FRANKFORT, Ky. (Oct. 31, 2025)– Attorney General Russell Coleman announced today that action by the Attorney General’s Violent Crime Reduction Team (VRT) resulted in the felony indictments of two individuals. The Louisville-based VRT is part of the Attorney General’s Special Prosecutions Unit.
Joseph Thomas Williams
A Jefferson County Grand Jury indicted Joseph Thomas Williams, 44, for one count of Possession of a Handgun by a Convicted Felon (Class C Felony) and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license (Class B Misdemeanor).
The Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) investigated the case. Assistant Attorney General Hammad Khan will prosecute the case on behalf of the Commonwealth.
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Geoffrey Dewayne Martin
A Jefferson County Grand Jury indicted Geoffrey Dewayne Martin, 38, for one count of Possession of a Handgun by a Convicted Felon (Class C Felony).
LMPD investigated the case. Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Hall will prosecute the case on behalf of the Commonwealth.
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The Kentucky Supreme Court’s rule on trial publicity limits information the Office can provide publicly.
The charges in an indictment are allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Background on the Louisville-based Violent Crime Reduction Team
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).