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2006 - Press Releases

This is a compendium of selected news releases issued by the United States Attorney
and is not an official record of proceedings.
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Middle District of Pennsylvania
News Releases for 2006

 

12/21/2006 FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTS GOULDSBORO MAN ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
12/21/2006 DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT
12/20/2006 YORK MAN SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
12/20/2006 TWO MEN INDICTED AND ARRESTED IN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CASES
12/18/2006 CONVICTED FELON SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
12/15/2006 FOUR MEN INDICTED IN STOLEN TRAVELERS CHEQUE SCHEME
12/15/2006 HARRISBURG MAN INDICTED AND CHARGED WITH THE ROBBERY OF SIX HARRISBURG AREA BANKS
12/14/2006 TWO MEN FEDERALLY SENTENCED FOR THEIR ROLE IN A LARGE-SCALE HEROIN AND COCAINE TRAFFICKING RING
12/14/2006 SCRANTON MAN FEDERALLY SENTENCED FOR MAKING AND SUBSCRIBING A FALSE INDIVIDUAL TAX RETURN
12/14/2006 GRAND JURY INDICTS FIVE SUSPECTS FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING
12/12/2006 FORMER LINDEN MAN FEDERALLY SENTENCED FOR THREATS MADE TO FORMER FEDERAL PROBATION OFFICER
12/12/2006 FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTS SCRANTON MAN ON FOUR ARMED BANK ROBBERIES
12/12/2006 FORMER FBI TOP TEN FUGITIVE SENTENCED TO 400 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR PARTICIPATING IN A FOUR STATE CRIME SPREE IN 2001
12/07/2006 MECHANICSBURG MAN SENTENCED FOR DEFRAUDING THE IRS OF APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION
12/07/2006 FORMER CORRECTIONS OFFICER SENTENCED TO 46 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR RECEIPT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
12/06/2006 TWO MEN FEDERALLY SENTENCED FOR THEIR CONNECTION TO A DRUG TRAFFICKING RING OPERATING IN CARBON COUNTY
12/06/2006 FORMER GEISINGER CLINIC EMPLOYEE SENTENCED
11/30/2006 U.S. ATTORNEY STRESSES DANGERS AND CONSEQUENCES OF METHAMPHETAMINE STRESSED ON NATIONAL METHAMPHETAMINE DAY
11/22/2006 HEROIN DEALER SENTENCED TO 27 MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT
11/21/2006 TROY MAN SENTENCED TO 100 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR THE ATTEMPTED MANUFACTURE OF METHAMPHETAMINE
11/21/2006 LITCHFIELD TOWNSHIP MAN SENTENCED TO 78 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTION OF METHAMPHETAMINE
11/21/2006 TWO HARRISBURG DRUG TRAFFICKERS EACH SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 25 YEARS IN PRISON
11/20/2006 FORMER MONROE COUNTY DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO 102 MONTHS IN PRISON
11/20/2006 FORMER GOVERNOR'S ACTION TEAM MANAGER PLEADS GUILTY TO BRIBERY IN CONNECTION WITH DCED OPPORTUNITY GRANT PROGRAM
11/17/2006 GUN-TOTING CRIMINAL SENTENCED TO 87 MONTHS
11/14/2006 FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTS SCRANTON MAN ON DRUG AND GUN OFFENSES
11/14/2006 COCAINE DEALER SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON
11/13/2006 CARBON-LEHIGH COUNTY DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS
11/08/2006 NEW YORK MAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR ATTEMPTING TO PERSUADE AND ENTICE A MINOR TO PERFORM SEXUAL ACTS
11/08/2006 MAN INDICTED FOR MAIL THREAT TO PRESIDENT
11/07/2006 FORMER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TIMEKEEPER SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR IN A FEDERAL PRISON FOR EMBEZZLING OVER $168,000 BY FALSIFYING OVERTIME RECORDS
11/07/2006 ALLEGED MANUFACTURERS AND TRAFFICKERS OF MARIJUANA INDICTED
11/06/2006 WILLIAMSPORT MAN FEDERALLY SENTENCED FOR INVOLVEMENT IN FAMILY DRUG TRAFFICKING BUSINESS
11/03/2006 ALLEGED MANUFACTURERS AND TRAFFICKERS OF MARIJUANA ARRESTED
11/03/2006 READING DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO 115 MONTHS’
11/03/2006 LEADER OF DRUG CONSPIRACY SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS IN PRISON
11/01/2006 FORMER PENNDOT EMPLOYEE SENTENCED TO 21 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR ACCEPTING MONEY TO PROCESS FRAUDULENT VEHICLE TITLES
11/01/2006 UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS OFFICE FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA TO SPEARHEAD ELECTION DAY PROGRAM FOR UPCOMING GENERAL ELECTIONS
10/31/2006 CARLISLE CRACK COCAINE TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO 90 MONTHS
