federal grand jury indictments
Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated
today that a Federal Grand Jury in Greenville, South Carolina, returned Indictment(s)
against the following:
Greenville Man Indicted for Stealing Mail and Possession of Counterfeit
Securities. Harlan Benji Lanning, age 32, of Greenville, South Carolina, was
charged in a 2-count Indictment with stealing mail and the possession of counterfeit
securities, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1708 and 513(a).
The maximum penalty Harlan Benji Lanning could receive is 5 years imprisonment
for violating Title 18, United States Code, Section 1708, and 10 years imprisonment
for violating Title 18, United States Code, Section 513(a). The case was
investigated by agents of the United States Postal Inspection Service and is
assigned to Assistant United States Attorney William J. Watkins, Jr., of the
Greenville office for prosecution.
The United States Attorney stated that all charges in these Indictments are
merely accusations and that all defendants are presumed innocent until and unless
proven guilty.
