Press Releases

2009

Release Date
April 2009
April 28, 2009	CONVICTED FELON SENTENCED ON FEDERAL NARCOTICS AND WEAPONS CHARGES – Louisville man had admitted to trafficking crack and possessing two handguns
April 28, 2009	PADUCAH WOMAN INDICTED FOR HEALTHCARE FRAUD – Former VP of HealthEssentials Solutions, Inc. charged with submitting false and fraudulent billings to Medicare in a scheme to defraud
April 27, 2009	POSTAL THEFT DEFENDANT SENTENCED
April 24, 2009	LOUISVILLE WOMAN CHARGED WITH EXTORTION AND MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS TO THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
April 24, 2009	MULTI-KILO COCAINE TRAFFICKER CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY TO POSSESS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE COCAINE AND FIREARMS CHARGES – 39 kilograms of cocaine seized in Kentucky, Texas and Louisiana conspiracy – Co-defendant also convicted in conspiracy
April 23, 2009	TWO FORMER GLASGOW POLICE DEPARTMENT MAJORS PLEAD GUILTY TO ILLEGALLY POSSESSING HYDROCODONE AND TAMPERING WITH A WITNESS
April 23, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTING TO ENTICE A MINOR TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY; TO PRODUCE IMAGES OF THAT ACTIVITY; AND TO TRANSFER OBSCENE MATERIAL TO THE MINOR
April 23, 2009	FOUR LOCAL MEN CHARGED WITH CONSPIRING TO MAKE AND DEAL IN COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY
April 23, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN CHARGED FOR ATTEMPTING TO ENTICE A MINOR TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY
April 23, 2009	THREE PLEAD GUILTY TO PARTICIPATING IN CONSPIRACY TO RECEIVE FRAUDULENT VA DISABILITY BENEFITS
April 23, 2009	FUGITIVE INDICTED FOR RECEIPT AND POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, BANK FRAUD, AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT – Convicted sex offender hiding at Economy Inn – Found to possess names and Social Security Numbers of 70 other individuals and 465 different email addresses and passwords
April 23, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSING AND RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OVER THE INTERNET – Over 900 images and videos found on computer
April 23, 2009	MIDDLETOWN MAN INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP A 14-YEAR OLD GIRL TO ENGAGE IN SEX
April 23, 2009	UNIONTOWN MAN CHARGED WITH ILLEGALLY POSSESSING FIREARMS – Indictment alleges possession of Ruger 9 Millimeter Pistol, 7.62 caliber SKS Rifle
April 16, 2009	ELKTON MAN CONVICTED OF BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM – Joint investigation by Todd County Sheriff’s Office and ATF
April 16, 2009	SHELBYVILLE MAN INDICTED FOR FAILING TO FILE INCOME TAX RETURNS AND LYING TO IRS
April 15, 2009	LOUISVILLE WOMAN CHARGED WITH AND PLEADS GUILTY TO BANK FRAUD AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT – Stole personal information of patients at medical office where she worked
April 14, 2009	OWENSBORO DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS FOR FEDERAL VIOLATIONS – Multi-time convicted felon sentenced for possessing semi-auto pistol and 6 pounds of Marijuana
April 14, 2009	MARION COUNTY FELON PLEADS GUILTY TO ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF SAWED-OFF SHOTGUN – Admits possessing unregistered sawed-off shotgun found during traffic stop
April 10, 2009	LARUE COUNTY MAN INDICTED FOR TAX EVASION – Gilbert evaded paying approximately $118,436 in federal income taxes
April 9, 2009	DOCTOR WHO PRESCRIBED DIET DRUGS OVER THE INTERNET PLEADS GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT – Controlled substances sold over the internet in the United States and in foreign countries
April 8, 2009	BOWLING GREEN MAN INDICTED ON CHARGES OF RECEIPT AND POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
April 8, 2009	FOUR OWENSBORO MEN INDICTED FOR MAKING AND PASSING COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY
April 8, 2009	TAYLOR COUNTY THREE INDICTED FOR COCAINE CONSPIRACY – Cocaine distribution ring indicted
