Two former Bluegrass Stockyard of Albany employees charged with theft

ALBANY,Ky.(LEX18)—InClintonCounty,aformermanageratBluegrassStockyardsinAlbanyfacescriminalchargesbecausepolicesayheandawomanstolemorethan$500,000fromthecompany. Policearrested48-year-oldBretCarver,aformerAlbanyBluegrassStockyardmanager,and38-year-oldBrittanyParmleyGerkeyonMarch12,2025,forallegedlyembezzlingmoneyfromthebusiness. Accordingtoanindictment,CarverandGerkeyarechargedwiththeftandunlawfulaccesstoacomputer.Detectivessaytheduotook$554,780fromtheBluegrassStockyardsinAlbanyfromFebruary2022toMay2024. TheAlbanyStockyardsfiledalawsuitagainstBretCarver,BrittanyParmleyGerkeyandherhusband,JoshGerkey,andC&CFarm,anunincorporatedKentuckyassociationownedbyCarver. ThelawsuitallegesthatCarverandParmleydevisedaschemetostealmoneyfromtheStockyards. ItallegesthatCarverwouldmanuallyenterafakecattlesaleintothestockyardssystemunderanexistingclient’snametogenerateacheckmadeouttoafakeseller,althoughnocattlewassold.Inthelaws