Two individuals who allegedly had involvement in a deadly incident that occurred last November resulting in two deaths, including a murder and another death, have been indicted by a Clinton County Grand Jury in relation to those fatal incidents. its regular session on February 12, the local grand jury returned true bills against 22-year-old Randall Wilkinson and 20-year-old Desirea P. Riddle in relation to their alleged involvement in the murder of Anthony Hargis, 36, of Albany and the subsequent death of James D. Polston, 38, also of Albany.

Wilkinson was indicted on five charges, including robbery in the first degree, a Class B felony, alleging that on or about November 25, 2014, the defendant “committed theft from the corpse of Anthony Hargis after he had been shot and killed by James D. Polston, at the time said robbery, the defendant was acting in complicity with Polston, deceased.”

He was also charged with tampering with physical evidence, a Class D felony, “when he destroyed, concealed, and/or removed a shell casing and the wallet belonging to Hargis which he believes is about to be produced or used in the official proceeding with intent to impair its veracity or availability in the official proceeding.”

Wilkinson was further indicted on a Class C felony count of possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, three counts of first degree persistent felony offender and a misdemeanor count of unauthorized use of an automobile.

The grand jury also returned two true bills against Riddle, charging her with hindering prosecution or apprehension first degree, “who was being sought in connection with the commission of a crime,and withheld information pertinent to the investigation of the murder of Anthony Hargis and harbored Polston and Wilkinson who were fleeing from apprehension pertaining to murder and kidnapping.” The charge is a Class D felony.

She was also charged by the grand jury for alleged fleeing or evading police on foot.

The incident began on Monday, November 24 when Hargis was found dead outside of the building where he lived in an apartment on the property belonging to Kent Shearer near the Keystone Foods farm on Hwy. 1590, west of Albany.

Shearer’s son, Tyler Shearer, reportedly discovered the body laying on the ground that afternoon and called authorities. Hargis had been shot multiple times, likely with a handgun, according to Clinton County Coroner Steve Talbott.

The investigation was turned over to the Kentucky State Police.

The next morning, Tuesday, November 25 at around 10:30 a.m., several leads had taken law enforcement into various parts of the county, where according to reports at the time said two subjects of interest were encountered at a location just south of Albany near the Ace Hardware.

One subject was reportedly taken into custody, and a male subject, later identified as Polston, began a standoff with law enforcement that lasted for more than two hours.

A suspect in the shooting was reportedly barricaded inside a residence just southwest of Gibson Motors on U.S. 127 during the standoff, which came to an end when officers with the KSP special tactics unit fired tear gas into the residence.

KSP Public Affairs Officer Billy Gregory told the Clinton County News it appeared after the firing of the tear gas, a male inside the residence had been killed, although at the time, he couldn’t confirm who it was or how the victim had died, other than he was killed by a gunshot wound.

Hargis, who lived in an apartment inside a garage building, had worked as a caretaker on the property of Shearer, according to officials involved in the investigation.

According to court records, both defendants are due to be arraigned in Clinton District Court on Thursday, March 5 at 9 a.m.