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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An FBI forensic accountant testified for a second day Tuesday about purchases made by state Sen. Katrina Robinson, who is accused of misusing grant money. Victoria Howell, the agent who analyzed Robinson’s and The Healthcare Institute’s bank accounts, told the courtroom Robinson used federal grant funds supposed to go toward her certified nursing […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An FBI forensic accountant said in court Monday that there was no way grant funds were not used when Sen. Katrina Robinson was making personal purchases, or else her accounts would’ve been overdrawn.  The trial for the embattled Tennessee state senator from Memphis picked back up Monday with lengthy testimony. The prosecution […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Friday concludes the first full week of the trial for Tennessee State Senator Katrina Robinson. A special agent with the FBI, a makeup artist and a credit union employee were just some of the witnesses who testified. Flanked by her defense team, WREG caught Robinson as she walked into the federal building […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A big part of Katrina Robinson’s case is the sheer number of documents attorneys must go through, and Wednesday morning, the judge told attorneys they needed to work harder to share information before court proceedings start every day. We were there as Tennessee State Senator Katrina Robinson walked into federal court again this morning. […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Opening statements were heard Tuesday in the theft and embezzlement case of Tennessee state Sen. Katrina Robinson, who is accused of using hundreds of thousands of dollars that was supposed to go to her certified nursing school on various personal expenses like home improvements and vacations. We caught Tennessee State Senator Katrina Robinson […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A jury was selected Monday in the trial of a Tennessee state senator charged with stealing more than $600,000 in federal funds. The federal trial of state Sen. Katrina Robinson started Monday in Memphis. Robinson is accused of stealing funds from federal grants slated for The Healthcare Institute, which provides training for […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Friday afternoon, a federal judge said no to a motion to move the trial for Tennessee State Senator Katrina Robinson outside of Shelby County or exclude Shelby residents from being members of a jury. Robinson is charged with theft and embezzlement. Prosecutors say she stole $600,000 from the certified nursing school she […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tennessee State Sen. Katrina Robinson’s legal team says they are confident in her innocence less than a month before her trial is set to start. Robinson is accused of stealing money from Tennessee Health Institute. Federal prosecutors say the money was supposed to go toward her certified nursing school, but instead they […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The family of Alvin Motley and National Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump held a news conference Tuesday to address the shooting that claimed his life at a Kroger Fuel Center in East Memphis over the weekend.   “Yet again, another Black unarmed person was killed because he was profiled,” Crump said. “Because of the color […]

WREG was not allowed to record what went on, but the hearing was all about preparing for the upcoming September trial. One of the biggest issues is the tens of thousands of documents involved.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Within the 10-page criminal complaint federal prosecutors released after charging State Sen. Katrina Robinson with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, are text messages between her and two other co-conspirators.   The messages begin October 2017, after one of the co-conspirators, Brooke Boudreaux, had met the alleged […]