Tag: New Albany
Ronald Lidderdale, Threats to Public Officials, Ohio 2024
⏱ 2 min read A New Albany man went on a 10-month threat-a-thon targeting more than 30 public officials in Ohio and beyond, sending 92 menacing messages via mail and internet. The communications, which began in July 2024 and ended in May 2025, included death threats to the governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state…
Joseph M. Merk, Wire Fraud, Bank Fraud, Tax Evasion, Indiana 2020
⏱ 3 min read A Southern Indiana con artist has been caught and sent packing to the slammer for a years-long scam that bilked nearly $600,000 from unsuspecting lenders. Joseph M. Merk, 38, of Crandall, Indiana, was sentenced to 4.5 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to four counts of wire fraud, one count…
