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July 2008
July 03, 2008 Lance Alan Murray, 25, of Kendallville, Indiana, was SENTENCED to a mandatory term of two years in prison for aggravated identity theft in an attempted bank fraud scheme.
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July 01, 2008 Zachary Lee Alder, age 21, of Bradford was SENTENCED to eight months imprisonment for failing to register pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.
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June 2008
June 27, 2008 Dumond Henderson, age 37, of Springfield, was SENTENCED in United States District Court here to 24 months imprisonment for defrauding a lender out of more than $130,000 and keeping the money rather than paying the seller for the house he claimed he was buying.
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June 26, 2008 Von C. Cummings, age 38, formerly of Columbus was SENTENCED in United States District Court here today to 40 months imprisonment for his role in a scam that defrauded at least 24 individuals and organizations who invested with him.
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June 26, 2008 Victor Delgadillo Parra, age 21, was SENTENCED in United States District Court here today to 200 months imprisonment for committing manslaughter when he sold heroin to a Grove City man who then died from an overdose of the drug.
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June 26, 2008 Agencies participating in the Dayton Mortgage Fraud Task Force today began ARRESTING six current or former Dayton-area residents accused of operating an extensive mortgage fraud scheme affecting 210 residential properties.
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June 19, 2008 Marcus Holt, age 23 of Dayton, was SENTENCED in United States District Court here today to ten years imprisonment for his role in the January 11, 2008 robbery of the Fifth Third Bank in Trotwood.
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June 19, 2008 Eric Philpot, age 40, of Cincinnati, has PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here to one count of mail fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
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June 18, 2008 Phillip Roth, age 43, and his ex-stepmother, Beverly Roth, age 65, of Beavercreek, PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here today to conspiracy to launder money in connection with their role in an illegal gambling operation.
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June 17, 2008 Keith L. Bennett, Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Cincinnati Division; Richard Zott, Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Central Field Office, Defense Criminal Investigative Services (DCIS); and Gregory G. Lockhart, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Ohio, announce that on June 14, 2008 Metin Atilan, age 48, who holds dual U.S. and Turkish citizenship, FLED home detention imposed as a condition of his release after his arrest by FBI agents .
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June 12, 2008 Former Zanesville Police Officer Trevor Fusner, age 32, and former Genesis Health Care System Police Officer Chad Mills, age 30, were each SENTENCED in United States District Court here today to 80 months imprisonment.
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June 05, 2008 Charles Franks, age 34, of West Milton, PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here today to one count of Possession of Child Pornography.
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June 03, 2008 Christopher Paul, a/k/a “Abdul Malek,” a/ka “Paul Kenyatta Laws,” a 44-year-old U.S. citizen born in Columbus, Ohio, has PLEADED GUILTY today to conspiring with others to use a weapon of mass destruction, namely explosive devices.
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May 2008
May 30, 2008 A federal grand jury here has INDICTED three Columbus-area residents for trafficking marijuana, cocaine and crack cocaine and for using the money from the crime to buy a bar and commit mortgage fraud.
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May 30, 2008 John Harrison, age 48, of Xenia, was SENTENCED to twelve months in federal prison for Social Security Fraud for  unlawfully collecting disability payments for seven years.
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May 23, 2008 A United States District Court jury here CONVICTED Marcus K. Cobb, age 38, of Columbus of committing a series of armed robberies in 2006 and 2007.
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May 22, 2008 A federal grand jury here today INDICTED three Columbus-area residents for allegedly breaking into five pharmacies in the Columbus area earlier this year and stealing prescription drugs in order to re-sell them.
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May 22, 2008 Former Zanesville Police officer Sean Beck, age 29, PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here today to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine.
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May 15, 2008 Ten teams totaling almost 100 Columbus Police officers, agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Deputy U.S. Marshals, and officers of the Ohio Adult Parole Authority today began ARRESTING 36 people named in eleven federal indictments and four others wanted on state charges.
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Charges
May 12, 2008 Jay Michael Sullivan, age 39, of Cincinnati, was SENTENCED in United States District Court here today to a total of 15 months imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release, and fined $7,500.
