Bullitt County Grand Jury charges Sheperdsville Police Officer with Sodomy

FRANKFORT, KY (February 16, 2005) – Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that a Bullitt County grand jury has indicted a Sheperdsville Police Department officer on two counts of Sodomy in the First Degree involving a minor child following investigations by the Kentucky State Police and Bullitt County Child Protective Services.

The indictment alleges that the officer, Adam Wheeler, had deviate sexual intercourse with the minor child on two occasions between March 1, 1997 and March 31, 1999, prior to joining the Sheperdsville police department. Wheeler has been on administrative leave from the police department since the investigation began in September 2004.

If convicted of Sodomy in the First Degree, Wheeler faces a possible prison sentence of twenty years to life imprisonment on each charge. Wheeler was arraigned this morning on the charges in the Bullitt Circuit Court. The Court set Wheeler’s bond at $50,000 and a trial date of August 11, 2005. Stumbo announced that his Special Prosecutions Division will handle the prosecution of the case.