Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Armed Robberies In Knott County

{Mousie, Kentucky}...State police were called to the Mousie community of Knott County around 3:20 A.M. Tuesday morning after Willie and Nero Patton were each robbed in their homes at gunpoint. Police say 34 year old Steven Short  and 28 year old Heath Slone, both of Mousie, used force to enter the first residence and rob one of the men. They then went to the second home, entered with a shotgun and robbed and assaulted the other man. Short was charged with first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary, first-degree assault and theft by unlawful taking of a firearm. He was taken to the Kentucky River Regional Detention Center. Slone was taken into custody and then taken to Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center for treatment.