April 8, 2009	SCOTTSVILLE WOMAN CHARGED WITH SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD – Falsely claimed separation from husband to receive larger SSI entitlement
April 7, 2009	SOUTH CAROLINA MAN INDICTED FOR TRAVELING TO LOUISVILLE TO HAVE SEX WITH MINOR – Crimes Against Children Unit sting nets man from South Carolina
April 7, 2009	LEBANON MAN INDICTED FOR MANUFACTURING AND POSSESSING MARIJUANA
April 6, 2009	FORMER LOUISVILLE BUSINESSMAN INDICTED FOR BAIL JUMPING – Former owner of Alpha Trading Company failed to turn himself into federal prison to serve 9-year sentence for knowing receipt and sale of $7 million worth of stolen over-the-counter pharmaceuticals
April 6, 2009	BOWLING GREEN PHARMACIST SENTENCED ON HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND DRUG SAMPLE CHARGES – Combined criminal and civil recoveries total $1,345,606
April 6, 2009	MIDDLETOWN MAN CHARGED FOR ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP A 14-YEAR OLD GIRL TO ENGAGE IN SEX
April 6, 2009	LOUISVILLE ATTORNEY INDICTED FOR FALSE STATEMENTS ON INCOME TAXES
April 6, 2009	LOUISVILLE BUSINESS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO BANK STRUCTURING APPROXIMATELY $178,200 – Gumer pays $178,200 to United States as forfeiture
April 6, 2009	LOUISVILLE WOMAN AND MICHIGAN MAN INDICTED FOR DISTRIBUTING OXYCONTIN
April 6, 2009	ILLEGAL ALIEN CHARGED WITH POSSESSING FIREARM
March 2009
March 31, 2009	PADUCAH DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO 8 YEARS AND 1 MONTH FOR DISTRIBUTION OF CRACK-COCAINE AND GUN CHARGES – Three prior felonies – Street value of drugs recovered $3,800
March 27, 2009	TWO NEW YORK MEN SENTENCED FOR POSSESSING AND TRANSFERRING UNREGISTERED FIREARMS AND USING A FIREARM IN A CRIME OF VIOLENCE – Pair possessed and transferred illegal silencers while one was armed with a Glock pistol
March 26, 2009	HENDERSON MAN SENTENCED TO 6 YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT FOR POSSESSION AND RECEIPT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES – Over 1,800 child pornography images retrieved from investigation – Text – Text
March 25, 2009	ILLEGAL ALIEN CHARGED WITH RE-ENTERING THE UNITED STATES AFTER PREVIOUSLY BEING DEPORTED
March 24, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN SENTENCED FOR FEDERAL NARCOTICS AND FIREARMS VIOLATIONS – Convicted felon sentenced for possessing firearms and cocaine
March 23, 2009	MT. WASHINGTON MAN SENTENCED TO 27 YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT FOR VIOLATING FEDERAL CHILD EXPLOITATION LAWS – Potter has prior federal child pornography conviction from 1999
March 23, 2009	THREE OF FOUR IN EIGHT KILOGRAM COCAINE CONSPIRACY SENTENCED – Reverse buy operation nets over $182,000
March 19, 2009	FORMER LOUISVILLE LAWYER CHARGED WITH MISAPPROPRIATING MONIES FROM TRUST & ESTATE
March 19, 2009	TWO MEN INDICTED FOR MULTI-KILOGRAM COCAINE CONSPIRACY – Over $85,000 in cash sought to be forfeited
March 19, 2009	HARDIN COUNTY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF FIREARM AND AMMUNITION – Porter has prior felony sexual assault convictions
March 19, 2009	OWENSBORO PROFESSOR PLEADS GUILTY TO DISTRIBUTING STEROIDS
March 19, 2009	MED 1ST OF MIDDLETOWN ENTERS A GUILTY PLEA TO SUBMITTING FALSE BILLINGS – Corporation submitted false claims to Anthem
March 19, 2009	GAME TRAILS HUNTING LODGE AND MANAGER TO PAY $50,000 FINE FOR WILDLIFE VIOLATIONS
March 19, 2009	SPRINGFIELD COUPLE INDICTED FOR FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS – Bucklers failed to report approximately $254,000 over 2-year period
March 17, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO DISTRIBUTING OXYCONTIN
March 17, 2009	BOWLING GREEN MAN SENTENCED FOR FEDERAL FIREARMS VIOLATIONS
March 17, 2009	GLASGOW WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO WIRE FRAUD – Admits to embezzling $217,549 from her employer
March 17, 2009	BOWLING GREEN MAN SENTENCED FOR FEDERAL FIREARMS VIOLATIONS
March 17, 2009	BARREN COUNTY FELON SENTENCED FOR POSSESSION OF A FIREARM – A felon in possession of a stolen handgun
