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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COLIJMBIA DIVISION
UNITED STATES

OF AMERICA

V.

OSEPH

CR.NO : ll r
`

8U.S.C.

8U.S.C.

001

CARLTON MEEK
NDICTMBNT

COUNT
(Misprision of a Fe
THE GRAND

URY

ony)

CHARGES:

In or around June 201,5, in the District

CATOIiNA, thc
knowledge

of

South

DEfENdANt. .JOSEPH CARLTON MEEK, hAViNg

of Ehe actual commission of a fel-ony cognizable

by a court of the United St.ates, to wit,

HaEe Crj-me Act.s

under 18 U.S.C. S 249, and Obstruction of Exercise of

Religion under 18 U.S.C. S 247, committ.ed by Dylann Storm

Roof, did conceaL Ehe same and did not, as soon as

possible, make known the same to some judge or other person
in civil authori.ty under the Unj-ted States
In

violat.ion

Section 4.

of

Title

18,

United States

Code,

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StsaEement)

(FalEe

THE GRAND ,]URY FURTHER CHARGES:

On or abouL ,June 18, 2075, in the District

Carolina, the Defendant,

ITOSEPH CARLTON

and knowingly make and cause t.o be made

MEEK,

of

South

did wi}lful]y

materially false,

fictitious,

and traudulent staEements and representations

in a matter wit.hin the jurisdiction of a department. or
agency of the United States, when MEEK represented

and

slated to a Special Agent. of the Federal Bureau of

Investigation ("FBI") that he did not know specifics of
Dylann Roof's plan to shoot individuals on a

Wednesday,

during Bible Study, at an AME Church in Charleston,

South

Carolina; whereas, in truth and fact, as MEEK then and

there weII knew, MEEK,s stat.ements and representations
denying such specifics

were false,

fictitj.ous

and

fraudulent when made.

rn vj.olation of Title 18, United States Code, Section

1001(a) (2)

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Bill

WILL AM N. NETTLES (jnr)

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY