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Whitley County sued in federal court for wrongful death of inmate in 2021

Whitley County, a former jailer, several deputy jailers, the jail’s healthcare provider and some of the healthcare providers employees are being sued in federal court for the alleged wrongful death of an inmate at the Whitley County Detention Center nearly two years ago. Read...
Posted On 26 Oct 2023

Whitley County man sentenced to 162 months for armed methamphetamine trafficking

U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom sentenced Michael Andrew Nakonechny, 41, of Whitley County, to 162 months in federal prison on Tuesday for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug...
Posted On 20 Sep 2023

Indiana man sentenced to 84 months for trafficking in machinegun conversion devices in Corbin

U.S. District Judge Robert E. Wier sentenced an Indiana man to 84 months in prison Thursday for selling devices that convert pistols into fully automatic machineguns to a confidential informant in Corbin last year. Bailey Tyler Monde Read this story and more for just $.99 cents...
Posted On 06 Sep 2023

Nantz enters guilty plea to federal murder charge in 2019 fatal shooting

Daniel Nantz entered a guilty plea to a federal murder charge Thursday afternoon, which marked the four-year anniversary of the day Geri D. Johnson was shot multiple times before being dumped out at Baptist Health Corbin and left for dead. Nantz appeared in U.S. District Court in...

Four men sentenced in federal court for conspiring to distribute meth, heroin in Whitley County

A federal judge has sentenced four men to sentences ranging from 250 months in prison to 75 months in prison for their role in conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and heroin in Whitley County, according to federal court documents. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents...
Posted On 01 Mar 2023

Lily man indicted on federal child porn charges

JONES A Lily man has been indicted on federal child porn charges after allegedly being in possession of and distributing sexually explicit images of minors. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this...

Corbin man pleads guilty to federal bank robbery charge

FOX A Corbin man, who robbed a Laurel County bank in September 2022, has entered a guilty plea in his case as part of an agreement with prosecutors. Shawn Fox, 35, appeared in U.S. District Court for a plea hearing Tuesday afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Hanly A. Ingram....

Edwards get 105 years in prison; denies involvement in crimes

U.S. District Judge Robert E. Wier effectively threw the book at a Flint, Michigan man during his sentencing hearing Tuesday afternoon in federal court in London in connection with a local drug trafficking conspiracy, the shooting of two men inside a Woodbine trailer in 2018, and...
Posted On 21 Dec 2022

Nashville man sentenced to 25 in federal prison for Knox trafficking, other charges

A Nashville man was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison Tuesday for various charges in Knox County, including drug trafficking. Marlon Jermaine Johnson, 39, was sentenced to 25 years by U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom on charges of possession with intent to distribute...
Posted On 30 Nov 2022
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Corbin man indicted on federal charge stemming from September bank robbery

FOX A Corbin man, who is accused of robbing a Laurel County bank in September, is now facing federal charges after being indicted last week by a grand jury in U.S. District Court. Shawn Fox, 35, was named in a single-count indictment Thursday in connection to the robbery. The...