Fabian

Maryland officials have barred Alan B. Fabian, an entrepreneur and one-time Republican fundraiser now in federal prison, from doing business with the state for an indefinite period. Fabian, who lived in Cockeysville, pleaded guilty last year to mail and tax fraud in connection with a $32 million fraud. The Board of Public Works, a three-member panel with purview over state contracts, approved the action Wednesday without discussion. Fabian had been notified of the proceeding and did not request a hearing, according to board records.

Alan B. Fabian - a wealthy entrepreneur, religious philanthropist and well-connected political fundraiser - was sentenced yesterday to nine years in federal prison for running multiple schemes that defrauded companies, creditors and a fellow church member who attended Bible study in his home of an estimated $40 million. Advisory guidelines called for a 10- to 12-year sentence. But U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake gave Fabian, who lives in Cockeysville, credit for some of the good deeds he has done over the years, such as donating time and money - even if it might not have been his to give, she said.

Florida, and formerly of Baltimore County, MD, entered into rest at Homestead Hospital. Trudy is survived by her beloved husband: James L. Davis, Sr. Devoted mother of Walter Kuchauskas of Long Beach, CA, James Sexton and Daniel Sexton, of Baltimore and Anne Arundel Counties, MD. Also loving sisters, Anne Merkel and Gisela Fabian. Loving brother Walter Fabian, all of Bremen, Germany. She was "OMA" to eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral Services were held at the convenience of the family.

Howard Norman's second novel, "The Bird Artist," begins this way: "My name is Fabian Vas . . . I am a bird artist, and I have more or less made my living at it. Yet I murdered the lighthouse keeper, Botho August, and that is an equal part of how I think of myself."The rest of the novel describes the different ways that Fabian thinks of himself, his family, and the events occurring in Witless Bay, Newfoundland -- from 1891, the year of Fabian's birth, until 1923, 12 years after the murder of the lighthouse keeper.

WHEN A POLICE OFFICER issues an order to stop, most of us obey. Those who don't usually find themselves in trouble. Failure to obey seems to be at the heart of the case that ended up with Fabian Gray, a 16-year-old Meade Village resident, being hospitalized with a variety of injuries.Eyewitness accounts differ, but every one seems to agree on a few facts. Last Friday afternoon, the teen-ager was riding a dirt bike on Meade Village Circle back and forth at speeds of up to 60 mph. Sgt. Brian Heger, with the Youth Activities Program in the western Anne Arundel County community, stepped onto the street to talk to the teen.

WHAT investor could pass up the Phoenix Mid Cap mutual fund? It cranked out a 30.84 percent return last year.But that's not good enough for mutual fund expert Douglas Fabian.The way he sees it, Phoenix Mid Cap is a "lemon," and investors should sell their stakes "immediately."Most investors probably would be patting Phoenix's fund manager on the back for a job well done, but Fabian says the mutual fund not only trailed the performance of competing funds in its peer group last year, but it has lagged for the past five years.

A Maryland entrepreneur whose nonprofit group funded the opening of a West Baltimore church's computer center two weeks ago was indicted yesterday on 21 fraud counts totaling $32 million. U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein called it one of the largest monetary theft cases in Maryland history. Federal prosecutors say Alan Brian Fabian, 43, of Cockeysville took money from corporate investors and falsified purchases of computer equipment for his company, Strategic Partners International LLC, then diverted those funds to real estate purchases, jet travel and the establishment of his nonprofit organization, the Center for Management and Technology.

As an environmental scientist, Joe Fabian faces carcinogenic, volatile, organic compounds, asbestos and other toxic substances without worry.But Mr. Fabian's hands trembled slightly Monday when faced with a less familiar adversary: a classroom full of bored, sleepy sixth-graders.Despite his nervousness, he began his lecture by translating Greek."Does anybody want to guess what 'eco' stands for?" he asks the children as he wrote "ecology" on the chalkboard.A dark-haired girl in a green-plaid vest piped up: "The environment?