Former state representative and gubernatorial candidate Steve Nunn, facing a murder charge in Fayette County, was indicted Tuesday by a Hart County grand jury on six counts of wanton endangerment.

Nunn, 57, of Glasgow is accused of shooting and killing his former girlfriend, 29-year-old Amanda Ross, whose body was found outside her Lexington townhome on Sept. 11. He is also charged with violating an emergency protective order.

The former Republican legislator and son of former Kentucky Gov. Louie Nunn was arrested that day in Hart County, where Kentucky State Police troopers found him at the gravesite of his parents.

State police say that Nunn had self-inflicted wounds on his wrists and that he brandished a .38-caliber handgun when he was spotted by troopers.

Nunn is scheduled for arraignment on the wanton endangerment charges Nov. 17 in Hart Circuit Court.

Arrest — Veldin Kudic, 20, 842 Memphis Junction Road, was arrested at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Bowling Green Police Department and charged with first-degree sexual abuse.

According to a city police report, Kudic had offered to take a 21-year old Bowling Green woman home early Sunday morning from a bar, but drove her instead to a boat ramp on Barren River Road and attempted to force her to perform oral sex on him.

As she struggled to get away, he held her, causing her to become bruised and scratched, the report said. After the woman got away from Kudic and left the vehicle, Kudic reportedly drove off, leaving her at the boat ramp.

He remains in Warren County Regional Jail under a $5,000 bond.

Arrest — Estella Firees Washington, 39, 1113 Payne St., was arrested at 12:28 p.m. Wednesday at her residence and charged with first-degree possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and trafficking in marijuana (less than eight ounces).

According to a city police report, officers responded to Washington’s residence for a reported disturbance that allegedly involved a gun.

Officers searching the residence found marijuana and a morphine pill that Washington reportedly said was not prescribed to her.

She remains jailed under a $5,000 bond.

Arrest — Elizabeth Ann Coomer, 44, of Bowling Green was arrested at about 12:15 p.m. Thursday and charged with first-degree wanton endangerment, second-degree criminal mischief, driving under the influence (second offense, aggravating circumstances) and operating on a license suspended for DUI.

According to a Warren County Sheriff’s Office report, Coomer was traveling south on Kelly Road in a 1993 Nissan Sentra when she crossed into the northbound lane and struck a 1997 Toyota Avalon driven by Ashley Crawford, 17, of Bowling Green.

Crawford was treated and released from The Medical Center. Both drivers were wearing seat belts.

Coomer remains jailed under a $25,000 bond.

Assault — A Bowling Green woman reported being assaulted in her home in the 1000 block of Old Barren River Road at about 2:45 p.m. Oct. 31.

According to a city police report, the woman said a man visited her apartment and asked to sleep on her couch for the night. The woman said that she and the man are the parents of a child but are separated.

The woman went back to bed and woke up to the man slapping her in the face and yelling at her, the report said. The woman said the man punched her in the head, chest and back, choked her and stabbed her in the leg with a fork, according to the report. The man had left the apartment by the time police arrived.

The case will be presented to a grand jury.

Indictment — A married Bowling Green couple is facing federal drug charges after being indicted Wednesday.

Jeremy W. Gaddis, 24 and Leanna Gaddis, 32, were each charged with possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, possession of a listed chemical and conspiracy to possess methamphetamine.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Western District of Kentucky, the couple aided and abetted each other in the possession and distribution of more than five grams of methamphetamine. The couple have also been charged with knowingly possessing pseudoephedrine for use in the manufacture of meth.

Federal investigators seized about $5,000 worth of the drug, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

If convicted, Jeremy and Leanna Gaddis face up to 40 years in prison, a $2 million fine and supervised release for life.

The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, with assistance from the Kentucky State Police, conducted the investigation leading to the charges.

Indictment — Steven Lamont Lowe, 34, of Bowling Green was indicted Wednesday on federal drug trafficking charges.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Lowe was charged with conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine between October 2008 and June.

The indictment also alleges that Lowe distributed five grams of crack cocaine on Oct. 3, 2008, and Nov. 17, 2008, and possessed with the intent to distribute five grams or more of crack on June 10.

Another person named in the indictment, Carla Criswell, 27, of Bowling Green, was charged along with Lowe with possession of five grams or more of crack with the intent to distribute.

Lowe faces up to life in prison and a $20 million fine if convicted on all counts, and Criswell could serve between five and 40 years in prison upon convictions, with a fine of up to $2 million imposed.

The investigation leading to the drug charges was conducted by the Bowling Green office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with assistance from the Bowling Green-Warren County Drug Task Force.

Indictment — Mark Linebaugh, 54, of Mammoth Cave was indicted Wednesday in U.S. District Court on charges of defrauding the Social Security Supplemental Security Income program.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, between October 2003 and April, Linebaugh failed to advise the SSI of an event that affected his continued right to receive SSI benefits and concealing resources and income, which led to an overpayment of benefits.

If convicted, the maximum penalties for Linebaugh would be five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and supervised release for three years.