Robert Burke Jr.’s injuries were so severe, surgery was later required. The complaint, originally filed on Dec. 5, 2018, is ongoing in Kentucky Western District Court. Robert Burke Jr., of Marion County is suing Daniel Forbis of Taylor County and the Kentucky State Police for an altercation that happened during a traffic stop on Dec. 10, 2017. According to Burke’s complaint, he was driving on Loretto Road when Trooper Forbis pulled him over and requested that Burke get out of his vehicle. Burke advised Trooper Forbis he was going to record the interaction on video. That’s when, according to the complaint, Trooper Forbis slammed him to the asphalt, punching Burke in the head multiple times, pushing Burke’s face into the asphalt.
The Lebanon Police Department (LPD) has identified a person of interest in a hit and run accident that resulted in the death of a Lebanon man on Dec. 29, according to Lebanon Police Assistant Chief Greg Young, “It’s not like we have nothing,” Young said. “We do have a little bit. We’re working on building that up to where we can officially say the person of interest has turned into an accused.” According to a media release from the LPD, at approximately 4:23 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 29, LPD received a call reporting an accident involving a pedestrian. Lebanon police officers and Marion County EMS responded to Hood Avenue near the intersection with Shelby Street and found Jerry Berentz, 81, of 306 Shelby Street lying in the roadway and badly injured.
Late councilman remembered for his community spirit
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Those are the traits attributed to the late Barbuda councilman from those who knew him best.
Tributes poured in during and after his funeral ceremony at the Barbuda Pentecostal Church on Thursday morning.
Among them was one from Barbuda MP Trevor Walker, who recognised Burton’s contribution to the council, including one that many to this date remember as one of his most significant achievements on Barbuda.
Scenes from the funeral service of Lincoln Burton. (Photos courtesy The Barbuda Channel)
“I served with him in 2001 and one of the things that is very profound to me is that when he was first elected he served as chairman of the health committee and he insisted with us that the hospital should operate 24 hours a day,” Walker recalled.