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University Village Burglary
March 01, 2016

STATUS: SOLVED

AT 6:15PM A SUBJECT IS CAUGHT ON CAMERA DROPPING A BELT INTO A DOOR FRAME PREVENTING THE DOOR TO THE APARTMENT WORKOUT FACILITIES FROM CLOSING AND LOCKING.  AT 7:30PM, A SECOND SUBJECT ARRIVES AND ATTEMPTS TO COVER AND DISABLE THE SECURITY CAMERAS.  HE THEN GOES ON TO STEAL A LARGE FLAT SCREEN TELEVISION FROM THE PROPERTY. 

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Social Media Scammer
February 23, 2016

STATUS: SOLVED

SEVERAL LEXINGTON RESIDENTS HAVE REPORTED BEING SOLICITED ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN A SCAM TO MAKE QUICK MONEY.  THE VICTIMS HAVE PROVIDED THE SUSPECT WITH THEIR ACCOUNT INFORMATION.  THE SUSPECT DEPOSITS COUNTERFEIT CHECKS INTO THE ACCOUNT TO INFLATE THE BALANCE AND THEN QUICKLY MAKES TRANSACTION WITHDRAWALS BEFORE THE BANKS CONFIRM THE CHECKS ARE FRAUDULENT.  ULTIMATELY, THE VICTIMS AND THE BANKS ARE PAYING THE PRICE.  THE SUSPECT IS DRIVING A WHITE NISSAN WITH FLORIDA TAGS.

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Pak & Save Robbery
February 16, 2016

STATUS: SOLVED

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ON 01/1-/216 AT 10:42AM A SUBJECT WEARING A BLUE UK HOODIE, BLACK PANTS, AND ORANGE SHOES ENTERED THE CONVENIENCE STORE AND MADE A SMALL PURCHASE.  HE LEFT AND RETURNED AGAIN AT 10:57AM.  THIS TIME, HE WAS WEARING A DIFFERENT HOODIE AND HIS FACE WAS COVERED. HE PRESENTED A GUN AND DEMANDED ALL OF THE CASH.  UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE SUSPECT, HE FORGOT TO CHANGE HIS PANTS AND VERY DISTINCTIVE ORANGE SHOES BEFORE RETURNING TO COMMIT THE ROBBERY. 

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Dollar General Robbery
February 09, 2016

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ON DECEMBER 19^TH JUST BEFORE NOON, A SUBJECT ENTERED THE STORE LOCATED AT 1421 LEESTOWN ROAD AND CASUALLY WALKED AROUND WITHOUT MAKING ANY ATTEMPT TO COVER OR CONCEAL HIS FACE.  HE MADE A SMALL PURCHASE AND IT APPEARS ON CAMERA THAT HE IS WORKING UP THE NERVE TO COMMITT THE ROBBERY.  HE THEN TOLD THE CLERK HE WANTED TO RETURN HIS PURCHASE. AS THE DRAWER OPENED AGAIN, HE PULLED OUT A BOX CUTTER STYLE KNIFE.  HE HELPED HIMSELF TO THE CASH IN THE DRAWER AND FLED THE STORE.

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Quality Inn Robberies
February 02, 2016

THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED IN EARLY DECEMBER.  A FEMALE ENTERED THE LOBBY OF THE QUALITY INN AND DEMANDED CASH FROM THE OVERNIGHT ATTENDANT.  SHE IMPLIED A WEAPON AND WHEN HE CALLED HER BLUFF, SHE FLED WITHOUT ACCOMPLISHING THE THEFT.  SHE RETURNED IN MID JANUARY.  THIS TIME, SHE BROUGHT A HANDGUN.  THE ATTENDANT COMPLIED AND SHE ESCAPED WITH AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF CASH.

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Christmas Card Mail Theft
January 26, 2016

STATUS: SOLVED

Just before Christmas, a victim in Lexington mailed out dozens of cards to friends and familiy by placing them in the post office drop box located at Bluegrass Station on Lansdowne Drive. Several of the cards never made it to their destinations. This suspect was caught on camera using a gift card contained inside one of the stolen envelopes

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Foodland Burglary
January 19, 2016

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JUST BEFORE 3AM, A MALE WHITE IN HIS 20S APPROACHED THE FOODLAND CONVENIENCE STORE CARRYING A LARGE ROCK AND HAVING A TSHIRT PULLED UP OVER HIS HEAD.  HE SMASHED HIS WAY INTO THE BUSINESS AND STOLE SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS IN ROLLS OF QUARTERS AND LOTTERY TICKETS.  HIS IMAGE WAS CAPTURED ON CAMERA.

