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Bank Robbery – Harrison Deposit Bank

According to The Cynthiana Democrat, The Cynthiana Police Department received the alarm notification at 9:33am, and were dispatched to the crime scene.
At the time of the Democrat’s report, the suspect had yet to be located.
The suspect was described to be wearing a black hoodie and ski mask. The suspect was last seen fleeing the area on foot, running south on Walnut Street.
This robbery is Harrison Deposit’s first within recent history, and the third bank robbery in Harrison County within the past twelve months. The two most recent robberies affected two Farmers National Bank locations.
Report from The Cynthiana Democrat:

Flood Statement

 THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR SHELBY…
FRANKLIN…SCOTT AND HARRISON COUNTIES…
CALLS TO LOCAL ROAD MAINTENANCE FACILITIES AND EMERGANCY MANAGERS
INDICATE THAT SEVERAL RURAL ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER
IN SHELBY AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. IN HARRISON COUNTY…SEVERAL LOW
WATER CROSSINGS THAT NORMALLY FLOOD AFTER HEAVY RAIN ARE UNDER
WATER.
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON…BUT AN AREA
OF LIGHT RAIN WILL ARRIVE LATER THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAIN
AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE LIKELY THROUGH
EARLY MORNING.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE…TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN.
TO REPORT FLOODING…HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
LAT…LON 3831 8532 3834 8490 3830 8477 3854 8433
3845 8417 3822 8455 3816 8491 3814 8498
3813 8532
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JSD
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

Special Weather Statement

 FRANKFORT…GEORGETOWN…CYNTHIANA…
VERSAILLES…LEXINGTON…PARIS…CARLISLE…NICHOLASVILLE…
WINCHESTER…LANCASTER…RICHMOND
232 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008
…WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS…
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS REGION THROUGH 330 PM EDT. SOME OF THESE
STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING.
ALTHOUGH THESE SHOWERS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST…THEY
ARE WIDESPREAD. SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS REGION WILL
RECEIVE ANOTHER ONE HALF INCH PRIOR TO 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
$
JSD
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

Flood Warning

FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY…
HARRISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY…
SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY…
SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY…
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 159 PM EDT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN SHELBY COUNTY REPORTED THAT
SEVERAL ROADS WERE CLOSED. LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL LIKELY BE
COVERED BY FLOWING WATER THIS EVENING.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL LIKELY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH IS EXPECTED
THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE…TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN.
TO REPORT FLOODING…HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
LAT…LON 3831 8532 3834 8490 3830 8477 3854 8433
3845 8417 3822 8455 3816 8491 3814 8498
3813 8532
TIME…MOT…LOC 1759Z 180DEG 0KT 3822 8520
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JSD
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1138 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008
..AREA OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY…

A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF
CENTRAL KENTUCKY EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. THE HEAVY RAIN AREA WILL
MOVE INTO LEXINGTON AROUND NOON EDT AND ON TO WINCHESTER AND
RICHMOND BY 1230 PM EDT. THE BACK EDGE OF THE HEAVIER RAIN WAS
OVER WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 1130 AM EDT.

THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL LAST AN HOUR TO AN HOUR AND A HALF ONCE
THE HEAVIER RAIN BEGINS.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD TOTAL AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO BEFORE THE
RAIN DIMINISHES. THE RAIN COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN ROADWAYS.

DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS ROADS COVERED WITH WATER. THE WATER MAY BE TOO
DEEP TO DRIVE THROUGH SAFELY. DO NOT TAKE A CHANCE…TURN
AROUND… DO NOT DROWN.
SCHOLZ

Wind Advisory Canceled

WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED.
THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN LOUISVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY.
THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF EARLIER THIS MORNING HAVE SUBSIDED.RAIN HAS MOVED INTO THE AREA & A COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST WITH GUSTS TO INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH BUT STAY WELL BELOW THE STRONG GUSTS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE NIGHT AND WELL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.
$$
SCHOLZ

Wind Advisory

 LEITCHFIELD…ELIZABETHTOWN…
FORT KNOX…MOUNT WASHINGTON…SHEPHERDSVILLE…GEORGETOWN…
CYNTHIANA…TAYLORSVILLE…LAWRENCEBURG…VERSAILLES…
LEXINGTON…PARIS…CARLISLE…BARDSTOWN…SPRINGFIELD…
HARRODSBURG…NICHOLASVILLE…WINCHESTER…HODGENVILLE…
LEBANON…DANVILLE…LANCASTER…RICHMOND…MORGANTOWN…
BROWNSVILLE…MUNFORDVILLE…GREENSBURG…CAMPBELLSVILLE…
LIBERTY…STANFORD…RUSSELLVILLE…BOWLING GREEN…FRANKLIN…
SCOTTSVILLE…GLASGOW…TOMPKINSVILLE…EDMONTON…COLUMBIA…
JAMESTOWN…BURKESVILLE…ALBANY
358 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 /258 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2008/
…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON…
GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN KENTUCKY. EXPECT WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 40 TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL BE SHIFTING FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHWEST THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY PASSES.
WINDS THIS STRONG MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS…ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH-PROFILE
VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR
CROSS WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.
$
AML
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

