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A new trial date has been set in the perjury case against Hopkinsville Police Lt. Jefferson Alexander, following a virtual court hearing Wednesday.
The new trial is set for November 20, according to court officials, and should last approximately three days. A motion to dismiss the indictment against Alexander was recently denied by Judge John Atkins, who felt that the argument to dismiss the case or indictment against Alexander ‘lacked substance’ and the court found the Grand Jury process that resulted in an indictment to be intact.
As previously reported, a grand jury indictment for first-degree perjury stems from an FBI investigation which brought allegations that on August 17th, 2012, Lt. Alexander gave false testimony on three occasions when he was the only sworn witness before a grand jury that indicted former Hopkinsville City Councilmember Ann Cherry on charges of tampering with a witness, tampering with public records, and second-degree official misconduct.
The Hopkinsville Police Department alleged Cherry hindered their investigation into the ‘Southside Prowler’ case by using her official capacity as a member of council.
Cherry accepted a deal in 2013 that required her to step down from her council position and to never run for election to council or for mayor of Hopkinsville in the future. The charges were dropped under the agreement.