Owensboro Police Department
• Jeremy Royal, 43 of the 1500 block of E. 19th Street was charged Monday with first-degree strangulation.
• Blayne A. Confer, 27, of the 3400 block of Benttree Drive was charged Monday with driving under the influence and first-degree possession of a controlled substance (meth).
• Robert Taylor, 52, of the 2700 block of W. 5th Street was charged Monday with first-degree strangulation.
• Heather May Brown, 34, was charged Monday with arson.
