[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 245 (Friday, December 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72723-72724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-6175]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[EB Docket No. 07-264; DA 07-4675]


Lonnie L. Keeney, Amateur Radio Operator and Licensee of Amateur 
Radio Station KB9RFO

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document commences a hearing proceeding by directing 
Lonnie L. Keeney, Amateur Radio Operator and Licensee of Amateur Radio 
Station KB9RFO, to show why the license of Amateur Radio Station KP9FO 
should not be revoked and whether, in light of a felony conviction 
against him, he remains qualified to be a Commission licensee.

DATES: Petitions by persons desiring to participate as a party in the 
hearing, pursuant to 47 CFR 1.223, may be filed no later than 30 days 
after publication of this notice in the Federal Register. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for dates that named parties should 
file appearances.

ADDRESSES: Please file documents with the Investigations and Hearings 
Division, Enforcement Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, Room 
4-C330, 445 12th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy Lancaster, Investigations and 
Hearings Division, Enforcement Bureau at (202) 418-1420; Jennifer A. 
Lewis, Assistant Chief, Investigations and Hearings Division, 
Enforcement Bureau at (202) 418-1420.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Order to Show 
Cause, DA 07-4675, released November 20, 2007. The full text of the 
Order to Show Cause is available for inspection and copying from 8 a.m. 
until 4:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday or from 8 a.m. until 11:30 
a.m. on Friday at the FCC Reference Information Center, Room CY-A257, 
445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. The complete text may be 
purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, Best Copy and 
Printing, Inc. (BCPI), Portals II, 445 12th Street, NW., Room CY-B402, 
Washington, DC 20554, telephone (202) 488-5300, facsimile (202) 488-
5563, or you may contact BCPI at the Web site: http://www.BCPIWEB.com. 
When ordering documents for BCPI, please provide the appropriate FCC 
document number, FCC 06-124. The Order is also available on the 
Internet at the Commission's Web site through its Electronic Document 
Management

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System (EDOCS): http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs-public/SilverStream/Pages/edocs.html. Alternative formats are available to persons with 
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format); 
send an e-mail to [email protected] or call the Consumer and Governmental 
Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).
    Summary of the Order: In the Order to Show Cause, the Commission 
commences a hearing proceeding to determine the effect of Mr. Keeney's 
felony conviction(s) on his qualifications to be and to remain a 
Commission licensee and, in light of the evidence adduced pursuant to 
the foregoing issue, whether Mr. Keeney is qualified to be and to 
remain a Commission licensee.
    The Commission received a compliant alleging that Mr. Keeney had 
been convicted of felony child molestation. The Commission conducted an 
investigation and determined that, in 2002, Mr. Keeney was charged in 
the Criminal Division of the Putnam Circuit Court, State of Indiana, 
with two counts of child molestation in violation of Indiana Code 
section 35-42-4-3, a Class A felony, and section 35-42-4-3, a Class C 
felony. Pursuant to a plea agreement, Mr. Keeney pled guilty to one 
count of felony child molestation, and, on December 10, 2002, was 
sentenced by the Putnam Circuit Court to six years of incarceration 
with the Indiana Department of Corrections. The Court ordered that Mr. 
Keeney serve one year of the sentence with credit for 35 days already 
served, and suspended the remaining five years of that sentence, but 
placed Mr. Keeney on supervised probation for five years. Mr. Keeney 
remains on probation.
    The Commission determined that Mr. Keeney's felony conviction 
raises a substantial and material question of fact as to his 
qualifications to be and to remain a Commission licensee and may 
warrant revocation of the license of Amateur Station KP9RFO. Thus, 
pursuant to sections 312(a) and 312(c) of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 312(a) and (c) and section 1.91 of the 
Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.91, the Order to Show Cause directs Lonnie 
L. Keeney to show cause why the license of Amateur Radio Station KP9FRO 
should not be revoked, upon the following issues: (a) To determine the 
effect of Lonnie L. Keeney's felony conviction(s) on his qualifications 
to be and to remain a Commission licensee; and (b) to determine, in 
light of the evidence adduced pursuant to the foregoing issue, whether 
Lonnie L. Keeney is qualified to be and to remain a Commission 
licensee; and (c) to determine in light of the evidence adduced 
pursuant to the foregoing issues, whether his Amateur Radio License 
KP9FRO should be revoked.
    Copies of the Order to Show Cause were sent by certified mail, 
return receipt requested, to Lonnie L. Keeney. To avail himself of the 
opportunity to be heard, Lonnie L. Keeney, pursuant to section 1.91(c) 
and section 1.221 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.91(c) and 47 CFR 
1.221, in person or by his attorney, must within 30 days of the release 
of this Order, file in triplicate a written notice of appearance 
stating an intention to appear on the date fixed for the hearing and 
present evidence on the issues specified in this Order. Lonnie L. 
Keeney pursuant to section 73.3594 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 
73.3594, shall give notice of the hearing within the time and in the 
manner prescribed in 47 CFR 73.3594, and shall advise the Commission of 
the publication of such notice as required by 47 CFR 73.3594(g).

    Federal Communications Commission.
Hillary DeNigro,
Chief Investigations and Hearings Division, Enforcement Bureau.
[FR Doc. 07-6175 Filed 12-20-07; 8:45 am]
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