Judge Athey extends Special Grand Jury to March 31, 2020

The Warren County Circuit Court released this today:

On this 21st day of August, 2019, came the Special Grand Jury, by and through their foreman, Juror 158, and moved this Honorable Court to extend the duration of the Special Grand Jury from September 30, 2019 to March 31, 2020;

Whereupon, the Court was advised that to date, the Special Grand Jury has interviewed over sixty (60) witnesses. The movant further represented that the Special Grand Jury has received in evidence over ten thousand documents and returned eighteen true bills against three individual defendants. As a result of the complexity of the matters investigated and the voluminous nature of the evidence collected, the Special Grand Jury would require additional time to review the evidence, issue additional true bills, if necessary, and prepare its Final Report;

WHEREFORE, it is hereby ADJUDGED, ORDERED and DECREED that the Special Grand Jury shall be extended from its current end date of September 30, 2019, until March 31, 2020, so that the Special Grand Jury may consider any additional testimony, review any documentation, and issue any additional true bills, and prepare its Final Investigatory report pursuant to its statutory authority.

Clifford L. Athey, Jr., Judge