Shellie Sylvestri
Digital Content Manager
Louisville, Ky.
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Shellie Sylvestri joined the WAVE 3 News team in November of 2019 as a digital journalist. Before coming to the Commonwealth, she was a news anchor and producer in Monroe, Louisiana from 2016 to 2019. Shellie is passionate about writing, art, fashion, shelter animals and sports. She is an avid New Orleans Saints fan. Who Dat!
Updated: May. 26, 2022 at 10:37 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Gray News Staff
The Louisville Metro Police Department has released body camera footage from an LMPD officer that shows what happened when Omari Cryer was shot by a U.S. Marshal on May 20 on Sutcliffe Avenue.
Updated: May. 18, 2022 at 3:02 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Jordan Gartner
Authorities in Louisville are investigating a drug bust where officials said they found enough narcotics to wipe out the entire city of Los Angeles.
Updated: May. 18, 2022 at 1:52 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
“It reminds you that Hollywood is not America, and you need to remember that because I think you can understand people better,” Perry said.
Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 3:14 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
At least 8.5 kilograms of fentanyl and 20,000 to 30,000 suspected fentanyl pills were confiscated during an LMPD/DEA search on a storage unit on May 16.
Updated: May. 9, 2022 at 5:46 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The Corps is currently working with the Kentucky Heritage Council and the Kentucky State Historic Preservation Office, as well as assumed family members, to determine where to relocate the unmarked cemetery.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2022 at 6:12 PM CDT
|By David Ochoa and Shellie Sylvestri
Shootings have surpassed motor vehicle accidents as the top cause of death among children and teenagers.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2022 at 10:38 AM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Gray News staff
The recalled brands include Nature’s Reserve, SEG, Thomas Farms, Tajima Beef Patties and Marketside Butcher wagyu beef.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2022 at 3:44 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The squirrel is still on the run and investigators have not yet decided if he will be criminally charged.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2022 at 2:38 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Tori Gessner
A direct tip line at (888) 437-6432 has been set up for people to give information to investigators regarding the case.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2022 at 5:14 PM CST
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Dustin Vogt
Police have caught the man wanted for killing his child’s mother and kidnapping his child on Sunday.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2022 at 5:54 PM CST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Medina Spirit’s Kentucky Derby win has been invalidated “and all purse money forfeited,” according to Monday’s ruling by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2022 at 4:54 PM CST
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Ken Baker
According to WAVE sources, LMPD Officer Christopher Palombi was actively targeting some of his coworkers.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2022 at 4:23 PM CST
|By Shellie Sylvestri, Dustin Vogt and Jerrica Valtierra
The Community Bail Fund, an arm of Black Lives Matter Louisville, posted the $100,000 cash bail around 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 2:41 PM CST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
They are accused of stealing Swarovski products from UPS, causing the company to lose approximately $12,000 in merchandise, with the cost potentially being much higher.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2021 at 2:31 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Understaffed at LMDC, the corrections officers on duty have been forced to work overtime, prompting the national FOP members to give them the gift of food.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2021 at 4:56 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The Brevard County sheriff said the marijuana was found by narcotics agents in a storage building in Viera, Florida.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2021 at 8:25 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Liam was euthanized after his veterinarian determined it was the most humane option because he was suffering, the organization said.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2021 at 5:03 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Christian “Kit” Martin, who is from Christian County, shot and killed his three neighbors — Edward Dansereau and Calvin and Pamela Phillips — in Pembroke on Nov. 18, 2015.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2021 at 10:04 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Charles Still said he has been waiting for his unemployment benefits for nearly six months.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2021 at 6:20 AM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Gray News staff
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has been suspended from YouTube after making controversial comments about COVID-19 and masks in a video last week.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2021 at 9:10 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
In the video Paul posted, he claimed that “cloth masks don’t work” and most over-the-counter masks don’t prevent infection.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2021 at 10:12 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Some state departments will not be enforcing Gov. Beshear’s mask policy for state workers and visitors at some government offices.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2021 at 8:59 AM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri, Elizabeth Pace and Gray News staff
A restaurant owner paid back his hard-working employees by paying for a trip to Las Vegas.
