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December 2012
December 21, 2012
Covington Man Convicted of Armed Bank Robbery and Possessing a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence
Joseph Weir
December 19, 2012
Florida Doctor Convicted of Illegally Prescribing Pills to Hundreds of Kentuckians
Dr. Clara S. Rodriguez-Iznaga
December 17, 2012
Former Highland Heights Police Chief Sentenced to 45 Months for Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft
Carl Mullen
December 14, 2012
Lexington Woman Sentenced for Defrauding State and Federal Assistance Programs
Reina M. Rivera
December 7 2012
Kentucky AUSAS Recognized for Outstanding Work in Human Trafficking Case
Hydee Hawkins and David Marye
December 5, 2012
Two Presidents of Lexington Supermarkets Admit
Conspiring to Smuggle Unapproved Prescription Drugs
Juan Cervantes and Manuel Hernandez
November 2012
November 30, 2012
Owner of Florida and Ohio Pain Clinics Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering
Jody L. Robinson and William Muldoon
November 28, 2012
Successful Statewide Health Care Fraud Task Force
November 21, 2012
Falmouth Woman and Son Admit Defrauding Federal and State Assistance Programs
Regina Kay Vanlandingham and Franklin Lee Vanlandingham
November 19, 2012
Elsmere Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Distributing Child Pornography
Preston Warner
November 13, 2012
Former Breathitt County Schools Superintendent Sentenced to 24 Months for Vote Buying Conspiracy
Arch Turner
October 2012
October 31, 2012
Lexington Man Sentenced to 46 Months for Possessing Firearms as a Convicted Felon
Chasmagic Lawton
Nicholas County Man Sentenced 15 Years for Being Felon in Possession of a Firearm and an Armed Career Criminal
Charles Lee Fryman
October 30, 2012
Ohio Man Sentenced to 21 Months for Threatening to Kill Kentucky Governor
Thomas Hargreaves
October 25, 2012
Two Kentucky Men Face Up To Life In Prison After Federal Jury Convicts On Kidnapping Charges
David Jason Jenkins and Anthony Ray Jenkins
October 23, 2012
U.S. Attorneys Announce Appointment of District Election Officers
October 11, 2012
Ohio Electric and Gas Company Employees Accused of Stealing and Selling Copper Wire
Keith Kremer, Dennis Johnson, Michael T. Rinehard, Troy J. Shira, Kobie K. Baker, Frederick L. Buckler, Justin T. Franzen, Jordan M. Franzaen and Joseph Martin
Former President of Lexington Company Sentenced to 18 Years for Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme
James Norman Turek
October 5, 2012
Georgetown Home Builder Indicted for Bank Fraud
Lee C. Tevis
Georgetown Man Indicted for Damaging Computer System Used by Toyota Plant in Scott County
Ibrahimshah Shahulhameed
October 3, 2012
Jackson Woman Who Caused Death by Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone Sentenced to 327 Months
Judy McIntosh
October 1, 2012
Supplier of a Large Northern Kentucky Drug Ring Sentenced 21 Years
Vincent Nunley
Falmouth Man Sentenced 10 Years for Manufacturing Methamphetamine
Gary Gregg
September 2012
September 26, 2012
Florida Man Sentenced 15 Years for His Role in a Northern Kentucky Pill Conspiracy
Jerry Broome
September 25, 2012
Lexington Man Pleads Guilty to Robbing a Maysville Bank
Patrick Andrew Donald
September 24, 2012
Federal Inmate Sentenced to 51 Months for Escape
Derek Albert Capozzi
September 19, 2012
Barbourville Man Sentenced Five Years for Methamphetamine Conspiracy and Assaulting a Witness
Kevin Richard Engle
