LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — A Kentucky man who was convicted of homicide and then received a controversial pardon from then-Gov. Matt Bevin has been rearrested.
Patrick Baker was arrested by U.S. marshals in Laurel County Sunday on a federal hold.
Baker was found guilty in the death of Donald Mills and convicted of a deadly home invasion. Baker was then pardoned during Bevin’s final days in office and is back behind bars on federal charges.
The pardoning of Baker led