Updated: May. 24, 2021 at 9:13 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The lawmaker lashed out at the package's sender on social media Monday night.
Updated: May. 12, 2021 at 4:07 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
LOOP pays 100% of undergrad tuition at Jefferson Community and Technical College, plus a housing stipend of $325 per month for up to 36 months.
Updated: May. 4, 2021 at 7:24 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
“I’m about to cancel all my Zoom meetings. ... I’m done with it,” he said.
Updated: Apr. 30, 2021 at 4:10 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
An officer at the scene confirmed the child’s death.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2021 at 5:48 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Fourteen months after the death of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, a filly bearing the 26-year-old’s name raced her way to a victory at Churchill Downs two days before the Kentucky Derby.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2021 at 10:34 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The drugs were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Louisville.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2021 at 11:04 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Jerrica Valtierra
The shutdown of the system begins at midnight Friday.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2021 at 9:28 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Amanda Yff, 26, and Brent Bishop, 30, were charged Monday, according to arrest documents.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2021 at 3:06 AM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Gov. Andy Beshear made the announcement during his March 31 COVID-19 briefing in Frankfort.
Updated: Mar. 26, 2021 at 2:06 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The attack reportedly happened on March 4 at the playground by the tennis courts in Seneca Park.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2020 at 12:09 AM CST
|By Faith King and Shellie Sylvestri
The Team Kentucky Food and Beverage Relief Fund was created to aid smaller restaurants and bars in the state struggling to make it through the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated: Oct. 29, 2020 at 3:37 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Gov. Andy Beshear announced that there were 1,821 new positive cases of the virus Thursday, including 19 more deaths.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2020 at 8:47 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Scientists at Mammoth Cave National Park have been digging through fossils and identified at least 40 different species of sharks that lived in the park.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2020 at 7:11 PM CDT
|By Mike Fussell, Shellie Sylvestri and Brett Martin
Children in the home were taken out 15 minutes before the fire started.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2020 at 12:31 AM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Brett Martin
Protests resumed in downtown Louisville on Thursday as many of the 127 protesters arrested the night before were released from jail.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2020 at 5:15 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The curfew preventing the public from walking on any streets or to any public places in Louisville is in effect from 9 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. the following morning.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 at 11:24 PM CDT
|By John P. Wise, Mike Fussell, Kaitlin Rust and Shellie Sylvestri
LMPD Sgt. Jon Mattingly, one of three officers involved in the Breonna Taylor shooting death, confirmed to WAVE 3 News that he sent a strongly-worded email to his department colleagues early Tuesday morning.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2020 at 10:40 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri, Brett Martin, Maira Ansari and Kaitlin Rust
LMPD found the torso of the victim around 2 p.m. on Wednesday in a park in Clifton Heights.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2020 at 3:41 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Eleven new coronavirus-related deaths were confirmed, bringing the statewide death total to 1,093.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2020 at 11:24 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
At least 68 people were arrested and charged in connection to demonstrations spearheaded by civil activism group Until Freedom. The day of protests, titled “Good Trouble Tuesday,” had hundreds of people take part.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2020 at 2:11 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
It appears some changes are happening for the commonwealth’s most famous food chain.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 7:51 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Samuel Hollon, 67, was last seen on Aug. 6 near Outer Loop and National Turnpike.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 10:54 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The media mogul is once again getting involved in calling for action in the investigation into the death of Breonna Taylor.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 5:36 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri, Sarah Jackson and David Mattingly
One person died and five others were injured in a house explosion in Elizabethtown.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2020 at 11:29 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The Louisville Metro Council unanimously passed a measure called Breonna’s Law Thursday evening, a measure that bans the use of no-knock warrants.
Updated: May. 30, 2020 at 12:53 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
WAVE 3 News reporter Kaitlin Rust and photojournalist James Dobson were struck by pepper balls reportedly fired by an LMPD officer during a protest in downtown Louisville on Friday night.
Updated: May. 6, 2020 at 8:19 PM CDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Ruth Evelyn Harrington lives in Kuttawa.
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