Press Releases

2009

Release Date
November 2009
November 18, 2009	LOUISVILLE WOMAN CHARGED WITH EXTORTION, FALSE STATEMENTS TO THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, AND RETALIATION AGAINST VICTIM
November 18, 2009	SUPERSEDING DRUG INDICTMENT FOR ILLEGAL ALIEN PREVIOUSLY INDICTED FOR UNLAWFUL RE-ENTRY
November 18, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN CHARGED WITH ILLEGALLY POSSESSING FIREARMS WHILE SUBJECT TO A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ORDER – Indictment alleges false statement made to dealer to obtain shotgun
November 18, 2009	LAGRANGE MAN CHARGED WITH WIRE FRAUD, IDENTITY THEFT, AND VIOLATION OF HIPAA – Man charged with stealing patient information and fraudulently submitting it to obtain controlled substances
November 18, 2009	FORMER POSTAL EMPLOYEE INDICTED FOR THEFT OF MAIL – Former postal employee charged with stealing items from the mail
November 18, 2009	NORTHERN KENTUCKY MAN INDICTED FOR TRANSPORTING FEMALE ARRESTEE FOR SEXUAL PURPOSES – Defendant worked for an interstate prisoner extradition service
November 17, 2009	LABOR OFFICIAL SENTENCED
November 17, 2009	LOCAL PASTOR AND CRITTENDEN COUNTY MEN INDICTED ON CONSPIRACY TO MANUFACTURE MARIJUANA – 394 plants eradicated
November 13, 2009	COLUMBIA, KENTUCKY TAX PREPARER PLEADS GUILTY TO 60 COUNTS OF PREPARING FALSE FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURNS – Thomas Turner admits to including false deductions on numerous returns
November 12, 2009	FORMER POSTAL EMPLOYEE SENTENCED IN THEFT FROM POST OFFICE – Paducah man sentenced for stealing from the post office
November 10, 2009	HENDERSON COUNTY DRUG ORGANIZATION DISMANTLED TWELVE INDICTED ON FEDERAL DRUG AND MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES
November 10, 2009	CAPE GIRARDEAU MAN INDICTED ON HEALTH CARE FRAUD
November 5, 2009	LIBERTY COUPLE INDICTED FOR DEFRAUDING GOVERNMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
November 5, 2009	CALIFORNIA MAN AND OWENSBORO WOMAN INDICTED FOR TRAFFICKING IN METHAMPHETAMINE
November 5, 2009	ALBANY, KY. MAN SENTENCED FOR GROWING MARIJUANA – Had pled guilty to growing over 100 plants
November 5, 2009	TWO CENTRAL KENTUCKY ILLEGAL ALIENS PLEAD GUILTY TO SELLING FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS – Defendants sold Social Security cards, permanent resident visas, Mexican driver's and International driver's license.
November 5, 2009	McLEAN COUNTY MAN SENTENCED ON DRUG AND FIREARMS CHARGES – Investigation by McLean County Sheriff’s Office and ATF
November 5, 2009	ANOTHER CONSPIRATOR PLEADS TO TAYLOR COUNTY COCAINE CONSPIRACY – Fourth member of five-member cocaine distribution ring pleads
November 4, 2009	BOWLING GREEN COUPLE INDICTED FOR TRAFFICKING IN CRACK COCAINE
November 4, 2009	MAMMOTH CAVE MAN INDICTED FOR DEFRAUDING SSI PROGRAM
November 4, 2009	PARTICIPANTS IN MULTI-STATE MARIJUANA RING SENTENCED – Thirteen of seventeen defendants from five states sentenced
November 4, 2009	FORMER POSTAL EMPLOYEE INDICTED FOR THEFT OF MAIL – Former postal employee charged with stealing Best Buy rewards certificates
November 4, 2009	HUSBAND AND WIFE CHARGED WITH FEDERAL NARCOTICS VIOLATIONS
November 3, 2009	BANK ROBBER INDICTED
November 3, 2009	WASHINGTON COUNTY MAN INDICTED FOR SOLICITING MURDER
November 2, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN INDICTED FOR MAKING AND PASSING COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY
November 2, 2009	RINEYVILLE WOMAN PLEADS TO AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT
November 2, 2009	BULLITT COUNTY MAN INDICTED FOR DISTRIBUTION, RECEIPT, AND POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
November 2, 2009	THREE LOUISVILLE MEN INDICTED FOR DISTRIBUTING 2CE
October 2009
October 27, 2009	FORMER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OF PRIVATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLING ATHLETIC FEES
October 27, 2009	FEDERAL DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH STUDENT LOANS – Approximately $68,500 in restitution
October 27, 2009	FORMER FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIER SENTENCED FOR BANK FRAUD AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT – Stole military star cards and identity information from other unit members – Used stolen information to obtain over $22,000 worth of goods and services – While on bond, stole package belonging to another soldier
October 23, 2009	SERIAL BANK ROBBER PLEADS GUILTY – Louisville man pleads guilty to robbing local banks of more than $130,000
October 23, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF A FELONY – Defendant convicted of multiple prior drug trafficking felonies in North Carolina