March 13, 2009	HOPKINSVILLE MAN SENTENCED FOR TWO ARMED BANK ROBBERIES AND BEING ARMED DURING A CRIME OF VIOLENCE
March 13, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT FOR RECEIVING AND POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
March 12, 2009	FORT CAMPBELL CIVILIAN ENTERS GUILTY PLEA TO CHARGE OF ASSAULT OF AN INFANT
March 12, 2009	CHRISTIAN COUNTY MAN SENTENCED ON FEDERAL FIREARMS CHARGE – Sentence enhanced as a result of threats and resisting arrest
March 12, 2009	FEDERAL SENTENCE TO FOUR MONTHS FOR INJURY TO INFANT – Substantial bodily injuries sustained
March 12, 2009	VINE GROVE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL TO ENGAGE IN SEX
March 12, 2009	LOUISVILLE FELON PLEADS GUILTY TO GUN POSSESSION
March 11, 2009	ILLEGAL ALIEN PLEADS GUILTY WITH RE-ENTERING THE UNITED STATES AFTER PREVIOUSLY BEING DEPORTED – Defendant is a citizen and national of Mexico – 7 prior deportations and/or removals
March 11, 2009	BOWLING GREEN DRUG FATHER/DAUGHTER PLEAD GUILTY TO METHAMPHETAMINE CONSPIRACY – Bowling Green/Warren County Drug Task Force case
March 5, 2009	FORMER WKU STUDENT INDICTED FOR DISTRIBUTION, RECEIPT AND POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
March 5, 2009	BULLITT COUNTY WOMEN INDICTED FOR DEFRAUDING RED CROSS AND SEVEN COUNTIES SERVICES, INC.
March 3, 2009	WISCONSIN MAN INDICTED FOR BREAKING INTO RESIDENCE AND ASSAULTING FORMER GIRLFRIEND – Former girlfriend fought back to avoided further injuries
March 3, 2009	LOUISVILLE DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO FIFTEEN YEARS ON FEDERAL NARCOTICS AND FIREARMS OFFENSES – Convicted felon possessed a firearm andcrack cocaine, heroin, and cocaine intending to distribute
March 3, 2009	CONVICTED FELON CHARGED WITH 3 GUN OFFENSES – Possessed firearms and ammunition on three separate occasions
March 2, 2009	MORGANFIELD MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO RECEIVING AND POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
February 2009
February 27, 2009	CONVICTED CHILD SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED TO SEVENTEEN YEARS AND ONE MONTH FOR RECEIVING AND POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
February 26, 2009	E MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO RECEIVING, TRANSPORTING, AND POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
February 26, 2009	MULTI-STATE MARIJUANA DISTRIBUTION RING PLEADS GUILTY – Four of seventeen defendants plead guilty in federal multi-state marijuana case
February 25, 2009	LAST DEFENDANT IN COCAINE CONSPIRACY SENTENCED
February 25, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO STRUCTURING BANK DEPOSITS – Agrees to forfeiture of $84,343.00
February 20, 2009	FOUR LOUISVILLE MEN SENTENCED IN MORTGAGE AND BANK FRAUD SCHEME – Approximately 2.7 million dollars in mortgage losses
February 20, 2009	TWO LOUISVILLE BUSINESSMEN SENTENCED FOR INSURANCE SCHEME TO DEFRAUD ANTHEM BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD – Ronald Jarboe also sentenced for wire fraud, lying to federal agents, and destroying evidence
February 20, 2009	WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY IN KICKBACK SCHEME – Defendant admits to violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute
February 20, 2009	MULTI-STATE MARIJUANA DISTRIBUTION RING PLEADS GUILTY – Five of seventeen defendants plead guilty in federal multi-state marijuana case
February 20, 2009	CONVICTED FELON CHARGED WITH GUN OFFENSES – Pawned guns on two occasions in Louisville, Kentucky
February 18, 2009	INDICTMENT SUPERSEDED TO ADD NEW THEFT OF MAIL CHARGE AGAINST FORT CAMPBELL SOLDIER – Soldier stole holiday mail and used stolen gift cards a month after being indicted – Soldier previously indicted for stealing military star cards and identity information from other unit members – Soldier since discharged from United States Army and in custody
February 18, 2009	LOUISVILLE COUPLE INDICTED FOR POSSESSION OF CRACK COCAINE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE AND FOR POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY UNLAWFUL USERS OF MARIJUANA – Arrested in Warren County by ATF
