Friday, October 19, 2012
Leon Alphans Traille Jr., 29, will make an initial appearance at today in federal court.
The man suspected of throwing a Molotov cocktail into the food court of the Ballston Common Mall has been charged with arson in federal court. "These are arson charges," said Peter Carr, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Virginia. "There's nothing in the court document that says 'terrorism.' " Leon Alphans Traille Jr., 29, will make an initial appearance at 2 p.m. before United States Magistrate Judge Theresa C. Buchanan in Alexandria. He is accused of attempting to use fire or explosives to destroy or damage property used in interstate commerce. "This is an initial appearance. He goes in court, they tell him why he was arrested, what charges he's facing, and set up another court date,” Carr said. If …
Thursday, May 31, 2012
The 73-year-old engineer pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday.
A world-renowned earthquake engineer who spent more than 30 years with the National Science Foundation engaged in a five-year scheme to pocket thousands of dollars in gifts and fraudulent payments, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday. Shih-Chi Liu, 73, of Silver Spring, Md., pleaded guilty to a single count of making a false statement in federal court Wednesday as part of a plea deal that protects him from further prosecution. Liu joined the Arlington-based National Science Foundation (NSF) in 1975 and spent much of his career there as program director for its Earthquake Hazards Mitigation Program. By 2000, he was director of the Sensors and Sensing Systems Program, which supports research on acquiring and using sensor data …
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Stephanie Schwab changed her plea in federal district court on Thursday.
Stephanie Schwab, dubbed the 'Blond Bandit' after her alleged crime spree last November, pleaded guilty Thursday to some of the felony charges against her, changing the not guilty pleas she entered two months ago. In pleading guilty, Schwab will accept a plea agreement from the U.S. Attorney's Office to drop some of the charges associated with the case. In accepting the plea agreement, Schwab waives her right to a jury trial. Sentencing has been scheduled for July 6. Initially, Schwab was indicted on six charges related to a 13-day crime spree throughout Northern Virginia and Maryland: two counts of bank robbery, one count of attempted bank robbery and three counts of transporting stolen vehicles across state lines. In federal district …
louise brown
7:49 am on Wednesday, July 4, 2012
She should not be given a PLEA deal to wipeout one of the attempted bank robbery charges to get info on people involved in ther heroin ring--that wont change anything.....the police have to do a better job themselves in busting the heroin ring--stephanie will be in jail for 70 years and no chance of getting out while she is alive---she brought this on herself--and ratting on the herion ring will … more ›