Any links to this woman and anyone in Bardstown that might have a beef with BPD or Officer Ellis?

 

No clue.

Man Arrested Claims He Killed Bardstown Police Officer | LEX18.com | Lexington, Kentucky

A suspected gang member arrested over the weekend in Nelson County claims he killed Bardstown Police Department officer Jason Ellis.

 

Deputies arrested Brant Sheckles, 24, after he and a group of people crashed a field party. Officials say the group showed up uninvited and assaulted several people. Witnesses reported hearing members of the group shouting "Big Money Bardstown Gang."

 

Deputies say Sheckles threatened the arresting officer and then said he killed Officer Ellis. Bardstown Police Chief Rick McCubbin told the Kentucky Standard he heard that Sheckles claimed to have "two murders under his belt" and publicly claimed responsibility for Ellis' killing at Saturday's party.

 

Sheckles, who is the nephew of Bardstown Mayor Bill Sheckles, was charged with menacing and terroristic threatening.

 

According to the Kentucky Standard, Sheckles also threatened arresting officers when they arrested him back on July 6 for disorderly conduct, alcohol intoxication, fleeing or evading police and terroristic threatening. According to the police report, "On the way to jail Sheckles made several threats to my life and comments involving Officer Ellis' murder."

 

Investigators say they looked into the gang early on since Ellis arrested three members before his death.

 

McCubbin said he thinks it's all talk.

 

"I think this boils down to a bunch of punks, who are wannabes, who need to get a job and quit being leeches to society," he said. "They're trying to empower themselves by making that claim, intimidating people, and using the fear factor that 'I'm so bad I killed a cop.'"

 

Officials say the sheriff has called a meeting of city and county members for Wednesday to focus efforts on the Bardstown Money Gang.

 

Ellis was gunned down in an apparent ambush along an onramp to the Bluegrass Parkway back on May 25.

 

Police Chief seems skeptical that this guy did it. Of course this guy is his bosses nephew...what do you have on this Jim? Any chance this guy is the guy?

Execute him anyway.

Sheckles claims BMG tied to Ellis murder

 

Here's the story that appeared in today's edition of The Kentucky Standard in Bardstown.

Man Arrested Claims He Killed Bardstown Police Officer | LEX18.com | Lexington, Kentucky

 

 

Police Chief seems skeptical that this guy did it. Of course this guy is his bosses nephew...what do you have on this Jim? Any chance this guy is the guy?

 

As I've said before, there's no way in hell these guys are organized enough to pull off this murder the way it was done, and subsequently cover it up. Brant is just doing a bunch of posturing.

 

Execute him anyway.

 

Posturing and stupidity is not justification for execution. His crimes do warrant a long stay in jail, though.

Umm shouldn't they take a confession seriously and not just dismiss it?

 

Please someone help this department out this happened months ago! A KY officer is dead.

Umm shouldn't they take a confession seriously and not just dismiss it?

 

Please someone help this department out this happened months ago! A KY officer is dead.

 

There's a difference between a confession and posturing. This guy was already questioned extensively and police reached the conclusion that neither he nor his buddies had anything to do with it. Given how everything went down, and what I know about the situation, I'm agreeing with the KSP focusing their investigation on more likely suspects.

Some guys when arrested will do and say anything to get a rise out of the officers or to get the officers to do something in retaliation. If this guy is confessing he'll have to give some details only the shooter would know. I'm throwing the Oscar Mayer Bologna flag on this oxygen thief.

Edited August 15, 201313 yr by PurplePride92

 

There's a difference between a confession and posturing. This guy was already questioned extensively and police reached the conclusion that neither he nor his buddies had anything to do with it. Given how everything went down, and what I know about the situation, I'm agreeing with the KSP focusing their investigation on more likely suspects.

 

Do they have other suspects?

Man Arrested Claims He Killed Bardstown Police Officer | LEX18.com | Lexington, Kentucky

 

 

Police Chief seems skeptical that this guy did it. Of course this guy is his bosses nephew...what do you have on this Jim? Any chance this guy is the guy?

 

It really doesn't matter what the Chief thinks or who the Chief's boss is, since the State Police are investigating the murder. I'm not saying you are insinuating anything, but I've read comments on the news stories pages that insinuate the Chief doesn't think this guy is legit simply because he's related to the mayor.

It really doesn't matter what the Chief thinks or who the Chief's boss is, since the State Police are investigating the murder. I'm not saying you are insinuating anything, but I've read comments on the news stories pages that insinuate the Chief doesn't think this guy is legit simply because he's related to the mayor.

 

It's more than just that.

 

He is a party to a lot of information nobody else knows, though, outside of the KSP detectives investigating the case. And since I know him, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. And again, so everyone understands, Brant was questioned extensively within about 72 hours of the shooting.

 

It's more than just that.

 

He is a party to a lot of information nobody else knows, though, outside of the KSP detectives investigating the case. And since I know him, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. And again, so everyone understands, Brant was questioned extensively within about 72 hours of the shooting.

 

I understand that. I'm just saying him saying that this guy has nothing to do with it doesn't mean he's been over looked because the guy is related to the mayor.

So with this kid being dismissed in reality they have nothing at all at this moment...?

Doesn't matter if Scheckles is related to the mayor or not, he sounds like a first class punk.

Doesn't matter if Scheckles is related to the mayor or not, he sounds like a first class punk.

 

I don't think anyone is questioning that.