Two Additional Colombian Nationals Also Plead Guilty For Their Roles Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2014. Three Colombian nationals were sentenced to decades in prison today in the Eastern District of Virginia for their roles in the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent James “Terry” Watson in Bogotá,[Read More…]
Law and Order
Former St. Bernard Deputy Sheriff and Former Saints Player Indicted For Drug Distribution and Obstruction Charges
LOUISIANA–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2014. U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite, announced that BRANDON LICCIARDI, age 29 of Meraux, Louisiana, and DARREN SHARPER, age 39, formerly of New Orleans, were charged today in a six-count Indictment. LICCIARDI and SHARPER were charged with Conspiracy to Distribute Alprazolam, Diazepam and Zolpidem with intent to commit[Read More…]
Steven Mandell Sentenced To Life In Prison For Barbaric 2012 Plot To Kidnap, Extort And Kill Victim In North Side Torture Chamber
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2014. A northwest suburban man was sentenced yesterday to life in prison for plotting in 2012 to kidnap, torture, extort and murder an innocent victim and then take control of the victim’s real estate holdings. STEVEN MANDELL, 64, formerly known as “Steven Manning,” of Buffalo Grove, was[Read More…]
California Operator of myRedBook.com Website Pleads Guilty to Facilitating Prostitution
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 11, 2014. A California man pleaded guilty today in connection with his operation of the myRedBook.com website to facilitate prostitution. This represents the first federal conviction of a website operator for facilitation of prostitution. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney[Read More…]
Romanian Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in International Fraud Scheme Involving Online Marketplace Websites
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 11, 2014. A Romanian man was sentenced today to serve 63 months in prison for his role in receiving and sending overseas approximately $690,000 in proceeds from an international fraud scheme involving online marketplace websites, as well as for the use of a fraudulent passport. Assistant Attorney General[Read More…]
Vehicle Dealer And Accountant Sentenced To Prison For $75.9 Million Financing Fraud Scheme That Caused 18 Lenders To Lose $58.8 Million
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2014. A former area motorcycle and recreational vehicle dealer and his accountant were sentenced to 13½ and 2½ years, respectively, in federal prison for a $75.9 million fraudulent financing scheme that resulted in 18 lenders losing more than $58.8 million, federal law enforcement officials announced today. RUSSELL[Read More…]
Eight Defendants Charged With Distributing Heroin In Chicago Area On Behalf Of Guerrero Unidos Mexican Drug Cartel
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2014. An Aurora man who allegedly led the Chicago area cell of the Guerrero Unidos Mexican drug trafficking cartel is among eight defendants who are facing federal narcotics charges here for their alleged roles in distributing kilogram quantities of heroin, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The[Read More…]
Tri State Metal Company, Inc. Charged With Federal Tax And Currency Crimes Involving Millions Of Dollars In Cash Deals
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2014. A Chicago company dealing in scrap metal has agreed to plead guilty to federal tax and currency transaction charges alleging that it engaged in cash transactions that resulted in underreporting its corporate income and underpaying its payroll taxes. The defendant, TRI STATE METAL COMPANY, INC., was[Read More…]
Three Sentenced for Involvement in Aryan Brotherhood of Texas Racketeering Conspiracy
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 9, 2014. Three Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) gang members and associates from Houston and Dallas were sentenced to prison this week for their roles in the violent ABT enterprise, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson[Read More…]
Yuba City, California, Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Racially Motivated Attack on White Man and African-American Woman
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 9, 2014. Anthony Merrell Tyler, 34, of Yuba City, California, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge John A. Mendez to serve 46 months in prison for violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. The crime involved a racially motivated attack by[Read More…]
