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This is a compendium of selected news releases issued by the United States Attorney
and is not an official record of proceedings.
Official copies of indictments or
other publicly available court documents
can be obtained from the United States District Court.

Middle District of Pennsylvania
News Releases for 2008

DATE

SUBJECT
07/03/2008 STATE TROOPER INDICTED FOLLOWING JOINT FBI-STATE POLICE PUBLIC CORRUPTION/PROSTITUTION INVESTIGATION
07/03/2008 LUZERNE COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH RECEIVED CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
07/02/2008 BERKS COUNTY MORTGAGE BROKER SENTENCED TO TWELVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
07/01/2008 DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IMPRISONMENT
06/26/2008 LUZERNE DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO 51 MONTHS IN PRISON
06/23/2008 DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO 140 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT
06/23/2008 ALLENTOWN WOMAN SENTENCED TO 92 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR PARTICIPATING IN COCAINE AND CRACK CONSPIRACY
06/23/2008 CARBON COUNTY WOMAN SENTENCED TO 76 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR ALLOWING DRUG DEALERS TO SELL FROM HER HOME
6/20/2008 FORMER WEISPORT MAYOR SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR GUN VIOLATION
06/19/2008 CARBON COUNTY DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON
06/17/2008 SCRANTON MAN INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTING TO ENTICE CHILD FOR SEX
06/17/2008 DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO 38 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT
06/13/2008 PAUL R. WEAKLEY SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR RICO CONSPIRACY
06/13/2008 FORMER TREASURER OF CHURCH ORGANIZATION CHARGED WITH MAIL FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH $1.1 MILLION EMBEZZLEMENT OF CHURCH FUNDS
06/13/2008 SCRANTON MAN CHARGED WITH POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
06/13/2008 WHITE HAVEN MAN CHARGED WITH RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
06/11/2008 GILLETT MAN SENTENCED TO 54 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR
WORK-AT-HOME SCHEME
06/11/2008 MONROE COUNTY DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON
06/10/2008 SCRANTON MAN CHARGED WITH RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
06/10/2008 PHILADELPHIA MAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS FOR SELLING DRUGS
06/10/2008 HAZLETON DRUG TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED
06/06/2008 CARBON COUNTY DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON
06/05/2008 BLOOMSBURG MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
06/04/2008 YORK COUNTY MAN PLEADS GUILTY
06/03/2008 LEHIGH COUNTY DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO 37 MONTHS IN PRISON
06/03/2008 LUZERNE COUNTY DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO 98 MONTHS IN PRISON
06/02/2008 COLUMBIA COUNTY DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON
06/02/2008 NANTICOKE MAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR USING INTERNET TO ATTEMPT TO PERSUADE MINOR TO HAVE SEX
05/29/2008 FORMER BANK VICE-PRESIDENT SENTENCED TO 33 MONTHS FOR EMBEZZLING NEARLY $400,000 FROM CHURCH AND OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
05/28/2008 LUZERNE COUNTY DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON
05/28/2008 SCRANTON MAN SENTENCED TO 151 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTING HEROIN
05/28/2008 ILLEGAL GUN PURCHASE RESULTS IN 18 MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT FOR PECKVILLE WOMAN
05/28/2008 FIVE INDIVIDUALS INDICTED IN ALLEGED EAST COAST METHAMPHETAMINE TRAFFICKING RING
05/23/2008 FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTS SCHUYLKILL COUNTY MAN ON DRUG, MONEY LAUNDERING, AND GAMBLING OFFENSES
05/22/2008 LUZERNE COUNTY WOMAN ADMITS TO EMBEZZLING $300,000 FROM BANK
05/22/2008 SCRANTON MAN ADMITS TO RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
