Tag: 2009
AL Operator Pleads to MO Medicaid Scam
⏱ 3 min read Camille S. Childress, a home health operator out of Alabama, copped to a Medicaid scheme in federal court today. The feds say she knowingly billed Missouri Medicaid for services that never happened. The crime unfolded in the Middle District of Missouri, though Childress is an Alabama resident – a clear sign…
Tallahassee Felon Faces Federal Gun Rap
⏱ 2 min read Tallahassee’s Etavious J. Milton, 26, is facing serious federal time after authorities indicted him on a charge of illegal firearm possession. The feds say Milton, already a convicted felon, was busted with a gun. The exact circumstances of the bust – what drew the heat, where the weapon was found –…
Drone Drop: Meth Smuggler Gets 12+ Years
CASPER, WY – Jorge Narvaez, 28, of Delano, California, will spend the next 12 years and 7 months staring at concrete, not sky. The sentence, handed down this week in Wyoming’s federal court, isn’t for a street-level drug deal. Narvaez tried to turn a remote-controlled drone into a delivery service for prison inmates, attempting to…
Brooklyn Crew Gets Life for 18th Street Hit
BROOKLYN – Herberth Rodríguez, known on the streets as “Kepa,” and Elias Martínez Villanueva, alias “Rebelde,” will likely spend the rest of their lives behind bars after a federal jury found them guilty of the cold-blooded murder of Diego Vanegas Vásquez in November 2020. The hit, prosecutors proved, wasn’t some spur-of-the-moment act of rage –…
Ghost Guns & Silencers: 9+ Years for Mass. Man
⏱ 3 min read Nicholas Kingsley, 42, of Agawam, Massachusetts, is headed to federal prison for over nine years after a Homeland Security Investigation blew the lid on his operation. The feds busted Kingsley for stockpiling illegal firearms, silencers, and parts to turn ordinary guns into machine guns. The case unfolded in Hartford, Connecticut, with…
Fake Pills, Real Money: Cali Man Sentenced
⏱ 2 min read RELATED: Bloomsburg Man Gets 2 Years for Illegal Gun SEE ALSO: Minneapolis Man Jailed for Threatening Congress BOSTON – Jimmy Fu, 64, of West Hills, California, is headed to federal prison after admitting he laundered money for shady online pharmacies shipping fake and illegal drugs across the country. Judge Julia Kobick…
KC Predator Gets 30 Years for Child Porn
⏱ 2 min read RELATED: Tax Cheat Gets 23 Months in the Slammer SEE ALSO: 30 Years for KC Predator KANSAS CITY, MO – Steven Michael George, 45, of Belton, Missouri, will spend the next three decades in federal prison after being sentenced to 360 months – 30 years – for distributing and hoarding child…
Fake Pills, Real Money: Laundering Scheme Lands Man in Fed Lockup
⏱ 3 min read Jimmy Fu, 64, of West Hills, California, is headed to federal prison after admitting he laundered nearly $689,697 for shady online pharmacies flooding the US with fake pills, starting around November 2022. The year-and-a-day sentence, handed down in Boston today, closes a case exposing how criminals exploit financial networks to fuel…
Charlotte Man Tried to Shake Down Tech Firm
⏱ 2 min read Cameron Curry, 27, of Charlotte, is facing a long stretch after a federal jury found him guilty yesterday of trying to bleed a D.C.-based tech company for $2.5 million. Curry, a former employee, allegedly stole a mountain of personnel files and other confidential data then threatened to dump it online unless…
Bloomsburg Gun Bust: 2 Years Behind Bars
⏱ 2 min read Nelson Pineda-Chacon, 31, is headed to federal prison for two years after a late-night argument turned into a reckless shooting in Bloomsburg, Columbia County, on May 7th. Cops responded to reports of gunfire at his home and found evidence of a recent discharge—spent shell casings and a bullet scattered across the…
