Ky. State Police investigating assault on guard at penitentiary According to prison personnel, Lawaun M. Colvin, 30, of Louisville, threw a female guard to the ground and tried to remove her clothing in order to sexually assault her. (Source: Kentucky State Police) By Amber Ruch | April 20, 2021 at 2:30 PM CDT - Updated April 20 at 2:30 PM
EDDYVILLE, Ky. (KFVS) - Kentucky State Police is investigating a report of an inmate who assaulted a guard at the state penitentiary.
According to KSP, around 6:40 p.m. on Monday, April 19, Post 1 dispatch received a call from the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville regarding a female guard who had been assaulted by a male inmate.
State Police are investigating after an inmate assaulted a guard at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville Monday night.
Kentucky State Police say just before 7 pm 30-year-old Lawaun Colvin of Louisville threw a female guard to the ground and attempted to remove her clothing to sexually assault her.
Guards were able to stop Colvin quickly and the female guard was treated for minor injuries.
The investigation will be presented to a Lyon County Grand Jury.
By TOM LATEK
Kentucky Today Apr 13, 2021
Apr 13, 2021
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) â Gov. Andy Beshear warned that Kentucky may be in another plateau when it comes to COVID-19 cases after weeks of declines, and that the dominant variant of the coronavirus is targeting the younger population. Â
During a Monday press briefing from the Capitol, the governor said while Kentucky has leveled off in new cases, at least four other states are seeing increases, due to what has become known as the UK Variant since it was first identified in the United Kingdom.
âWhat weâre unfortunately seeing is that they are infecting more young people,â he said. âThose young people are getting really sick, and hospitalizations for younger Americans are going up. None of us want that, so what do we do? Number one, until we win, continue to wear that mask and make sure youâre doing the right things. Number two, get vaccinated as quickly as possible.â
Kentucky COVID-19 positivity rate continues to rise; Gov. Beshear urges caution Share Updated: 8:58 PM EDT Apr 2, 2021 The Associated Press Share Updated: 8:58 PM EDT Apr 2, 2021
Hide Transcript
Show Transcript is four o clock on Wednesday. It s that time this week we re coming together to remember We re gonna get through this, and we re gonna get through it. Uh, together. I want to thank Joyce Cheng for, uh, the new mask. The new team. Kentucky mask. Appreciate. Uh, your work. Let s start with a bit of good news. After what I would describe as a very difficult legislative session at the end, we saw some bipartisanship. We saw some teamwork. And the governor s office, along with the majority leadership and the minority leadership in the House and the Senate yesterday were able, uh, to direct funds from the American Rescue Act that are going to create tens of thousands of jobs across this commonwealth. They re gonna begin the process o