INDIANAPOLIS — A mistrial has been declared in the federal trial against accused drug kingpin Richard Grundy III.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana said a court order was violated:
The court found that an order concerning juror information, issued on July 2, 2019, was violated. The government’s motion for a mistrial was granted. A new trial date will be set at a later time.
The Court did not provide any other information.
The trial against Grundy and four members of his gang, “The Grundy Crew,” started earlier this week at the federal courthouse in Indianapolis.
Federal prosecutors say Grundy led an Indy drug ring that sold millions of dollars worth of cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and meth.
A series of raids in 2017 by federal agents resulted in indictments against Grundy and more than a dozen others.
At one point, Grundy was connected to as many as seven murders. Prosecutors dropped those charges when Grundy entered a plea deal.
This story is developing and will be updated when more information becomes available.
WISH-TV contributed to this story.
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