In The News And Off The Streets

1/14/2010 – Defendant. Donnell Hatcher, Who Was Fugitive for 12 ½ Years Sentenced to 240 Months for 1992 Drug Trafficking Offense

1/14/2010 – New Bedford Man, TERRELL BAPTISTE, age 24,  Sentenced to 15 Years for conspiring to distribute almost 400 grams of crack cocaine, as well as possessing a handgun and more than 500 rounds of ammunition

1/13/2010 - Kenneth Lester Mullikin, 58, of Crestview Hills, Ky. Sentenced for Receiving Child Pornography

1/13/2010 - James S. Ivy, age 21, Indianapolis, Indiana,  Sentenced for Armed Bank Robbery of Huntington National Bank

1/13/2010 – Second Former Tulsa Public Works Official, Larry Wayne Baker, age 53, Gets Prison Sentence

1/13/2010 - 43-year-old Flint, Texas man, BRYAN L. MOORE, Sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for Bank Fraud

1/13/2010 – Two Conspirators, Donald Cromwell Jr., age 54, and Walter Morsely, age 50, both of Baltimore, Convicted in Lexington Market Armored Car Robbery

1/13/2010 – Bridge Street/Westin Hotel Condominiums Project Manager SCOTT M. HIPPARD, 51, of Gulf Breeze, Fla., Sentenced for Mail Fraud, Wire Fraud, and Money Laundering

1/12/2010 – Andrew Stamper, 27, of Winchester, Ky.; Danny McClain, 36, of Morehead, Ky.; and Paula Begley, 42, and Brad Begley, 48, both of Clay City, Ky. sentenced to prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances

1/12/2010 – Drug Conspirator, Lazelle Maxwell, 37, of Akron, Ohio, Sentenced to 30 Years for Distributing Crack Cocaine and Heroin

1/12/2010 – “Operation Shooting Star” Results in Three Dozen Prison Sentences
Ledgers of Drug Co-Conspirators Showed $190 Million in Drug Proceeds in Only 10 Months

1/12/2010 - John Anthony Miller, 52, of San Clemente, Sentenced to Over 13 Years in $21 Million Ponzi Scheme That Cost Dozens of Victims Their Life Savings

1/12/2010 - MARGHERITA MAURO, age 37, of Reading, Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Tax Returns

1/11/2000 – Pine Ridge Man, Fernando Fabian White Butterfly, age 37, Sentenced for Sexual Abuse of a Minor under the age of 16

1/11/2010 - Robert Pond, age 25, of Pine Ridge, Sentenced to 60 Months in Jail and Fined $500 for Drug Conspiracy

1/11/2010 - Manny Clifford, age 19, Sentenced to 15 Months’ Imprisonment for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon

01/08/10 – Hartford Man Sentenced to More Than Six Years in Federal Prison for Role in Drug Distribution Ring

01/07/10 – Johnstown Woman Sentenced to Five Years’ Probation for Conspiring to Distribute Heroin and Crack

01/07/10 – Donora Man Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Cocaine

01/07/10 – Child Pornography Possessor Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison

01/07/10 – Hartford Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Role in Crack Distribution Ring

01/08/10 – Robber Sentenced to 14 Years for November 2008 Armed Bank Robbery in Which a Bank Employee was Shot

01/08/10 – Union Bank Employee Sentenced for Bank Embezzlement

01/07/10 – Sulphur, Louisiana Woman Sentenced in Federal Court for Transporting Illegal Aliens

01/07/10 – Farmerville Banker and Customer Sentenced for Structuring Transactions to Evade Reporting Requirements

01/07/10 – Oregon Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Traveling Across State Lines to Have Sexual Contact with Minor

01/07/10 – Former Colombian Paramilitary Leader Sentenced to 19.5 Years in Federal Prison

01/07/10 – Armed Robber Sentenced to Life in Prison

01/07/10 – Former Military Official Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Participation in Bribery Conspiracy Involving $206 Million Telecommunications Contract in Korea

