Press Releases

2009

Release Date
October 2009
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
August 2009
August 28, 2009	CANDACE G. HILL SWORN IN AS INTERIM UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
August 25, 2009	NEWPORT MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT BANK FRAUD
August 25, 2009	GRAVES COUNTY MEN PLEAD GUILTY TO METHAMPHETAMINE DISTRIBUTION CHARGES – $21,000 worth of meth
August 24, 2009	LAST DEFENDANT SENTENCED IN DOVE BAIT CASE
August 24, 2009	JURY FINDS MAN GUILTY OF ATTEMPTING TO ENTICE A MINOR TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND ATTEMPTING TO PRODUCE A VISUAL DEPICTION OF THAT ACTIVITY
August 21, 2009	LOUISVILLE WOMAN CHARGED WITH MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS – Woman charged with defrauding HUD
August 18, 2009	FORMER LABORER PLEADS GUILTY
August 18, 2009	TWO PLEAD GUILTY TO DISTRIBUTING HYDROCODONE
August 18, 2009	THREE PLEAD GUILTY TO FILING FALSE VA DISABILITY CLAIMS RESULTING IN NEARLY $2 MILLION IN LOSSES – Parker also pleads guilty to stealing over $47,000 from the Disabled American Veterans Service Organization
August 17, 2009	LOCAL PHARMACIST SENTENCED TO 1 YEAR AND 3 MONTHS FOR HEALTHCARE FRAUD AND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION FRAUD; ALSO ENTERS INTO $300,000 CIVIL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR HEALTHCARE FRAUD
August 17, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS AND SIX MONTHS FOR RECEIVING AND POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
August 17, 2009	OIL EXECUTIVE FOUND GUILTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS
August 17, 2009	OWENSBORO MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT OF MAIL – Former postal employee admits to taking mail while employed
August 17, 2009	PADUCAH MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT FROM POST OFFICE – Postal employee admits to stealing from the post office
August 12, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN SENTENCED FOR MARIJUANA CONSPIRACY
August 11, 2009	FORMER MARRIED COUPLE CHARGED WITH COMMITTING FRAUD AGAINST GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE PROGRAM
August 11, 2009	INDIANA UNIVERSITY STUDENT AND TEXAS MAN PLEAD GUILTY TO CONSPIRACIES TO COMMIT WIRE FRAUD AND BANK FRAUD – Two admit associated with individuals involved with shadowcrew.com website, a large online center for trafficking in stolen credit cards and identity information
August 10, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN SENTENCED FOR STRUCTURING BANK DEPOSITS – Forfeits $162,000
August 7, 2009	LOUISVILLE WOMAN SENTENCED FOR BANK FRAUD AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT – Stole personal information of patients at medical office where she worked
August 6, 2009	LOUISVILLE MEN INDICTED FOR CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES – CEO and Bookkeeper for local non-profit indicted for diverting federal grant funds
August 6, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN SENTENCED FOR RECEIVING, TRANSPORTING, AND POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
August 3, 2009	MAN AND WOMAN FROM NEW YORK INDICTED FOR CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE HEROIN – Investigation by DEA
August 3, 2009	THREE FLORIDIANS INDICTED FOR SELLING OXYCONTIN IN LOUISVILLE – Over 4,700 pills recovered
August 3, 2009	LARUE COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH POSSESSING AND DISTRIBUTING METHAMPHETAMINE – Indictment alleges four separate sales in two counties
August 3, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN INDICTED FOR POSSESSING AND DISTRIBUTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
August 3, 2009	MULTI-CONVICTED FELON INDICTED ON DRUG TRAFFICKING AND FIREARMS POSSESSION CHARGES – Indictment alleges possession of “crack” cocaine for distribution
August 3, 2009	WOMAN CHARGE IN SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT WITH THEFT OF MAIL AND FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH ACCESS DEVICES – Former postal employee charged with theft and fraud
August 3, 2009	MORTON’S GAP MAN INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTING TO RECEIVE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
August 3, 2009	FEDERAL FELON INDICTED FOR ESCAPE, MANUFACTURING METH AND POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

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