September 14, 2012
Four From Detroit Admit Using Unauthorized Credit Cards at Northern Kentucky Retail Stores
Tyhkan S. Bunson, John Cotton, Adam Sanford and Brittany Bell
September 13, 2012
Leader of Prescription Drug Conspiracy in Somerset Sentenced to 235 Months
Darmus J. Dalton
September 11, 2012
Ashland, KY. Veteran Sentenced for Selling Forged Military Certificates
Clinton C. Douglas Salyer
September 7, 2012
London, England Man Indicted for Traveling to Eastern Kentucky to Engage in Sex Acts With a Minor
September 6, 2012
Former State Trooper Sentenced 74 Months for Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses
August 2012
August 30, 2012
Owner of Richmond Tax Preparation Service Pleads Guilty to Assisting in Filing a False Tax Return
James Raymound Kennedy
August 29, 2012
August 24, 2012
Fourteen Indicted on Social Security and Health Care Fraud Charges
August 17, 2012
Local and Out of State Pain Clinic Owners and Doctors Charged in Prescription Drug Conspiracies
Linda J. Roos
August 16, 2012
Harlan County Mine Foreman Admits Allowing Miners to Work in Hazardous Conditions
Bryant Massingale
August 13, 2012
Barbourville Man Sentenced 72 Months for Possessing Pseudoephedrine to be Used for Methamphetamine
Kevin Todd Rogers
August 9, 2012
Two Undocumented Aliens Sentenced for Illegal Reentry into U.S.
Augustine Guevara-Barcenas and Jorge Manuel Gnzalez-Lopez
August 8, 2012
Six Carlisle Residents Sentenced for Trafficking Pills and Illegally Possessing Firearms
Jeremy Dunn, Jeffrey Dunn, William Pdgett, Angelique "Angel" Lutes, Jonathan "Pookie" Watkins and Gary "Bird Dog: Gammon
August 3, 2012
Lexington Woman Indicted for Structuring Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars
Mona Nabil Shalash
Lexington Businessman Sentenced to 57 Months for Defrauding Investors
Douglas Patrick Healy
Lexington Woman Indicted for Identity Theft and Fraud
Lisa Ann Salyers
August 2, 2012
Out of State Pain Clinic Owner Sentenced 15 Years for Money Laundering and Pill Conspiracies
Michael Leman
July 2012
July 31, 2012
Undocumented Alien Sentenced to 92 Months for Illegally Entering U.S. a Fourth Time
Jose Eligio Pineda-Parada
July 29, 2012
Dry Ridge Man Indicted for Illegally Entering the U.S. a Second Time
Leonel Lopez-Limon
July 27, 2012
Three Jackson Individuals Sentenced for Vote Buying Conspiracy
Naomi Johnson, Earl Young and Jackie Jennings
July 25, 2012
Leader of Sex Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced 180 Months
Marco Antonio Flores-Benitez
July 24, 2012
Former Breathitt County Schools Superintendent Pleads Guilty to Vote Buying Conspiracy
Arch Turner
July 20, 2012
Kenton County Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Entice a Minor
Brian T. Henderson II
July 13, 2012
Four From Detroit Accused of Using Unauthorized Credit Cards at Northern Kentucky Retail Stores
Tyhkan S. Brunson, John Cotton, Adam Sanford & Brittany Bell
Eastern Kentucky Couple Sentenced 410 Months Combined for Methamphetamine Conspiracy
Roscoe Dean Smith and Darlene Smith
July 5, 2012
Former Breathitt County Conservation Administrative Secretary Indicted for Mail Fraud
Debra L. Marshall
June 2012
June 29, 2012
Former Montgomery County Jailer Sentenced for Stealing County Funds
Everett Dewayne Myers
Brooksville Woman Sentenced for Stealing SSI Benefits
Stacy Teegarden
June 27, 2012
Lexinton Woman Sentenced 30 Months for Illegally Entering U.S. a Fourth Time
Susan Mary Collins
June 22, 2012
