From: ' To:' Subject: Yarbrough and Epstein stories Date: The, 23 Sep 2008 18:50:56 +0000 Importance: Normal Inline-Images: ole0.bmp FYI - From the Palm Beach Post: WEST PALM BEACH - A federal judge sentenced Marion Yarbrough to 40 years in prison Friday for sexually abusing a 15-year-old West Palm Beach girl. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Yarbrough, of Kentucky, met the girl on a Web-based social site and arranged to have a Greyhound bus ticket wired to her. The girl traveled to Tennessee, and Yarbrough took her by car to Kentucky and repeatedly sexually abused her. U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth A. Marra also ordered Yarbrough to register as a sex offender and to have no unsupervised contact with children. Yarbrough previously had been charged in Kentucky with sexually abusing three other minors. From Palm Beach Daily News: Plea deal violation could net federal charges for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein Picture (Device Independent Bitmap)Click-2-Listen By MICHELE DARGAN Daily News Staff Writer Saturday, September 20, 2008 Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein still faces the possibility of federal criminal charges if he violates any of the terms of his state plea agreement, according to federal court documents. Although it was widely reported that federal prosecutors had agreed to drop their investigation of Epstein under his plea bargain, the documents show that the U.S. Attorney's Office agreed only to defer prosecution while Epstein completes his sentence. Under the terms of the federal deferred-prosecution agreement, Epstein will have to comply with court orders and restrictions even up to 90 days after he completes the house arrest that will follow his 18-month jail term. Epstein, 55, pleaded guilty June 30 to two felony counts: soliciting prostitution and procuring a person under 18 for prostitution. He is serving 18 months in jail to be followed by 12 months house arrest. In addition to the criminal charg