01/07/10 – Sharpsburg Man Sentenced in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

01/07/10 – Another Defendant Sentenced in Operation Don Quixote

01/07/10 – Chicago Man Sentenced to 55 Years in Federal Prison for Enticing Minors to Engage in Sexual Activity

01/07/10 – Jacksonville LPN Sentenced to 78 Months’ Imprisonment for Kickback Scheme and for Falsifying Related Documents

01/06/10 – Bank Robber Receives 10-Year Sentence

01/06/10 – Man Receives 10-Year Sentence for Role in $70 Million Ponzi Scheme

01/06/10 – Former Early Childhood Education Student Sentenced to 60 Months’ Imprisonment on Child Pornography Charges

Maryland Man Pleads Guilty in House-Flipping Scheme
Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:21:53 -0600

Thanh Hoang, of Bethesda, Maryland, pled guilty to conspiracy to impede the IRS, arising from a scheme to conceal millions in profits earned from the purchase and sale of foreclosure properties.

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Massachusetts Man Sentenced on Child Pornography Charges
Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:52:13 -0600

Johnny Pires, of Middleboro, Massachusetts, was sentenced to five years in prison and five years of supervised release following his prison term for possessing and attempting to receive child pornography.

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Connecticut Men Sentenced on Drug Trafficking Charges
Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:49:12 -0600

Fernando Vazquez, of Hartford, Connecticut, and Edwin Rodriguez, of Manchester, Connecticut, were sentenced for their participation in a Hartford-area narcotics trafficking ring.

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Executives Charged in California for $25 Million Ponzi Scheme
Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:18:15 -0600

John D. Terzakis, of Hinsdale, Illinois, and Robert E. Estupinian, of San Jose, California, were arraigned on charges of wire fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, in an indictment that accused the pair of operating their company, Vesta Strategies, as a Ponzi-scheme.

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Husband of U.S. Airman Sentenced for the Murder of His Stepson in Japan
Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:21:46 -0600

Roberto E. DeLeon, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, was sentenced in Baltimore to 30 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for the murder and assault of his 8-year-old stepson while the family was stationed in Japan.

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Texas Women Sentenced for Dealing Methamphetamine
Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:53:00 -0600

Peggy Ann Helm, of Tyler, Texas, and Ashley Ann Walker, of Bullard, Texas, were sentenced to 37 months and 100 months in prison, respectively, for their participation in a drug conspiracy ring distributing methamphetamine to others in the Longview, Texas area.

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Member of Florida Drug Gang Sentenced on Narcotics and Gun Charges
Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:11:04 -0600

Erick Hinds was sentenced to 248 months in prison on gun and drug charges in connection with a drug trafficking gang that operated in the City of Opa-Locka, Florida.

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Man Who E-Mailed Threats to Ohio Company, Florida Legislator Sentenced
Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:34:47 -0600

Kyle Jeffrey Tschiegg, of Sarasota, Florida was sentenced Columbus, Ohio to 90 months in prison for e-mailing threats, including threats to a Columbus company and threats to cause a candidate to drop out of a race for statewide office in Florida; hacking into e-mail accounts of individuals and companies; and using stolen identity information to commit computer crimes.

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Arizona Man Indicted for Multi-Million Dollar Entertainment Ponzi Scheme
Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:45:54 -0600

Miko Dion Wady, of Chandler, Arizona, was indicted on charges of wire fraud and transactional money laundering in connection with his perpetration of an entertainment Ponzi scheme that defrauded hundreds of investors out of millions of dollars.

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Former Blackwater Contractors Charged with Murders of Two Afghan Nationals in Kabul
Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:24:28 -0600

Justin Cannon, of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Christopher Drotleff, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, were charged with crimes including second-degree murder, attempted murder, and firearms offenses while working as contractors for the U.S. Department of Defense in Afghanistan. The indictment alleges that on May 5, 2009, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Cannon and Drotleff shot and killed two Afghanistan nationals and wounded a third.