10/30/2006 CARBON AND LEHIGH COUNTY COCAINE TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO 70 MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT
10/27/2006 DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT
10/25/2006 WAYNE COUNTY DRUG SWEEP ANNOUNCED
10/20/2006 THREE MEN INDICTED IN NATIONWIDE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY INVESTIGATION
10/19/2006 GREENTOWN MAN FEDERALLY SENTENCED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
10/17/2006 WILLIAM “BILLY” D’ELIA ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN 18 COUNT INDICTMENT WITH CONSPIRACY, SUBORNATION OF PERJURY, MONEY LAUNDERING, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF LAUNDERED MONEY, SOLICITATION OF MURDER, WITNESS TAMPERING AND CONTEMPT OF COURT
10/16/2006 GRANTVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO 87 MONTHS ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
10/16/2006 STEELTON MAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
10/13/2006 CARBON COUNTY WOMAN SENTENCED TO NEARLY THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR ALLOWING OTHERS TO SELL DRUGS FROM HER RESIDENCE
10/12/2006 COCAINE DEALER SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON
10/12/2006 54-YEAR OLD CRACK DEALER SENTENCED TO 100 MONTHS IN PRISON
10/11/2006 FORMER PENNSYLVANIA MAN SENTENCED TO 135 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON
10/03/2006 WILKES-BARRE MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT TO INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS
10/03/2006 PRODUCER OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN PRISON
10/03/2006 HARRISBURG WOMAN SENTENCED FOR HURRICANE KATRINA RELATED FRAUD
10/02/2006 LEHIGHTON MAN SENT TO PRISON FOR LETTING DRUG DEALERS USE HIS HOME
09/28/2006 PITTSTON WOMEN SENTENCED TO 140 MONTHS ON WIRE FRAUD CHARGES
09/28/2006 WARRIORS MARK WOMAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING IN HUNTINGDON COUNTY
09/26/2006 MOUNTAINTOP MAN CHARGED WITH THE ROBBERY OF FOUR BANKS
09/26/2006 CALIFORNIA DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO 135 MONTHS
09/21/2006 NEW YORK MAN SENTENCED TO 104 MONTHS FOR COCAINE TRAFFICKING
09/21/2006 NEW YORK MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN LEWISTOWN
09/21/2006 HUGHESVILLE MAN FEDERALLY SENTENCED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
09/20/2006 THREE ALLEGED MID-LEVEL DRUG TRAFFICKERS FEDERALLY INDICTED
09/18/2006 FORMER OFFICE MANAGER FOR KRC SENTENCED TO 27 MONTHS FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
09/11/2006 HARRISBURG DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO 240 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON
09/07/2006 NORTH CAROLINA FUGITIVE FEDERALLY SENTENCED TO 180 MONTHS
09/06/2006 FORMER STROUDSBURG MAN SENTENCED TO 100 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON
08/29/2006 BLOOMSBURG MAN SENTENCED TO 51 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR
RECEIPT AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
08/25/2006 ALLEGED ARMED ROBBER OF BUSINESSES IN CUMBERLAND AND DAUPHIN COUNTY FEDERALLY INDICTED
08/22/2006 YORK MAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS FOR ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM
08/21/2006 WAYNESBORO DENTIST SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR IN PRISON FOR TAX FRAUD
08/17/2006 PITTSTON MAN SENTENCED TO 72 MONTHS FOR TAX EVASION
08/14/2006 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE DISTRIBUTION OF MORE THAN $2,500,000 TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT ASSISTED IN INVESTIGATION OF EMPLOYMENT OF ILLEGAL ALIENS BY CLEANING CONTRACTORS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES
08/01/2006 PHILADELPHIA MAN CHARGED WITH FORGERY
07/12/2006 NEW YORK MAN FEDERALLY SENTENCED FOR COMMITTING BANK FRAUD
07/12/2006 PHILADELPHIA MAN RECEIVES FEDERAL PRISON SENTENCE
07/12/2006 LOCAL DRUG DEALER FEDERALLY SENTENCED
07/10/2006 PENNSYLVANIA BANK ROBBER SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS
07/07/2006 NEW YORK MAN SENTENCED FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING AT THE HALL MANOR DEVELOPMENT IN HARRISBURG
06/28/2006 THREE INDICTED IN SCHEME TO BUY 20 KILOGRAMS OF COCAINE
06/28/2006 TWO FROM LACKAWANNA COUNTY INDICTED ON DRUG CHARGES
06/15/2006 ROCHESTER NY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO PRODUCING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
06/08/06 WILKES-BARRE WOMAN INDICTED ON CHARGES OF DISTRIBUTING CRACK COCAINE
05/31/06 FORMER OFFICE MANAGER FOR KRC PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLEMENT
