Breonna Taylor death: former detective to plead guilty to federal charges

The ex-detective in question, Kelly Goodlett, is one of four white current and former Louisville police officers the US justice department last week charged with civil rights violations in the 2020 shooting death of Taylor, who was Black.

Goodlett, her lawyer Brandon Marshall and justice department attorney Mike Songer said during a virtual court hearing Friday that Goodlett had agreed to plead guilty after being accused of helping falsify a search warrant and writing a false report in the case, according to multiple local and national media reports.

Federal magistrate judge Regina Edwards tentatively set the hearing for Goodlett to enter her guilty plea on 22 August and let her remain out of custody on a $10,000 bond. If convicted as charged at trial, she could face five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Police responded by firing more than 30 times into the home, hitting Taylor and killing her.