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Actvity in Federal Court – South Bend

U.S. Attorney’s Office October 09, 2009
  • Northern District of Indiana (219) 937-5500

SOUTH BEND, IN—The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following events taking place in federal court:

Irvan S. Hudson, 25, of Logansport, Indiana, was sentenced by Judge Robert Miller to 72 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of stolen firearms. Hudson had one prior felony conviction in 2003 for Dealing in a lookalike substance in Pulaski County. Hudson sold four firearms to an acquaintance in March 2009, for $40: A Russian Mosin-Nagant M91, 7.62 mm rifle, a Montgomery Ward Model 558 .22 longrifle cal. rifle, a Stevens, model 86C, .22 cal rifle, and a Mosberg 12 gauge shotgun. The firearms had been stolen from Two Rivers Auto Shop in Logansport. This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco, and Explosives, and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney John Maciejczyk.

Bruce Graybill, 56, of Goshen, Indiana, pled guilty before Magistrate Judge Christopher Nuechterlein to unlawfully detaining and delaying mail entrusted to him. During the period from 2007 through early 2009, Graybill was employed by the United States Postal Service as a rural carrier. He was responsible for delivering mail in the area of Elkhart, Indiana. He knew that the route had two areas where there was a frequent turn-over of tenants. Mail accumulated in many of the boxes, but he did not know whether the boxes were vacant, whether the boxes had new tenants, or whether the tenants were simply not picking up the mail, so he left that mail in the boxes. He learned that he might be subject to an audit, so based on prior experience, Graybill pulled the mail that had accumulated in the boxes, returned some of that mail to the Postal Service for processing as unclaimed mail, but placed the bulk of the mail in tubs and placed the tubs in parcel lockers near the boxes until it was discovered by a Postal Service maintenance worker. At sentencing, Graybill faces the maximum penalties of five years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a combination of both imprisonment and a fine, and a three-year period of supervised release to follow any term of imprisonment. This case was investigated by the United States Postal Service and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jesse Barrett.

Lesley Marlin Scholl, 49, of Elkhart, Indiana, was sentenced before Judge Robert Miller to 15 years’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to the illegal transfer of a silencer, and the illegal possession of machine guns that were not registered to him. This case was investigated by the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Indiana State police and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Donald Schmid.

The specific sentence in each case to be imposed upon conviction will be determined by the judge after a consideration of federal sentencing statutes and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.

Scheduled next week:

10/13/09 Glendora Thomas Sentencing 2 p.m.
10/14/09 Mario Comacho Sentencing 9 a.m.
  Paul Hartley Sentencing 1:15 p.m.
10/15/09 Jeremy Robinson Sentencing 9 a.m.
  Ernie Bragg Sentencing 2 p.m.
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