The perjury case against former Hopkinsville Police Lieutenant Jefferson Alexander will be moving forward after the Kentucky Court of Appeals denied a request that would have required Christian Circuit Chief Judge John Atkins to grant a previous motion to dismiss the charge.
Alexander, now retired from the police department, was indicted in March 2019 for first-degree perjury in connection to an investigation conducted by the FBI into allegations he provided false testimony while testifying to a Christian County grand jury in August 2012 in a case against former Hopkinsville City Councilwoman Ann Cherry. Cherry was charged with tampering with a witness, tampering with public records, and second-degree official misconduct after the Hopkinsville Police Department alleged she hindered their investigation into a prowler case in her district by using her official capacity as a member of the council.
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A Christian Circuit Court judge has set a hearing for next week to set a trial date after a special prosecutor for the commonwealth filed a motion to withdraw the motion to dismiss the perjury charge against retired Hopkinsville Police Lieutenant Jefferson Alexander.
Alexander was indicted in March 2019 for first-degree perjury for allegedly providing false testimony to a Christian County grand jury in 2012 in the case of former city councilwoman Ann Cherry. She was charged with official misconduct, tampering with a witness, and tampering with a public record. As part of a plea agreement, Cherry resigned from her council seat.
Alexander was indicted in March 2019 for first-degree perjury for allegedly providing false testimony to a Christian County grand jury in 2012 in the case of former city councilwoman Ann Cherry. She was charged with official misconduct, tampering with a witness, and tampering with a public record. As part of a plea agreement, Cherry resigned from her council seat.
In 2017, the City of Hopkinsville settled a federal lawsuit filed by Cherry and agreed to pay her $150,000 but did not admit any wrongdoing as part of the settlement.