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Federal Tipoffs Involving Kentucky Newsletter for Wednesday November 13, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Justice Dept.: Federal Bureau of Prison Lieutenant Indicted for Civil Rights Violations
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2024: A Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) lieutenant at U.S. Penitentiary (USP) McCreary, in Pine Knot, Kentucky, was indicted last week by a federal grand jury in London, Kentucky, for federal civil rights violations, including violating an individual's rights under the color of law, falsifying records to impede an investigation, and witness tampering. The indictment alleges that Zachary Toney,   more

Ky. U.S. Attorney: Former Pain Center Receptionist Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Oxycodone and Methadone
LONDON, Kentucky, Nov. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2024: A Chicago woman, Judith Harskey, 56, was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison, by U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom, for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and methadone. According to her plea agreement, beginning in 2019 through November 2022, Harskey conspired with others to distribute oxycodone and methadone, while working as a recepti  more

Ky. U.S. Attorney: USP McCreary Lieutenant Indicted for Civil Rights Violations
LONDON, Kentucky, Nov. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2024: A Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) lieutenant at U.S. Penitentiary (USP) McCreary, in Pine Knot, Kentucky, was indicted on Thursday by a federal grand jury in London, Kentucky, for federal civil rights violations, including violating an individual's rights under the color of law, falsifying records to impede an investigation, and witness tampering  more