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Aug 28, 2019 · ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Contractor Joe Wiseman, 59, of Roswell, Georgia, was sentenced to 37 months, just over three years, in the corruption scandal involving, so far, four others facing ...
Nov 18, 2019 · Longtime county contractor Joe Wiseman was sentenced to just more than three years in federal prison for his role in the kickback scheme. (Photo credit: WLOS staff) Wiseman, was sentenced to...
Apr 29, 2020 · The former release date for engineer Joseph Wiseman, 60, was June 30, 2022. The current Bureau of Prison's website indicates he will now be released July 28, 2021.
- Butner Complex Ranks High in Covid Cases
- 'No Ordinary Times'
- Buncombe Investigation Continues
The COVID-19 outbreak at the Butner correctional facilities is among the highest in the federal Bureau of Prisons. The greatest number of cases is in Butner's medium-security facility. As of April 29, Butner Medium I ranked third in the nation's 45 facilities with 208 lab-confirmed cases among inmates, including 5 deaths, and 13 cases among staff, ...
On March 26, Attorney General William Barrordered federal prisons to increase releasesto home confinement to curb the spread of COVID-19 within the system, instructing them to take into consideration each inmate's vulnerability to the illness, security level and threat to the community. Brown argued in his letter to Butner officials that Wiseman — ...
Since the federal investigation into Buncombe began mid-2017, Wiseman and five county officials have been charged. Four county officials — Wanda Greene, assistant managers Mandy Stone and Jon Creighton, Business Intelligence Manager Michael Greene, who is Wanda Greene's son — pleaded guilty last year to corruption charges. More on Buncombe corrupti...
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ASHEVILLE - The last of five people sentenced in August in connection to a federal investigation into Buncombe County corruption has reported to prison. Joe Wiseman, a Georgia engineer and...
Aug 28, 2019 · Joe Wiseman, the engineering contractor embroiled in a corruption scandal with former Buncombe County officials, has been sentenced to 37 months in prison and ordered to pay a $15,000 fine....
Feb 7, 2019 · The Asheville Citizen-Times reports court records filed Wednesday say Joe Wiseman of Roswell, Georgia, will plead guilty to conspiracy to commit honest services fraud. The charge has a maximum sentence of five years in prison. A judge is set to rule Thursday on whether to accept the deal.