Special Weather Statement

 

PAOLI…SALEM…SCOTTSBURG…MADISON…
JASPER…MARENGO…TELL CITY…CORYDON…NEW ALBANY…
JEFFERSONVILLE…HAWESVILLE…HARDINSBURG…BRANDENBURG…
BEAVER DAM…LEITCHFIELD…ELIZABETHTOWN…FORT KNOX…
MOUNT WASHINGTON…SHEPHERDSVILLE…LOUISVILLE…LA GRANGE…
BEDFORD…NEW CASTLE…SHELBYVILLE…FRANKFORT…GEORGETOWN…
CYNTHIANA…TAYLORSVILLE…LAWRENCEBURG…VERSAILLES…
LEXINGTON…PARIS…CARLISLE…BARDSTOWN…SPRINGFIELD…
HARRODSBURG…NICHOLASVILLE…WINCHESTER…HODGENVILLE…
LEBANON…DANVILLE…LANCASTER…RICHMOND…MORGANTOWN…
BROWNSVILLE…MUNFORDVILLE…GREENSBURG…CAMPBELLSVILLE…
LIBERTY…STANFORD…RUSSELLVILLE…BOWLING GREEN…FRANKLIN…
SCOTTSVILLE…GLASGOW…TOMPKINSVILLE…EDMONTON…COLUMBIA…
JAMESTOWN…BURKESVILLE…ALBANY
421 AM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008 /321 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008/
…GUSTY WINDS TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND
CENTRAL KENTUCKY…
AS A STRONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES THE AREA TODAY…SOUTHERLY
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS OF UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH
CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OUTSIDE OF ANY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM.
WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH
TURNING THE WINDS IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS OF
AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED.
WINDS THIS STRONG MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS…ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH-PROFILE
VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR
CROSS WINDS.
$
AML
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

Coffeebreak – 3/12/2008

On this morning’s Coffeebreak:
Rick’s guest was Harrison County Sheriff Bruce Hampton.
Comment was made of the FEMA trailers neighboring the Sheriff’s Office.
Rick asked Hampton to speak a bit more on the burglaries that took place this past Sunday on Old Lair Road.  Sheriff Hampton explained that when Kevin Landrum came home, he wasn’t aware that his home was being burglarized. Mr. Landrum proceeded to his bedroom, when he found the suspect, Thomas Perysian, climbing in through a window. On a related note, Rick asked Sheriff Hampton about a service that the Sheriff’s Department will be offering citizens, with regard of “digitally recording” property. Sheriff Hampton explained that work on the effort has been slowed due to the office being busy with recent activities. Hampton also announced to the public that his office is currently short one deputy; Deputy Wayne Fryman is currently on medical leave for recovery from heart surgery.
Rick asked Hampton how he has been able to keep the office staffed with local personnel, noting that he had noticed that the Cynthiana Police Department has numerous new faces, many of which from out of town. Hampton said that he was simply lucky.
A story covered by local television raised a question on the differences between area departments. Early this morning in Lexington, cattle were found loose in the area of The Red Mile. When one cow became aggressive and butted an officer, assisting officers fired and killed the animal. Rick asked Hampton if that sort of incident has ever happened to him. Hampton explained that it’s a fairly common occurrence in Harrison County for the Sheriff’s Department to respond to a call of loose livestock. While Hampton could not recall any incident of killing a charging cow, he states that often they have been faced with having to put down an animal which has been struck by a vehicle.
Rick asked whether there have been any leads in the robbery of the Oddville Avenue branch of Farmers National Bank. Sheriff Hampton said that there is a lead that is being followed. He further alluded to there being DNA evidence recovered, which is being processed against evidence in other cases.
Rick mentioned Sheriff Hampton’s return to the board of the Kentucky Sheriff’s Association. Hampton had previously served as president of the association, and currently serves as third vice-president.
Discussion was made on Hampton’s involvement with the security at the Justice Center. Hampton explained that the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department has six officers which perform security duties at the Justice Center, and that he feels that there is a need for an additional officer. Rick poised the question if any of the bailiffs have faced anything similar to the event that happened in Scott County, referring to the incident where Peter Hafer punched his lawyer in court.
Further discussion went to the topics of property taxes, conceal and carry licenses, the department’s hazardous retirement benefits, and a bill which would modify the laws regarding incarceration alternatives [SB 72].

Sponsors for this morning’s Coffeebreak were:
Shelter Mutual Insurance, Aurora Information Systems, the Harrison County Board of Education, Whalen & Company, Eastside Pharmacy, Jetubs, Cockrell’s Auto Center, and the First United Methodist Church.
WCYN makes available to the public audio copies of Coffeebreak, however recordings are only archived for a period of five business days. Cassette copies are $5 and CD copies are $10. The views and opinions expressed on today’s Coffeebreak have been those of the guest and host and are not necessarily those of WCYN staff, management, or advertisers.