Fabian

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.

News item: Ravens rookie Joe Flacco will get an up-close look at superstar QB counterpart Peyton Manning today when the Ravens play the Indianapolis Colts at brand-new Lucas Oil Stadium. My take: Here's hoping he doesn't get an even closer look at All-Pro defensive end Dwight Freeney over the course of the afternoon. News item: The Ravens begin a span of six weeks that features five road games, including the one in Houston that filled in their bye week. My take: That's why today's game might determine how we look at this team for the rest of the season.

On August 25, 2008, FABIAN A. Survived by one brother and a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the Carlton C. Douglass Funeral Service, P.A., 1701 McCulloh Street on Thursday 6 to 9 P.M. Family will receive friends Friday 10:30 to 11 A.M. at the Nazarene Baptist Church, Harford and Biddle with services following. Interment private

Millionaire entrepreneur Alan Fabian strode from the main house on his North Carolina beach property last August to deliver the bad news to a colleague vacationing in a guest cottage. In a brief conversation, Fabian told employee Greg Barr that he was leaving for a few days to face an indictment for fraud in a Baltimore federal court. But he assured Barr that things would be OK. "He was supremely confident and saying that it was basically a misunderstanding," said Barr, who worked for Fabian at a Maryland nonprofit.

Alan B. Fabian, a Maryland entrepreneur, philanthropist and former Republican fundraiser, pleaded guilty yesterday in Baltimore federal court to a multiyear scheme that the government says defrauded banks and businesses of at least $32 million. "This is a massive fraud," U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett said several times during the two-hour arraignment. Fabian, 43, had been indicted on 26 counts, including money laundering and perjury in connection with the scheme. He pleaded guilty yesterday to two counts of the indictment after reaching a plea agreement with the U.S. attorney's office.

When the Ravens report for mandatory minicamp today, they'll try to take another step in moving past last year's dismal season. Their latest veteran addition, cornerback Fabian Washington, is on a similar path. Washington, who was traded from the Oakland Raiders on April 27, is coming off the worst year of his NFL career. He was abruptly benched for poor tackling early last season before getting arrested on a domestic battery charge after the season. That's why the Ravens only needed to give up a fourth-round pick to acquire the former first-round selection.

A crack-cocaine dealer looking for a client he thought had stolen his cell phone admitted yesterday that he killed one of several witnesses to an armed confrontation in a trailer in Pumphrey. Daniel "Little D" Lawson, 21, of no fixed address pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and a handgun violation before Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Ronald A. Silkworth. Under the arrangement, he will be sentenced next week to life with all but 35 years suspended to allow the family of James William Fabian, 36, of Halethorpe to prepare statements for the judge.

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.

Halethorpe man, 36 found shot to death A Halethorpe man was found shot to death in a Pumphrey home early yesterday, Anne Arundel County police said. Officers said they found the body of James William Fabian, 36, of the 4200 block of Twin Circle Way at 2:20 a.m. in a trailer park on Nann Avenue. Several people inside the home said they had been assaulted in a burglary, police said. Detectives think Fabian knew his assailants. They have not identified suspects or determined a motive. Relatives reached at Fabian's home yesterday afternoon declined to comment.

They met in Frederick as teenagers, where he was doing landscape work, scraping together money to educate his siblings in Mexico. Amy and Fabian Nunez, now 19 and 23, fell in love, married and had a child. Their trouble began when Fabian, who had entered the country illegally, went to a man who called himself Jose Espada. He said he was a lawyer who could get her husband legal residency, said Amy Nunez. A year and $3,000 later, Espada's Gaithersburg office was locked, the phone was disconnected and Fabian Nunez faced deportation proceedings that sent him back to Leon, Mexico.