Post by trueblue on Aug 23, 2022 20:09:58 GMT
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A former police officer facing federal charges in the death of Breonna Taylor pleaded guilty Tuesday, marking the first conviction related to the March 2020 shooting, according to multiple reports.
Former Louisville Metro police Officer Kelly Goodlett was charged with conspiracy after prosecutors said she worked with a detective to put false information into an affidavit for the search of Taylor’s apartment and that, after Taylor’s death, she coordinated with the same detective to cover up evidence of what they’d done. If convicted, Goodlett faces a maximum sentence of five years imprisonment.
Update 3:45 p.m. EDT Aug. 23: In court records, Goodlett said that she fact-checked an affidavit drafted primarily by Detective Joshua Jaynes in which they lied about a man under investigation for drug dealing picking up packages at Taylor’s home.
Goodlett and Jaynes saw the suspect pick up a package from Taylor’s apartment in January 2020 and suspected it contained drugs or drug proceeds, according to court records. However, they could not find information to back up their gut feeling that the suspect was getting packages at Taylor’s home. Later, when Goodlett saw the draft of the affidavit, she knew it falsely claimed that a postal inspector had verified to Jaynes that the suspect was getting packages at Taylor’s apartment.
Former Louisville Metro police Officer Kelly Goodlett was charged with conspiracy after prosecutors said she worked with a detective to put false information into an affidavit for the search of Taylor’s apartment and that, after Taylor’s death, she coordinated with the same detective to cover up evidence of what they’d done. If convicted, Goodlett faces a maximum sentence of five years imprisonment.
Update 3:45 p.m. EDT Aug. 23: In court records, Goodlett said that she fact-checked an affidavit drafted primarily by Detective Joshua Jaynes in which they lied about a man under investigation for drug dealing picking up packages at Taylor’s home.
Goodlett and Jaynes saw the suspect pick up a package from Taylor’s apartment in January 2020 and suspected it contained drugs or drug proceeds, according to court records. However, they could not find information to back up their gut feeling that the suspect was getting packages at Taylor’s home. Later, when Goodlett saw the draft of the affidavit, she knew it falsely claimed that a postal inspector had verified to Jaynes that the suspect was getting packages at Taylor’s apartment.