Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Robert Toski gets probation and home detention.
Baldwin Borough resident Robert S. Toski has been sentenced in federal court to two years of probation, six months of home detention with electronic monitoring, a fine of $2,000 and restitution in the amount of $6,114.71 for his conviction of unauthorized computer access to a protected computer, and computer damage, U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton announced on Friday. U.S. District Judge Joy Flowers Conti imposed the sentence on Toski, 48, of 5139 Janie Dr. According to information presented to the court, Toski knowingly caused the transmission of a program, information, code or command, and as a result of such conduct, intentionally caused damage, without authorization, to a protected computer—namely, a JPMorgan Chase server for PaymentNet…
Monday, September 24, 2012
A federal judge sentenced Oliver Wynn Herndon on Monday morning to more than 11 years.
A McMurray doctor who was accused of illegally prescribing narcotics and who pleaded guilty in May to health care fraud and all related charges, was sentenced on Monday morning to more than 11 years in prison. Dr. Oliver W. Herndon was sentenced in federal court to 135 months—11 years and 3 months—which is to be followed by three years of supervised release, on his convictions for health care fraud and violating federal narcotics laws, U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton announced on Monday through a news release. U.S. District Judge Arthur J. Schwab imposed the sentence on Herndon, 40, of 311 Braeburn Dr. in Peters Township. Herndon had a medical office in Peters that was searched by federal agents on Feb. 14, 2012, according to the news …
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Adam Busby, of Dublin, is in custody in Ireland on unrelated charges.
A resident of Dublin, Ireland—Adam Stuart Busby, 64—is facing more than two dozen charges in connection with a rash of bomb threats at the University of Pittsburgh in the closing weeks of this past spring semester. A federal grand jury returned two indictments on Wednesday against Busby. He is charged with emailing bomb threats targeting the university, three federal courthouses and a federal officer. A separate four-count indictment charges Busby with, on June 20 and 21, maliciously conveying false information through the Internet claiming that bombs had been placed at federal courthouses in Pittsburgh, Erie and Johnstown. Busby was also charged with threatening U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton as he performed duties in his official …
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Robert Toski pleads guilty.
Robert S. Toski, 48, of 5139 Janie Drive in Baldwin Borough, pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to unauthorized computer access to a protected computer and computer damage, according to U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton. Toski made his plea in front of U.S. District Judge Joy Flowers Conti. In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that Toski knowingly caused the transmission of a program, information, code or command, and as a result of such conduct, intentionally caused damage, without authorization, to a protected computer. The computer was a JPMorgan Chase server for PaymentNet located in Salt Lake City, UT. The offense caused a $3,376.48 loss to Levy Restaurants and JPMorgan Chase during a one-year period. Judge…
Monday, June 4, 2012
Jerrold Brassart will be sentenced in September.
A resident of Willett Road in Baldwin Borough has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal child sexual exploitation laws, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton on Thursday. Jerrold Brassart, 60, of 4043 Willett, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge David Stewart Cercone to one count of possessing and accessing with intent to view visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that Brassart committed the crime between Aug. 15, 2011, and Oct. 26, 2011. He was indicted by a federal grand jury later that year. Judge Cercone scheduled Brassart's sentencing for Sept. 27, 2012. The law provides for a maximum total …
Friday, April 27, 2012
Manager Tara Gibson, of north Baldwin, is sentenced.
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Chief U.S. District Judge Gary L. Lancaster has sentenced Tara Gibson, 42, of 210 Revo Rd. in north Baldwin Borough, to six months of imprisonment, followed by six months of home detention and three years of supervised release on her conviction of embezzlement from Saint Albert the Great Federal Credit Union. From in or around January 2007 and continuing through December 2007, Gibson embezzled approximately $85,241 from the credit union, where she was the manager, according to U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton. Assistant U.S. Attorney Shaun E. Sweeney prosecuted the Gibson case on behalf of the government. Hickton commended the FBI for its investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Gibson. --- Follow the Baldwin-Whitehall Patch …
Friday, April 6, 2012
The Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating 16 bomb threats made on Pitt's campus in the past month.
The FBI is asking for the public's help as investigators try to find who is initiating numerous bomb threats made on the University of Pittsburgh's campus over the past month. David J. Hickton, who is the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, said that the safety of students, staff and faculty at Pitt are "a top priority" and that investigators are working aggressively to stop the multiple bomb threats that are becoming a daily occurrence. Hickton said that Pitt police and the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Forces are "actively pursuing the source or sources of (the) threats," but he would not expand on any leads that investigators might have. Pitt's campus in Pittsburgh's Oakland area has received at least 16 bomb threats on…
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Friday, March 30, 2012
The 10-year-long conspiracy violated federal laws.
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Friday, March 30, 2012
Twenty people from three states have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and money laundering laws, according to U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton. The four-count indictment, returned on March 28, named Dennis Haenze, 56, of 1492 Cathell Road in Baldwin Borough, as one of the 20 defendants. According to the indictment, the defendants, who hail from Pennsylvania, Maryland and California, are charged with participating in a 10-year-long conspiracy to distribute cocaine and launder monetary instruments. The law provides for a sentence of 10 years up to life imprisonment, a fine of $4 million or both. Under federal sentencing guidelines, the actual sentence imposed would be based upon the …
Friday, December 9, 2011
Jerrold Brassart, of Willett Road, is the defendant.
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Friday, December 9, 2011
A Baldwin Borough resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury for violating federal child sexual exploitation laws, according to U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton. The one-count indictment, returned on Nov. 29 and unsealed on Dec. 8, names Jerrold Brassart, 59, of 4043 Willett Road, as the sole defendant. According to the indictment, Brassart, from Aug. 15 to Oct. 26, 2011, possessed and accessed with intent to view visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. The law provides for a maximum total sentence of 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000 or both. Under federal sentencing guidelines, the actual sentence imposed would be based upon the seriousness of the offense and the prior criminal history, if any, of the…
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Robert Toski, of Janie Drive, is the defendant.
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
A Baldwin Borough resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of unauthorized computer access to a protected computer and computer damage, according to U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton. The two-count indictment named Robert S. Toski, 47, of 5139 Janie Drive, as the sole defendant. According to the indictment, released on Tuesday, Toski intentionally accessed, without authorization, information from the email server of Levy Restaurants to obtain email content, files and account information of two Levy Restaurants employees located on Levy's email server. Toski also knowingly caused the transmission of a program, information, code or command, and as a result of such conduct, intentionally caused damage, without …
Carl
12:42 pm on Wednesday, November 14, 2012
so, pretty much anyone can committ a federal crime and get away with it. Not a very harsh punishment. more ›