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The Lebanon Enterprise with Police Asking Whether Will Also Be Closed on the Killing Was Intentional an Influx of Pets Being Surrendered Monday BBeingeing a ggoodood nneighboreighbor OOPINIONPINION AA66 IN THE NEWS A brief look at what’s hap- pening in Marion County TThehe LebanonLebanon EEnterprisenterprise this week. Read this and more, including breaking news, on the web! WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2018 • 75 CENTS • VOL. 131, NO. 36 • www.lebanone MMARIONARION CCOUNTY,OUNTY, KKYY e--newsnews www.lebanonenterprise.com ■ CRIME More details in Bardstown MLK Parade is Sunday murder The local NAACP chap- Two of the accused are ter invites all community members to participate in the annual Dr. Martin Luther former MCHS students King Parade, which will By Kacie Goode begin at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Landmark News Service Jan. 14. The parade will start at the Lebanon Post Office Seven months after on Main Street and end at Lebanon Baptist Church 17-year-old Cameron where a program will be Williamson was shot and held. The public is invited to killed, Alexis Gribbins, Photos by Emily LaForme attend. For more informa- Damion Murphy, tion, contact Jerry Evans, Shelmontay Adams and The Marion County Animal Shelter has had an influx of pets being surrendered. Kay 270-692-5579. Torique Griffin await Turpin, shelter manager and animal control officer, believes it’s due to the extreme cold trial for murder and rob- weather. MLK Day closings bery. The four have been Lebanon City Hall, the accused of conspiring to Gribbins ■ WEATHER Marion Circuit Clerk’s Office, rob the Bardstown teen, and and the Marion County Adams, of Campbellsville, Judge-Executive’s Office will has been accused of being be closed on Monday, Jan. the shooter. (Gribbins and 15, in observance of Martin Murphy are former Marion PProtectrotect yyourour ppetsets Luther King, Jr. Day. County High School stu- The Marion County dents.) Clerk’s Office will be closed All four face a capital on Saturday, Jan. 13, and sentence that could include Monday, Jan. 15, in obser- the death penalty or life dduringuring eextremextreme ccoldold vance of the holiday, as without parole if convicted. Murphy well. Documents filed in the Monday’s garbage case recently reveal con- route will be picked up on flicting stories from the Tuesday. accused and interviews Marion County Animal Shelter has had The Lebanon Enterprise with police asking whether will also be closed on the killing was intentional an influx of pets being surrendered Monday. All editorial items or an accident. must be submitted to By Emily LaForme the newspaper by 5 p.m., Gribbins calls 911 [email protected] Thursday. All advertising The investigation begins deadlines are noon on Adams ith dropping temperatures, people Friday. just after midnight on May are more inclined to stay inside in 15, 2017, when Gribbins the warmth rather than be exposed Chamber Legislative calls police to report a to the cold. However, animals left shooting. W Coffee is Monday outside may end up suffering through the weather, “Yes, somebody — or end up dropped off at an animal shelter. The Marion County Chamber of Commerce will somebody — somebody’s Kay Turpin, animal control officer and manager host its annual Legislative just shot my friend in of the Marion County Animal Shelter, says the Bardstown. I don’t know Coffee with State Senator shelter has seen a recent increase in animals get- Jimmy Higdon and State what to do,” Gribbins tells ting turned over to the shelter, due in part, to the Representative Brandon the dispatcher. cold weather. Griffin Reed on Monday, Jan. 15. The In the call, Gribbins says “It’s normal after Christmas, and a lot of people event will begin at 8 a.m. and she doesn’t know where do not want to house outside in the cold weather, will be held on the first floor the hospital is, and that she just “came to so they surrender their animals,” said Turpin. “It’s at Centre Square in Lebanon. chill with this dude,” when someone opened been every day. Space is a concern, so we try to the car doors, tried to rob them and shot move the animals out fast and place them into him. She tells the dispatcher she believes rescues.” her friend is shot in the chest and pleads for Susan Spicer, president of the Marion County help. She can be heard talking to someone Humane Society, has also seen her fair share of else in the vehicle as they try to figure out animals surrendered by their owners, especially the victim’s last name. She tells dispatch the during the holidays. suspects had ski masks on and fled the scene. “We tell people to not buy pets for Christmas, The dispatcher asks Gribbins to stay calm but it happens anyway and people end up either The Marion County Animal Shelter advis- and to apply pressure to the wound. Police having not wanted a pet in the first place, or not es that if pet owners must keep their ani- are dispatched to the FiveStar on Stephen being able to care for them properly, so they give mals outside, they should have insulated Foster Avenue, advised of a male subject them up,” said Spicer. doghouses. The doghouses should be dry, Sign up to be an with a gunshot wound and shooters on foot Spicer herself has many rescued pets, almost facing away from the wind, preferably wearing masks. Calls come in of a suspi- elevated from the ground, and should organ donor today. have straw or hay inside, as well. www.donatelifeky.org See Murder, page A15 PETS I A2 INDEX ■ BUSINESS Obituaries ............................ A4 Opinion ................................ A6 Sports .................................... A8 New reporter joins The Lebanon Enterprise staff Education ........................ A8-9 Faith ..................................... A10 By Stevie Lowery Michigan State During the past two summers, away from his family for very long Farm .................................... A11 [email protected] University on LaForme worked with the U.S. periods of time. I think his line of Calendar ............................. A12 Dec. 16. She is Army Cadet Command as a public work has made me appreciate the Public Record ................... A12 Emily LaForme just gradu- a native of Fort affairs intern. During her intern- Classifieds ................... A13-14 time I have with him even more.” Public Notices .................. A14 ated from college in December, Knox, Kentucky, ships, she covered the training of She said she’s developed a deep and she’s hit the ground running, but spent most hundreds of ROTC cadets as they respect for military families, as starting the new year moving to of her life in trained for four months in the well. Lebanon and beginning her first Michigan. Her summer. “My mother had to sacrifice official job as a reporter with The LaForme father is a U.S. “I am very passionate about our a lot for our family, and for my Lebanon Enterprise last week. Army Major, and nation’s military,” LaForme said. father, to support his dreams,” LaForme earned her bach- he and the rest of her family now “My father has sacrificed a lot elors degree in journalism from reside permanently on Fort Knox. for his country, and has had to be See Reporter, page A2 When it comes to With Kentucky Farm 690 Metts Drive weather, research Bureau’s Marion County Lebanon Kentucky 40033 indicates that you have agents, you can count on a 100% chance of quick response and great 270-692-3281 who the heck knows. service when you need it. [email protected] Doug Ray Charles Monin Jason Elder ® Agency Manager Agent Agent BIG ON COMMITMENT. A2 NEWS • the lebanon enterprise • wednesday, january 10, 2018 ■ LAW ENFORCEMENT Kaminski retires after 21 years in law enforcement By Randy Patrick family and fellow deputies. and gave the time and date. you for your service, sir, by other officers, includ- with Kentucky Vehicle Landmark News Service “Forty-one, Dispatch,” “It has been an honor and and best wishes to you in ing Deputy Bryan Adams Enforcement. Kaminski said as he radi- a privilege to work beside your retirement.” and fellow Detective Joedy He said he decided to There were hugs all oed in for his “final time you the last 12 years and to There were a few damp Gilliland, who used his retire a year earlier than he around as Detective Mike off duty.” call you friend,” Spalding eyes and someone made smartphone to broadcast an had planned to do because Kaminski of the Nelson “That’s 41, Detective said. “So on behalf of the a joke about somebody interview with Kaminski of changes anticipated in County Sheriff’s Office Mike Kaminski, is off Nelson County Sheriff’s paring onions. Kaminski’s on Facebook Live. the state’s retirement sys- signed off on his radio for duty for the final time,” Office, Nelson County wife, Reneé, and sons Will Nick’s girlfriend, Erin tem. the last time on Dec. 27 Dispatch Director Milt Dispatch and the Citizens and Nick stepped forward Mattingly, was also there Asked if he would while surrounded by his Spalding answered back of Nelson County, thank to give him a hug, followed and at least half a dozen go back to work in law deputies. enforcement after his Mike Kaminski Kaminski’s 12 years retirement, the detective retired from with the sheriff’s office said, “I’m not shutting any the Nelson capped a 21-year-career doors.” County in law enforcement that “I’m going to take it one Sheriff’s Office also included seven years day at a time,” he said. on Dec. 27. He’s with the Lebanon Police “I’m going to go home and pictured with Department, where he enjoy it.” his wife, Reneé. got his start, and two Photo by Randy Patrick/Landmark James Paul “J.P.” Yates January 31, 1934 to December 16, 2017 News Service The family of J.P.
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