肯塔基州起诉五度定罪的路易斯维尔男子：涉开枪危及他人、重罪犯持枪
肯塔基州总检察长 Russell Coleman 11月12日宣布，该州杰斐逊县大陪审团已起诉路易斯维尔市39岁男子 Roy Melead：他被控两项一级肆意危害罪、一项重罪犯持有手枪罪、一项一级刑事毁损罪，并被列为一级惯犯。Melead 此前已有五次定罪记录，罪名包括入室盗窃与盗窃。
起诉书说，Melead 今年9月开枪射击，置两人于危险之中，行事对他人生命极端漠视；飞出的子弹还损毁了受害人的财物，因而加控刑事毁损罪。路易斯维尔大都会警察局负责侦办此案，总检察长办公室暴力犯罪缩减团队的特别法律顾问 Denise Durbin 代表州政府向大陪审团提出了案件。
暴力犯罪缩减团队是总检察长办公室2024年10月与杰斐逊县检方、路易斯维尔市政府等机构共同设立的协作机制，专办非致命枪击、重罪犯持枪等案件，总检察长办公室还在路易斯维尔市中心设立了办公点。据总检察长办公室，该团队至今已取得220多项重罪起诉及多项定罪。
总检察长办公室提醒，起诉书中的指控只是指控，被告在被证明有罪之前推定无罪。（来源：肯塔基州总检察长办公室）
Kentucky Indicts Five-Time Convicted Felon From Louisville on Gun and Endangerment Charges
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman announced on November 12 that a Jefferson County grand jury has indicted Roy Melead, 39, of Louisville on two counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, one count of possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, one count of first-degree criminal mischief, and one count of being a first-degree persistent felony offender. Melead has been convicted five times before, on charges including burglary and theft.
According to the indictment, Melead showed an extreme indifference to human life when he discharged a firearm in September, putting two other people in danger; the bullets also damaged the victims' property, which led to the criminal mischief charge. The Louisville Metro Police Department investigated the case, and Special Counsel Denise Durbin of the Attorney General's Violent Crime Reduction Team presented it to the grand jury on behalf of the Commonwealth.
The Violent Crime Reduction Team was created in October 2024 as a first-of-its-kind collaboration between the Attorney General's Office, the Jefferson County Commonwealth's Attorney, the Louisville mayor's office and other local agencies to combat violent crime in Louisville, and the Attorney General's Office has opened a downtown Louisville location staffed by prosecutors and a dedicated detective. The team has so far secured more than 220 felony indictments and multiple convictions, the office said.
The charges in an indictment are allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. (Source: Kentucky Attorney General's Office)
来源：肯塔基州总检察长办公室
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