Simpson County, KY News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/kentucky/simpson-county/ Simpson County, KY News GE Capital denies ZAP deal http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/kentucky/simpson-county/content/b4291e9ee84a479543ef479522057b6a.html A spokesman for GE Capital said yesterday the company never made a commitment to back 125 million in bonds for a ZAP electric car factory in Franklin Ky rebutting statements made by Integrity Manufacturing CEO Randall Waldman GE says it did not make commitment on electric car plant http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/kentucky/simpson-county/content/ea2b2ce35b58711efd9b7bcaed51856f.html The lending subsidiary of General Electric Co says it never made a commitment to a company that wants to build an electric car manufacturing plant in Simpson County Investor Said It Never Made Deal For ZAP Cars http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/kentucky/simpson-county/content/5f026df8847b9cb8cd4863b78b043dac.html FRANKFORT Ky AP The lending subsidiary of General Electric Co says it never made a commitment to a company that wants to build an electric car manufacturing plant in Simpson CountyA spokesman Plans for electric car factory hit roadblock http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/kentucky/simpson-county/content/e1e3c3be704456d77896fe01f3358441.html Plans to build ZAP electric cars at a new factory near the KentuckyTennessee border that was predicted to eventually have 4000 workers have been zapped by a failure to raise 125 million in bond funding Investor says it never made deal with ZAP cars http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/kentucky/simpson-county/content/584b38f8a1e1d3abaf61ed58cfa3a1db.html The lending subsidiary of General Electric Co says it never made a commitment to a company that wants to build an electric car manufacturing plant in Simpson CountyA spokesman for GE Capital said Thursday night there was no financial commitment made to Californiabased ZAP or its partner Integrity Manufacturing of ShepherdsvilleStephen White says reports that Norwalk Connbased GE Capital had pulled out of the project are false because GE Capital had not made a proposal to fund itWhite told the Lexington HeraldLeader and The Associated Press there was never a signed contractRandall Waldman chief executive officer of Integrity told the HeraldLeader he thought he had a verbal commitment for 125 million from GE Capital for the project and was later told there would be no funding Admitted killer indicted in womans death http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/kentucky/simpson-county/content/d5b416a9a0399197fd41722d6e155280.html A former sheriff8217;s deputy accused of killing his former girlfriend was indicted Wednesday by a Warren County grand jury Randall Creek 41 of 348 Pirates Cove Bowling Green is charged with murder firstdegree wanton endangerment and tampering with physical evidence in the Oct 5 death of Debbie Rediess 46 who was shot three times in the driveway of her home at 460 Hays Road NorthCreek was a Simpson County Sheriff8217;s Office deputy at the time of the shooting and has since been fired He had previously worked as a jailer in Warren and Simpson countiesCreek could face life in prison if convicted said Chris Cohron commonwealth8217;s attorney for Warren County who also said there don8217;t appear to be any factors that would make Creek eligible for the death penalty or life without the possibility of parole If convicted the most time Creek could serve before facing a parole board is 20 yearsFollowing the shooting Creek went to his exwife8217;s home in Allen County before leading law enforcement on a twoday manhunt He was apprehended in IowaKentucky State Police Detective Greg Dukes stated during a preliminary hearing that Creek had already admitted to shooting Rediess to several people including Simpson County sheriff8217;s deputies before fleeing the stateThe tampering charge stems from dumping the murder weapon at his exwife8217;s house Cohron said Creek is also alleged to have threatened Gregory Wilson the man who was dating Rediess who was with her at her home8220;Mr Creek8217;s actions before he was apprehended have put him in a difficult situation8221; Cohron saidCreek sent several emails to the Daily News and others hours before the shooting and more while law enforcement searched for him The emails contained an admission of 8220;assassinating8221; Rediess a threat against Warren County Jailer Jackie Strode and details of Creek8217;s relationship with RediessIn Creek8217;s first email to the Daily News he wrote that he and Rediess had dated for five years and that she left him because he didn8217;t take the relationship seriously enough He wrote he didn8217;t blame her for leaving The email gave no indication he was planning any violenceCreek wrote in his second email sent after the shooting 8220;I want to say how sorry I am for what happened but what8217;s done is done8221;Creek claimed that Rediess had started a relationship with another man He wrote that he shot Rediess after arriving at her home and finding another man sleeping in her bedDukes testified during the preliminary hearing that Rediess had ended her relationship with Creek two or three months before the shooting and that she had been seeing another manCreek8217;s third email included a threat against Strode Creek ran unsuccessfully against Strode for Warren County jailer in 2002 In the email Creek threatened to kill Strode 8220;with his bare hands8221;Arraignment is expected sometime next week Cohron said8220;I expect the first of many pretrial conferences will then occur after the first of the year8221; he saidCreek remains in jail on a 036;1 million bond Proposal for ZAP car plant idled http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/kentucky/simpson-county/content/5274f5ded6a9954f98d5ce1fc4da2139.html FRANKFORT Highly ballyhooed plans to build ZAP electric vehicles in Kentucky have stalled A key investor has pulled out of the project and backers now say they need 150 million to 200 million in federal assistance If additional funding for the 84 million factory which Gov Steve Beshear said in August would employ 4000 workers cannot be found it may have to move to another state willing to provide richer incentives one of its key partners said Wednesday But I'm as confident as ever that we will build in Kentucky said Randall Waldman chief executive officer of Shepherdsvillebased Integrity Manufacturing Former Sheriff's Deputy Indicted For Murder http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/kentucky/simpson-county/content/811e46ffb28501af9d1959d64ec67569.html A grand jury returns an indictment for Randall CreekWednesday the Warren County Grand Jury indicted former Simpson County Sheriff's Deputy Randall Creek for Murder Wanton Endangerment and Tampering With Physical Evidence