1/4/2010: East Haven Man NATE MINERVINI, 30, Sentenced to 40 Months in Federal Prison for Involvment in Drug Ring

12/31/2009: Erlanger Man Louis D. Green, 39, Sentenced for Stealing Convergys Inc. Company Gift Checks

12/29/2009 – Stratford Man TERRENCE WILLIAMS, 40, Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Dealing Cocaine

12/28/2009 – Distributor of Child Pornography Phillip Joseph Sullivan Sentenced to 10 Years’ Imprisonment

12/28/2009 – Belleville Man Frederick Russell, 50, Sentenced to 61 Months in Prison for Series of Bank Robberies

12/24/2009 – Nashville, Tennessee Woman Cristina Andres Perfecto Sentenced on Sex Trafficking Charges

12/23/2009 – Louisville Man, John L. Stephens, 45, Sentenced to Over 22 Years for Bank Robbery in Floyds Knobs

12/22/2009 – San Carlos Man, Mason James Henry, 21, Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Murdering Phoenix Man

12/22/2009 – Indiana Man, Bruce Mikulyuk, 50, of Mishawaka, to Spend 42 Months in Prison for Cross Burning

12/22/2009 – New York Man, STEVEN E. SCHLEIFER, 53, of Monsey, Sentenced to Federal Prison for Participation in Bank IPO Scheme

12/22/2009 – Three Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Heroin

12/22/2009 – Former Alva Bank Officer, Mark A. Nickelson, 53, of Waynoka, Oklahoma, Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison and Ordered to Pay More Than $261,000 in Restitution

12/22/2009 – Sacramento County Man, NATHAN ALLEN, 27, of Citrus Heights, California, Sentenced on Child Pornography Trafficking Charges

12/22/2009 – Leader of St. Mary’s County Bank Robbery Conspiracy, Joseph Franklin Brown, Jr., age 37, Sentenced to 19 Years in Prison

12/22/2009 – Conspirator in Armored Car Robbery, Charles Witherspoon, age 50, of Baltimore, Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison

12/22/2009 – Former Jefferson Parish Assistant District Attorney PERRY BOOTH, IV, age 44, Sentenced for Unauthorized Access to Information by Use of a Computer

12/21/2009 – Former New York State Supreme Court Justice Thomas J. Spargo Sentenced for Attempted Extortion and Bribery

12/21/2009 – Former Radio Disc Jockey Heath Edward Hill, Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Using the Internet to Lure Underage Girls

12/21/2009 – Former Bank Employee Jamilah Al-Bari, age 37, of District Heights, Maryland, Sentenced in Mortgage Fraud Scheme

12/21/2009 – Rabbi Naftali Tzi Weisz, 61, of Brooklyn, New York, Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Prison in Scheme to Defraud Federal Tax Authorities

12/18/2009 – Genovese Organized Crime Family Captain Michael Coppola Sentenced to 16 Years’ Imprisonment on Racketeering Conviction

12/18/2009 – Convicted Mexican Drug Trafficker Jose Guadalupe Ramirez Ortiz, 33, Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Identity of U.S. Citizen

Oklahoma Man Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Kickback Scheme Involving Government Contract in Afghanistan
Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:24:28 -0600

Bryan Lee Burrows admitted that he conspired with others to solicit kickbacks from private security vendors in return for favorable treatment for those potential bidders in connection with the award of a subcontract.