February 18, 2009	MAN SENTENCED TO FIVE MONTHS IMPRISONMENT FOR COMMITTING FRAUD THROUGH INTERNET SALES – Took monies from purchasers of wrestling rings sold over the internet and never delivered the product
February 18, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN SENTENCED FOR DISTRIBUTION AND POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY – Ryan sentenced to nine years of imprisonment
February 18, 2009	LOUISVILLE WOMAN INDICTED FOR FAKING INJURY – Postal employee charged with making false statements to obtain federal employee benefits
February 12, 2009	BOWLING GREEN PHARMACIST PAYS $495,606 TO SETTLE FEDERAL FALSE CLAIMS ACT AND CIVIL FRAUD CLAIMS – Total criminal and civil recoveries total $1,345,606.
February 11, 2009	TWO DYERSBURG, TENNESSEE BUSINESS MEN SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT FOR FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES
February 11, 2009	SKIDMORE SENTENCED TO PAY $2,000 FINE IN ANIMAL POISONING CASE
February 11, 2009	INMATE CHARGED FOR MAILING THREATENING LETTERS – Eddyville inmate mails series of letters to victim
February 11, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS AND SIX MONTHS FOR DISTRIBUTING STEROIDS
February 11, 2009	PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED ALIEN PLEADS GUILTY IN LOUISVILLE – Deported Alien, with prior drug trafficking conviction, pleads guilty to unlawful re-entry of the United States
February 11, 2009	CONVICTED FELON INDICTED ON METHAMPHETAMINE AND AMMUNITION CHARGES – Approximately $13,000 in U.S. currency seized
February 11, 2009	OWNER OF KENTUCKY CORPORATION PLEADS GUILTY IN KICK-BACK SCHEME – Defendant admit to violation of the Anti- Kickback Statute
February 9, 2009	BANK ROBBER SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS AND EIGHT MONTHS
February 9, 2009	FORMER WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL PROGRAM FRAUD
February 9, 2009	WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO $67,000 IN FALSE BILLINGS TO MEDICARE – Woman admits to submitting false claims to Medicare and then trying to cover up her acts by creating false records
February 6, 2009	POSTAL EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLING POSTAL FUNDS – Sentenced to two years’ probation
February 6, 2009	HENDERSON MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL FIREARMS VIOLATION – Henderson man admits to possessing handgun with misdemeanor conviction for domestic violence
February 5, 2009	TWO GLASGOW POLICE DEPARTMENT MAJORS INDICTED FOR ILLEGALLY POSSESSING HYDROCODONE AND THREATENING A WITNESS
February 5, 2009	BARREN COUNTY COUPLE CHARGED WITH FEDERAL NARCOTICS OFFENSES – Convicted felon accused of possessing pseudoephedrine, materials used to make meth
February 5, 2009	BANK ROBBERY SUSPECT INDICTED
February 3, 2009	RINEYVILLE WOMAN INDICTED FOR AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT
February 3, 2009	MAN CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL REENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES
February 3, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO FOURTEEN YEARS FOR RECEIVING AND DISTRIBUTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY – Over 700 images found on computer – Fox emailed over 600 images to others – Some images involve children from ages 4 - 9 being sexual tortured
February 3, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN INDICTED FOR RECEIVING AND POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
February 2, 2009	JEFFERSON COUNTY MAN SENTENCED FOR POSSESSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY – Man with substantial child pornography collection sentenced
February 2, 2009	MARION COUNTY FELON CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF SHORT-BARRELED SHOTGUN – Unregistered sawed-off shotgun discovered during traffic stop
February 2, 2009	BARDSTOWN MAN INDICTED FOR TRAFFICKING IN "CRACK" COCAINE
February 2, 2009	LOUISVILLE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

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