Darknet Drug Trafficking Duo from Lexington Face Federal Sentences
Lexington, Ky. – A Lexington couple, involved in a darknet drug trafficking organization, were sentenced to federal prison on June 1, 2023. Benjamin Norman Joseph Flanigan and Haleigh Breanne...
Major Cocaine and Money Laundering Suspect Pleads Guilt in Lexington
Lexington, Ky.–A Lexington man, Kenneth O. Hinton, 42, is set to plead guilty to federal charges including possession with intent to distribute cocaine, being a felon in possession of...
Lexington Executive Admits Selling Counterfeit N95 Masks During Pandemic: Facing Up to Three Years in Prison
Lexington, Ky. — Adam K. Sloan, a Lexington businessman, has admitted to his role in importing and selling counterfeit 3M N95 masks during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
A Glimpse into Lexington’s Drug Underbelly: Three Federal Plea Agreements Unveiled
Lexington, Ky.–The United States District Court in the Eastern District of Kentucky unsealed three plea agreements involving area drug dealers last week. These individuals were involved in high-quantity federal...
Lexington True Crime 2023: FBI uncovers counterfeit identity document racket operating in Lexington
Lexington, Ky.–A major criminal investigation into the production and distribution of false identity documents has been unveiled by the United States in the Central Kentucky. The investigation, led by...
2021 Pappy Van Winkle Heist: Unsealed search warrant reveals details of investigation into stolen high-dollar bourbon
UPDATE: The Lexington Times received a statement from the subject of the search warrant published in this article: “The bottles I had in my possession were purchased at a...
Lexington meth and fentanyl distributor sentenced to 41 years – Court docs reveal how federal agents took him down
Lexington, Ky.–Craig Dupree Robertson, a 34-year-old man from Lexington, Kentucky, has been sentenced to 490 months in federal prison for his role in a large-scale methamphetamine and fentanyl trafficking...
Undercover agents, cryptocurrency, and drug money: feds charge man in $23M Lexington money laundering case
Lexington, Ky. – A California man, Anthony Scott Cossu, is facing federal charges in Kentucky after being accused of aiding in the laundering of $23 million in drug money....
Lexington True Crime 2023: Two drug suspects indicted after lengthy investigation
The following is an excerpt from an FBI criminal complaint in the case of USA v. Zamora & Floyd. Both men were indicted in Lexington on Thursday, April 6,...
Lexington True Crime 2023: Two Suspects Caught with 28 Kilos of Cocaine and Fentanyl
The following is an excerpt from a DEA criminal complaint in the case of USA v. Ibarra & Gonzalez. Historical Information: The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has been investigating...