12/18/2009 – Former Police Officer DAVID ALLEN DIETZ, age 25, of Lexington, South Carolina, Convicted of Kidnapping, Carjacking, and Other Crimes Sentenced

12/18/2009 - BRUCE LEE WINDSOR, age 43, of Greenville, South Carolina, Sentenced in Armed Bank Robbery Attempt

12/18/2009 – Scarecrow Bandit Yolanda McDow, a.k.a. “Yo,” 34, Sentenced to Nearly 16 Years in Federal Prison Without Parole on Bank Robbery and Firearm Convictions

12/18/2009 - Mark Edwin Cairnes, 51, Sentenced to 292 Months in Prison for Advertising and Possessing Child Pornography

12/17/2009 - Gregoria Vasquez-Salgado and her son, David Salazar, Sentenced for Harboring Illegal Alien, Ordered to Forfeit House

12/17/2009 – New Orleans Man ANOTCHE WIX, age 28, Sentenced to Over 14 Years in Federal Prison on Attempted Bank Robbery and Gun Charges

12/18/2009 – Bank Robber Merkuri Stanback, age 28, Sentenced 480 months (40 years) without parole

12/17/2009 – Johnstown Felon Tyrone D. Williams Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Possessing Gun

12/17/2009 – El Paso Merchant Energy Traders, James Brooks, Wesley C. Walton and James Patrick Phillips Sentenced to Prison

12/17/2009 – San Antonio Man Steven Weste Sentenced to Federal Prison for Making Threats Over the Internet

12/17/2009 – Sentence Upheld for David A. Tuason, of Pepper Pike, Ohio Convicted of Sending Racially Motivated Threats

12/17/2009 – Stroudsburg Man Luke Radick, age 22, Sentenced to 50 Months in Prison for Attempting to Rob Bank

12/17/2009 – Nixa Woman Amy Vogt, 35, Sentenced to 17 Years for Distributing Child Pornography

12/16/2009 – Former Second Grade School Teacher Robert Sewell Barth (age 57, of Orlando) Sentenced to Six and a Half Years for Downloading Child Pornography

12/16/2009 – Pender County Man DENNIS STEPHEN JOHNSTON, 38, of Burgaw, North Carolina, Receives 60-Year Sentence for Producing Child Pornography

12/16/2009 – Doctor from Carmi, Illinois HUNG T. NGUYEN, M.D., age 57, Sentenced for Illegal Dispensation of Controlled Substances

12/15/2009 – Gang Leader Mauricio Diaz, 34, Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison on Weapons and Narcotics Convictions

12/15/2009 – Wichita County Man Clifford Eugene  Huffman, Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Federal Prison on Child Pornography Conviction

12/15/2009 – Elk River Man Joshua Gene Paulson Sentenced for Bank Robbery

12/15/2009 – Registered Sex Offender Jason Matthew Ross, 31, Sentenced to 10 Years for Possession of Child Pornography

12/15/2009 – 41-Year-Old Sacaton Man Leslie Ranger, Sentenced to 19 Years in Prison for Sexual Abuse of 9-Year-Old Girl

12/15/2009 – Former Board President Rosemary DiLacqua, 51, of Philadelphia, Sentenced in Charter School Fraud Case

12/15/2009 – Souderton Man John William Snyder, 42, Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison for Paintball Investment Scam

12/14/2009 - Brian Lomax Begaye, 39, of Pinon, Arizona, Sentenced to Prison for Assault with Truck

12/14/2009 – Hartford Heroin Dealer CHRISTOPHER STEPHENS, 23, of Madison Street, Sentenced to Federal Prison

12/14/2009 – Fresno County Marijuana Cultivator HERIBERTO SICAIROS-QUINTERO, 54, of Gustine, Convicted

12/14/2009 – Maysville Man Larry J. Beckley, 24, Sentenced for Distribution of Child Pornography

12/14/2009 – Pine Ridge Woman Nicolette Weston, a/k/a Nikki Weston, age 28, Sentenced to Probation for Cocaine Conspiracy

12/14/2009 – Oglala Man William Warrior, age 20, Sentenced 24 Months for Sexual Abuse

12/11/2009 – Distributor of Child Pornography Ruben Beltran-Hernandez Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison

12/11/2009 – Bridgeport Man JUAN CONTO, also known as “Edwin Vazquez,” 38, of Main Street, Bridgeport, Sentenced to 21 Months in Federal Prison for Dealing Heroin

