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Plea agreement brings closure to Blue Bell’s last case involving the 2015 listeriosis outbreak

By Dan Flynn on March 30, 2023

For 890 days while the government prosecuted retired Blue Bell executive Paul Kruse, that European river cruise or summer in Tuscany wasn’t an option. This week, his U.S. Passport was returned to Kruse, marking the…

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Texas DSHS first wanted Blue Bell to recall ice cream related to infections

By Dan Flynn on August 5, 2022

 

AUSTIN — When the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) first learned South Carolina found Listeria in two Blue Bell ice cream products, it suggested the company prepare a recall notice.

But in…

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Jury trial begins in fraud and conspiracy trial involving Blue Bell, an iconic Texas brand

By Dan Flynn on August 3, 2022

AUSTIN — The timeline played the starring role during the opening arguments at the jury trial of the United States v Paul Kruse.

 Department of Justice attorney Matthew Lash for the prosecution and Houston defense…

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When is sanitary history too ripe for the jury?

By Dan Flynn on July 6, 2022

Does a company’s sanitary record figure into its possible criminal conduct when involved in an outbreak of foodborne illness?

That question is being disputed during the pre-trial stage of the United States v. Paul Kruse.

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Defense wants a thin-downed indictment before trial of retired Blue Bell president

By Dan Flynn on June 24, 2022

The defense attorneys for retired Blue Blell president Paul Kruse want more struck from the criminal indictment going to an August 1 jury trial in Austin, TX.

Chris Flood of Houston and John Cline of…

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Kruse’s defense attorneys want ‘sanitation issues’ excluded from his Blue Bell trial

By Dan Flynn on June 20, 2022

“Surplusage is language contained in a pleading that is unnecessary or irrelevant. For example, in an indictment, surplusage is the allegation of any fact or circumstances that is not a necessary element to the offense.”…

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More time granted for identifying and vetting expert witnesses for Blue Bell trial

By Dan Flynn on November 23, 2021

The judge who will preside over the criminal trial next year of former Blue Bell Ice Cream President Paul Kruse is giving the defense team more time to sort out the expert witnesses they may…
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Countdown to jury selection and trial for retired Blue Bell president

By Dan Flynn on November 2, 2021

A “quiet period” in the criminal charges against the 67-year old retired Blue Bell ice cream president may be ending.

Going on for four months, neither the government nor defense attorneys have brought anything to …
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Blue Bell criminal trial not likely to begin until March 21, 2022

By Dan Flynn on July 7, 2021

Jury selection in Austin, TX, for the criminal trial of the former chief executive of Blue Bell Creameries, is not likely to begin until 2022.

The government does not oppose a pending defense motion to…
Continue Reading Blue Bell criminal trial not likely to begin until March 21, 2022

Kruse wants court to subpoena Blue Bell; seeks to postpone trial until Nov. 8

By Dan Flynn on February 26, 2021

The trial date in the United States of America v. Paul Kruse has, for a second time, been postponed. Now it is set for Nov. 8. Pre-trial work in the criminal case is getting interesting.
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