A white-collar crime More than 18 months after being taken into federal custody (December 2017) and charged with 25 counts that included mail fraud, wire fraud, and bank fraud, local car dealer Joe Blackwell, 70, was sentenced last Thursday to one year in prison, a year of home confinement, and three years supervised parole before everything is said and done. In addition, Blackwell has been ordered to pay back to the parties he scammed approximately $1 million in restitution. So ruled, Federal Judge Randy Crane. Not too bad if one considers that the one count to which Blackwell pled guilty, wire fraud,