

In July 2004, Stoneburner and his father, Jerry, acquired Dart Trucking Co., a 48-state carrier with offices in New Hampshire, West Virginia, Illinois, and Ohio. Sentencing for Michael and Kephart is set for September 4, 2013. Stoneburner, of Columbiana, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bank fraud and is awaiting sentencing. The three were charged in August 2011, records show. Department of Justice, Kephart and Michael were charged with kiting checks "in conspiracy with Lee Stoneburner, the president of Dart Trucking, from October 2007 until February 2010, from various accounts of Dart Trucking at Huntington Bank, in Columbiana, Ohio." District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio Dan Polster found Timothy Kephart, age 54, of Morrisdale, Pa., CEO of Dart Trucking Co., and its chief financial officer, Mark Michael, 55, of Clearfield, Pa., guilty on one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and one count of bank fraud related to the scheme.Īccording to a press release issued by the U.S. CLEVELAND, Ohio - A federal judge has found two executives of a Columbiana County trucking company guilty on two counts related to a $3.6 million check-kiting scheme that authorities say occurred between Octoand February 2010.
