KSP Requests Assistance in Locating Missing Juvenile

***UPDATE*** OWENSBORO Ky. (February 5, 2023) – Louisville Metro Police has located the missing juvenile and is reported safe. Thank you! Original News Release below: OWENSBORO Ky. (February 5, 2023) – On Sunday, February 5, 2023 at approximately 9:30 a.m. Kentucky State Police Post 16 - Henderson received a call of a missing juvenile from Daviess County. Erica K. McLimore, 16...

Kentucky State Police Investigates Fatal Collision Near Sturgis

STURGIS, Ky. (February 3, 2022) Kentucky State Police Post 16 – Henderson received a call from Union County Sheriff’s Department around 7:40 am of a two vehicle collision on US 60 near Sturgis. Preliminary investigation reveals 32-year-old Benjamin F. Allen III of Sturgis, KY was facing westbound on US 60, backing his 2018 Kenworth tractor-trailer into a business parking lot. For an unknown reason, an eastbound pick-up...

Proactive Patrol Reminder To Motorists

HENDERSON, Ky. (February 1, 2023)--The Kentucky State Police would like to offer periodic reminders to drivers who travel our roadways. Our agency strives daily to ensure the safety of the motoring public. Some of these proactive measures include various roadside safety checkpoints and saturating known problematic areas in the district through general patrol tactics. The Kentucky...

Scam Calls on the Rise in the Post 16 District

HENDERSON, Ky. (January 30, 2023) - Kentucky State Police in Henderson has documented a complaint of a scammer stating he is with a law enforcement agency. The scammer goes through a series of routine sounding questions all in an effort to gain personal information (credit, bankcard information, etc.). At some point in the conversation, he...

Kentucky State Police Post 16 Welcomes New Telecommunicator

Providing a lifeline to Kentuckians and law enforcement officers HENDERSON, Ky. (Jan. 27, 2023) — The Kentucky State Police (KSP) announced 14 telecommunicators, representing eight posts across the commonwealth, have graduated from the KSP Telecommunications Academy and are ready to begin answering the call for assistance to both citizens and law enforcement throughout the commonwealth. The...

Owensboro Man Arrested for Multiple Felonies After Traffic Stop

OWENSBORO, Ky. (January 25, 2023)—A Kentucky State Police trooper conducted a traffic stop on East Byers Ave and New Hartford Road in Owensboro around 10:15pm for a traffic violation. During the stop, the trooper identified the driver as Chad A. Davis, 44 of Owensboro. During the stop, the trooper and a Daviess County Sheriff canine located six individually packaged...

Proactive Patrol Reminder To Motorists

HENDERSON, Ky. (January 15, 2023)--The Kentucky State Police would like to offer periodic reminders to drivers who travel our roadways. Our agency strives daily to ensure the safety of the motoring public. Some of these proactive measures include various roadside safety checkpoints and saturating known problematic areas in the district through general patrol tactics. The Kentucky...

Proactive Patrol Reminder to Motorists

HENDERSON, Ky. (December 30, 2022) - The Kentucky State Police (KSP) would like to offer periodic reminders to drivers who travel our roadways. Our agency strives daily to ensure the safety of the motoring public. Some of these proactive measures include various roadside safety checkpoints and saturating known problematic areas in the district through general patrol tactics....

Kentucky State Police Charges Three People after Grand Jury Indictment

HARTFORD, Ky. (December 30, 2022) – On December 29, 2022, Kentucky State Police (KSP) Post 16 detectives arrested three people for multiple felonies. KSP detectives initiated an investigation at Pilgrim’s Rest School in Dundee (Ohio Co) after Social Services investigated allegations of abuse. The investigation started in October of 2022 and detectives presented the case...

KSP Post 16 and Local Law Enforcement Agencies Come Together to Host “The Jerry Critchelow Memorial Shop with a Trooper” in Ohio County

BEAVER DAM, Ky. – (December 17, 2022)–The Kentucky State Police Professional Association (KSPPA) District 16 conducted its annual “Shop with a Trooper” program today in memory of retired KSP Trooper Jerry Critchelow, who passed away earlier this year.  This program is designed to assist children in need during the Christmas season and Critchelow was instrumental…

Proactive Patrol Reminder to Motorists

HENDERSON, Ky. (December 15, 2022) - The Kentucky State Police (KSP) would like to offer periodic reminders to drivers who travel our roadways. Our agency strives daily to ensure the safety of the motoring public. Some of these proactive measures include various roadside safety checkpoints and saturating known problematic areas in the district through general patrol...

Proactive Patrol Reminder To Motorists

HENDERSON, Ky. (December 1, 2022)--The Kentucky State Police would like to offer periodic reminders to drivers who travel our roadways. Our agency strives daily to ensure the safety of the motoring public. Some of these proactive measures include various roadside safety checkpoints and saturating known problematic areas in the district through general patrol tactics. The Kentucky...