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Apartment Complex Tool Thefts
January 12, 2016

Lexington Police are searching for any witnesses or clues into the whereabouts of thousands of dollars in stolen tools. During the months of November and December, 13 Apartment complex tool sheds on the city`s Southeast side were broken into. All of their power tools including saws, drills, water pumps, and electrical meters have been stolen.  We believe the items may have been traded for drugs.

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Copperfield LFA Suspect
January 05, 2016

STATUS: SOLVED

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AT AROUND 2:30AM THIS SUSPECT WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA GOING THROUGH THE VICTIM’S CAR AND STEALING AN IPAD VALUED AT OVER $1000.  IT WAS ACTIVATED THE FOLLOWING DAY IN GEORGETOWN, KY.  THERE HAVE BEEN APPROXIMATELY 15 THEFTS FROM VEHICLES IN THE AREA AND LEXINGTON POLICE ARE ASKING FOR HELP IN IDENTIFYING THIS MAN.   

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Speedway Robbery
December 29, 2015

JUST BEFORE 2AM, A MALE WHITE SUBJECT DESCRIBED AS 5’10” 250LBS WITH BROWN EYES APPROACHED THE BUSINESS ON FOOT FROM THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND CONFRONTED THE CLERK WHO WAS OUTSIDE ON HER BREAK.  HE TOLD HER HE DID NOT WISH TO HARM HER AND ORDERED HER INSIDE.  HE DEMANDED THE CASH FROM THE REGISTER.  THE CLERK THOUGHT SHE HIT THE PANIC BUTTON BUT FAILED.  THE SUSPECT ESCAPED THE AREA ON FOOT.  AN OFFICER DRIVING BY STOPPED IN TO CHECK ON THE BUSINESS LESS THAN 10 MINUTES LATER AND WAS ADVISED OF THE ROBBERY.

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Masterson Car Break Ins
December 22, 2015

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THE MASTERSON STATION AREA HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING A HIGHER THAN NORMAL LEVEL OF THEFTS FROM VEHICLES.  THIS SUBJECT WAS CAPTURED ON CAMERA AT 2:30AM THREE NIGHTS IN A ROW BOTH STEALING AND ATTEMPTING TO GET  TO GET INTO OTHER VEHICLES IN THE AREA.  A FIREARM WAS STOLEN AS WELL AS SEVERAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES.

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Circle K Robbery Buckhorn Drive
December 15, 2015

JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON OCTOBER 16TH, A MALE BLACK ENTERED THE CIRCLE K WHILE THE STORE CLERK WAS RESTOCKING THE SHELVES.  HE HAD A WHITE CLOTH PULLED UP OVER HIS FACE.  HE DREW A BLACK PISTOL AND DEMANDED CASH AND NEWPORT CIGARETTES.  THE CLERK COMPLIED AND THE SUBJECT SLOWLY AND CASUALLY MADE HIS WAY OUT OF THE STORE. 

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Back to Back Robberies
December 08, 2015

STATUS: SOLVED

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ON NOVEMBER 22 FROM 9:30PM TO 10:00PM A SUBJECT ROBBED TWO DOWNTOWN CONVENIENCE STORES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ONE ANOTHER.  IN BOTH OCCASSIONS, HE HAD A LOOKOUT AND ENTERED THE STORE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED MAKING LOUD VERBAL DEMANDS AND POINTING A BLACK SEMI AUTOMATIC HANDGUN AT THE CLERKS.  ONCE HE OBTAINED THE CASH, HE FLED ON FOOT BOTH TIMES WITH HIS ACCOMPLICE

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Community Trust Bank Robbery
December 02, 2015

STATUS: SOLVED

JUST AFTER 1PM, A SUBJECT WITH HIS FACE COVERED ENTERED THE BANK AND IMMEDIATELY WALKED BEHIND THE TELLER COUNTER AND BEGAN TAKING MONEY FROM THE CASH DRAWER.  HE WAS ARMED WITH A TASER.  HE DEMANDED THE TELLER OPEN AN ADDITIONAL DRAWER WITH MORE CASH AND THE TELLER COMPLIED.  THE SUBJECT FLED THE AREA ON FOOT.  HE IS SUSPECTED TO BE THE SAME SUSPECT FROM A ROBBERY AT CHASE BANK IN MAY OF THIS YEAR.

