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Louisville police included multiple lies in Breonna Taylor warrant, former detective admits
https://www.wdrb.com/wdrb-investigates/louisville-police-included-multiple-lies-in-breonna-taylor-warrant-former-detective-admits/article_4b505402-2e28-11ed-8e14-2b839300758e.htmlLouisville police included multiple lies in Breonna Taylor warrant, former detective admits
Jason Riley and Marcus Green
Sep 6, 2022
Updated 6 hrs ago
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Louisville police detectives who drafted the search warrant for Breonna Taylor's home knew they were including multiple lies before approaching a judge, according to new federal court records.
The addendum to a plea agreement signed by Kelly Goodlett, one of four former officers charged last month by the U.S. Department of Justice, details how investigators allegedly worked to falsify the warrant affidavit to make a connection between drug suspect Jamarcus Glover and Taylor's Springfield Drive apartment.
It also claims that Goodlett's partner, former Detective Joshua Jaynes, made the decision to bring the affidavit to Jefferson Circuit Judge Mary Shaw. Goodlett admitted she had heard Jaynes "make comments suggesting that he believed that Judge Shaw would not closely scrutinize his warrants," the document says.
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"Det. Goodlett had been ostracized early in her career for attempting to report a fellow officer's use of excessive force, so she decided not to call Det. Jaynes out on this lie, as Det. Jaynes was the lead detective on the case," the plea agreement says.
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Jason Riley and Marcus Green
Sep 6, 2022
Updated 6 hrs ago
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Louisville police detectives who drafted the search warrant for Breonna Taylor's home knew they were including multiple lies before approaching a judge, according to new federal court records.
The addendum to a plea agreement signed by Kelly Goodlett, one of four former officers charged last month by the U.S. Department of Justice, details how investigators allegedly worked to falsify the warrant affidavit to make a connection between drug suspect Jamarcus Glover and Taylor's Springfield Drive apartment.
It also claims that Goodlett's partner, former Detective Joshua Jaynes, made the decision to bring the affidavit to Jefferson Circuit Judge Mary Shaw. Goodlett admitted she had heard Jaynes "make comments suggesting that he believed that Judge Shaw would not closely scrutinize his warrants," the document says.
[...]
"Det. Goodlett had been ostracized early in her career for attempting to report a fellow officer's use of excessive force, so she decided not to call Det. Jaynes out on this lie, as Det. Jaynes was the lead detective on the case," the plea agreement says.
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