WULF News

On Saturday, February 12th 2022, at approximately 4:39 p.m. the Larue County E911 Center was contacted by the Larue County Detention Center in reference to a male inmate attempting suicide. Units with the Hodgenville Police Department identified the inmate as 27-year-old Dalton Milby, of Buffalo. Milby was pronounced deceased on the scene. At this time, the cause of death is unknown. An autopsy has been scheduled with the State Medical Examiner’s Office. The investigation is ongoing.

36-year-old Jose Montoya-Velasquez was arrested by Kentucky State Police as the result of an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children Investigation, which began yesterday.

Montoya-Velasquez is currently charged with four counts of distribution of matter portraying a minor in a sexual performance. He is being lodged in the Hardin County Detention Center. The investigation is ongoing.

A traffic stop on I-65 led to the discovery of more than 100 pounds of marijuana.

Early on Sunday morning, February 7th, Kentucky State Police Troopers conducted a traffic stop on a Kia Sorento driving the wrong way on the I-65 southbound exit ramp at the 91 mile-marker. During the vehicle search, approximately 120 pounds of suspected marijuana was located. The operator of the vehicle, 47-year-old Jose Mariano Garcia of Lawrenceville, Georgia was arrested. He is being lodged in the Hardin County Detention Center. The investigation is ongoing.

A Bardstown man has been arrested and charged with murder.

On Friday evening, Bardstown Police officers were dispatched to a residence on Robin Drive for a welfare check. Upon arrival, officers located a deceased female. Detectives later identified the deceased as the girlfriend of Richard Gray, who had fled the scene with his four male children to Mount Vernon, Illinois. Gray and all the children were located late on Friday night. Gray has been taken into custody. The investigation is ongoing.

On February 2nd, the Bullitt County Sheriff’s Office arrested the other suspect in the murder of Kevin Watts. “Bullitt County Sheriff’s Detectives developed viable information that the other suspect in the murder of Kevin Watts; Bradlee Simmons, 22 years old, was in Louisville in the vicinity of Southside Court and Southside Drive. 

While en route to the Southside Drive area, Detective Chris Hill, our lead investigator, was contacted by the Detectives of the Louisville Metro Police Department 3rd Division. He was advised that 3rd Division officers responded to a reported shooting at a parking lot at 6629 Southside Drive. Upon arrival, they found Bradlee Simmons, our murder suspect had apparently been shot. 

Due to previous communication between our two agencies, the officers and Detectives of LMPD’s 3rd Division recognized Simmons as our other murder suspect in the Kevin Watts murder,” stated Sheriff Walt Sholar. Simmons suffered non-life threatening injuries. He is now in the custody of the Bullitt County Sheriff’s Office, and is charged with murder and robbery of Kevin Watts.