Tag: 2024
Illegal Alien Moncada-Vargas Sentenced for Gun Smuggling
NEW ORLEANS – Junior Alexander Moncada-Vargas, the 35-year-old Honduran national dubbed a ‘gun runner’ by law enforcement, has been sentenced to thirty months in federal prison for his brazen illegal arms trade. Moncada-Vargas was caught selling multiple firearms and ammunition to undercover agents over several months. The court records reveal that on three separate occasions…
Begay Gets 87 Months for Navajo Nation Shooting
ALBUQUERQUE, NM – A senseless act of violence on the Navajo Nation has landed Nathaniel Begay, 31, of Fruitland, New Mexico, behind bars for 87 months. Begay unloaded 18 rounds from semi-automatic handguns at a family home, putting eight lives at risk, including five young children. The attack, occurring on April 28, 2022, stemmed from…
Baltimore Drug Ring Members Plead Guilty in WV
MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – A major drug trafficking ring operating out of Baltimore has met its match as seventeen members have pleaded guilty to distributing deadly drugs like fentanyl and cocaine across West Virginia. This comes after a thorough investigation by federal prosecutors and local law enforcement. United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld emphasized the gravity…
PA Man Okorie Convicted in $100K+ Cybercrime Laundering Scheme
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Toochukwu Michael Okorie, 46, of Bristol, Pennsylvania, is facing up to a decade behind bars after a federal jury found him guilty of conspiracy to commit money laundering. The verdict, delivered after three days of testimony before U.S. District Court Judge L. Scott Coogler, exposes another link in the chain of criminals…
Ernesto Saldivar Sentenced for $600,000 Navy Equipment Theft
San Diego’s Ernesto Saldivar, a contractor at General Dynamics NASSCO, was today sentenced to 18 months in prison for his brazen theft of nearly $600,000 worth of computer equipment from the U.S. Navy. Saldivar, who was employed during the shipyard’s modernization efforts, is accused of stealing hundreds of military hard drives and laptops between November…
Booker Sentenced 10 Years
A brutal attack at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in 2018 has resulted in a 10-year prison sentence for Christopher Dewey Booker, 48, of Colorado. Booker used a Tomahawk hatchet to repeatedly strike and bludgeon a person, leaving the victim with severe injuries. According to court documents, the assault occurred on September 7, 2018,…
Spokane Fentanyl Kingpin Gets 22+ Years
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Alaska’s Adams Slammed for $1M Embezzlement, Wire Fraud
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The city of Houston, Alaska, was hit hard yesterday as former treasurer Jess Adams, 67, was slammed with a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence for embezzling over $1 million. Adams, who had administrative control over the city’s finances from 2015 to 2018, funneled funds into his personal accounts and created fake records to cover…
D.C. Serial Rapist Jose Gomez Indicted
WASHINGTON D.C. – Jose Angel Gomez, 42, formerly of Washington D.C., is facing life without parole after a D.C. grand jury indicted him today on charges stemming from a string of brutal stranger rapes that terrorized the city in the summer and fall of 2018. The indictment details horrific attacks on three women, each carried…
Kirkwood Predator Darrell Sanders Sentenced to 11 Years for Child Porn
ST. LOUIS – The grim halls of federal court in St. Louis echoed with justice on Wednesday as Darrell Ray Sanders, a predator who approached children in Kirkwood, Missouri, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for possessing and receiving child pornography. \\ In a chilling turn of events, Sanders was identified by Kirkwood Police…