05/25/06 FORMER TOWNSHIP POLICE OFFICER IN BRADFORD COUNTY FEDERALLY SENTENCED ON METH CHARGES
05/24/06 MOOSIC MAN SENTENCED FOR MAIL FRAUD SCHEME AGAINST CONAGRA FOODS
05/23/06 MAN TRADING GUN FOR DRUGS FEDERALLY SENTENCED
05/17/06 ALLEGED GANG-RELATED DRUG TRAFFICKING RING IN NORTHUMBERLAND, SNYDER, AND UNION COUNTIES INDICTED
05/16/06 WEAKLEY RECEIVES ADDITIONAL TWO-YEAR TERM OF IMPRISONMENT
05/09/06 INMATE SENTENCED FOR ALTERCATION IN FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
05/03/06 HARRISBURG LOBBYIST PLEADS GUILTY TO MAIL FRAUD
04/26/06 PITTSTON MAN CONVICTED OF INCOME TAX EVASION
04/21/06 YORK CITY MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN DRUG-RELATED DRIVE-BY SHOOTING
04/21/06 FORMER MECHANICSBURG TEACHER CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
04/20/06 FEDERAL OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE GUILTY PLEAS IN CONNECTION WITH PERSONAL CARE HOME FRAUD IN LEBANON COUNTY
04/20/06 LOCAL MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR ROLE IN ROBBERY AND FIREARMS CONSPIRACIES
04/19/06 DRUG TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY INDICTMENT UNSEALED
04/12/06 CONVICTED FELON SENTENCED FOR POSSESSION OF FIREARM
04/11/06 MAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR USING
THE INTERNET IN AN ATTEMPT TO ENTICE A MINOR TO ENGAGE
IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY
04/10/06 THREE MORE DEFENDANTS SENTENCED FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING AND HUD FRAUD AT THE HALL MANOR DEVELOPMENT IN HARRISBURG
04/02/06 ALLEGED DRUG TRAFFICKERS ARRESTED IN CARLISLE
03/28/06 SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICAL AND LOCAL ATTORNEY SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH $18.1 MILLION CONTRACT PROCUREMENT FRAUD AT NAVY BASE IN MECHANICSBURG, PA
03/14/06 DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO 19 ½ YEARS
03/10/06 TEXAS MAN SENTENCED FOR OPERATING AIRPLANE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL
03/09/06 TEN INDIVIDUALS CHARGED WITH DISTRIBUTING MORE THAN A KILO OF HEROIN
03/09/06 MECHANICSBURG MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FELONY INFORMATION CHARGING HIM WITH TAX VIOLATIONS
03/02/06 HAZLETON AREA DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO 51-MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON
03/02/06 NEW YORK MAN SENTENCED FOR TRANSPORTING CRACK COCAINE FOR DISTRIBUTION
02/27/06 HARRISBURG MAN SENTENCED TO 33-MONTHS FOR CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE HEROIN
02/22/06 HALL MANOR HARRISBURG DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO 100 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON
02/17/06 FORMER GEISINGER CLINIC EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY
02/17/06 HARRISBURG HEROIN TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
02/16/06 PALMERTON MAN SENTENCED TO 110-MONTH PRISON TERM
02/14/06 TANNERSVILLE BANK ROBBER SENTENCED TO 151-MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON
02/10/06 MONROE COUNTY MAN SENTENCED FOR CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE CRACK COCAINE
02/08/06 HARRISBURG MAN SENTENCED TO 24-MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON
02/07/06 LACEYVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO 96-MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSSESSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF METH
02/02/06 MONROE COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 54-MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR HELPING DRUG DEALERS
02/01/06 EAST STROUDSBURG MAN SENTENCED FOR TRADING GUNS FOR DRUGS
01/25/06 CHILD PREDATOR SENTENCED TO 100-MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON
01/20/06 HARRISBURG MAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS
01/19/06 FIFTH DEFENDANT IN CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY CHARGE SENTENCED
01/19/06 LACKAWANNA COUNTY DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED
01/19/06 FORMER NUCLEAR POWER PLANT EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS
01/09/06 FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM FEDERALLY SENTENCED
01/05/06 DAUPHIN COUNTY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL FELONY CHARGES RELATED TO 1992 MURDER ROBBERY AT LOCAL HOTEL
01/05/06 CONVICTED FELON SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSING FIREARM
01/05/06 HARRISBURG WOMAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR WELFARE AND BANK FRAUD