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May 08, 2008 Teams of federal, state and local law enforcement agents today began ARRESTING 27 people accused in two federal indictments of operating a heroin trafficking organization operating along U.S. Route 33 in central Ohio.
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Kelsor Indictment | Hardy Indictment | Beheler Indictment
May 08, 2008 A federal grand jury here INDICTED Adrian D. Mitchell, age 35, charging him with mail fraud, wire fraud and bank fraud in connection with a real estate related business he operated.
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May 02, 2008 Robert Reinhold, age 55, and a pediatrician in Troy, Ohio PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here today to one count of receipt of child pornography.
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May 02, 2008 Two more Columbus-area people INDICTED as part of a mortgage fraud scheme that secured more than $7 million in mortgage loans pleaded guilty in United States District Court here today.
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May 01, 2008 Steven C. Gittinger, age 50, of Cincinnati, PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here today to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and one count of money laundering for his participation in a mortgage fraud scheme.
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May 01, 2008 Eight Cincinnati residents who were part of a violent drug trafficking organization operating here have been SENTENCED in United States District Court to sentences ranging from 70 months to 30 years imprisonment.
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April 2008
April 25, 2008 Zachary Burba, age 35, of Dayton was SENTENCED yesterday to fifty-one months imprisonment for his role in a conspiracy to defraud two area banks of mortgage loan funds using false identification.
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April 25, 2008 Kelly Beckles, age 38, of Cleveland, Ohio, was SENTENCED yesterday to twelve months imprisonment for cashing counterfeit checks at Dayton-area Fifth Third Bank locations stemming from a conspiracy with two others.
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April 11, 2008 Rodney R. Richley, II, age 59, of Cape Coral, Florida PLEADED GUILTY in U.S. District Court here today to three counts of mail fraud, four counts of tax evasion, and one count of money laundering for defrauding clients of his payroll company, Kettering-based Payroll Data Services, Inc. (“PDS”), of approximately $4.3 million between January 2000 and April 2003.
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April 10, 2008 Mitchell R. Graham, a resident of Loveland, Ohio, PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here today to one count of assisting in the preparation of a false federal income tax return for another individual.
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April 9, 2008 Thomas Hastings, age 55, formerly of Cincinnati, PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here today to one count of bank fraud, one count of possession of false identification information, and one count of possession of counterfeit money.
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April 9, 2008 A federal grand jury here returned a 28-count INDICTMENT against Elbert “Lee” Hale, of Washington Township charging him with filing false corporate income tax returns on behalf of his business from 2002 – 2004, and 23 counts of structuring financial transactions.
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April 8, 2008 Randall L. Webb, age 51, of Springboro was SENTENCED in United States District Court here today to 15 months incarceration for his role in a scheme that defrauded homeowners who were in danger of losing their homes through foreclosure.
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April 4, 2008 Nathan J. Hochman, Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division, United States Department of Justice, and Gregory G. Lockhart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, announced today that Milton Liss, age 64, of Cincinnati, Ohio, PLEADED GUILTY to one charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States in the criminal case brought against himself.
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April 2, 2008 Nicole Johnson, age 42, of Trotwood, was SENTENCED in United States District Court here today to a total of 100 months imprisonment for stealing millions of dollars from her employer and her employer’s company.
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April 1, 2008 The United States has intervened in a whistleblower suit accusing The Christ Hospital, The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati and The Ohio Heart Health Center of defrauding federal health care programs, the Justice Department announced today.
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April 1, 2008 Wilson Moss Graham, a Mason accountant, PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here today to one count of conspiring to assist in the preparation of false federal income tax returns for his role in the promotion of an illegal tax shelter system.
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March 2008
March 28, 2008 A federal grand jury here INDICTED Richard Philpott, age 77, of Waynesville, Ohio on two counts of committing income tax evasion relative to his 2000 and 2001 federal income tax returns.
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March 26, 2008 A federal jury has found two men GUILTY of all charges in a witness tampering scheme related to a major fraud trial held in Columbus, Ohio, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Gregory G. Lockhart of the Southern District of Ohio announced today.
