LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Dec. 31, 2025) - Attorney General Russell Coleman’s Violent Crime Reduction Team (VRT) is ending the year with more than 100 criminal indictments.
Since its 2024 inception, the VRT has secured 121 indictments. With charges ranging from Possession of a Handgun by a Convicted Felon (Class C Felony) to Murder (Class A Felony), the team worked tirelessly to put criminals back behind bars.
In addition to a recent murder conviction, in which the jury recommended a 39-year-sentence, the team also secured a 17-year sentence in an assault case involving a Metro Corrections officer.
“With these indictments and convictions, we’re working to do our part to take trigger-pullers off the street and meet the violent crime threat head on,” said Attorney General Coleman. “We are grateful for the collaboration with Commonwealth’s Attorney Gerina Whethers, Mayor Greenberg, LMPD, and other strong partnerships to make Louisville a safer city.”
General Coleman launched the VRT in 2024, with city leaders and federal partners to tackle gun violence.
“We’re here to do all we can to protect our city from those who would do our community harm,” said Commonwealth’s Attorney Gerina Whethers. “We have an awesome responsibility, as we value a very intentional, strategic collaboration. We are fortunate to have our partnership with the Attorney General, and our collaboration with the Violent Crime Reduction Team has made a difference.”
“Improving public safety in Louisville is my administration’s top priority," said Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg. "Thanks to collaborative efforts like the Violent Crime Reduction Team, we’re reducing violent crime and making Louisville safer.”
In 2025, the city of Louisville, according to LMPD, saw a 20 percent drop in murders. Non-fatal shootings were down nearly 30 percent.
Background:
In October 2024, Attorney General Coleman joined Jefferson County Commonwealth’s Attorney Gerina D. Whethers, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg, Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell, LMPD Chief Paul Humphrey and Jefferson County Circuit Court Clerk David L. Nicholson to announce the Attorney General’s Violent Crime Reduction Team, a first-of-its-kind collaboration among their offices to combat violent crime in Louisville.
General Coleman established a new Attorney General’s Office location in downtown Louisville, now staffed by three prosecutors and a detective. The downtown office space used by the VRT was secured in partnership with the Mayor’s Office and Jefferson Circuit Court Clerk Nicholson. The team is collaborating with Commonwealth’s Attorney Whethers’ Office to be assigned and prosecute cases. Two of the prosecutors have also been sworn in as Special Assistant United States Attorneys, allowing them to bring the full force of both the state and federal governments against criminals to protect Kentucky families.
According to an agreement between the Attorney General and the Commonwealth’s Attorney, the dedicated prosecutors and investigators from the Attorney General’s Special Prosecutions Unit and the Department of Criminal Investigations (DCI) will handle select cases involving nonfatal shootings, convicted felons in possession of a firearm, Louisville’s Group Violence Intervention Program (GVI) and the Prohibited Firearms Possessor program (PFP).