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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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Letter from the Editor: The last word

By Dan Flynn on March 13, 2023

— OPINION —

The United States v. Paul Kruse will be signed, sealed, and delivered at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in Courtroom 4 on the Fifth Floor of the federal courthouse in Austin…

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Plea deal frees retired Blue Bell president from jail time or another jury trial

By Dan Flynn on March 9, 2023

In a plea deal, government attorneys agreed to drop felony fraud charges against the retired former chief executive of Blue Bell Creameries LP over a 2015 listeria outbreak that led to three deaths. In exchange…

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Austin judge issues Final Docket Call for second criminal trial of retired Blue Bell exec

By Dan Flynn on February 21, 2023

The Final Docket Call for the second criminal trial of Paul Kruse, the retired Blue Bell Creameries president, is set for March 31 in Austin’s Western District Court.

Federal Judge Robert Pitman signed an order…

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New trial set for former chief of Blue Bell after first concluded with a hung jury

By Dan Flynn on October 7, 2022

Another West Texas jury will be called next April for a second criminal trial of Paul Kruse, the retired Blue Bell Creamery president from Brenham, TX.

The first jury, empaneled Aug. 1 this year, was…

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Court action in case against former Blue Bell chief continues despite hung jury

By Dan Flynn on October 5, 2022

— ANALYSIS —

Today the U.S. Court for the Western District of Texas is giving its first attention since Aug. 15 to the criminal case involving former Blue Bell chief Paul Kruse.   

“The court hereby…

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Is Kruse the ‘Bright Line’ case for the food safety community or not?

By Dan Flynn on August 17, 2022

— COMMENTARY —

The jury is hung. The judge declared a mistrial. The prosecution can try again, but it isn’t required.

We could leave it there. As one famous Texan said, it might be the…

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Blue Bell criminal trial ends in mistrial

By Dan Flynn on August 15, 2022

BULLETIN — The United States v. Paul Kruse trial in Austin, Texas ended Monday in a mistrial.

The jury apparently split 10-to-2 with the majority wanting to acquit the 67-year-old retired president of Blue Bell…

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In Austin, Texas, the trial of the retired Blue Bell president adjourns for the weekend

By Dan Flynn on August 12, 2022

The United States v Paul Kruse trial in Austin, TX, has adjourned for the weekend. It will continue at 8:30 a.m. Monday, when presumably the jury will resume deliberations.

The jury consists of 12 men…

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Blue Bell president” Ricky” Dickson testifies as government witness against his “friend”

By Dan Flynn on August 4, 2022

AUSTIN — Richard S. “Ricky” Dickson, the current President at Blue Bell Creameries, testified Wednesday as a government witness against his predecessor and one-time mentor, Paul Kruse.

Dickson took over from Kruse in 2017 at…

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