Tag: 2021
Alburgh Predator Sheltra Gets 15 Years for Exploiting Children
BURLINGTON, VT – Randy Sheltra, 59, of Alburgh, Vermont, will spend the next 15 years behind bars after being convicted of sickening crimes against children. Sheltra was sentenced in U.S. District Court on November 23, 2021, following a six-day jury trial that laid bare his predatory behavior. The Vermont man was found guilty on two…
Tax Preparer Barrie Osborne Accused of $7M PPP Loan Fraud
PHILADELPHIA – The grimy details of a colossal $7 million Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud have emerged, with 76-year-old Barrie Osborne of Celebration, Florida, at the center of the scheme. United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams and Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr. announced that Osborne has been charged by Indictment with conspiracy…
New Haven Drug Kingpin Chawn Battle Sentenced to Prison
New Haven’s notorious drug kingpin, Chawn Battle, 49, has been handed a 21-month federal prison sentence following a DEA investigation that unraveled a vast drug trafficking network. Battle was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford for his role as a cocaine supplier to the crime syndicate led by Michael Smith, also…
Pit Bull Puppy Scam Lands Maryland Man in Federal Prison
Pit Bull Puppy Scam Lands Maryland Man in Federal Prison WASHINGTON D.C. – Fonjeck Eric Azoh, 42, of Mount Rainier, Maryland, is headed to federal prison after being sentenced to 30 months for running a callous scheme that preyed on would-be pet owners. Azoh advertised pit bull puppies for sale online, taking money from over…
Nigerian Conspirator Sentenced for $1.89M Laundering Scheme
WILLIAMSPORT, PA – In a stunning conviction for financial corruption, Jabin Godspower Okpako, 36, a Nigerian national, has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for his role in laundering nearly $2 million from a sophisticated mail and wire fraud scheme. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced the…
Nigerian Launderer Gets 7 Years for $1.9M Fraud
WILLIAMSPORT, PA – Jabin Godspower Okpako, 36, is headed to federal prison for nearly eight years after being sentenced to 87 months’ imprisonment for his role in a sprawling $1.89 million money laundering operation. Chief Judge Matthew W. Brann of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania handed down the sentence on…
Kerry Morgan Jr. Sentenced for Fentanyl Death in Davenport
DAVENPORT, Iowa – In a grim turn of justice, Kerry Bernard Morgan Jr., 31, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 25 years in federal prison for his role in a fentanyl overdose that led to death and serious bodily injury. Morgan Jr. was also ordered to serve five…
Davenport Drug Kingpin Sentenced to 25 Years for Fentanyl Overdose Death
DAVENPORT, Iowa – In a gritty twist of justice, Jarad Paul Postell, the 40-year-old drug kingpin of Davenport, faced the brunt of federal law enforcement on November 17, 2021. United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey doled out a stinging sentence of 25 years in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy…
Jarad Postell Sentenced
A devastating fentanyl overdose has led to a 25-year prison sentence for Jarad Paul Postell, a 40-year-old Davenport man. Postell was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey on Wednesday, November 17, 2021, for Conspiracy to Manufacture, Distribute, and Possess with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl Purported to be Heroin Resulting in…
Roanoke’s Glenn Faces Federal Gun Charges for 2019 Murder
ROANOKE, Va. – Demarcus Sahiquan Glenn, 23, of Roanoke, who was cleared in state court for a May 2019 murder on Denniston Avenue, has been hit with a federal criminal complaint stemming from the same incident. In a chilling twist of events, Glenn, initially charged with murder, attempted robbery, and use of a firearm, had…
