CRIME REPORT: Man charged with sexually abusing child

March 01-- Mar. 1--Richmond police arrested a man for first-degree sexual abuse (victim 12 or younger) Wednesday afternoon after officers received a complaint that he had sexually abused an 8-year-old in 2016.

The complainant told officers that Joseph Lynch, 48, Rose Lane, Richmond, had touched the child inappropriately, according to a citation. Officers spoke with the child, who said that Lynch had them wear just a T-shirt and underwear.

The victim said he then put his "body" on their back and moved it down, at which point the child got scared and ran away, the citation states. The victim also said that Lynch also plays "dirty games" with them and will do things such as dare them to run around naked.

Lynch was arrested and was booked into the Madison County Detention Center, where he remained Thursday afternoon, according to online jail records.

Madison County deputies arrested two men after one of them allegedly put a shock collar on a 4-year-old to "teach the victim a lesson," according to warrants for their arrests.

Luke Sampson, 35, and Theodore Sampson, 42, both of King Luke Court, Berea, were each charged with first-degree criminal abuse (child 12 or younger), the warrants state.

On Feb. 7, Theodore Sampson placed the shock collar, intended for a dog, on the child, the warrant states. Luke Sampson "encouraged Mr. Theodore Sampson to initiate shocking the victim ... in order to teach the victim a lesson via cruel punishment," Luke Sampson's warrant reads.

Theodore Sampson then proceeded to shock the child, his warrant states.

The two were arrested Thursday afternoon and were taken to the MCDC, where they both remained Thursday afternoon, according to online jail records.

Richmond police arrested Joseph Estep, 37, South Keeneland Drive, Richmond, for carry concealed weapon by prior deadly weapon felony offender early Thursday morning after officers pulled him over because his rear license plate wasn't illuminated.

When officers spoke with Estep, he said his license was suspended, according to a citation. Officers then gained consent to search the vehicle and found a billy club that had a strap attached to its handle.

Estep then told officers he has previously been convicted of a felony in which a deadly weapon was possessed, the citation states.

Estep was taken to the MCDC, where he remained Thursday afternoon, according to online jail records.

Berea police arrested Krista Phillips, 35, Scaffold Cane Road, for theft by unlawful taking ($500 or more, but less than $10,000), tampering with physical evidence and theft by unlawful taking (less than $500) after officers were called to a store in regards to a possible theft of medication Wednesday morning.

Store employees told officers that a customer got his prescriptions filled and placed the bag on a chair, according to a citation. Video surveillance then shows Phillips sit down in a chair next to the bag, reaching for it and eventually picking it up and walking out of the business.

Phillips returned to the store and sat down in the same chair, removed the bag from a pocket and placed it on a chair again only to pick it up again, the citation states. She left the store a second time with the bag.

Officers got Phillips information from the store, as she's also a customer, and went to her home to talk with her, according to the citation. Phillips admitted to taking the medication, some of which was found by police and identified as gabapentin.

Phillips said the rest of the medication was at Save A Lot, and officers found most of the medicine in a trash can, the citation states. Officers also learned Phillips shoplifted $48.87 worth of merchandise from the drug store.

Phillips was taken to the MCDC. She was released Wednesday night, according to online jail records.

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