Tag: 2024
Graham Sentenced for Orchestrating Mail Theft Scheme in STL
ST. LOUIS – The grimy streets of St. Louis have once again been witness to a federal crime that’s as brazen as it is heinous. Dareon Graham, a 23-year-old resident of Ferguson, was sentenced this week to a staggering 27 months in prison for orchestrating a mail theft conspiracy that robbed the U.S. Postal Service…
Lukes Murder: Gun Supplier & Crew Face Justice
WASHINGTON D.C. – Justice, however delayed, arrived July 10, 2024, for 13-year-old Malachi Lukes. A Superior Court jury found Tyiion Freeman, Koran Jackson, and Stephon Nelson guilty on multiple counts, including first-degree murder while armed, stemming from the brazen shooting that took Lukes’ life on March 1, 2020. The verdict caps a years-long investigation into…
Portage Man Convicted of International Telemarketing Scam Targeting Elderly
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — A jury in the Western District of Michigan has convicted Portage resident Irfan Gill, 62, on 7 counts of mail fraud and 11 counts of money laundering. Gill’s international telemarketing fraud targeted elderly victims nationwide. The scam, which began as early as June 2018 and continued until at least March 2022,…
Pennsylvania Man Charged with Alien Smuggling and Human Trafficking
Utah – Sivarupan Sivaramalingam, a 43-year-old dual citizen from Malvern, Pennsylvania, has been charged with alien smuggling and human trafficking for his alleged role in facilitating the illegal entry of foreign nationals into the United States. Sivaramalingam, who traveled to Salt Lake City for this purpose, was arrested on June 20, 2024, after a federal…
Suggs Gets 20 Months for Pills & Parole Violations
HARTFORD, CT – Denzel Suggs, 30, formerly of Hamden, Connecticut, is headed back to federal prison after U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala handed down a 20-month sentence today. Suggs was convicted for his involvement in a New Haven-area drug trafficking ring and for flagrantly violating the terms of his supervised release from a prior…
Austin Drug Kingpin Tindall Sentenced to 14 Years for Fentanyl Distribution
Austin’s drug underworld has taken another hit as Trenton Harris Tindall, 24, faced the music for his role in a fentanyl distribution ring. Sentenced to 168 months in federal prison, Tindall was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute over 40 grams of the deadly substance. Court documents revealed Tindall’s…
Orlando Man Faces Decade Behind Bars Over Machinegun Possession
ORLANDO, FL – The United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg has announced a serious charge against 19-year-old Jeremiah Cundiff for the illegal possession of a machinegun. If convicted, Cundiff is staring down a decade behind bars. The indictment also reveals that the feds intend to seize a Glock GMBH 23 .40 caliber pistol, a machinegun…
Fonseca Faces 60 Months for Illegal Gun Stash
Eddy Fonseca Faces 60 Months for Illegal Gun Stash TAMPA, FL – Eddy Fonseca, 25, of Tampa, is trading his freedom for a federal prison cell after being sentenced to 5 years and 11 months for illegally possessing firearms and ammunition. U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday delivered the sentence following Fonseca’s guilty plea on…
18-Year-Old NJ Man Charged with Plotting Energy Facility Destruction
Newark, N.J. – The grim news from the District of New Jersey is that Andrew Takhistov, 18, from East Brunswick, has been charged with soliciting destruction of energy facilities. This young man’s alleged plot to sabotage power grids was aimed at causing widespread chaos during a severe heat wave. Takhistov was nabbed on July 10th…
DC Fentanyl & Coke Ring: Sentencings Handed Down
WASHINGTON D.C. – Two men involved in a large-scale drug trafficking operation flooding the nation’s capital with fentanyl and cocaine have received federal prison sentences, authorities announced this week. Erik Rivera Garcia, 29, of Mexico, and Vladimir Roque Ceron, 33, of El Salvador, were sentenced following a multi-defendant indictment returned September 1, 2023. The case…
