Overview
- Kentucky State Police arrested former Bardstown officer Nick Houck on a single count of perjury on Thursday, and he was released on $25,000 bond with a Nelson County arraignment set for June 18.
- The charge covers alleged false statements made between 2015 and 2023 and is a Class D felony, though prosecutors have not disclosed the exact testimony at issue.
- The arrest follows the July 2025 conviction and life sentence of Nick’s brother, Brooks Houck, for the murder of Crystal Rogers, whose body has never been found since her July 2015 disappearance.
- Nick Houck was suspended and then fired from the Bardstown Police Department in 2015 for interfering with the probe, failed a polygraph about Rogers’ disappearance, and was named by prosecutors as an unindicted co‑conspirator during Brooks’s trial.
- Family members and Bardstown residents said the arrest offers hope for more accountability, and legal observers say the case could lead to further charges or evidence disclosures as investigators continue a separate firearms probe tied to a 2016 killing.