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March 26, 2008 Randall Aaron Davidson, age 58, of Fairborn, was SENTENCED in United States District Court here to 10 years imprisonment for his role in a conspiracy that defrauded real estate investors and banks of more than $20 million over a seven year period. Davidson led a scheme that involved manipulating documents associated with real estate sales and closings in order to obtain excess mortgage loan proceeds generated from the property sales.
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March 18, 2008 Matthew Stuemke, age 33, of Dayton was SENTENCED in United States District Court here today to five years imprisonment and three years of supervised release. Stuemke pleaded guilty in August, 2007 to one count of sexual abuse of a minor.
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March 13, 2008 A federal jury has found five former executives of National Century Financial Enterprises (NCFE) GUILTY of conspiracy, fraud and money laundering, following a six-week trial and less than two days of deliberation, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher and U.S. Attorney Gregory G. Lockhart of the Southern District of Ohio announced today.  The Columbus, Ohio, jury returned the guilty verdict on all charges contained in a 27-count superseding indictment stemming from a scheme to deceive investors about the financial health of NCFE.
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March 6, 2008 Nico Capurro, former coroner of Clermont County, was SENTENCED in United States District Court here today to 90 days of home incarceration, followed by two years of probation, in connection with his involvement with seven “pain clinics” in Lucasville, Chillicothe, Hanging Rock, and Jackson, Ohio.
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February 2008
February 28, 2008 Mark J. Thornton, age 33, of Dayton, was SENTENCED in United States District Court here today to life imprisonment, without the possibility of release, for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy in Dayton.  
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February 28, 2008 Daniel Doyle, age 33, of Spring Valley was SENTENCED in United States District Court here today to 120 months imprisonment for engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a teenage student of his between August 2003 and April 2007 including when coaching and chaperoning her at judo competitions around the world. 
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February 26, 2008 A United States District Court jury here CONVICTED four executives of Cincinnati-based Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals of conspiracy and fraud at the conclusion of a trial that started January 8. After conviction on the criminal charges on February 22, the jury found today that Berkeley, as well as company owner Steven E. Warshak, his mother, and TCI Media, another company owned by Warshak, should forfeit to the United States more than $33 million in assets that were proceeds of the crimes.
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February 25, 2008 Butler County Auditor Mary C. Rogers PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here to one count of conspiracy to commit bank and mail fraud and one count of filing a false income tax return.
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February 21, 2008 Jose Manuel Cazares Contreras, age 30, and Victor Delgadillo Parra, age 21, PLEADED GUILTY in United States Court here today to committing manslaughter when they sold heroin to a Grove City man who then died from an overdose of the drug.
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February 14, 2008 Former Zanesville Police Officer Trevor Fusner, age 31, and former Genesis Health Care System Police Officer Chad Mills, age 29, have PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here to gun and drug charges.
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February 4, 2008 Charles Evans, age 62, of Dayton, PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here today to one count of Possession of Child Pornography.
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February 1, 2008 Thomas A. Henderson, age 55, was SENTENCED in United States District Court here today to three consecutive terms of life imprisonment for killing two people who provided information that led to his conviction for robbing a bank in Macon, Georgia in 1981.
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February 1, 2008 A federal grand jury here has INDICTED Phillip Roth, age 43, and his ex-stepmother, Beverly Roth, age 65, of Beavercreek, charging each of them with one count of conspiracy to operate an illegal gambling business, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and two forfeiture counts in connection with their role in operating an illegal gambling operation since the mid-1970’s that generated $26 million in proceeds.
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January 2008
January 30, 2008 Gabriella Kuppich Stever, age 58, of Westerville PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here today to one count of theft of money from the federal government.
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January 28, 2008 A federal grand jury here has CHARGED in three separate indictments eight Columbus residents who operated specialty markets in Columbus, alleging that they fraudulently redeemed benefits from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Stamp and Women, Infants and Children (WIC) programs between January, 2002 and August 2006. Some are also charged with money laundering and subscribing to false income tax returns.
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January 18, 2008 Arthur L. Vanwinkle, age 39, of Bradenton, Florida, was SENTENCED Thursday in United States District Court in Dayton to 63 months in federal prison for possession and use of unauthorized access devices in a massive scheme to steal large ticket merchandise from retail stores located throughout Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Ohio.
