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May 28, 2009
FORMER STEELWORKERS UNION SECRETARY INDICTED ON EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE
WICHITA, KAN. – Daryl D. Becker, 56, McPherson, Kan., former financial secretary of Steelworkers Local 558, AFL-CIO in McPherson, is charged with embezzling union funds. The crime is alleged to have occurred July 2, 2005, in McPherson County, Kan.
If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000. The Department of Labor investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brent Anderson is prosecuting.
OTHER INDICTMENTS
A federal grand jury meeting in Wichita, Kan., also returned the following indictments:
Richard J. Arnold, 55, is charged with one count of passing counterfeit currency and one count of possessing counterfeit currency. The crimes are alleged to have occurred May 20, 2008, in Russell County, Kan.
According to the indictment, Arnold passed a counterfeit $20 bill and a counterfeit $10 bill at a gas station at 1415 Fossil in Russell, Kan. He was arrested with $5,246 in counterfeit currency.
If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000 on each count. The U.S. Secret Service and the Kansas Highway Patrol investigated.
Jorge Alvarez Rivera, also known as Daniel Salas, 67, who is not a citizen of the United States, is charged in a superseding indictment with one count of using fraudulent documents to be employed in the United States, three counts of aggravated identity theft, one count of possessing and transferring a counterfeit U.S. identification document and one count of falsely representing himself as a U.S. citizen. The crimes are alleged to have occurred Oct. 21, 2008, and April 13, 2009, in Seward County, Kan.
If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years and a fine up to $250,000 on the charge of possessing a fraudulent document, a mandatory 2 years consecutive to other sentences and a fine up to $250,000 on each count of aggravated identity theft, a maximum penalty of 15 years and a fine up to $250,000 on the charge of possessing and transferring counterfeit documents, and a maximum penalty of 3 years and a fine up to $250,000 on the charge of falsely representing himself as a U.S. citizen. Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Matt Treaster is prosecuting.
John H. Dickerson, 27, Wichita, Kan., is charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. The crime is alleged to have occurred May 21, 2009, in Sedgwick County, Kan.
If convicted, he faces a penalty of not less than 5 years and not more than 40 years and a fine up to $2 million. Assistant U.S. Attorney Blair Watson is prosecuting. The Wichita Police Department investigated.
Taurino Heredia-Vazquez, 46, a citizen of Mexico, is charged with one count of unlawfully re-entering the United Sates after being convicted of an aggravated felony and deported. He was found May 15, 2009, in Sublette, Kan.
If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison without parole and a fine up to $250,000. Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brent Anderson is prosecuting.
Tremain L. Shears, 21, is charged with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, one count of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm after a felony conviction. The crimes are alleged to have occurred Jan. 11, 2009, in Sedgwick County, Kan.
If convicted, he faces a penalty of not less than 5 years and not more than life and a fine up to $250,000 on the charge of possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, not less than 5 years and not more than 40 years and a fine up to $2 million on the crack cocaine charge, and a maximum penalty of 10 years and a fine up to $250,000 on the charge of possession of a firearm after a felony conviction. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Curzydlo is prosecuting.
In all cases, defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. The indictments filed merely contain allegations of criminal conduct.
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