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United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that a Federal Grand Jury in Greenville, South Carolina, returned Indictment(s) against the following:
Easley Woman Indicted for Delay of Mail by a Postal Employee
Heidi Feil, age 37, of Easley, South Carolina, was charged in a single-count Indictment with delay of mail by a postal employee, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1703. The maximum penalty Feil could receive is five years imprisonment and a fine of $250,000.00. The case was investigated by agents of the United States Postal Service, Office of Inspector General, and is assigned to Assistant United States Attorney David C. Stephens of the Greenville office for prosecution.
Spartanburg County Man Indicted for Delay of Mail by a Postal Employee
Joseph B. Bond, age 58, of Moore, South Carolina, was charged in a single-count Indictment with delay of mail by a postal employee, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1703. The maximum penalty Bond could receive is five years imprisonment and a fine of $250,000.00. The case was investigated by agents of the United States Postal Service, Office of Inspector General, and is assigned to Assistant United States Attorney David C. Stephens of the Greenville office for prosecution.
Fountain Inn Resident Indicted for Possession of Child Pornography
Kenneth E. Brewer age 37, of Fountain Inn, South Carolina, was charged in a single-count indictment with possession of child pornography, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B). The maximum penalty Brewer could receive is not less than ten years and not more than twenty years imprisonment and a maximum fine of $250,000. The case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents and is assigned to Assistant United States Attorney William J. Watkins, Jr., of the Greenville office for prosecution. This case is being brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorney’s Offices, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as identify and rescue victims. For more information, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
Foreign Nationals Charged with Illegal Re-entry
Rubio Carrillo-Domingo, Carlos Eduardo Alvarado-Santos, Ricardo Bautista-Hernandez, Jorge Brito-Villalba, Felipe Ruedas-Campos, Roberto Gonzalez-Valencia, Enrique Romeo Riz-Barrera, and Miguel Vidal-Lopez, were each charged in Indictments with illegal re-entry to the United States, a violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326. The maximum penalty each could receive, depending on their prior criminal history, is one to twenty years imprisonment. These cases were investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and are assigned to Assistant United States Attorney Max Cauthen of the Greenville office for prosecution.
The United States Attorney stated that all charges in these Indictments are merely accusations and that all defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. #
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