12/11/2009 – Bank Robber Sunni Rahman, age 49, of Baltimore, Exiled to 10 Years in Prison

12/11/2009 – Texas Woman Elizabeth Reyes, 46, Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Possessing Ten Kilograms of Cocaine at McGuire Air Force Base

12/11/2009 - MICHAEL JOSEPH GILBERT, 56, of Vancouver, Washington, Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Production and Receipt of Child Pornography

12/11/2009 – Former Information Technology Company Manager BENJAMIN CARDONA Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to Four Years in Prison for Multimillion-Dollar Commercial Bribery Scheme

12/11/2009 – MS-13 Members Receive Significant Sentences for Gang Violence After Retrials

12/11/2009 – Lead Defendant in Health Care Fraud and Rogue Internet Pharmacy Scheme Rakesh Jyoti Saran, 47, of Arlington, Texas, Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison and Ordered to Pay $68 Million in Restitution

12/11/2009 – Hedge Fund Advisor Won Sok Lee, formerly of Singer Island, FL, Sentenced in $194 Million Hedge Fund Collapse

12/11/2009 – Former Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Robert Jeffery, 55, Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Participating in Scheme to Steal Large Quantities of Fuel from U.S. Army in Iraq

12/11/2009 – Robber Anirudh Lakhan Sukhu, age 43, of Silver Spring Sentenced to Over 21 Years in Prison for November 2008 Armed Bank Robbery and the Shooting of a Bank Employee

12/11/2009 – Curtis Bay Crack Dealer Lonnie Bivins, age 31, of Baltimore Exiled to Over 21 Years in Prison

12/11/2009 – Former Owners Amudat Williams, 54, and his spouse and co-defendant Sunday Adebisi of Medical Equipment Company Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Medicare in Wheelchair Scam

12/10/2009 – Morgan County Man DANIEL SCOTT CARR, Sentenced to 15 Years for Producing Child Pornography

12/10/2009 – Repeat Bank Robber Terron Moore, age 25 Sentenced to Over Four Years in Prison

12/10/2009 – Three Stock Brokers, ANTHONY MARTIN, ALAIN LUSTIG and RUBEN SERRANO Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court for Manipulating Stock of Smart Online

12/10/2009 – Former Employee BETTY A. PACOCHA, 76, of Kent, of New Milford Bank Who Stole from Customer CD Accounts is Sentenced

12/10/2009 – Louisiana Man Justin Sigler, 20, of Chopin, Sentenced for Civil Rights Crimes

12/10/2009 – SynPep Corporation’s CEO Dr. Chi Yang, Sentenced to Eight Months in Custody

12/9/2009 – Cambria County Man Ariel L. Jeffers, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Convicted on Firearms Violations

12/9/2009 – Six Members of Cuban Smuggling Ring Arrested and Indicted

12/9/2009 – Charlottesville Realtor Patrick Scott Shemorry, 28, Sentenced for Role in Plot to Kill His Wife

12/9/2009 – Anchorage Man Timothy Ray Moore Sentenced to 23.5 Years in Prison for His Role in Drug and Gun Conspiracy

12/9/2009 – Former Director on Redstone Arsenal MICHAEL L. CANTRELL, 54, Sentenced for $1.6 Million Procurement Fraud and Bribery Scheme12/8/2009 – Florence Robber Sentenced to 12 Years

12/8/2009 – Florence Robber William Roy Cox, age 35, Sentenced to 12 Years

12/8/2009 – Four Arkansas Men Jacob Wingo, Clayton Morrison, Darren McKim, and Richard Robins Sentenced on Civil Rights Charges in Cross Burning Conspiracy

12/7/2009 – Drug Kingpin Jamal Shakir, 34, Sentenced to 24 Life Sentences for Crimes Including Multiple Murders and Interstate Drug Trafficking

12/7/2009 – Member of Mexican Sinaloa Cartel Salvador Guzman Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy and to Soliciting the Murder of a Federal Witness

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