A Kentucky distillery owner already facing a foreclosure sale of a property is now facing criminal charges, too.
Darin Dillow, co-owner with his wife, Beth, of LF Heritage Distilling in Georgetown, also known as Limestone Farms Distillery, was indicted March 23 by a Fayette County grand jury on one count of theft by deception, $10,000 or more. It’s a Class C felony, which carries a potential five to 10 years in prison in Kentucky.
According to the grand jury charges, “on or about the 8th day of August 2024, in Fayette County, Kentucky, (Dillow) committed the offense of Theft by Deception when he obtained money from a financial institution by deception … by intentionally creating or reinforcing a false impression that he owned certain property offered as collateral for a loan, when in fact he did not own that property.”
Dillow is scheduled to be arraigned at 8:30 a.m. April 24 in Fayette Circuit Court before Judge Thomas L. Travis.
Last week, a Scott County judge ordered foreclosure and sale on property linked to the financially troubled distillery, which is now on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. But the distillery’s website now appears to be down, and it is unclear if it is still open…