EVANSVILE, Indiana, Feb. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana issued the following news release: 29 defendants have been sentenced to a combined 378 years in federal prison for their roles in a large methamphetamine and fentanyl drug trafficking organization that operated in Southern Indiana. According to court documents, between January 2020 and November 2021, the following 29 individuals conspired together to distribute a total of nearly 500 pounds of met  more

EVANSVILLE, Indiana, Feb. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana issued the following news release: James Henley, 35, of Greenwood, Indiana, has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit access device fraud, two counts of money laundering, and eight counts of wire fraud. Henley has also been ordered to pay $1,887,426.63 in restitution. A  more

TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio issued the following news release: After a six-day trial, a federal jury convicted two men of participating in a vast money laundering conspiracy that robbed victims from across four states of their life savings. Pranay Kumar Mamidi, 27, and Kishan Vinayak Patel, 26, both nationals of the Republic of India, were found guilty of participating in a money laundering conspiracy, concealing the source of the mo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Jefferson Shreve, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Congressman Jefferson Shreve (IN-06) introduced his first bill in the 119th Congress. His bill will deliver on the Republican promise to secure the border. The Build The Wall Act will complete the construction of the southern border wall by utilizing existing COVID funds. Shreve's bill establishes a Southern Border Wall Construction Fund that will utilize unspent COVID recovery money from the Coronavirus  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Young, Colleagues Reintroduce Bill to Expand School Choice, Educational Opportunity WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Tim Scott (R-S.C.), along with a group of their Republican colleagues, introduced the Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA), legislation to expand education freedom and opportunity for students. "School choice empowers families and teachers   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Young, Kaine Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Support Mental Health Resources for Health Care Providers WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Tim Kaine (R-Va.) introduced legislation to reauthorize the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, a comprehensive law that was successfully passed in 2022 to help prevent suicide, burnout, and mental and behavioral health conditions among he  more