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Serial Robbery Suspect
November 24, 2015

LEXINGTON HAS RECENTLY EXPERIENCED A FLUX OF ARMED ROBBERIES BY THE SAME INDIVIDUAL.  ON 11/13/2015 HE ROBBED BELLA BRONZE TANNING AND ON 11/14/2015 HE ROBBED CVS PHARMACY, SOUTHERN RAYS TANNING, AND MOTEL 6. IN SEVERAL INCIDENTS HE ASKED THE VICTIMS HOW MUCH THEIR LIVES WERE WORTH AND WAS ARMED WITH A HANDGUN.

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Cold Case - Jermaine Howard Homicide
November 17, 2015

ON AUGUST 17, 2007 JUST AFTER 10PM, OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO A SHOOTING AT AN APARTMENT LOCATED 100 LAKESHORE DRIVE #138.  UPON ARRIVAL, POLICE FOUND THE BODY OF JERMAINE HOWARD DECEASED FROM AN APPARENT GUNSHOT TO THE HEAD. HE WAS EXECUTED UPON ARRIVING HOME JUST AS HE OPENED HIS APARTMENT DOOR.  EVEN AFTER 8 YEARS LEXINGTON POLICE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ENOUGH INFORMATION IN THE CASE TO PLACE CHARGES.

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Bluegrass Home Entertainment Burglaries
November 10, 2015

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AT 10:15PM AN ALARM SOUNDED AT BLUEGRASS HOME ENTERTAINMENT.  WHEN POLICE RESPONDED THEY FOUND THE DOOR HAD BEEN SMASHED WITH A ROCK AND TWO LARGE FLAT SCREEN TELEVISIONS HAD BEEN STOLEN.  THE COST OF DAMAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY $2000 AND THE LOSS OF MERCHANDISE WAS NEARLY $4000.  THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS BUSINESS HAS BEEN BROKEN INTO SINCE APRIL.  IT IS BELIEVED THE SAME SUBJECT IS INVOLVED EACH TIME. 

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Red Roof Inn Robbery
November 03, 2015

AT 10 PM LEXINGTON POLICE RESPONDED TO A CALL FOR HELP AT THE RED ROOF INN ON WILHITE DRIVE.  UPON ARRIVAL, THEY LEARNED THERE HAD BEEN A ROBBERY.  THE SUSPECT WAS DESCRIBED AS A LIGHT SKINNED MALE BLACK ARMED WITH A SILVER SEMI AUTOMATIC HANDGUN. 

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Lexington Pickpocket Ring
October 27, 2015

STATUS: SOLVED

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LEXINGTON POLICE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING REPORTS OF PROFESSIONAL PICKPOCKETING OVER THE PAST YEAR.  THESE THEIVES HAVE TARGETED VICTIMS AT INTERSTATE CRACKER BARRELS, UK FOOTBALL GAMES, AND EVEN KEENELAND THIS PAST WEEKEND.  THEY ARE USING DISTRACTION TECHNIQUES AND EVEN MODIFYING THEIR APPEARANCE WITH CLOTHING TO ACCOMPLISH THE THEFTS.  THE VICTIM’S CREDIT CARDS ARE BEING CHARGED FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN GIFT CARDS AT AREA GAS STATIONS AND WALMART.

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Shell Station Robbery
October 20, 2015

STATUS: SOLVED

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Just after midnight on September 18, this subject entered the Shell Station located at 435 W New Circle Road.  He retrieved a beer and approached the register as if to checkout.  He displayed a silver semi auto handgun and demanded all of the cash from the register.  The clerk complied and the suspect fled the store. 

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