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Multiple hearings in area cases held Tuesday

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Three suspects in cases of recent interest made appearances in Hardin Circuit Court Tuesday.

Dustin Caudill, the Elizabethtown man accused of shooting and killing two men and then setting the Henon Lane residence they were in on fire in October 2024, appeared in person as his defense attorneys discussed their motion to strike aggravating circumstances, in this case Caudill’s conviction for killing his mother and brother in 1994. Attorney Ty Howorth said penalties for a modern adult offense cannot be influenced by penalties previously issued for a youthful offender. Commonwealth’s Attorney Shane Young said the point the commonwealth is trying to make is simply: “Murder is murder. It is a capital offense.” Hardin Circuit Judge Larry Ashlock said he would take the arguments under advisement. Ashlock also said he is not willing to continue the case into the fall or winter as requested by the defense, but he would be willing to move the June 8 trial date back a few weeks. Howorth said she would check the availability of the defense’s expert witnesses.

Meanwhile, Chastity Nettles appeared via Zoom from the Boyd County Regional Juvenile Detention Center for an arraignment hearing. Nettles is charged with Murder after in January she allegedly “was in a vehicle in the Lowe’s parking lot” and obtained a firearm belonging to Bryan Harbison “and shot another female juvenile in the chest, killing her.” Lindsey Yates with the Department of Public Advocacy entered a not guilty plea on Nettle’s behalf. A pre-trial conference was scheduled for July 14.

Finally, Christopher Barnes of Glendale appeared via Zoom from the Hardin County Detention Center for an arraignment hearing. Ashlock said a grand jury returned indictments for Barnes on three counts of Class C Felony Unlawful Use of Electronic Means to Induce a Minor to Engage in Sexual or Other Prohibited Activities and three misdemeanor charges. Those charges are related to Barnes’s arrest following an investigation by the Santa Claus Police Department in Indiana “after discovering the suspect procuring a minor online.” Barnes requested a public defender and a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf. A pre-trial conference was scheduled for June 16.

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