05/20/2008 SCRANTON MAN SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 19 YEARS FOR ROBBING BANK
05/20/2008 ILLEGAL GUN PURCHASES RESULT IN 35 MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT
FOR LUZERNE COUNTY MAN
05/20/2008 YORK COUNTY CONSTABLE SENTENCED TO 13 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT FOR FAILING TO FILE INCOME TAX RETURNS
05/20/2008 YORK COUNTY WOMEN INDICTED IN WALMART FRAUD SCHEME
05/20/2008 LUZERNE COUNTY DRUG DEALER AND ARMED ROBBER SENTENCED TO 150 MONTHS
05/16/2008 ALBRIGHTSVILLE COUPLE CHARGED WITH FIREARMS VIOLATIONS
05/09/2008 FORMER TAYLOR DPW DIRECTOR SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS IN PRISON
05/08/2008 DUNCANNON TEEN FEDERALLY INDICTED
05/07/2008 LUZERNE COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH RECEIVING AND POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
05/06/2008 INTERNET PREDATOR AND COLLECTOR OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY SENTENCED TO 22 YEARS IN PRISON
04/30/2008 YEAGERTOWN MAN INDICTED FOR ALLEGEDLY ROBBING THREE BANKS
04/28/2008 HARRISBURG MAN SENTENCED TO 108 MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT AFTER PUTTING GUN TO OFFICER’S FACE
04/25/2008 CARLISLE MAN SENTENCED TO 108 MONTHS FOR SELLING HEROIN LACED WITH FENTANYL
04/25/2008 MONROE COUNTY COCAINE TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO 70 MONTHS IN PRISON
04/23/2008 HARRISBURG MAN INDICTED FOR ALLEGEDLY ROBBING 16 LOCAL BUSINESSES AND BANKS
04/23/2008 FOUR PEOPLE FROM NEW JERSEY CHARGED WITH ALLEGEDLY ROBBING LEBANON COUNTY BANK
04/23/2008 OWNER OF AIRCRAFT REPAIR BUSINESS PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD AND THEFT CHARGES
04/23/2008 MONROE COUNTY MAN ADMITS TO RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
04/23/2008 NAZARETH MAN INDICTED FOR FOUR MONROE COUNTY ROBBERIES
04/18/2008 MONROE COUNTY MAN GETS 5 YEARS FOR POSSESSING GUN IN DRUG OFFENSE
04/18/2008 NANTICOKE UNI-MART ROBBER SENTENCED TO 87 MONTHS IN PRISON
04/16/2008 FORMER TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY
TO CORRUPTION CHARGES
04/15/2008 SECOND FORMER EXECUTIVE PLEADS GUILTY TO $121 MILLION DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE FRAUD AND TAX FRAUD CHARGES
04/11/2008 JAMAICAN RINGLEADER OF AN INTERNATIONAL MARIJUANA TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUNDERING ORGANIZATION PLEADS GUILTY
04/10/2008 BANK ROBBER SENTENCED TO 70 MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT
04/09/2008 LUZERNE COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
04/07/2008 FORMER PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE TROOPER PLEADS GUILTY
04/07/2008 LUZERNE COUNTY MAN ADMITS TO RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
04/02/2008 CARLISLE BARRACKS PHARMACIST APPEARS IN FEDERAL COURT
04/02/2008 MONROE COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 57 MONTHS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
03/28/2008 WILLIAM “BILLY” D’ELIA PLEADS GUILTY TO MONEY LAUNDERING CONSPIRACY AND WITNESS TAMPERING
03/20/2008 MONROE COUNTY DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO 130 MONTHS
03/20/2008 LUZERNE COUNTY DRUG DEALER AND ARMED ROBBER SENTENCED TO 114 MONTHS
03/18/2008 LITTLESTOWN MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL DRUG AND GUN CHARGES
03/14/2008 ARIZONA MARIJUANA TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO 37 MONTHS IN PRISON
03/13/2008 YORK COUNTY MAN SENTENCED 210 MONTHS’ ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
03/12/2008 MONROE COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 40 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR ILLEGALLY POSSESSING FIREARMS AS A CONVICTED FELON
03/12/2008 SCRANTON MAN CHARGED WITH RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
03/12/2008 WAYNE COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
03/12/2008 FORMER PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE TROOPER FEDERALLY CHARGED
03/10/2008 LUZERNE COUNTY MAN ADMITS TO USING INTERNET TO ATTEMPT TO PERSUADE MINOR TO HAVE SEX
02/29/2008 NEW ALBANY MAN FEDERALLY SENTENCED FOR METHAMPHETAMINE CONSPIRACY AND DISTRIBUTION
