Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Robert Keller, 25, ordered to serve time, pay restitution and a fine.
A federal judge sentenced a Gibsonia man to one year and one day incarceration, to be followed by three years supervised release, on his conviction of violating federal firearm laws, U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton announced Tuesday. U.S. District Judge David S. Cercone imposed the sentence on Robert Keller, 25, of 1371 Logan Road in West Deer. According to information presented to the court, Keller stole five firearms from Misczak Hunting Supplies on Nov. 1, 2010. The store is located at 201 Crawford Run Road in Creighton (East Deer). As part of the sentence in this case, Keller was ordered to pay $1,480 in restitution to Misczak Hunting Supplies, as well as a $500 fine. Assistant U.S. Attorney Troy Rivetti prosecuted this case on behalf …
Thursday, January 3, 2013
The Rev. Bartley Sorensen served as the first parochial vicar at St. Ferdinand’s in the 1970s.
A Catholic priest who served at St. Ferdinand’s Church in Cranberry decades ago has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing thousands of pornographic images of children on his computer. U.S. District Judge Alan N. Bloch imposed the sentence Wednesday on the Rev. Bartley Sorensen, who was removed from active ministry and placed on administrative leave shortly after his arrest in December 2011. Once his sentence is complete, Sorensen will be under federal supervision for five years. He also was ordered to pay a $25,000 fine. Sorensen, 63, was assigned to Saint John Fisher Parish in Churchill prior to his arrest. According to the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, he also was the first parochial …
Friday, December 28, 2012
Rick D. Senft, of Cranberry, is president of the Passavant Memorial Home Foundation.
After finding his name, cell phone number and email listed on the LinkedIn website without his permission, a Cranberry man has filed suit against the business social networking company in the hopes of learning who set up the fake account in his name. Rick D. Senft, president and CEO of the Passavant Memorial Homes headquartered in Warrendale, filed the suit Thursday in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh, the Post-Gazette reports. According to the lawsuit, Senft discovered the LinkedIn account, which he didn’t authorize, in October. Court documents said Senft also is “careful to keep his personal contact information private,” the Post-Gazette reported. The lawsuit said LinkedIn Corp. has taken down the site, but won‘t turn over the identity …
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Cranberry resident Patricia K. Smith pleaded guilty earlier this year to embezzling more than $10 million from the Baierl Acura dealership in Pine.
The son and daughter-in-law of Cranberry Township resident Patricia K. Smith have agreed to forfeit property, cars and others items bought for them using money Smith embezzled from the Baierl Acura car dealership in Pine. In January, Smith, the former controller for the car dealership, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud for embezzling more than $10.2 million from Baierl's payroll bank account over a more than six-year period. A married mother of three grown children and grandmother to three, she was sentenced to 78 months in prison and three years of supervised release earlier in May. According to court documents filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, Adam Smith, Patricia K. Smith’s son, and his wife, Andrea Smith, agreed to forfeit …
Monday, April 23, 2012
James C. Platts was convicted of mail fraud conspiracy, mail fraud and money laundering.
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Monday, April 23, 2012
A resident of Allegheny County has been sentenced in federal court to 46 months imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release on his conviction of mail fraud conspiracy, mail fraud and money laundering, U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton announced Tuesday. Senior U.S. District Judge Alan N. Bloch imposed the sentence on James C. Platts, 60, formerly of P.O. Box 1168, Wexford. According to information presented to the court, Platts' business, known as Easy Realty Solutions Inc., entered into agreements with prospective buyers of four residential properties located in Allegheny County. In an effort to obtain loans for these buyers, Platts caused false information to be submitted to the lenders to obtain approvals for the loans…
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Patricia K. Smith of Cranberry Township pleads guilty in federal court.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The former controller of the Baierl Acura dealership pleaded guilty today in federal court to a charge of wire fraud in a $10.2 million embezzlement case, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced. Patricia K. Smith, 57, of Cranberry Township, waived prosecution by indictment and entered a plea of guilty to one count of wire fraud before Senior United States District Judge Gustave Diamond, according to a news release from Hickton's office. The court was advised that from Dec. 2004 until July 28, 2011, Smith embezzled more than $10 million from her employer, Baierl Acura of Wexford. The money paid for Smith's extravagant lifestyle. Diamond scheduled sentencing for 10 a.m. May 9. The law provides for a maximum sentence of 20 years …
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Larry 'Pappy' Johnson sentenced in federal court to eight months incarceration.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
A 21-year-old Wexford resident was sentenced in federal court to eight months incarceration on his conviction of conspiracy, U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton announced Thursday. Larry "Pappy" Johnson and others conspired to pass forged checks at banks, which were then negotiated prior to presentment, according to information presented to the court. Senior U.S. District Judge Alan N. Bloch considered the seriousness of the offense and the defendant’s criminal history in imposing the sentence, Hickton's announcement said. Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregory C. Melucci prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. Hickton commended the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the U.S. Secret Service and the Financial Crimes Task Force for the …
Johnny
8:12 am on Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Why isn't this thief in jail now? Why does she have until July to report? If someone stole $10,000 from a store, they'd go to jail immediately. Since the Feds are going to recover about $1 million for Baierl, that equates to six years in prision and she makes about $9 million dollars...I imagine there are a lot of college students who wish they could get a deal like that. Go to school and rack up… more ›