President of Lexington Company Convicted on All Counts in Massive Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme
James Norman Turek
June 18, 2012
Former Police Chief Accused of Wire Fraud and Identity Theft Appears in Court
Carl Mullen
June 15, 2012
Floyd County Man Sentenced 20 Years for Leading a Large Prescription Drug Criminal Enterprise
James Marsillett II
June 14, 2012
Retired Florida School Teacher Sentenced 30 Years for Traveling to Kentucky for Sex With Preteen Girls
Cale Chisena
June 13, 2012
Former Breathitt County Sheriff Pleads Guilty to Vote Buying Conspiracy
John L. Turner
Northern Kentucky Minister Convicted of Tax Evasion
Ronald Weinland
June 8, 2012
Two Knox County Men Convicted of Multiple Methamphetamine Charges
Russell Collins and Eddie Ray Wilburn
June 7, 2012
Lexington Man Indicted for Robbing Maysville Bank
Donald Patrick
May 2012
May 31, 2012
Four Kentuckians Admit Roles in Large Prescription Drug Ring in Ashland
Charlie Nicole Angell, Darnell Desman Butler, Christina Mayhone and Leonard Eugene Vaughn
May 25, 2012
Leader of Sex Trafficking Conspiracy Pleads Guilty
Marco Flores-Benitez
May 24, 2012
Former Candidate for Breathitt County Magistrate Sentenced for Vote Buying Conspiracy
Michael Salyers
May 21, 2012
Former State Trooper Convicted of Carrying Firearm While Trafficking Drugs
Michael Pennington
May 10, 2012
London Physician Indicted for Producing Child Pornography
Kishore Jadhav
May 9, 2012
Two Frankfort Men Sentenced for Selling Firearms to Felons
Phillip Akins and John Patrick Wood
May 4, 2012
Former Monticello Paramedic Sentenced 2 Years for Tampering with Pain Medicine
Susie Willis
May 4, 2012
Former Monticello Paramedic Sentenced 2 Years for Tampering with Pain Medicine
Susie Willis
Nicholasville Man Sentenced 48 Months for Distributing Pills in Danville, Lancaster and Richmond
Florence Stinnett
Campbellsville Business Man Sentenced 20 Years for Multi-Million Dollar Investment Scam
Gary Milby
May 3, 2012
Ft. Thomas Woman Sentenced 27 Months for Wire Fraud Scheme
Jennifer Groneck
May 2, 2012
Illegal Alien Admits Possessing Counterfeit Resident Card
Angel Zamora-Gonzalez
London Physician Indicted for Tax Evasion
Werner Grentz
Lexington Attorney Sentenced 25 Years for Multi-Million Dollar Investment Scam
Bryan Coffman
May 1, 2012
Asher Man Indicted for Growing Marijuana and Firearm Offenses
Charles Sizemore
April 2012
April 19, 2012
Additional Vote Buying Charges filed Against Breathitt County Schools Superintendent
Arch Turner
April 18, 2012
Illegal Alien Sentenced to 37 Months for Firearm Offense
Joel Sanchez-Ramos
April 14, 2012
Williamsburg Man Sentenced to 35 Months for Drug Conspiracy
James Meradith
Whitley County Man Sentenced 84 Months for Weapons Offenses
Danny Peace
April 13, 2012
Three Plead Guilty to Vote Buying Conspiracy in Breathitt County
Joseph Strong, George Daniel Strong and Richard L. Turner
Two Harlan County Women Plead Guilty to Federal Hate Crime Against Man Because of Sexual Orientation
Mable Ashley Jenkins and Alexis LeeAnn Jenkins
April 12, 2012
Former Clay County Constable Sentenced 235 Months for Drug and Weapons Offenses
Jackie Roberts
Two Harlan County Men Indicted for Federal Hate Crime Against Man Because of Sexual Orientation
David Jason Jenkins and Anthony Ray Jenkins
April 11, 2012
Two From Breathitt County Convicted in Vote Buying Conspiracy
Naomi Johnson and Earl Young
April 9, 2012
Breathitt County Woman Admits Role in Oxycodone Death
Judy McIntosh
