Church views fatality as an accident

        BURLINGTON — Leaders at the church where an Amelia, Ohio man died Monday likely will not file charges against the company that employed him.

        Gary Griesser, business manager of the First Church of Christ on Camp Ernst Road, said Tuesday as far as he is concerned the incident was an accident.

        Daniel Sullivan, 28, was killed when he was crushed by three steel beams.

        Mr. Griesser said the beams were being used to build a new education building at the church. He said the project was to be finished by February.
       

'89 grad elected NKU alum president

        HIGHLAND HEIGHTS — A 1989 graduate of Northern Kentucky University was recently elected president of the school's alumni association.

        Carol Rich, who will serve a one-year term, is a social worker at Cardinal Hill of Northern Kentucky and is a member of the Bellevue school board. She is a member of the association's four-person executive committee, which manages the day-to-day operations of the organization.

        Fifteen new members were also elected to serve on the association's 24-member council for 2001-02.
       

Ft. Wright council meeting canceled

        FORT WRIGHT — City Council has canceled today's regularly scheduled meeting because of a light agenda.

        The next regular City Council meeting will be 6 p.m. Aug. 8.
       

Free kids' movie at Erlanger park

        ERLANGER — The parks and recreation department will present the movie Chicken Run for free Friday night at the Railroad Park on Crescent Avenue.

        The movie will begin about 9 p.m. Families are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and a favorite snack. In case of rain, the movie will be rescheduled.

        Information: (859) 727-7955.
       

Ex-state worker gets 4 years for drugs

        WICKLIFFE — A former Transportation Cabinet worker who was arrested last year and accused of hauling methamphetamines in his state-owned car was sentenced to four years in prison.

        Warren Thomas, 33, of West Paducah was sentenced Friday by Circuit Judge Will Shadoan after entering an Alford plea to an amended charge of possession of a controlled substance. Under an Alford plea, a defendant does not admit guilt but acknowledges the evidence against him is sufficient to produce a conviction.

        At the time of his arrest Oct. 20, Mr. Thomas' job was to educate other drivers about the risks of impaired driving. He served as the Project Drive Smart coordinator for the Transportation Cabinet's regional office in Reidland.
       

Former jail employee sues Boyle officials

        DANVILLE — A former Boyle County jail employee has filed a racial harassment lawsuit against county officials.

        Ernesto Luis Guerra filed the suit Monday against the Boyle County Detention Center, Boyle Fiscal Court, Judge-executive Tony Wilder, Jailer Chris Hill and Deputy Jailer Chris Siler.

        The suit claimed Mr. Guerra was referred to by a racial slur while on duty and that he was fired for complaining about it and the jail's handling of a prisoner who later committed suicide.

        One of Mr. Guerra's claims seeks damages under the state's whistleblower law, which provides protection to public employees who report violations by government agencies.

        Mr. Guerra was fired July 1. He is asking for reinstatement to his former position with back pay, compensatory damages and punitive damages.
       

Couple that fled now bound for prisons

        LOUISVILLE — David and Martha Crowe soon will report to prison for crimes they were convicted of more than four years ago.

        On Tuesday, federal officials announced the prison sites for the couple, who were convicted in a gold coin scam in 1996 but never showed up to serve their sentences.

        The Crowes were captured by federal marshals this month in the Florida Keys, where they were living under aliases. They were booked at the federal courthouse in Louisville on Monday.

        David Crowe will serve an 11-year sentence at the Federal Corrections Institution in Jessup, Ga. His wife, Martha, will serve a 10-year sentence at an institution in Tallahassee, Fla.
       

Six charged with cheating elderly

        LOUISVILLE — Six men face charges related to defrauding 10 elderly Jefferson County residents out of $19,000.

        Five men appeared in Jefferson Circuit Court on Monday on the fraud charges. A sixth was arrested in Los Angeles.

        According to the charges, one or two men showed up at the victims' homes, claimed to have done work and pressured them for payment — in some cases, threatening to put a lien on the home, said county police Sgt. Nikki Henderson.

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