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January 11, 2008 The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit today affirmed the 2005 CONVICTION of J. Timothy Halter of Galena for possession of child pornography.  Halter is a former township trustee in Berlin Township in Delaware County and is currently serving a five-year sentence for his crime.
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January 9, 2008 Keith Lawrence, age 34, of Cleves, Ohio, was SENTENCED in United States District Court here today to 15 months imprisonment and three years of supervised release for defrauding investors in Internet-based companies he created.
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January 8, 2008 Mark VanNest, age 53, of Dayton, was SENTENCED in United States District Court today to 51 months imprisonment on one count of bank fraud in a scheme that involved depositing “kited checks” and fabricating VIN numbers through Motorwerks automobile dealership in Centerville.  The scheme defrauded Liberty Savings Bank of nearly $3 million.
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December 2007
December 28, 2007 Clyde Bennett II, age 43, of Mason, was SENTENCED in United States District Court here today to 24 months imprisonment for illegally structuring bank deposits of cash in an attempt to avoid federal regulations requiring financial institutions to report large cash deposits.
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December 13, 2007 In March of this year, local, state and federal law enforcement agencies shut down a massive dog fighting operation based out of Southwest Ohio.  This coordinated effort, referred to as “Operation Bite Back,” resulted in the arrest of 54 individuals on state and federal charges.  To date, 34 defendants have been CONVICTED.
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December 10, 2007 The suspect apprehended and detained by “Good Samaritan” citizens outside a Kettering business after he held up a nearby bank branch in July was SENTENCED in United States District Court here today.
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December 06, 2007 William H. Jewell, age 64, PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here today to one count of money laundering in connection his operation of “pain clinics”.
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December 04, 2007 A federal grand jury here today INDICTED Erin M. Stewart, age 33, of Fleming, Ohio, charging her with five counts of wire fraud and three counts of filing false income tax returns.
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December 03, 2007 An Akron man was SENTENCED here for holding up the Wright-Patt Credit Union in Huber Heights.  Juackine Wilson, age 37, robbed the credit union.
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November 2007
November 29, 2007 The Justice Department announced today it has SUED two Ohio men and their oil-drilling company to stop an alleged tax fraud scheme.  The government says the defendants use sham transactions to help customers evade federal taxes.
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November 28, 2007 Six individuals have been ARRESTED on federal charges that they fraudulently obtained U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) low-income subsidy benefits by making false statements about their incomes.
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November 27, 2007 An Ohio man has been SENTENCED to serve ten years in prison for conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.
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November 27, 2007 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives special agents (ATF), Trotwood Police officers and members of the United States Marshals Service Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) have ARRESTED eight individuals indicted by a federal grand jury.
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November 16, 2007 A federal grand jury here returned a superseding INDICTMENT late yesterday charging Dennis G. Sartain, of Hilliard, with one count of conspiring to defraud the United States by impeding and impairing the Internal Revenue Service.
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November 16, 2007 A federal grand jury here has INDICTED Jose Manuel Cazares Contreras and Victor Delgadillo Parra on charges that they committed manslaughter when they sold heroin to a Grove City man who died from an overdose of the drug. .
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November 14, 2007 Nicole Johnson, age 42, of Trotwood, PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here to one count each of bank fraud, money laundering and falsifying a tax return.
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November 09, 2007 Kenneth Larry Belcher, II, age 30 and a former resident of Miami County, was SENTENCED in United States District Court here today to serve 18 months imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release.
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November 09, 2007 Daniel Doyle, age 32, of Spring Valley PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here today to one count of Engaging in Illicit Sexual Conduct in a Foreign Place.
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November 06, 2007 Randall L. Webb, age 50, of Springboro PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here today to mail fraud for soliciting homeowners who were in danger of losing their homes through foreclosure.
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October 2007
October 25, 2007 A federal grand jury here today returned a six-count indictment CHARGING Zanesville Police Officer Sean Beck, age 28, with two counts of trafficking oxycodone, one count of conspiracy, and three counts of possession of a firearm during a drug crime.