October 23, 2009	FORMER POSTAL EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT OF MAIL AND FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH ACCESS DEVICES – Former postal employee admits she stole gift cards from the mail
October 23, 2009	NASHVILLE MAN SENTENCED FOR COCAINE POSSESSION
October 22, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
October 22, 2009	REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER PLEADS TO DISTRIBUTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
October 21, 2009	LOUISVILLE BUSINESSMAN CHARGED WITH FRAUDULENT MAKING AND CONCEALING MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS MADE TO AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT – Also prepared a false FFA medical certificate
October 21, 2009	FIVE MEXICAN MEN INDICTED FOR CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE COCAINE – Investigation by DEA
October 21, 2009	MAN INDICTED FOR STALKING ON FORT KNOX – Also suspect in Florida robbery
October 21, 2009	MEXICAN NATIONAL INDICTED FOR ILLEGAL RE-ENTRY TO UNITED STATES SUBSEQUENT TO DEPORTATION FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER
October 19, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN SENTENCED FOR MULTI-KILOGRAM COCAINE CONSPIRACY
October 19, 2009	LOCAL MAN SENTENCED FOR CONSPIRACY TO MAKE COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY
October 19, 2009	BULLITT COUNTY WOMEN SENTENCED FOR DEFRAUDING AMERICAN RED CROSS AND SEVEN COUNTIES SERVICES, INC. – Rednour sentenced to 27 months – Roby probated for 3 years
October 15, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN SENTENCED FOR RECEIVING AND POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
October 14, 2009	TRIGG COUNTY MAN INDICTED FOR MANUFACTURING MARIJUANA – Over 200 plants eradicated
October 14, 2009	LOCAL MAN AND WOMEN INDICTED FOR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT BANK FRAUD, THEFT OF MAIL, AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT – Group used personal identifiers from mail stolen from UPS to cash counterfeit checks and obtain over $100,000
October 8, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN SENTENCED FOR THEFT – Embezzled $13,130 from labor organization
October 8, 2009	TAYLOR COUNTY THREE PLED TO COCAINE CONSPIRACY – Three members of five-member cocaine distribution ring pled
October 8, 2009	BOWLING GREEN MAN PLEADS TO FEDERAL NARCOTICS VIOLATIONS – Bowling Green man pleads guilty to trafficking in crack cocaine
October 7, 2009	MAINE MAN INDICTED FOR INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF MINOR WITH INTENT TO ENGAGE IN CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY – Defendant drove from Maine to Owensboro and was arrested in Wisconsin
October 7, 2009	BOWLING GREEN FOUR INDICTED FOR METHAMPHETAMINE CONSPIRACY – Meth distribution ring indicted
October 7, 2009	TWO INDICTED FOR MAIL FRAUD SCHEME ELIZABETHTOWN BUSINESS – former president and vice-president of Roller Bearing Industries
October 7, 2009	FORMER WKU STUDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO DISTRIBUTION, RECEIPT, AND POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY – Used WKU campus computer network and Limewire to make child pornography available to others
October 7, 2009	BOWLING GREEN WOMEN SENTENCED FOR METHAMPHETAMINE CONSPIRACY – Final members of meth distribution ring sentenced
October 7, 2009	FINAL DEFENDANT SENTENCED IN HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME – Drug company rep sentenced in scheme involving buying and selling prescription drug samples
October 6, 2009	ALIEN INDICTED FOR ILLEGAL RE-ENTRY – Had been deported on several other occasions
October 6, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN INDICTED FOR POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY – Freadreacea previously convicted of child pornography charges in 2002
October 5, 2009	TWO LOUISVILLE MEN INDICTED FOR POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE CRACK COCAINE – Louisville men in possession of over 200 grams of crack cocaine
October 5, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO STRUCTURING BANK DEPOSITS
October 5, 2009	OWENSBORO MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT – Embezzled over $43,000 from union organizations
October 5, 2009	FORMER FORT CAMPBELL DEPENDENT CONVERTED PROPERTY FROM ARMY & AIR FORCE EXCHANGE SERVICE TO MONEY FOR HER OWN USE
October 5, 2009	TWO LOUISVILLE MEN SENTENCED FOR DISTRIBUTING HYDROCODONE – Over 12,000 pills seized
October 1, 2009	LA CENTER CHIROPRACTOR SENTENCED TO 21 MONTHS FOR FAILING TO FILE TAX RETURNS – Must pay $94,870 restitution
