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SubscribeScott Quisenberry, a Jefferson County Public School teacher, was convicted on three counts of rape and four counts of sodomy earlier this week. The jury originally recommended a 60 year sentence for his crimes, but the Judge, Audra Eckerle, noted that the maximum Quisenberry could be sentenced to is 20 years. The jury later recommended 15 years.
Judge Eckerle will formally sentence Quisenberry on September 14, 2015 at 2 P.M. Quisenberry is currently being held at Louisville Metro Corrections on a $75,000 cash bond.
FOP Head Calls Out Sensationalists, Liars, Race-Baiters, Criminal Element
River City Fraternal Order of Police union president Dave Mutchler has released an open letter to the people of Kentuckiana. On behalf of FOP Lodge 614, Mutchler acknowledged that the vast majority of area residents support the officers while a vocal minority “continues to assault and demonize us” – something for which the USMC veteran said officers would no longer stand on the sidelines.
Mutchler began his career with the Louisville Division of Police in 1997 before being deployed with his United States Marine Corps infantry company to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom in late 2003. Upon returning, he resumed his post as a patrol officer before being promoted to Sergeant in the LMPD’s 7th Division, where he was later selected to lead the Flex Platoon. Following his stint in the 7th division, Mutchler then went on to work with the Inspections and Compliance Unit as the Court Liaison Sergeant. He was elected to serve as the President of RCFOP Lodge 614 in 2009.614.
Full text of Dave Mutchler’s open letter: Continue reading
Authorities have identified the man shot and killed by an LMPD officer over the weekend as 35 year old Deng Manyoun.
Manyoun, who apparently fit the description of a suspect who had just assaulted a woman, is shown on surveillance video walking unsteadily down the sidewalk when the LMPD unit pulls on scene and the officer exits his vehicle. In the video (below), the officer appears to remain calm although Manyoun seems to be aggressively and act agitated before walking out of frame and returning with a metal flag pole, which he begins swinging at the officer. As he was being attacked, the officer fired his service weapon at the pole-wielding suspect, injuring him. Manyoun later died at University Hospital as a result of his wounds.
Despite video evidence to the contrary, several so-called eye witnesses were reported as having claimed that Manyoun was unarmed and did not attack the officer or that the officer behaved aggressively and had his hand on his sidearm as soon as he exited the vehicle.
LMPD Chief Steve Conrad defended the officer’s actions, stating that it was an act of self defense. Conrad also said that he did not believe that Manyoun could not speak or understand English. Continue reading
The number of 2015 homicides in Louisville grew again this week, bringing the number to 15 for the year. Police say that the shooting happened around 5:00 AM Wednesday on North 26th Street near St. Xavier Street.
The victim, a male in his late teens or early twenties, was pronounced dead at the scene. There are no suspects at this time.
If you have any information on this shooting, please call LMPD at (502) 574 – LMPD
LMPD announced today that there will be no charges filed in shooting of three teens that resulted in the death of 18 year-old Anthony Smith, Jr. The case is being called justifiable homicide.
While detectives cannot reveal some information about the on-going investigation, they did say that there was a three-against-two fight in a vehicle leading up to the shooting. Police say that the person who fired the fatal shot was “in fear of imminent danger, or in fear of their own life, or another person’s life”, which allows for the use of deadly force in self-defense under KRS 503.
The Smith family wants justice for their son, and they are concerned that there will not be any charges at this time.
Credit: Louisville Metro Police
Within 24 hours, four people were murdered this past weekend in Louisville.
Near the intersection of Dixie Highway and Hill Street, Aaron Combs and Julie Clemons were found dead at 4:30 AM Saturday morning with gun shot wounds. There is still no suspect in this case. Police say that is difficult to find witnesses because of the time at which the murder occurred.
Approximately twelve hours later, three teenagers were shot on Adrienne Way in Shively. Witnesses believed that they had heard fireworks coming from an abandoned house, but the sounds were actually gun shots. The victims were 15-19 years old. The shooting left one dead and the other two in critical condition at University Hospital. There have been no arrests in this case.
Again, about twelve hours later, police found Martel Hall dead from a gunshot wound in his front yard on Powell Avenue. No arrests have been made in this case either.
This weekend added four more to the already high number of murders in Louisville for the year. leaving the total now at 14.
On Friday, Louisville Metro Police responded to a 911 call from a woman that claimed her there was a strong odor coming from her neighbor’s apartment and she believed that they were cooking methamphetamine. When police arrived, the tenant of the apartment, 45 year old Jimmy Ashford, gave permission for his home to be searched.
Once inside the apartment, police confirmed that there was a strong odor in the apartment. They then found a bottle in the bathroom that was smoking. Police immediately evacuated the apartment. The Louisville Metro Police Clandestine Lab Team was then brought in to dismantle the lab. The team found paraphernalia and a vessel containing chemicals commonly used to produce crystal meth.
LMPD arrested Ashford, as well as 41 year old Lena Brock and 39 year old Dana Potts. Both women were at the apartment with Ashford. All three are being charged with the manufacture of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.