Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to dismiss charges against two Louisville officers accused of falsifying the warrant used to raid Breonna Taylor’s apartment the night she was killed six years ago.
In a court filing Friday, prosecutors said their review found the charges against former Detective Joshua Jaynes and former Sgt. Kyle Meany should be “dismissed in the interest of justice.”
Attorneys for both officers did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Judges had twice reduced felony charges against each officer to misdemeanors, ruling there was no direct link between the alleged false information in the warrant and Taylor’s death. After the second ruling, prosecutors said they decided to drop the cases.
Taylor was shot and killed when police forced entry into her apartment while executing a no-knock drug warrant targeting a former boyfriend who no longer lived there.
Her boyfriend at the time fired at officers, and Taylor was killed when police returned fire.
Federal prosecutors under former President Joe Biden had pursued the charges. Under President Donald Trump, the Department of Justice has asked that the only officer serving prison time in connection with Taylor’s death be released while he appeals his conviction.
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