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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 8:27 PM
Subject: FYI- Darus Zehrbach
Zehrbach Sentencing Moved to September 4
Sentencing for Darus Zehrbach, president of aircraft engine converter
Zehrbach/LPE, is set for September 4 at 8:30 a.m. EDT at the U.S. District Court
for the Northern District of West Virginia at Clarksburg. Zehrbach, who was
convicted in March this year of one count each of mail fraud and conspiracy, was
granted a continuance from his original sentencing date of August
23.
Zehrbach faces five years imprisonment for each count, which stem
from events that occurred in the early-to-mid 1990s regarding contracts for
aircraft engines and engine parts. At that time, Zehrbach was president of Light
Power Engines Corporation (LPE), which was dissolved in 1996.
Zehrbach
entered a motion for a new trial in April that was declined by court order.
According to the verdict form filed at the U.S. District Court, Zehrbach was
convicted of conspiracy occurring in or about August 1992 continuing through the
summer of 1996; and mail fraud in or about December 15, 1995. He was indicted in
December 2000.
Zehrbach’s current company, Zehrbach/LPE, was an exhibitor
at AirVenture Oshkosh 2002. (EAA was not made aware of Zehrbach’s conviction
until after the convention.) According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda Wesley,
Zehrbach was prohibited by court order from appearing at Oshkosh this
year.
Members with concerns over dealings with Zehrbach/LPE can write
Assistant U.S. Attorney Wesley in Clarksburg via fax (304-623-7031) or at 320
West Pike Street, Suite 300, Clarksburg, West Virginia,
26302-0750.
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