SOUTH BEND, IN—The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court:
Martin Beserra, 32, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by Judge Robert Miller, Jr. to 138 months’ imprisonment and four years of supervised release after pleading guilty to count 8 of an indictment charging him with distribution of five grams or more of cocaine. This case was investigated by Drug Enforcement Administration, and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Frank Schaffer.
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Janice Rauch, 51, of Niles, Michigan, plead guilty before Magistrate Judge Christopher Nuechterlein to count one of an indictment charging her with wire fraud. On or about February 15, 2006, a relative wired money in the amount of $1,565 through a Western Union Money Transfer from Haleyville, Alabama to Rauch in South Bend, Indiana. This money was loaned to her because she told the relative she needed the money for expenses of her father’s estate when she knew that she was going to use the money for personal expenses. This case was investigated by Federal Bureau of Investigation, and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Barbara Brook
INDIANAPOLIS—Brian L. Nehrig, 43, Fishers, Indiana, was sentenced to three years’ probation today by U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Barker following his guilty plea to mail fraud. This case was the result of a investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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During 2005 and 2006, Nehrig worked as a foreclosure attorney doing foreclosure work for Citifinancial. Citifinancial required Nehrig to submit a bid at sheriff’s sales for foreclosed houses, sell the houses at arm’s length transactions, and then submit the proceeds if the home sold to a third party. Instead, Nehrig sometimes submitted inflated bids and had arrangements with friends and associates to buy the properties. Nehrig did not tell Citifinancial about the side deals, which were usually for a few thousand dollars more than the minimum bid requested by Citifinancial. Nehrig did not send Citifinancial the profits. The Court determined the loss to Citifinancial to be $66,000. Citifinancial has been paid through an insurance claim.
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Gayle L. Helart, who prosecuted the case for the government, Judge Barker also imposed six months’ home confinement, and a requirement that Nehrig perform eight hours of community service per month for each of the 36 months that he is on probation. Nehrig was fined in the amount of $2500. Judge Barker noted that Nehrig’s law license was previously revoked and ordered that he not be self-employed and give full disclosure of this felony conviction to any future employer.
The driver was identified as 26 year old from Fishers and the passenger was identified as 23 year old from Noblesville. A full investigation resulted in the probable cause necessary to arrest both individuals.
The driver was arrested and charged with the suspicion of Operating While Intoxicated and Reckless Driving. A passenger was cooperative during the investigation and a .45 caliber handgun belonging to him was located in the rear of the mentioned vehicle. He was charged with Carrying a Handgun without a License and Criminal Recklessness with a Deadly Weapon. Both men were transported to the Hamilton County Jail.
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No, normally the punishment for people charges with drug crimes depends not only on the criminal conduct of the offender but also on the classification of the drug.
Federal sentencing guidelines begin with forty-three base offense levels and add or subtract levels depending on certain specified criteria. The higher the offense level, the harsher the sentence.
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