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Metro Police arrested 40 year-old, Orlando Wise, for selling marijuana and heroin through the drive-thru at the Rally’s on Dixie Highway in Valley Station.
Over the course of several days, Louisville Metro Police had watched Wise and finally caught him in the act. Police found prepackaged heroin and marijuana as well as cash. A search of him home on Grafton Hall Road revealed more evidence.
Wise has a criminal history and this is not his first arrest for the sale of drugs.
LMPD is asking for helping in identifying a bank robber. Yesterday, around 2:00 pm, a man robbed the Stock Yards Bank on Poplar Level Road.
Police say that the man entered the bank, handed a note to the teller demanding cash, received the cash and left. No one was injured.
Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call 574-LMPD.
Early yesterday morning, John R. Cecil, Jr. was arrested on Frankfort Ave. after hitting a pedestrian in a crosswalk. The woman who has hit was knocked out of her boots and jacket, then landed on top of Cecil’s car. Cecil did not stop until other pedestrians in the area blocked the road, forcing him to stop.
The impact of the accident was enough to dent the front the grill of Cecil’s BMW, as well as damaging the windshield and roof. The victim suffered a fractured shoulder as well as injuries to her knees. Witnesses claim that Cecil never offered help to the victim.
Police say that Cecil smelled strongly of alcohol and had slurred speech. A breathalyzer test showed that Cecil had a BAC of 0.351. He has been arrested and is charged with driving under the influence with a suspended license, leaving the scene of an accident and wanton endangerment.
Dalton E. Anderson was arrested this morning for stealing over $500 worth of goods from packages UPS shipments between 12/9/2014 and 12/24/2014. Co-workers noticed opened packages near trashcans and cameras were set up for surveillance. The cameras captured Anderson throwing away the open packages.
When confronted, Anderson admitted to the theft and was found with multiple Amazon gift cards on his person. He allegedly told police that he had planned to use stolen goods as Christmas gifts to his family.
Anderson has been fired from UPS.
Area students received the following notification today following a supposed twitter prank in which the user threatened to “shoot up UofL”:
UofL Police Department has received a tweet from an unknown subject saying he is on his way to “shoot up UofL.” Report suspicious activity to 852-6111
Social media networks exploded with activity as word of the threat spread by email, text message, and phone while concerned family members rushed to warn others or check on their friends and family.
The twitter handle, which apparently belongs to a University of Louisville class of 2018 student named Cameron, deleted the post after remaining up for several minutes. Following the deletion of the tweet, someone calling themselves “Jillian” posted another series of messages claiming that they were just joking, saying that they “didn’t think it was that big of a deal” and apologized if they “offended anyone.”
ULPD and LMPD reacted quickly, seeking out the person who sent the threat and warning those who may have been in danger. The all clear message indicates that the police are interviewing a person of interest. Under Kentucky law, Terroristic Threatening is a class A misdemeanor:
508.080 Terroristic threatening in the third degree.
(1) Except as provided in KRS 508.075 or 508.078, a person is guilty of terroristic threatening in the third degree when:
(a) He threatens to commit any crime likely to result in death or serious physical injury to another person or likely to result in substantial property damage to another person; or
(b) He intentionally makes false statements for the purpose of causing evacuation of a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transportation.
(2) Terroristic threatening in the third degree is a Class A misdemeanor.
Following last night’s announcement of a Ferguson, Missouri, grand jury decision to return a “no true bill” on each of the five indictments – meaning that officer Darren Wilson will not go to trial for the shooting of Michael Brown – demonstrations were seen in Ferguson and many of the nation’s larger cities.
Although St. Louis Prosecutor Bob McCulloch spent more than 45 minutes in a press conference explaining that the grand jury saw all available evidence – including more than 70 hours of testimony from about 60 witness (including those witnesses who contradicted the evidence or each other) -and made their own decision, many of the demonstrators claimed that justice had not been served. Despite calls for peace from police, Brown’s family, and even the president, demonstrations quickly turned violent as protesters taunted the police, broke windows, looted businesses, and set fire to vehicles and buildings, leaving much of Ferguson smoldering this morning.
A Tumblr webpage called Ferguson National Response Network claims to have compiled a “Listing of planned responses to the Darren Wilson Grand Jury Annoouncement“, with Louisville and Lexington being among the planned demonstration cities. The website indicates that a demonstration will take place in downtown Louisville at the LMPD headquarters at 7th & Jefferson at 5pm the day after the announcement (today). Demonstrations are also planned in Lexington on the 200 block of Limestone at 6pm the day after the announcement (today).
Given the events that unfolded in Ferguson following the announcement, these planned activities may some Louisvillians worried. However, one LMPD officer with whom a Louisville Dispatch editor spoke said that they did not anticipate anything happening, but suggested that citizens may want to begin avoiding the area at 3pm if they are concerned.
Photo: Clark County Jail
Disturbing Details in Court Documents Include Possible Cannibalism
Graphic court documents filed at yesterday’s arraignment hearing detail the charges and probable cause against 33 year old Joseph Oberhansley. Oberhansley’s criminal history includes conviction for manslaughter and attempted murder in Utah stemming from the killing of his then-girlfriend and shooting of his mother. Those crimes put Oberhansley in prison for over 12 years before being paroled in 2012. More recently, he has been charged with multiple driving infractions such as speeding and driving on a suspended license, arrested for choking a patron of a bar and resisting arrest while naked in 2013 and then leading police on a low-speed chase months ago.
Oberhansley was free under a bond reduced from $25,000 to only $5,000, resulting in his release by posting a 10 percent payment of only $500, when he allegedly committed his latest series of criminal acts. The latest charges (warning – graphic descriptions) include three counts: the stabbing murder of ex-girlfriend, 46 year old Tammy Jo Blanton, abuse of a corpse by removing some of Blanton’s organs, and breaking and entering into Blanton’s residence.
Court proceedings and documents also indicate that Oberhansley may have eaten some of Blanton’s removed organs.
