Category: Bulletin Board

LG&E/KU Phone Scam

Customers of LG&E/KU have recently been receiving suspicious phone calls from scammers claiming to be affiliated with LG&E or KU.  The caller will typically threaten account closure and ask for the customer’s account number or request a payment be made.  Remember that LG&E/KU representatives should never request you to provide sensitive information over the phone outside you requesting assistance from them.  If you have been contacted by someone claiming to be from LG&E/KU requesting your personal information, take the person’s name and then call LG&E Customer Support at 502-589-1444 to report the call.

2/2/2016 Crime Alert for Communities off Bardstown Rd south of Snyder

Be on the lookout for a possible burglar staking out houses in the area of Little Spring Farm Subdivision. The homeowner at 11104 Blade Crest Way reports that on this date around 0710 her husband left for work with their child. About 10 min later an unknown subject rang her doorbell. He stated that he was a painter that does work in the subdivision and needed $40 for gas to get back to Middletown. Subject was a white male with glasses and shaggy brown hair mid 30’s-early 40’s wearing jeans and a red plaid jacket. He was driving a small black SUV with chrome fender accents. Burglars often use a ruse or excuse to see if a homeowner will answer the door. Directed patrols are following.