Legal News for Lexingston, Kentucky

Knoxville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with four counts of attempted first-degree murder and four counts of employing a firearm during a felony, with additional charges pending. Reported by: Kent Morlan Joey Rudd, age 35, shot Knoxville, Tenness... More...

United States of America v. Kevin Ryan Straw

Lexington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charted with wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343. Reported by: Kent Morlan Between 2021 and 2024, Kevin Ryan Straw, 40,, of Lexington, Kentucky served as President of Metropolitan Lodge 32, Fraternal Order of... More...

United States of America v. Stacy Allen Taylor

Louisivlle, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343. Reported by: Kent Morlan Stacy Allen Taylor, 59, of Shepherdsville, conspired with others in an international wire fraud scheme to defrau... More...

United States of America v. Daniel Hoskins

Lexington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2251(a). Digested by: Kent Morlan Daniel Hoskins, 56, from Lily, Kentucky, produced child pornography with a minor victim while he was incarce... More...

United States of America v. Robert Scott Froberg

Bowling Green, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping resulting in death in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1201. Digested by: Kent Morlan Robert Scott Froberg, age 61, from Dayton, Ohio, was arrested for armed robbery in Alabama on December 27, 198... More...

United States of America v. Donald Demil Clay

Frankfort, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute a scheduled controlled drug in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841(a) and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1). Digested by: Kent Morlan... More...

United States of America v. Matthew Ryan Elkins

Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tampering with consumer products in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1365(a), acquiring and attempting to acquire a controlled substance by misrepresentation by fraud, deception, or subterfuge in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841, and burglary involving a controlled substance in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2118(b). Digested by: ... More...

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Sadiki Roger

Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree rape. Reported by: Kent Morlan On August 27, 2022, around 7:00 p.m., Roger and another man went to an apartment in search of Roger's friend Frederick. Residing in the apartment at the tim... More...

United States of America v. Angela Renfro, et al.

Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud, health care fraud, and aggravated identity thief. Reported by: Kent Morlan Angela Renfro, 57 and others with KLF Company LLC, and Freedom Center LLC, all of L... More...

United States of America v. Derrick Becker

Covington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2252. Reported by: Kent Morlan Derrick Leif Becker, age 51, was found to be in possession of chil... More...

United States of America v. Timmy G. Robinson, Jr.

Ashland, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with monetary transaqctions in property derived from specif unlawful activities. Reported by Kent Morlan in July 2025, Timmy G. Robinson, Jr. age 50, the founder and owner of Addiction Recovery Care, LLC (A... More...

United States of America v. Hao Qiu

Lexington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with international parental kidnapping. Reported by Kent Morlan Hao Qiu, age 39, a citizen of China, has three children with a United States citizen who resided in Fayette County. Qiu and the children’s mother negotiated an agreement, through their attorneys in a custody case, for Qiu to drive the children on a ... More...

United States of America v. Brailen Weaver

Lexington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with armed bankruptcy. By Kent Morlan Brailen Weaver entered a US Bank in Berea, Ky, on April 30, 2026, at approximately 1:57 p.m. Upon entering the bank, Weaver immediately shot and killed a bank employee and then killed a bank teller. Weaver checked multiple drawers in the bank and immediately left. Investigators... More...

United States of America v. Michael Shawn Boaz

Paducah, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and 13 counts of fraudulent prescriptions. By Kent Morlan While working as licensed pharmacists, Michael Shawn Boaz, 47, of Clinton, and his co-conspirator fraudulently billed health care benefit programs for customers at two pharmacies in Kentucky. From 2017 through 2021,... More...

United States of America v. Terence Lorenzo Clemons

Lexington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of visual depictions involving a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Terence Lorenzo Clemons, 52, of Lexington, Kentucky was a County Extension Agent that operated 4-H programs in the Bath County School System. In April 2024, Clemons began a romantic “relationship” with a minor victim in t... More...

United States of America v. Michael Shawn Boaz

Paducah, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Michael Shawn Boaz, 47, of Clinton, and his co-conspirator fraudulently billed health care benefit programs for customers at two pharmacies in Kentucky. From 2017 through 2021, they caused $2,185,739.52 in losses to health care benefit providers by submitting claims for fra... More...

United States of America v. Dashawn Dawkins

Lexington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud and engaging in a conspiracy to pay kickbacks. Dashawn Dawkins, 34, was a peer support specialist at Serenity Keeper’s, LLC (“Serenity Keepers”), a sober home company based in Fayette County, Ky., that purported to provide mental health and substance abuse treatment services and housing f... More...

United States of America v. Dashawn Dawkins

Lexington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and violating the anti-kickback statute. Dashawn Dawkins, 34, was a peer support specialist at Serenity Keeper’s, LLC (“Serenity Keepers”), a sober home company based in Fayette County, Ky., that purported to provide mental health and substance abuse treatment servic... More...

Verity Investigations, LLC v. Segepo-FSM, Inc.

Lexington, Kentucky, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a qui tam (whistleblower) claim. Segepo-FSM, Inc. was accused of falsely certifying it was eligible to apply for and receive forgiveness of its $503,900 second-draw PPP loan. Segepo-FSM, Inc. stated that it had fewer than 300 employees in its application. At the time of its loan and forgiveness applications, Segepo... More...

United States of America v. Bailey Michael Stouter

Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transmission with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity with a minor. Bailey Michael Stouter, 23, used a social media application to meet a 14-year-old girl. He arranged to pick the girl up from her home in Bullitt County, Kentucky, to drive her to Pennsylvania for a sexual encounter. A missing person re... More...

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Robert Taylor

Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with bank robbery. Robert Taylor, age 66, entered the Chase Bank in on Bardstown road and gave the teller a note demanding money.... More...

United States of America v. Jerry Dunn

London, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child pornography.... More...

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Noraion Moore

Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assault, receiving stolen property and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon. Noraion Moore, age 20, accused of shooting and wounding a man.... More...

United States of America v. Tracy Davenport

Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with wire fraud. Tracy Davenport, 51, of Louisville, and others working at her direction, engaged in a scheme to induce customers into signing a contract for a pool installation and paying a large down payment up front. Davenport used those funds for purposes other than what was agreed upon. Davenport pled guilty... More...

Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Thomas Medley

Frankfort, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with possession of child sexual abuse materials. Thomas Medley, 25, of Frankfort, Kentucky charged with twenty counts of possession of matter portraying a minor in a sexual performance. These charges are Class-C felonies punishable by five to ten years in prison.... More...