Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008
By Marcie Young
Charlotte Observer Staff Writer
A Hickory trucking company president has been charged with trying to bribe an Internal Revenue Service agent to reduce his tax liability.
Dan Iosif Kalman Baciu, who is known as Dan Kalman, was arrested Wednesday at his Hickory home and charged with two counts of bribery and two counts of paying an illegal gratuity to an IRS agent, said Suellen Pierce of the U.S. Department of Justice.
The sealed indictment was filed in Charlotte's U.S. District Court on Jan. 24.
The IRS performed an audit of 40-year-old Kalman Baciu's 2005 federal income tax return and his reporting of income at his company, DNK Trucking, according to the Department of Justice.
The indictment claims Kalman Baciu, in his first meeting with IRS officials, handed an agent a cash-filled envelope, which she refused. In a subsequent meeting, the indictment alleges, Kalman Baciu handed the IRS agent an envelope with $10,000 cash in it to persuade her to reduce his tax liability by $55,000 for the 2005 tax year, according to the Department of Justice.
Kalman Baciu could face up to 30 years in prison and a $500,000 if convicted on all counts.
He was released Thursday on a $50,000 bond, and his next court date has not be scheduled, Pierce said.
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1/31/08
Woman in court in deputy shooting
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008
By Marcie Young
Charlotte Observer Staff Writer
A Morganton woman involved in a December shooting that critically injured a Burke County Sheriff's deputy made her first appearance in Superior Court this week.
Eva Joyce Smith Nelson, 60, is charged with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill or inflict serious injury, assault on a law enforcement office and two counts of discharging a firearm onto an occupied property, all felonies.
On Dec. 11, Nelson forced members of the Burke County SWAT team into a 12-hour standoff after a deputy tried serving her involuntary mental health commitment papers.
Detective Martin Lawing was shot in the neck in the standoff and is still in critical condition at an Atlanta hospital that specializes in spinal cord injuries and neurological conditions.
Nelson was taken to Broughton Hospital, a state psychiatric facility in Morganton, following the Dec. 11 shooting, said Sheriff John McDevitt. She was transferred to the Burke-Catawba jail on Jan. 25 and is being held there on a $500,000 bond. Her next court date is scheduled for March 3.
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By Marcie Young
Charlotte Observer Staff Writer
A Morganton woman involved in a December shooting that critically injured a Burke County Sheriff's deputy made her first appearance in Superior Court this week.
Eva Joyce Smith Nelson, 60, is charged with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill or inflict serious injury, assault on a law enforcement office and two counts of discharging a firearm onto an occupied property, all felonies.
On Dec. 11, Nelson forced members of the Burke County SWAT team into a 12-hour standoff after a deputy tried serving her involuntary mental health commitment papers.
Detective Martin Lawing was shot in the neck in the standoff and is still in critical condition at an Atlanta hospital that specializes in spinal cord injuries and neurological conditions.
Nelson was taken to Broughton Hospital, a state psychiatric facility in Morganton, following the Dec. 11 shooting, said Sheriff John McDevitt. She was transferred to the Burke-Catawba jail on Jan. 25 and is being held there on a $500,000 bond. Her next court date is scheduled for March 3.
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1/29/08
Hickory man hit by train
Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2007
By Marcie Young
Charlotte Observer Staff Writer
A Hickory man hit by a train Monday night was in serious condition Tuesday after coming out of surgery, authorities said.
John Kirk Neal, 42, was standing too close to the railroad tracks that cross through downtown Hickory and was hit when a train passed through about 10:30 p.m. Monday, police said.
Authorities said Neal was taken to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, where he had surgery and is in serious condition. They are not sure whether alcohol was a factor.
It was the third time in six months that a passing train in Hickory has hit a person near the railroad tracks.
On Nov. 5, a train hit and killed Mack Junior Johnson when he lost control of his bicycle in a crosswalk near the railroad. On July 31, another train hit and critically injured Lester Glass, who was walking near the tracks in southeast Hickory.
All three accidents happened less than a mile from each other.
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By Marcie Young
Charlotte Observer Staff Writer
A Hickory man hit by a train Monday night was in serious condition Tuesday after coming out of surgery, authorities said.
John Kirk Neal, 42, was standing too close to the railroad tracks that cross through downtown Hickory and was hit when a train passed through about 10:30 p.m. Monday, police said.
Authorities said Neal was taken to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, where he had surgery and is in serious condition. They are not sure whether alcohol was a factor.
It was the third time in six months that a passing train in Hickory has hit a person near the railroad tracks.
On Nov. 5, a train hit and killed Mack Junior Johnson when he lost control of his bicycle in a crosswalk near the railroad. On July 31, another train hit and critically injured Lester Glass, who was walking near the tracks in southeast Hickory.
All three accidents happened less than a mile from each other.
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