Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 13, 2006 14:41:24 GMT -5
11.13.2006 - RALEIGH - The federal government has added new charges to the catalog of crimes that three former Robeson deputies face - selling illegal satellite cards.
The two new counts were added Nov. 1 against Roger Taylor, C.T. Strickland and Steve Lovin. They were indicted in June on 10 counts of racketeering for alleged crimes that included arson, assault, stealing money seized during interstate traffic stops and distribution of marijuana and cocaine.
Taylor, Strickland and Lovin are accused of illegally programming the satellite cards and then selling them during the period from 2000 to 2003. The indictment says the former deputies distributed the cards with two other men, although they are not named.
Taylor, Strickland and Lovin also are charged with using misappropriated federal money to conduct illegal financial transactions.
As part of a three-year investigation called Operation Tarnished Badge, five other former sheriff's deputies have pled guilty to stealing money from the government and drug dealers. Taylor, Strickland and Lovin are scheduled for trial in federal court next month.
Former Deputy James O. Hunt, 39, pled guilty in July to conspiracy to commit money laundering and admitted to stealing more than $160,000 during six interstate traffic stops with his partner, Lovin.
Former Deputy Kevin Meares, 37, pled guilty last month to conspiracy to commit money laundering and admitted to stealing about $25,000 earmarked to pay confidential informants.
Former Deputy Joey Brian Smith, 35, pled guilty last month to conspiracy to commit money laundering. Federal investigators said he misappropriated about $4,000 seized from drug dealers.
Lovin alone faces accusations that he stole in excess of $10,000 during each of six traffic stops along Interstate 95 from October 2001 to April 2004. Lovin also is accused of using stolen money to buy a Harley Davidson motorcycle and a Ford F-250 pickup.
Pittman and Hunt are accused of helping former Sheriff Glenn Maynor landscape his yard and move into a new house while on county time.
Maynor, who has not been charged with a crime, resigned in 2004, citing health reasons.
www.robesonian.com/articles/2006/11/13/news/news/story07.txt
The two new counts were added Nov. 1 against Roger Taylor, C.T. Strickland and Steve Lovin. They were indicted in June on 10 counts of racketeering for alleged crimes that included arson, assault, stealing money seized during interstate traffic stops and distribution of marijuana and cocaine.
Taylor, Strickland and Lovin are accused of illegally programming the satellite cards and then selling them during the period from 2000 to 2003. The indictment says the former deputies distributed the cards with two other men, although they are not named.
Taylor, Strickland and Lovin also are charged with using misappropriated federal money to conduct illegal financial transactions.
As part of a three-year investigation called Operation Tarnished Badge, five other former sheriff's deputies have pled guilty to stealing money from the government and drug dealers. Taylor, Strickland and Lovin are scheduled for trial in federal court next month.
Former Deputy James O. Hunt, 39, pled guilty in July to conspiracy to commit money laundering and admitted to stealing more than $160,000 during six interstate traffic stops with his partner, Lovin.
Former Deputy Kevin Meares, 37, pled guilty last month to conspiracy to commit money laundering and admitted to stealing about $25,000 earmarked to pay confidential informants.
Former Deputy Joey Brian Smith, 35, pled guilty last month to conspiracy to commit money laundering. Federal investigators said he misappropriated about $4,000 seized from drug dealers.
Lovin alone faces accusations that he stole in excess of $10,000 during each of six traffic stops along Interstate 95 from October 2001 to April 2004. Lovin also is accused of using stolen money to buy a Harley Davidson motorcycle and a Ford F-250 pickup.
Pittman and Hunt are accused of helping former Sheriff Glenn Maynor landscape his yard and move into a new house while on county time.
Maynor, who has not been charged with a crime, resigned in 2004, citing health reasons.
www.robesonian.com/articles/2006/11/13/news/news/story07.txt