September 2009
September 30, 2009	TWO MEN PLEAD GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT BANK FRAUD – Members of group arrested with over 100 fraudulent credit cards and over 50 counterfeit driver's licenses, after buying Apple computers and iPhones
September 29, 2009	BULLITT COUNTY MAN SENTENCED FOR POSSESSING LARGE QUANTITY OF METHAMPHETAMINE FOR DISTRIBUTION – Meade County arrest led to discovery of additional methamphetamine and a pistol in defendant’s home in Bullitt County
September 28, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN SENTENCED FOR RECEIVING AND POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
September 28, 2009	INDIANA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION
September 25, 2009	DEFENDANT AT LAKE CUMBERLAND IS SENTENCED – Destruction of trees for scenic view of lake
September 25, 2009	LOUISVILLE MORTGAGE BROKER INDICTED FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD – two co-conspirators previously pleaded guilty
September 23, 2009	TWO LOUISVILLE POSTAL CONTRACT EMPLOYEE INDICTED FOR STEALING U.S. MAIL
September 23, 2009	ILLEGAL ALIENS INDICTED FOR UNLAWFUL RE-ENTRY
September 23, 2009	LOUISVILLE BUSINESSMAN CHARGED WITH THREATENING TO KILL TWO FORMER EMPLOYEES
September 22, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL METH, COCAINE, & MARIJUANA CONSPIRACY
September 22, 2009	DOCTOR WHO PRESCRIBED DIET DRUGS OVER THE INTERNET SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT – Controlled substances sold over the internet in the United States and in foreign countries
September 21, 2009	LARUE COUNTY MAN SENTENCED FOR TRAFFICKING COCAINE
September 21, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING LOAN COMPANIES AND BANKS
September 21, 2009	BRANDENBURG MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND POSSESSION OF CHEMICALS USED TO MANUFACTURE METHAMPHETAMINE
September 16, 2009	MEXICAN NATIONAL CHARGED WITH MAKING FALSE STATEMENT ON PASSPORT APPLICATION AND MAKING FALSE CLAIM OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP
September 15, 2009	BOWLING GREEN MAN SENTENCED FOR THEFT – Postal worker stole $18,680 from Union's bank account
September 10, 2009	JEFFERSON COUNTY GRANT WRITER PLED GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING THE UNITED STATES
September 9, 2009	CLINTON COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH GROWING MARIJUANA PLANTS – Over 200 plants confiscated
September 9, 2009	FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTS BARREN COUNTY MAN FOR RECEIVING AND POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
September 9, 2009	MEXICAN ILLEGAL ALIEN CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL RE-ENTRY AFTER DEPORTATION – Prior convictions and previously removed from United States on two occasions
September 9, 2009	LOUISVILLE MEN INDICTED ON COCAINE CHARGES
September 9, 2009	WEST POINT WOMAN INDICTED FOR FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINING WORKERS’ COMPENSATION BENEFITS
September 8, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN ADMITS ROLE IN DRUG TRAFFICKING AND FIREARMS OFFENSES – Admits possessing crack cocaine for distribution on two occasions, carrying a .40 caliber Glock semiautomatic pistol during a drug crime
September 4, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO THREE MONTHS FOR IMPERSONATING AN FBI AGENT AND MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS TO FBI AGENTS
September 4, 2009	FORMER FT. CAMPBELL SOLDIER SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON AFTER CONVICTION ON CHARGES RELATED TO DEATHS OF IRAQI CIVILIANS
September 3, 2009	FORMER FUGITIVE BYRON PERKINS SENTENCED ON FEDERAL NARCOTICS AND WEAPONS CHARGES – After a 15-month absence, apprehension in Mexico
September 3, 2009	MED 1ST OF MIDDLETOWN SENTENCED FOR SUBMITTING FALSE BILLINGS – Corporation submitted false claims to Anthem
September 3, 2009	BOWLING GREEN MAN SENTENCED FOR METHAMPHETAMINE CONSPIRACY – First member of meth distribution ring sentenced
September 3, 2009	MORE DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEME – Pharmacist and pharmacy tech were sentenced in scheme involving buying and selling prescription drug samples
September 1, 2009	TWO HART COUNTY MEN PLEAD GUILTY TO STEALING GOVERNMENT FUNDS
September 1, 2009	TENNESSEE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO PASSING COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY IN BOWLING GREEN
September 1, 2009	FORMER PHARMACY EXPRESS OWNER SENTENCED FOR DISTRIBUTING HYDROCODONE – Distributed hydrocodone to former Glasgow Police Officers Johnny Travis and Maxie Murray

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