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10/09/2026

09/29/2026

🛑 THIS SHOULD MAKE EVERY AMERICAN FURIOUS.

The man now accused of murdering Kentucky State Police Trooper Hayden Phillips wasn’t someone with a minor record who made one bad decision.

Court records show he pleaded guilty to 23 criminal offenses stemming from home invasions, robberies, kidnappings, aggravated rapes and an assault.

He was sentenced to an effective 130 YEARS IN PRISON.

Read that again.

130 YEARS.

Yet somehow, on September 28, 2026, this man was allegedly back on the street — where authorities say a routine traffic stop ended with Trooper Hayden Phillips being shot and killed.

So here’s the question that deserves an answer:

HOW WAS HE FREE?

Not next month. Not after the headlines disappear. Not after another family buries a police officer.

NOW.

The public deserves to know exactly what happened between a 130-year prison sentence and this man being back in society.

Who approved it?
What legal action changed his sentence?
When was he released?
Why was he released?
And who believed putting him back on the street was acceptable?

Trooper Phillips went to work to protect Kentucky.

He should have gone home to his family.

Instead, Kentucky is mourning a trooper while his family is facing a loss that can never be undone.

If failures in the justice system put a violent offender back on the street, every person responsible for those decisions needs to answer for it.

No excuses.
No political spin.
No bureaucratic finger-pointing.

We want answers. We want accountability. And Trooper Hayden Phillips deserves both.

Rest easy, Trooper Phillips. 🩶🖤🩶

END OF WATCH — SEPTEMBER 28, 2026

09/11/2026

WE REMEMBER, WE HONOR, AND WE WILL NEVER FORGET.

09/09/2026

Thank you to Burke & Herbert Bank in Rupert and all the nice people that work there, for the delicious cookies!

09/05/2026

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09/05/2026

We are set up and ready!

09/04/2026

ITS ALMOST HERE!
RVFD COMMUNITY BASH
SATURDAY 10 to 4
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!