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Registered sex offender from W’burg arrested at Barbourville campground Sunday morning

A registered sex offender from Williamsburg was arrested by Barbourville Police early Sunday morning after he was allegedly driving around a campground and stopping at campers where children’s toys and bikes were present. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or...

Lockaby pleads not guilty to sex abuse, sodomy charges

A Corbin man arrested on 10 counts of first-degree sexual abuse and 10 counts of first-degree sodomy pleaded not guilty to the charges on Friday in Laurel County Circuit Court. Clayton B. Lockaby, 62, was arrested on June 5 following a three-month-long investigation led by Jesse...

Lockaby is set to be arraigned for charges of sexual abuse and sodomy

A Corbin man will appear in court on Friday, June 15 after he was indicted on 10 counts of first-degree sexual abuse and 10 counts of first-degree sodomy. Clayton B. Lockaby, 62, was arrested on June 5 after a three-month investigation led by Jesse Armstrong. A warrant was issued...

W’burg man arrested on sex abuse charge

A Wednesday morning preliminary hearing has been scheduled for a Williamsburg man, who is facing a sex abuse charge. Peter Jason Gerlaugh, 39, is being held in the Whitley County Detention Center in lieu of a $75,000 cash bond. Kentucky State Police arrested Gerlaugh on June 27...
Posted On 05 Jul 2017

Jurors need less than 45 minutes Thursday to acquit Moore on all counts

The four-day trial of a Williamsburg businessman, who was accused of sexually abusing a teenage relative in 2013, ended Thursday afternoon with a not guilty verdict on all counts. The eight-woman, four-man jury needed less than 45 minutes to find Eddie Moore, 41, not guilty of...
Posted On 13 Apr 2017

Moore takes stand in own defense Wednesday

Eddie Moore gave police a more than one-hour long interview the day after a teenage female relative accused him of molesting her in 2014. During the interview with police, which prosecutors have labeled as a “confession,” Moore admitted to touching the breasts of the girl, who...
Posted On 13 Apr 2017