Friday, April 26, 2013
Meredith Shuster is charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $700,000 in student loans.
A Cranberry Township woman on Thursday pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of bank fraud and mail fraud, according to United States Attorney David J. Hickton. Meredith Shuster, 36, of Redmond Court, pleaded guilty to two counts before United States District Judge Mark R. Hornak. In connection with the guilty plea, the court was told Shuster fraudulently obtained $729,000 in private lender student loans by using the identities and financial information of her parents. Hornak scheduled Shuster’s sentencing for 9:30 a.m. Aug. 8. The law provides for a total sentence of 50 years in prison, a fine of $500,000, or both. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed is based upon the seriousness of the offenses and …
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Kathryn Joyce, 30, faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a $1 million fine or both.
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Wednesday, February 27
A North Hills woman pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating the federal narcotics laws, U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton announced Monday. Kathryn Joyce, 30, of 404 Sunset Road, McCandless Township, pleaded guilty to one count before U.S. District Judge David S. Cercone. In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that Joyce unlawfully possessed with intent to distribute 334 oxycodone 30 mg tablets on Jan. 11, 2012, when stopped by the Ross Township Police. Cercone scheduled sentencing for July 2, 2013. The law provides for a maximum total sentence of 20 years in prison, a fine of $1 million, or both. Under the federal sentencing guidelines, the actual sentence imposed would be based upon the seriousness of the…
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Jennine Prince worked for Office Based Anesthesiology Systems in Cranberry.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh indicted a Butler County woman on Tuesday on charges she embezzled nearly $65,000 in a health care scheme, United States Attorney David J. Hickton said today. According to the one-count indictment, Jennine M. Prince, 42, of Mack Lane, Valencia, stole the money between April 2010 and September 2011 while working for Office Based Anesthesiology Systems Inc., on Route 19 in Cranberry. Prince, who was the company's office manager, was responsible for making bank deposits of cash received from patients as copay payments, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office statement. Instead of depositing the money, Prince embezzled $64,656.41 of the funds. The law provides for a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, a …
Meredith Shuster is accused of fraudulently obtaining student loans.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh has indicted a Cranberry Township woman on charges of bank fraud, mail fraud and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. According to the 12-count indictment, Meredith L. Shuster, 34, of Redmond Court, fraudulently obtained private lender student loans; she provided loan applications that included forged signatures of purported guarantors of the loans. Shuster also is charged with identity theft. The law provides for a maximum sentence of 304 years in prison, a fine of $10,500,000 or both. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed would be based upon the seriousness of the offenses and the prior criminal history, if any, of the …
Thursday, September 29, 2011
The conference in Cranberry brings together law enforcement members, school administrators, and community leaders from Western Pennsylvania to discuss violent crime and gang activity
As an interviewer off-screen asks him if the crimes he committed were worth the penalty, Luke Woodham begins to cry. “It’s real hard to live with the things I’ve done,” he said between sobs. Now 30, Woodham is serving three life sentences for killing two students and injuring seven others in 1997 at his high school in Pearl, MS. Before heading to class that day he also fatally bludgeoned his mother. Asked in the videotaped interview if anything might have prevented him from attacking, Woodham said he might have reconsidered his plan — if someone had talked to him. “I would have opened up,” he said. Woodham’s story was featured at a regional conference on gang awareness and violent crime Wednesday at the Regional Learning Alliance Center in…
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