Crime in America - FBI

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Personal Assistant Pleads Guilty to Stealing Over $200,000 from Maryland Couple

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:41:53 -0500



Patricia A. Staugler, of Ashburn, Virginia, pled guilty to mail fraud arising from a scheme in which she stole at least $208,004 from a Severna Park, Maryland couple for whom she worked.







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Ohio Attorney Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography, Obscenity Charges

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:09:53 -0500



Attorney Marc Norman Greenberg, of Centerville, Ohio, pled guilty to possessing child pornography and transmitting obscene materials over the Internet.







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Ohio Man Charged with Bank Robbery

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:04:53 -0500



Robert F. Starnes, Jr., of Sheffield Lake, Ohio, was charged with attempting to rob a bank by force and violence by intimidation.







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Three Indicted in Ohio for Series of Armed Robberies

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:01:04 -0500



Ohio residents Tony A. Bankhead, II, Keith J. Freeman, and Brittney E. Burks were charged with conspiracy, robbery affecting interstate commerce, and using firearms to commit crimes of violence in connection with their involvement in a series of four armed robberies in May and June in Solon, Bedford, and Cleveland, Ohio.







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Virginia Bounty Hunter Bloods Gang Member Pleads Guilty

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:55:28 -0500



James Martin Harris, of Portsmouth, Virginia, pled guilty to his involvement in various criminal acts as a gang member of the Bounty Hunter Bloods or Nine Tech Gangsters, including his role in the murder of a man whom he and others suspected had robbed a fellow gang member at a dice game and his participation in the dealing of illegal narcotics.







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Pennsylvania Man Sentenced for Role in Illegal Gambling Ring

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:14:16 -0500



Mark G. Fino, of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to a two-year term of probation with the first four months to be spent in house arrest for his role in an illegal gambling operation that utilized an Internet-based gambling website for the placement of bets on professional sporting events.







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Two Charged in West Virginia for Roles in $2.4 Million Credit Union Fraud Scheme

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:08:06 -0500



Rebecca Poe, of Falls Mills, Virginia, and Pamela Mullins, of Bluefield, West Virginia, were charged for their roles in a $2.4 million fraud scheme that contributed to the collapse of a federal credit union.







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Former Virginia Police Officer Sentenced for $10 Million Investment Scheme

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:04:40 -0500



Donald C. Lacey, of Richmond, Virginia, a former Henrico County police officer, was sentenced to 121 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for carrying out an investment and Ponzi scheme that stole more than $10 million from more than 100 victims.







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Seven Iowa Residents Indicted on Federal Methamphetamine Charges

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:01:12 -0500



Seven individuals from the Mason City, Iowa area were indicted on charges related to their involvement in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.







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New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty to Robbing Two Banks

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:57:46 -0500



Kemmet Meeks, of Hackensack, New Jersey, pled guilty to federal bank robbery charges, admitting that he robbed two Hackensack banks.







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Florida Paramedic Sentenced on Child Pornography Charges

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:52:56 -0500



Octavius Lee Durdley, of Gainesville, Florida, a former lieutenant with Bradford County Emergency Services, was sentenced to 136 months in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for receipt and possession of child pornography.







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Two Indicted in Missouri for Credit History Fraud Related to $3 Million Mortgage Fraud

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:47:57 -0500



A California woman and a Florida man were indicted by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Missouri for their roles in a credit history fraud that allegedly contributed to a nearly $3 million mortgage fraud scheme in Lee's Summit, Missouri.







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Municipal Court Worker Pleads Guilty in Kansas to Falsifying Bail Bond Records

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:42:33 -0500



Kaylene J. Pottorff, a Wichita (Kansas) Municipal Court collections officer, pled guilty to changing computerized court records so that bondsmen wouldn't have to pay bond forfeitures







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Former U.S. Capitol Police Officer Pleads Guilty Child Pornography Charge

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:16:22 -0500



Former U.S. Capitol Police Officer Dennis Craig Bell, of Woodbridge, Virginia, pled guilty to distributing child pornography. A forensic review of Bell's computers found 165 videos and 103 still images of child pornography.







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Businessman Pleads Guilty in D.C. to Role in $3 Million Foreign Bribery Scheme

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:13:16 -0500



Bobby Jay Elkin Jr., of Washington, D.C., a former Kyrgyzstan country manager for a U.S. tobacco company, pled guilty to conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in connection with his role in a conspiracy to pay bribes to officials of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan.







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Illinois Man Arrested for Attempting to Provide Material Support to al Shabaab

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:55:40 -0500



U.S. citizen Shaker Masri, of Chicago, Illinois, was arrested on charges of attempting to provide material support to a designated terrorist organization and attempting to provide material support through the use of a weapon of mass destruction. Masri was arrested just hours before he was scheduled to leave Chicago en route to Somalia, where authorities believe he was planning to engage in jihadist fighting with the terrorist group al Shabaab.







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Fourth Taiwan Exec to Plead Guilty in Global LCD Price-Fixing Conspiracy

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:48:41 -0500



Taiwan resident Chen-Lung Kuo, a former executive from Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corporation, has agreed to plead guilty and to serve jail time in the United States for participating in a global conspiracy to fix the price of thin-film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels.







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California Investment Consultant Indicted in Multi-Million-Dollar Fraud Scheme

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:45:40 -0500



Joseph J. Viola, of San Francisco, California, was charged with mail fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft in connection with his alleged operation of a fraudulent investment consulting business that caused investors to lose approximately $7 million.







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South Carolina Man Indicted for Defrauding Medical Services Company

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:05:37 -0500



Travis Lee Holder, of Gaston, South Carolina, was charged with mail fraud in connection with a scheme in which he allegedly stole supplies from from his medical services company employer and sold them to pharmacies in Louisiana, who paid Holder approximately $60,000.







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South Carolina Man Indicted on Child Pornography Charges

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:03:38 -0500



Ronald McAteer, of Catawba, South Carolina, was charged in two-count indictment with possession and distribution of child pornography.