woman to the ground, taking her money and leaving her by the side of the road. William Bullock, 33, of 288 Taylor St., faces one count of second-degree robbery for “threatening or causing physical injury upon Rebecca Coffman while in the course of committing a theft,” according to the indictment. Lincoln County Regional Jail records show Bullock, who is also known by the alias “Bubbles,” was lodged on April 1 and was being held as of Thursday afternoon on one count of second-degree burglary, one count of second-degree assault, two counts of illegal drug possession and two counts of second-degree robbery.

A Liberty man with a 15-year-long record of burglaries, thefts and assaults has been indicted in Lincoln County for allegedly forcing a woman to the ground, taking her money and leaving her by the side of the road. William Bullock, 33, of 288 Taylor St. in Liberty, faces one count of second-degree robbery for "threatening or causing physical injury upon Rebecca Coffman while in the course of committing a theft," according to the indictment. Lincoln County Regional Jail records show Bullock, who is also known by the alias "Bubbles," was lodged on April 1 and was being held as of Thursday afternoon on one count of second-degree burglary, one count of second-degree assault, two counts of illegal drug possession and two counts of second-degree robbery.

Winchester Police are still searching for two suspects in last week's robbery on Jackson Street. On May 15, police said two men talked their way into the home of Alberta Jones under the pretext of buying things from her. They then restrained her with duct tape and took several items including her cell phone, medication and a collection of old coins and paper money. Winchester Police Capt. James Hall said one of the men had talked his way into Jones' home earlier in the day by saying he needed help.

A man who rejected a plea offer from prosecutors on an armed robbery charge has now been indicted by a Boyle County grand jury for being an alleged persistent felony offender, which could stiffen his prison sentence if he is convicted at trial in June. Michael W. Durham, 26, of Stanford, faces three PFO counts, one for each of the charges against him in the 2010 home invasion robbery of Warren and Mary Bigger of Junction City: two counts of first-degree robbery and first-degree burglary.

The man suspected of robbing the Burgin post office and Chill's convenience store at gunpoint Friday may be the same man who robbed a Subway restaurant at gunpoint in¿December, said Danville Interim Police Chief Tony Gray. “We also suspect he may be involved in other robberies in the area,”¿Gray said. Since Friday, state, local and federal investigators have been looking for an unknown white male who wore a full-face mask and brandished a firearm to rob Chill's on East Lexington Avenue in¿Danville and the post office in Burgin.

Multiple law enforcement agencies are investigating the possibility that the same masked man robbed the Burgin post office and the Chill's convenience store on Lexington Avenue in Danville on Friday, according to Danville Interim Police Chief Tony Gray. About 1:10 p.m. Friday, an unidentified white male entered the Burgin post office, physically assaulted a female clerk while brandishing a firearm and demanded money, according to Kentucky State Police Trooper Paul Blanton.  The clerk tried to fight off the robber by hitting him with a postal box, said Burgin Police Chief Jim Caldwell.

Jason K. Oliver has appealed a 35-year prison sentence handed down Feb. 24 for the first-degree assault and first-degree robbery of a Mr. Taxi minivan driver in September 2010. Oliver was found guilty by a jury in January. According to a letter written by Oliver's mother, Charla Harris, before the trial began, the prosecuting attorney offered him a 15-year plea deal that he declined, touting his innocence.  In a last-ditch effort, Oliver's attorneys, Brent and Bruce L. Cadwell, motioned for dismissal Jan. 23 on the basis that convicting Oliver on both assault and robbery was double jeopardy, since the first-degree assault charge was included in the first-degree robbery charge.

Bluegrass Truck Stop on Stewarts Lane was robbed early Sunday morning, and two suspects are in custody, according to police. The armed robbery happened about 12:30 a.m. Shortly after the crime, police apprehended Carrie Brown, 23, of McKinney and Jonathan Tyler, 26, of Danville.  Officers recovered an unspecified amount of cash and arrested the pair on suspicion of first-degree robbery.  As of this morning, Brown and Tyler were in...