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Federal Tipoffs Involving Kentucky Newsletter for Saturday July 20, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Future Army Leaders Visit ROK Army Cadet School During Cadet Troop Leader Training
FORT KNOX, Kentucky, July 20 -- The U.S. Army Cadet Command issued the following news: By Kenji Thuloweit Each summer, Eighth Army hosts scores of cadets from the United States Military Academy at West Point and various ROTC programs as part of the Cadet Troop Leader Training program. CTLT provides cadets the opportunity to experience leadership while assigned to operational units. They serve alongside lieutenants in platoon leader or equivalent positions during the length of the program, whi  more

Justice Dept.: Man Pleads Guilty to Shooting at Louisville, Kentucky, Mayor
WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: A Kentucky man pleaded guilty today to firing gun shots at current Louisville, Kentucky, Mayor Craig Greenberg during Greenberg's 2022 campaign. According to court documents, on the morning of Feb. 14, 2022, Quintez Brown, 23, of Louisville, walked into Greenberg's campaign office, where Greenberg was having a meeting with four staffers. Brown fired multiple shots at Greenberg before staff  more

Justice Dept.: Pain Management Physician and Former Member of Kentucky's Medical Board Convicted of Unlawfully Prescribing Opioids
WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: A federal judge convicted a medical doctor and former member of the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure (KBML) today for unlawfully distributing opioids. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Michael Fletcher, 61, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was a physician at Interventional Pain Specialists (IPS) in Crestview Hills, Kentucky, and a board member of the KBML. In his role at   more