Case Against Former Blue Bell Executive Ends in Mistrial

By JEFF WICK

The Fayette County Record

After four days of deliberation, jurors announced they could not unanimously decide whether or not to convict former Blue Bell CEO Paul Kruse on federal charges of wire fraud and conspiracy connected to the ice cream company’s deadly listeria outbreak nearly a decade

The case was declared a mistrial. Prosecutors have the option to pursue a new trial, but a spokesman stated after the trial that they were unsure if they

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