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Former Butler County Auditor Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison for Conspiracy ...

(Media-Newswire.com) - CINCINNATI-Butler County Auditor Mary C. Rogers was sentenced in District Court of the United States to 24 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution to National City Bank in the amount of $ 4 million for conspiracy and filing a false tax return.

Carter M. Stewart, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Edward J. Hanko, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cincinnati Division, and Tracey L.Warren, special agent in charge of internal investigations Revenue Service announced the criminal sentence imposed today by the first district judge of the United States Sandra S. Beckwith.

Rogers pleaded guilty Feb. 25, 2008, to one count of conspiracy to commit fraud and mail and wire with one count of filing false tax returns from 2001 to 2006.

Rogers conspired with others to defraud National City Bank of $ 4 million between August 2004 and March 2006, when she was the Butler County auditor.

As auditor, Rogers oversaw the Butler County Information Services Division, which was responsible for the installation of a fiber optic project countywide. She conspired with others to help Dynus Company fraudulently secured more than $ 4 million by falsely representing National City Bank that Dynus had a contract with the county.

As part of the fraud, Rogers has signed several documents stating that Dynus had completed some work that the company had not really done.

Rogers also failed to report nearly $ 56.289.05 in the result, she received a tax preparation and accounting business she runs from 2001 until 2006.

Rogers resigned in 2008 after she entered his guilty pleas.

Stewart commended the cooperative investigation by the FBI and IRS agents, and the deputy prosecutor of the United States Jennifer Barry, who continued the case.

Victim injured in collapsed staircase improving

CARLISLE - Officials have not determined what caused an apartment stairs to the collapse Thursday that sent one man to the hospital.

Billy Kirby, 42, of 758 Court Abe was outside his apartment in the level colonial village when it is mounted on a wooden staircase and he collapsed, according to Police Chief Mike Bruck. Kirby was in good condition Friday.

Bruck said he was Kirby fell by about 10 to 12 feet on the concrete below and head injuries.

Kirby was transported by medical helicopter to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, where he remained for the care of a cut on the back of his head and above his eye, said Jimmy Rose's brother, Kirby.

A structural engineer and building officials while others were called to inspect the other stairs in this building and other buildings in the Village apartment complex colonial, said Fire Chief Krista Wyatt.

She said building officials who were called in will be able to make a decision on how the staircase collapsed.

"We roped off similar steps and these will be a double check," she said. "If there are problems, they will be fixed on site. If anything, we err on the side of safety. "

Fred Miller, who lived in the apartment complex since 1993, said the stairway that collapsed had been there for about five years.

"I'm going up and down the stairs every day," said Miller.

He said the staircase was fragile when it was installed and the workers had to return to repair some time ago but there has been no change.

Greg Wallace, the village zoning inspector, said that some other nuisance complaints, there have been no complaints about any structural issues.

The building was built in 1976 and is owned by Carlisle LLC Warren, according to the website of the Warren County Auditor.

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