March 2012
March 29, 2012
March 27, 2012
Pain Clinics and Owners Convicted of Money Laundering and Conspiracy Charges
Michael Leman
March 23, 2012
Former Montgomery County Jailer Pleads Guilty to Misappropriating County Funds
Everett Dewayne Myers
March 22, 2012
Knott County Miner Indicted for Falsifying Safety Records
Timothy Allen Hurd
March 15, 2012
California Man Sentenced 168 Months for Leading Methamphetamine Conspiracy in Northern Kentucky
Epifanio Floriano-Luis
March 14, 2012
Florida Man Admits Traveling to Lexington to Engage in Sex with Two Preteen Females
Dale Chisena
March 9, 2012
Covington Man Indicted for Kidnapping, Armed Bank Robbery and Firearm Offenses
Joseph Weir
March 5, 2012
Barbourville Man Convicted of Methamphetamine Related Charges
Roscoe Dean Smith and Darlene Smith
March 2, 2012
Breathitt County Schools Superintendent Indicted for Vote Buying Conspiracy and Obstruction of Justice
Arch Turner
Four from Lexington Indicted for Enticing Women to Travel to Kentucky for Prostitution
Marco Antonio Flores-Benitez, Roxana Serna-Olea, Adrian Lezama-Ruiz, and Roberto Salinas-Rivera
February 2012
February 24, 2012
Two Pharmacists Agree to Pay U.S. Government Thousands to Settle Civil Claims
James F. Carrico and James D. Maze
February 23, 2012
U.S. Attorney's Office Trains Law Enforcement on Civil Rights Law
February 22, 2012
Man Admits to Conspiring to Distribute 100 Kilograms of Marijuana in Lexington and Georgetown
Narisco Munguia Pineda
Danville Man Sentenced 10 Years for Assaulting Maill Carrier and Firearm Offense
Juan Warner
Mine Officials Indicted for Safety Violations
Joseph Miniard, Jefferson Davis and Bryant Massingale
February 15, 2012
Manchester Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine Conspiracy
Johnny Marcum
February 10, 2012
Madison County Man Sentenced 147 Months for Bank Robbery
Leon Noland
February 2, 2012
Indiana Man Pleads Guilty to Enticing Richmond Minor
James Young
February 1, 2012
Kentucky U.S. Attorneys Announce Successful Prescription Drug Abuse Summit
January 2012
January 31, 2012
West Libery Man Pleads guilty to Cocaine Distribution
Robert E. aka “Bobby”Litteral
January 27, 2012
Deployed Service Man in Afghanistan Pleads Guilty to Distributing Child Pornography
Richard Andridge
January 20, 2012
Ft. Thomas Woman Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Scheme
Jennifer Groneck
Kentucky U.S. Attorneys Announce Speakers for First Ever Pill Drug Abuse Summit
January 13, 2012
Wheelwright Man Pleads Guilty to Receiving Hundreds of Pounds of Marijuana
John Hall
January 12, 2012
Chicago company Owner Pleads Guilty to Smuggling and Selling Illegal Prescription Drugs
Candelario Pelayo Garcia
January 11, 2012
Illegal Alien Sentenced to 71 Months for Illegally Reentering the U.S. A Second Time
Jose Antonia Gonzalez-Meija
January 9, 2011
Mt. Olivet Woman Pleads Guilty to Social Security Fraud
Teresa Anderson
Hillsboro Couple Pleads Guilty to Social Security Fraud
Donna Kay Lewis and Glennis Belmount Lewis
Grayson Woman Pleads Guilty to Social Security Fraud
Gladys Blevins
Three Vanceburg Women Plead Guilty to Social Security Fraud
Nancy F. Osborne, Carmel Mae Bond and Terri Lee Lewis
Louisa Woman Pleads Guilty to Social Security Fraud
Donna Fannin
January 6, 2012
Boone County Man Sentenced to 2 Years for Tax Evasion
William C. Shehan, Jr.
January 5, 2012
Lexington Woman Indicted for Threatening to Harm Kentucky Senator and Former U.S. President
Susan Mary Collins