02/27/2008 SCRANTON WOMAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR AIDING BANK ROBBER
02/25/2008 LUZERNE COUNTY DRUG DEALER AND ARMED ROBBER SENTENCED TO 85 MONTHS
02/21/2008 PRODUCER OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON
02/20/2008 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SCRANTON HOUSING AUTHORITY INDICTED
02/20/2008 FORMER WASTE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE SENTENCED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
02/20/2008 LUZERNE COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 80 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR ILLEGALLY POSSESSING FIREARM
02/19/2008 LEBANON COUNTY DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO 120 MONTHS
02/14/2008 PHYSICIAN WHO REMOVED DRUG CONSPIRATOR'S FINGERPRINTS TO CONCEAL IDENTITY SENTENCED TO PRISON
02/13/2008 FORMER EXECUTIVE AT SCHUYLKILL PRODUCTS, INC. PLEADS GUILTY TO $121 MILLION DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE FRAUD
02/12/2008 PSU-HARRISBURG STUDENT FOUND GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT OF MAKING THREATS ON MYSPACE
02/08/2008 TWO MEN TOUTING THEIR COMMITMENT TO DRUG TRAFFICKING ON YOU TUBE VIDEO CONVICTED IN FEDERAL COURT
02/07/2008 YORK DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO 106 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON
02/07/2008 BRADFORD COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 37 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR METHAMPHETAMINE CRIME
02/06/2008 MAN SENTENCED TO 157 MONTHS FOR ROBBING VIDEO STORE
02/05/2008 SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY MAN ADMITS TO RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
02/05/2008 YORK COUNTY CONSTABLE PLEADS GUILTY TO FAILING TO FILE INCOME TAX RETURNS FOR FIVE YEARS
02/04/2008 OWNER OF GENTLEMAN’S CLUBS PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX EVASION
01/31/2008 FORMER BANK OFFICIAL PLEADS GUILTY TO MAIL FRAUD INVOLVING NEARLY $400,000
01/31/2008 SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS FOR SELLING METHAMPHETAMINE
01/28/2008 LEBANON COUNTY DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO 120 MONTHS
01/25/2008 PAUL R. WEAKLEY PLEADS GUILTY TO RICO CONSPIRACY
01/22/2008 UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE ANNOUNCES THE FILING OF A ONE-COUNT CRIMINAL INFORMATION AGAINST A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT
01/22/2008 FORMER WILLIAMSPORT UNDERTAKER SENTENCED TO 78 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
01/22/2008 MISSISSIPPI MAN INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTING TO LURE A MINOR TO HAVE SEX AND FOR TRANSMITTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
01/18/2008 MONROE COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 90 MONTHS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
01/16/2008 FORMER DUPONT BOROUGH AND PITTSTON TOWNSHIP POLICE OFFICER
PLEADS GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT
01/15/2008 STROUDSBURG MAN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS FOR RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
01/11/2008 SCRANTON MAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS FOR POSSESSING GUN IN DRUG OFFENSE
01/10/2008 ALLENTOWN MAN CONVICTED OF GUN AND DRUG CHARGES AFTER HALL MANOR SHOOTING
01/10/2008 INDICTMENTS ANNOUNCED INTO ALLEGED FRAUD INVOLVING THE ADMINISTRATION OF LACKAWANNA COUNTY’S WORKERS’ COMPENSATION FUND AND ALLEGED EXTORTION AND MONEY LAUNDERING INVOLVING CONTRACTS FOR MAINTENANCE AT THE LACKAWANNA COUNTY COURTHOUSE
01/10/2008 RUSSIAN NATIONAL AND PENNSYLVANIA MAN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED EXPORT SMUGGLING OPERATION
01/04/2008 NEW OXFORD MAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR ATTEMPTING TO ENTICE UNDERAGE CHILDREN TO HAVE SEX
01/03/2008 LUZERNE COUNTY MAN ADMITS TO ATTEMPTING TO LURE MINOR
FOR SEX AND RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
01/03/2008 MAN CHARGED WITH DISTRIBUTING HEROIN LACED WITH FENTANYL THAT KILLED FOUR PLEADS GUILTY

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