Courts

    SHEPHERDSVILLE - A former Bullitt Central teacher who admitted to having sexual contact with a student will not be getting out of prison early.
    Bullitt Circuit Judge Rodney Burress overruled a request for shock probation on Thursday for Tim Lands.
    Lands entered a guilty plea for sexual abuse seven months ago and was sentenced to three years in prison. He must also be listed on the sex offender registry for the next 20 years.

 SHEPHERDSVILLE - A Cincinnati-based truck driver will no longer face criminal charges for a train derailment which occurred in Bullitt County last summer.

 SHEPHERDSVILLE - The following cases were recently resolved in Bullitt Circuit Court:

    SHEPHERDSVILLE - The following individuals have been indicted with felony counts by the most recent term of the Bullitt County Grand Jury:
    *Jeffrey Walls - charged with sodomy and sexual abuse.
    According to the indictment, Walls allegedly had deviate sexual intercourse by forcible compulsion with an individual on May 5, 2011.
    The most serious of the charges is a Class B felony punishable by 10-20 years in prison.