The five week trial of one of California's largest bank fraud and identity theft schemes in Californian history is over. All four defendants were convicted in the case.
According to U.S. Attorney Anne Tompkins of North Carolina, a Spruce Pine man was indicted by a Grand Jury on Friday on charges of conspiracy, bank fraud, and making false statements on tax returns.
After a cost containment summit held last fall, the Judicial Conference of the United States, met again earlier this month to approve a series of money saving initiatives.
The Army staff sergeant who went on a nigh-time killing rampage in Afghanistan is to face 17 counts of murder.