Former Louisville Police Officers Indicted Again in Breonna Taylor Case, Accused of Falsifying Warrant

Mar. 15, 2025

Joshua Jaynes, Sgt. Kyle Meany.Photo:Oldham County Jail (2)

Oldham County Jail (2)

Federal prosecutors have filed new charges against two former Louisville police officers who are already facing separate charges in connection with the botched 2020 raid that resulted inthe shooting death of Breonna Taylor.

Taylor, an aspiring nurse who had been working as an EMT, was in her apartment with her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, shortly after midnight on the night of March 13, 2020, when Louisville Metro Police officers executing ano-knock warrantcharged through the door.

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None of the officers involved in the incident were immediately charged. Instead, Walker, who was unharmed, was arrested and charged with assault and attempted murder of a police officer after he shot and injured Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly. However, the charges were dismissed with prejudice, meaning he cannot be recharged for the incident,PEOPLE reportedin 2021.

As for the two officers who fatally shot Taylor, they weren’t charged because they didn’t know that the information in the warrant was allegedly false,WDRBreports.

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The amended indictments come a little over a month after a federal judge ruled that the existence of the warrant was not what led to Taylor’s shooting death and dismissed felony charges of deprivation of rights, theCourier-Journalreports, citing court documents.  In response, federal prosecutors filed an appeal on Sept. 23, according to the outlet.

In addition to the indictments, Jaynes is charged with conspiracy and falsification of records, while Meany faces a charge of making false statements to federal investigators, according toThe Courier-Journal. It’s unclear if they have entered pleas to the charges.

Jaynes' attorney Thomas Clay toldWHAS 11that they “have received the superseding indictment which raises new legal arguments. We are researching our response." PEOPLE couldn’t immediately identify an attorney for Meany.

The former officers are expected in court on Oct. 18, theCourier-Journalreports, citing court records.

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source: people.com