Showing posts with label Colorado fake meteorites. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Colorado fake meteorites. Show all posts

19 October 2012

Colorado Lunar Found Guilty

Fake space rock peddler guilty on three counts
The Daily Sentinel By Paul Shockley
Friday, October 19, 2012

A Mesa County jury late Thursday returned guilty verdicts against a Montrose man charged with selling fake meteorites, whose work has also drawn the attention of the Colorado Attorney General’s office.

Steven Curry, 59, who argued he was the victim of a bizarre conspiracy of scientists, meteorite experts and at least one Grand Junction police officer, was found guilty of misdemeanor counts of theft, fraud in effecting sales and criminal simulation.

A five-woman, one-man jury reached verdicts by 10 p.m., just under an hour after receiving the case, which consumed more than eight hours of testimony in the courtroom of County Court Judge Craig Henderson.  .... more
http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/fake-space-rock-peddler-guilty-on-three-counts/

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

25 April 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 25APR2012

Mysterious explosion and daylight fireball in Nevada California ...
A loud explosion and a streak of light occurred over roughly a 600-mile line across Nevada and California. It was probably a meteor, say astronomers.
www.csmonitor.com/.../Mysterious-explosion-and-daylight-fir...

Mayor pens song about meteorite
Daily Home Online
by Mark Ledbetter The Hodges Meteorite will be on display at the Oak Grove Festival at the Park April 28. Pictured from a previous festival are, from the left, Alabama Museum of Natural History director Randy Mecredy, Oak Grove Mayor Charles Merkel, ...

Daytime Fireball, Sonic Boom Surprises Calif., Nevada Spectators
msnbc.com
Residents in California and Nevada reported hearing a sonic boom and seeing a bright fireball streak across the sky early Sunday morning (April 22), according to news reports. Experts said the sonic boom and fireball were likely caused by a meteor ...

Loud boom and bright fireball over California and Nevada on April 22
EarthSky (blog)
Some people in the two states reported seeing a fireball – a very bright “shooting star” – streak across the blue daylight sky at that same time. Many are saying that it was likely caused by a meteor, or piece of space debris entering our atmosphere, ...

FOX News 22/04/12 Possible Meteor Boom Wakes Nevada/California Region.
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FOX News 22.04.12 Possible Meteor Boom Wakes Nevada-California Region. Large parts of Nevada and California experienced a loud explosion on Sunday morning as a result of a meteor. The sound of the explosion around 8am prompted a flood of calls to law ...

Loud Boom Heard In Sky Above Sierra
KCRA Sacramento
Some experts said the particles thought to have been flying across the sky were likely no larger than a pebble, while one astronomer said there was one large meteor - a fireball - the size of a washing machine. Thousands of people in multiple counties ...

Meteor blast rattles nerves | Sonora / Tuolumne News, Sports ...
A meteor that barreled over Central California on Sunday morning — rattling windows and nerves from Modesto and Groveland, to Placerville and Reno ...
www.uniondemocrat.com/News/.../Meteor-blast-rattles-nerves

Meteor Shower Causes Sonic Boom? | Video - ABC News
Sound heard in California thought to be from a daytime shooting star.
abcnews.go.com/WNT/.../meteor-shower-sonic-boom-161989...

Green fireball visible for 600 miles hurls across Northern California, Nevada ...
Alaska Dispatch
A thunderous boom accompanied by a greenish fireball hurtling across the sky shattered the morning tranquility of many residents of Nevada and northern California on Sunday. According to the Associated Press, the unannounced pyrotechnics prompted a ...

Daytime meteor fireball seen in SoCal Sunday
Los Angeles Daily News
Callers from Sacramento and Winnemucca south to the OC reported seeing a fireball in the daytime sky at about 8 am It apparently moved from the north to the southwest. In Nevada, the flash was accompanied by a sonic boom that was loud enough to set off ...

Falling Meteorite "The Size Of A Mini Van ...
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Falling Meteorite "The Size Of A Mini Van" Terrifies People In 2 States. MOXNEWSd0tC0M ...
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Man Accused Of Trying To Sell Fake Meteorites
KMGH 7 Denver Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:15 AM PDT
Colorado prosecutors are accusing a Montrose man of trying to sell a phony meteorite on eBay for at least $512,000.

Martian meteorite touches down at the University of Glasgow
PhysOrg Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:53 AM PDT
(Phys.org) -- After hundreds of thousands of years drifting in space, a piece of the rocky surface of Mars has made its way into the hands of scientists at the University of Glasgow.

Moving Forward, Looking Back / Take back the Weston meteorite!
The Fairfield Citizen Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:12 AM PDT
The "Weston" Meteorite? Fairfield seems to have a case for claiming, "We was robbed!" April 25. Fairfield CT Photo: Contributed Photo / Fairfield Citizen contributed

Local man witnesses fire in the sky from meteorite
Chico Enterprise-Record Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:41 AM PDT
A flaming object that streaked through sky Sunday morning and triggered a sonic boom that rattled homes from Reno into California's Central Valley, was witnessed by at least one Chico man, but he wasn't anywhere near home when he saw it.

State Going After 'Meteorite Man'
KJCT 8 Grand Junction Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:59 PM PDT
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has joined the fight against a Montrose man accused of selling fake meteorites.