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October 23, 2007 Steven Whiting, 52, of Adena, Ohio was SENTENCED to serve 12 months and one day of incarceration, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $11,282 in restitution.
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October 18, 2007 A United States District Court jury CONVICTED Mark J. Thornton, age 32, of Dayton, of drug conspiracy and trafficking, as well as a related firearms crime, arising out of his and a co-conspirator’s activities in purchasing multi-kilogram.
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October 02, 2007 Zanesville Police Officers Sean Beck, age 28, and Trevor Fusner, age 31, along with Genesis Health Care System Police Officer Chad Mills, age 29, were ARRESTED by FBI agents.
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September 2007
September 26, 2007 Clyde Bennett II, age 43, of Mason, PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here today to one count of illegally structuring bank deposits of cash in an attempt to avoid federal regulations.
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September 25, 2007 A federal grand jury here today INDICTED Jesse Lee Walters, age 32 of Harrison Township, on one count of failure to register as a sexual offender as required.
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September 14, 2007 The owner and operator of Personal Touch Environmental Service, George Lee Flory, was SENTENCED in United States District Court here to a  three-year term of probation including six months of home confinement and ordered him to pay $260.948.08 in restitution.
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September 12, 2007 Martin Jeff Dorf, age 53 of Huber Heights, PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here today to one count of attempted income tax evasion for filing a federal income tax returns for 2001 through 2004.
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September 05, 2007 Kamo Margaryan, age 23, was SENTENCED in United States District Court here today to five months imprisonment following his guilty plea in April to one count of entering into a marriage for the purpose of evading immigration laws.
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September 04, 2007 Nico Capurro, former coroner of Clermont County, PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here today to one count of structuring money transactions to avoid reporting.
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August 2007
August 30, 2007 Jason McCord, age 31, formerly of Lewis Center, PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here today to two counts of bank fraud and one count of money laundering.
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August 28, 2007 Dunyasha M. Yetts, age 36, formerly of Dublin was SENTENCED to a total of 18 months imprisonment and ordered to pay $1.8 million in restitution to victims of a phony investment scheme.
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August 28, 2007 Jing Fei Jiang, the owner of Bee’s Buffet restaurant in Fairfield, was SENTENCED in United States District Court here today to a total of 12 months and one day imprisonment and fined $3,000 for hiring illegal aliens to work in his restaurant.
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August 22, 2007 A federal grand jury here has returned a 68-count indictment CHARGING nine people with conspiracy, tax evasion, wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering for their roles in a mortgage fraud scheme.
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August 20, 2007 Jessica Murray, age 36, of Centerville, Ohio was SENTENCED to serve 3 years probation and ordered to complete 100 hours of community service relative to her role in a money laundering scheme.
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August 20, 2007 Rodney R. Richley, II, age 59, of Cape Coral, Florida will be ARRAIGNED in U.S. District Court here at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow on charges contained in a 36-count indictment alleging that he defrauded clients of his payroll company.
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August 14, 2007 Former Hebron village Clerk/Treasurer Vicky Fulk was SENTENCED in United States District Court here today to thirty days imprisonment.
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August 09, 2007 Kenneth Larry Belcher, II, age 30 and a former resident of Miami County, PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here today to one count of failure to register as a sexual offender.
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August 03, 2007 A three-count indictment CHARGING five individuals involved in a fraudulent business credit card ring has been unsealed following the arrest of three of the defendants. .
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July 2007
July 31, 2007 An Ohio man has PLEADED GUILTY to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.
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July 26, 2007 Keith Lawrence, age 34, of Cleves, Ohio, PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here today to defrauding investors in Internet-based companies he created out of $532,500.
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July 24, 2007 Joseph Edward Fulmer, the owner of a Centerville store that sells and repairs sewing machines and related items, was SENTENCED in United States District Court here to six months imprisonment.
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July 10, 2007 Mark Wayne Miller, age 47, of Dayton, was SENTENCED in United States District Court here today to a total of 300 months imprisonment followed by supervised release for the rest of his life.
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July 10, 2007 A federal grand jury here today returned a superseding indictment CHARGING eight former executives of National Century Financial Enterprises (NCFE) with conspiring to defraud investors.
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July 09, 2007 The former chief financial officer for MCSi, a now-defunct computer sales company founded in Dayton, PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here today to charges that he participated in an elaborate scheme.
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June 2007
June 28, 2007 Harrison Clark, age 34 of Springfield, Ohio PLED GUILTY in United States District Court here today to one count of possession of counterfeit securities.
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June 28, 2007 A federal grand jury here has INDICTED Nicole Johnson, age 41, of Dayton, charging her with embezzling millions of dollars over a four-year period from the bank where she was an officer..
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June 27, 2007 A federal grand jury here has INDICTED auto parts store manager Geraldine A. Oldfield, age 49, of West Carrolton with fraud for selling satellite television piracy devices .
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June 26, 2007 A United States District Court jury here today CONVICTED Thomas A. Henderson, age 55, of Columbus of killing two people who provided information that led to his conviction for robbing a bank in Macon, Georgia in 1981.
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June 13, 2007 James L, Cook, age 49, of Whitehall PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here today to one count of bank fraud for depositing a counterfeit check into his checking account.
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June 12, 2007 Judge Walter H. Rice SENTENCED Gary Black, age 52, of Beavercreek, Ohio, in United States District Court today to 210 months, or 17 years and 6 months in Federal prison for taking sexually explicit digital photographs of acquaintances.
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June 06, 2007 Deborah C. Schram, age 57, of Bellbrook, Ohio, was SENTENCED to serve 12 months of incarceration followed by three years of supervised release for willfully failing to file a federal income tax return.
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June 06, 2007 David Waser, age 58, of Newark, Ohio was SENTENCED in United States District Court here today to 120 months imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release.
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May 2007
May 22, 2007 A federal grand jury here has INDICTED two women and a physician alleging that they conspired to illegally operate pain management clinics in and around Portsmouth, Ohio.
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May 11, 2007 Christopher Joseph Hunter, age 34, of Dayton and Centerville, Ohio, pursuant to a judgment entered by the United States District Court in Dayton yesterday, has been SENTENCED to 35 years in prison.
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April 2007
April 13, 2007 The owner of a Centerville store that sells and repairs sewing machines and related items PLED GUILTY in United States District Court here today to a four-count information charging him with crimes related to the employment of illegal aliens.
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April 13, 2007 A husband and wife were SENTENCED for theft and false statements involving a 19 year scheme in which they received and cashed VA pension checks in the name of a deceased veteran.
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April 12, 2007 Kenneth L. Wainstein, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Gregory G. Lockhart, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio and Timothy P. Murphy, Special Agent-in-Charge, FBI Cincinnati Division, announced today that an Ohio man has been INDICTED and ARRESTED.
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April 05, 2007 Special Agent-in-Charge John W. Brooks, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General, Central Field Office of Investigations, announced that on August 31, 2006, Kenneth M. Gingell was ARRESTED on a warrant issued.
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March 2007
March 28, 2007 A federal grand jury here has INDICTED James Wan Shing Kong, age 34, in a 73-count indictment alleging that he stole account information of approximately 1,000 customers.
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March 27, 2007 A federal grand jury here today INDICTED nine people in a 46-count indictment for their roles in the operation of a multi-state dog-fighting ring.
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"Operation Bite Back" Indictment
March 20, 2007 A team of federal agents and sheriff’s deputies ARRESTED Dexter “Uncle” McCain, age 33, and Kurt “Fat Cat” Strode, age 22, both of Dayton, this morning on gun and drug charges.
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March 12, 2007 Donald Witt, age 52, of Kettering, Ohio was SENTENCED in United States District Court here today to 121 months of imprisonment, followed by ten years of supervised release.
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March 01, 2007 Maximino Garcia, president and co-owner of two temporary labor service companies, was SENTENCED in United States District Court here today to 15 months imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release.
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March 01, 2007 John Harrison, age 47, of Xenia, has PLEADED GUILTY in United States District Court here to one count of Social Security Fraud for taking $116,135.10 in Social Security Disability payments even though he was working as an accountant.
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