Pawn Shop Case Going To Federal Court

{Barbourville, Kentucky}...Lewis Gray, the owner of T and L Pawn in Barbourville, who faced more than 4,000 charges, was not in court Tuesday when some charges were dropped so the case could be transferred to federal court. In March, police seized bank cards, checks made out to cash, computers, and other electronics from the store. Police say Gray was making loans against checks, then having people pay him more than the loan although he is not licensed to do that. Police filed more than four thousand misdemeanor deferred deposit violation charges. Gray also faced two felony charges involving the misuse of computers and credit cards. The county attorney moved to dismiss the two felonies, and the judge dismissed them without prejudice. A trial date is set for October 18th. Gray's defense attorney is Warren Scoville.