Prosecutors say Colorado man peddled bogus meterorites
Colorado Springs Gazette Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:03 PM PDT
The Colorado Attorney General's Office says a Montrose man tried to sell a phony lunar meteorite on eBay for at least $512,000, promised 80 percent tax deduction to would-be buyers and threatened experts in the field who said his finds weren't from space. State prosecutors are accusing...

Colorado prosecutors say Montrose man peddled bogus meteorites, threatened experts
Denver Post Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:00 PM PDT
The Colorado Attorney General's Office says a Montrose man tried to sell a phony lunar meteorite on eBay for at least $512,000, promised 80 percent tax deduction to would-be buyers and threatened experts in the field who said his finds weren't from space.

Meteor causes loud boom in California, Nevada ...
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Northern Lights could return to Michigan skies tonight after breathtaking ...
MLive.com
By Zane McMillin | zmcmilli@mlive.com View full sizeShawn Malone/Lake Superior PhotographyPhotographer Shawn Malone snapped this picture of the Northern Lights glowing low on the horizon as a Lyrid meteor streaks by during the Lyrid meteorshower ...

State Going After 'Meteorite Man'
KJCT8.com
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has joined the fight against a Montrose man accused of selling fake meteorites. Newly released court documents portray a fraud operation that could have duped consumers out of millions of dollars.

Meteorite April 2012, USA - YouTube
3 min
April 22th, 2012: Meteorexplosion über dem Westen der USA. A mysterious boom ...
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Fireball Over California/Nevada: How Big Was It?
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Reports of the fireball have come in from as far north as Sacramento, Calif. and as far east as North Las Vegas, Nev. Bill Cooke of the Meteoroid Environments Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., estimates the object was ...

Loud Boom Caused by Meteor? - ABC News
Astronomers believe sound was the result of a daytime shooting star.
abcnews.go.com/.../loud-california-boom-caused-meteor-dayti...

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

Steve Curry Colorado in Court Charged Over Fake Meteorite Sales - The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 25APR2012

State investigates man`s meteorite claims
The Daily Sentinel Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:50 PM PDT
Coloradoâs Office of the Attorney General is attempting to force a Montrose man to turn over documents related to an investigation that he sold and donated fake meteorites.

Expensive 'Meteorites' Are Bogus, A.G. Says
Court House News Service
... Curry donated five specimens to the Montrose County Historical Society, and valued them at $58,994,500, according to the complaint.
The state seeks an injunction stopping Curry and his companies from advertising or selling "meteorites," and forcing them to comply with the subpoenas. ...
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/04/23/45848.htm

Montrose Man Accused of Selling Fake Meteorites
KREX-TV Grand Junction Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:11 PM PDT
A Montrose man is accused of selling a phony meteorite on eBay for half a million dollars.

Man accused of selling fake meteorite
BigPond News Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:15 PM PDT
Authorities have accused a US man of deceptive trade practices after he attempted to sell a fake meteorite.

Steve Curry, Montrose, in trouble with CO State attorney general (video)
http://bit.ly/IoX9Vu

Steve Curry, Self-Proclaimed 'Meteorite Man,' Accused Of Selling Fake ...
Huffington Post
Steven Curry, a 59-year-old man from Montrose, Colorado, faces an investigation from the Colorado Attorney General's office after allegations that he tried to sell fake meteorites. Curry had listed a "lunar meteorite" on eBay for $512000, and according ...

State investigates man's meteorite claims
Grand Junction Sentinel
By Amy Hamilton Colorado's Office of the Attorney General is attempting to force a Montrose man to turn over documents related to an investigation that he sold and donated fake meteorites. To date, Steven Curry of Uncompahgre Meteorites and The Osirius ...

Court Documents Related to The Curry ¨Meteorite¨ Alleged Fraud Case
CO Denver County District Court 2nd JD
Filing Date: Apr l8 2012 2:27PM MDT
Filing ID: 43713466
Review Clerk: Kyle T. Gustafson
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/04/23/Meteorites.pdf

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

13 February 2012

Grand Junction Police - Montrose, Colorado Man Accused of Selling Fake Meteorites Cited


Steven Curry, president and founder of UNCO Meteorites cited for selling fake meteorites in Colorado...

Man Accused of Selling Fake Meteorites
KJCT- TV Channel 8
Grand Junction police accuse a Montrose man of selling fake meteorites inside a Grand Junction store. ... (story with TV News report video)
http://www.kjct8.com/news/30437647/detail.html


Montrose Man Accused of Selling Fake Meteorites
KREX-TV 5
by Danielle Kreutter
Story Created: Feb 12, 2012 at 5:13 PM MST
A Montrose man in in hot water with authorities for allegedly selling fake meteorites and making thousands of dollars. ... (more with TV news report video)
http://www.krextv.com/news/around-the-region/Montrose-Man-Accused-of-Selling-Fake-Meteorites-139191219.html

Blotter, Feb. 12, 2012
Grand Junction Sentinel Newspaper
by Staff
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Sale of fake meteorites Steve Duane Curry, 58, of Montrose, was issued a summons Jan. 26 on suspicion of selling fraudulent “meteorites” at Main Street Minerals and Beads,... (subscription)
http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/blotter-feb-12-2012