Tag: 2017
Gino Cordisco, Conspiracy, Pennsylvania 2023
A Butler County pharmacist has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in a scheme to reuse medications left over from nursing homes, according to federal prosecutors. Gino Cordisco, 47, of Mars, PA, pleaded guilty to one count before United States District Judge Arthur J. Schwab. The guilty plea was announced by Acting United States Attorney Soo…
Jose David Silva Pestano, Heroin Trafficking, Connecticut 2017
Heroin Trafficking Bust in Connecticut A Mexican citizen, Jose David Silva Pestano, 33, has pleaded guilty to heroin trafficking charges in a Connecticut federal court. According to court documents, Pestano and others conspired to transport multi-kilogram quantities of heroin from Mexico to the Bridgeport, Connecticut area. On multiple occasions between April 2015 and March 2017,…
Darnell Upshaw, Felon in Possession of Firearm, Massachusetts 2018
BOSTON – A Brockton man with two prior federal firearm convictions pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to a federal firearms charge. Darnell Upshaw, 35, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani scheduled sentencing for March 22, 2018. On May 10,…
Angel Miguel Beltre Tejeda, Identity Theft, Massachusetts 2017
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – A Dominican national was sentenced to 2 years in prison for his role in a scheme to produce false identification documents through the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV). Angel Miguel Beltre Tejeda, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge George A. O’Toole, Jr. to 2 years in prison and 1…
Albert Bonner, Providing Firearm to Convicted Felon, Connecticut 2017
Killingly Man Sentenced for Providing Firearm to Convicted Felon Albert Bonner, 31, of Killingly, was sentenced to eight months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for providing a firearm to a convicted felon, announced John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. On January 4, 2017, law enforcement officers…
Jerry Defazio, Providing Prohibited Objects to Inmates, Pennsylvania 2017
SCRANTON – In a shocking revelation, Jerry Defazio, a former contract employee with the Lackawanna County Prison, has been found guilty of providing and attempting to provide prohibited objects, including illegal drugs, to inmates at the Lackawanna County Prison. According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, Defazio admitted that between November 2015 and April…
Naajeh Torres, Heroin Trafficking, Pennsylvania 2017
SCRANTON – A local man was sentenced to 24 months in prison for heroin trafficking near a high school. Naajeh Torres, 24, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo on December 21, 2017. Torres pleaded guilty on October 25, 2017, to charges of distributing heroin within 1,000…
Alexis Ocegueda, Methamphetamine Distribution, Vermont 2017
A California man has been charged with distributing large quantities of methamphetamine in Vermont. Alexis Ocegueda, 23, was arrested on December 13, 2017 at his residence in San Diego, California by United States Postal Inspectors and agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration. According to court documents, the United States alleges that during the conspiracy, Ocegueda…
Erwin Keith Duffy Bell, Firearm Assault, Iowa 2017
Clinton Felon Sentenced to More Than Twenty Years in Federal Prison Erwin Keith Duffy Bell, a 36-year-old from Clinton, Iowa, has been sentenced to 248 months’ imprisonment, or over twenty years, after being found guilty of possessing a loaded firearm and assaulting a Mount Vernon police officer during a traffic stop on February 4, 2017.…
Vulcan Materials Company, Antitrust Violation, Tennessee 2023
Crime runs deep in the world of construction materials, and the latest case involves one of the industry’s biggest players. Vulcan Materials Company, a New Jersey corporation headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, has agreed to divest 17 aggregate facilities in Tennessee and Virginia to settle antitrust charges. The company, one of the largest producers of coarse…
