United States Files Motion In Connection With The Robert Mericle Case

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Jan. 30, 2014. It is reproduced in full below.

The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on Jan. 29, 2014 it filed a motion in United States District Court in Scranton seeking a hearing regarding the modification of the plea agreement between the government and Mericle and to determine whether the defendant has breached the plea agreement.

Senior United States District Court Judge Edwin M. Kosik has scheduled Mericle’s sentencing for Feb. 26, 2014.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys