radioNOVO News for Bowling Green: June 30, 2026

RNN BOWLING GREEN 06/30/26          A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS REJECTED A 700-THOUSAND-DOLLAR SETTLEMENT AGAINST A FORMER KENTUCKY STATE POLICE TROOPER. AARON TUCKER WAS SUED FOR EXCESSIVE FORCE AFTER A 2019 INCIDENT WHERE HE PUNCHED AND KICKED A HANDCUFFED MAN AT THE WARREN COUNTY JAIL.  HE WAS LATER FIRED BY THE STATE POLICE FOR EXCESSIVE FORCE, AND THE CRIMINAL CHARGES WERE SUBSEQUENTLY DROPPED AGAINST THE VICTIM.            HOWEVER, THE JUDGE IN THE CASE RULED THAT ATTORNEYS FAILED TO PROVE THE MASSIVE PAYOUT WAS REASONABLE, NOTING A LACK OF EVIDENCE OF SIGNIFICANT INJURY.          A TENNESSEE MAN WANTED ON FEDERAL WARRANTS IS FACING NEW CHARGES AFTER A MAJOR DRUG AND WEAPONS BUST.           MULTIPLE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES INCLUDING THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES, HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS, KENTUCKY STATE POLICE INTERDICTION TEAM, AND THE SIMPSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE STOPPED A DODGE CHARGER DRIVEN BY NORRIS DAVIDSON OF NASHVILLE.           OFFICERS ARRESTED DAVIDSON WITHOUT INCIDENT AND DISCOVERED SUSPECTED METHAMPHETAMINE, CRACK COCAINE, FENTANYL, AND MULTIPLE FIREARMS INSIDE THE VEHICLE."