Tag: April 2017
Peggy Kendrick, Conspiring to Assault Juveniles, Arkansas 2023
LITTLE ROCK, AR – Two former supervisors at the White River Juvenile Detention Center in Batesville, Arkansas, have confessed to a sickening pattern of abuse. Captain Peggy Kendrick, 43, and Lieutenant Dennis Fuller, 40, pleaded guilty today in federal court to conspiring to assault juvenile inmates, bringing a dark chapter at the facility closer to…
Erik Fresen, Tax Evasion, Florida 2024
MIAMI, FL – Former Florida State Representative Erik Fresen, 40, of Miami-Dade County, admitted in federal court today to deliberately dodging his tax obligations. Fresen pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert N. Scola to one count of failing to file a federally required tax return – a misdemeanor, but one that speaks volumes about…
Duane E. Spagnola, Federal Firearms Charges, Ohio 2024
Four Men Indicted for Federal Firearms Violations in Ohio In a major crackdown on gun violence, four men from Northeast Ohio have been indicted on federal firearms charges, according to David A. Sierleja, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. Among those charged are Duane E. Spagnola, 30, of Warren; Dwaylen D. Sellers,…
Darnell Jerome, Making a False Statement, New York 2023
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Darnell Jerome, 20, of Rochester, is three years into a probationary sentence after being busted for deliberately misleading federal authorities to gain access to the Greater Rochester International Airport. Jerome was found guilty following a jury trial of making a false statement and sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.…
Casidus Carr, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, New York 2015
BUFFALO, N.Y. – In a stark reminder of the city’s violent crime landscape, Casidus Carr, 31, was handed a 30-month prison sentence today by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara for being a felon in possession of a gun. Carr’s conviction stems from a January 16, 2015, incident where law enforcement officers, executing a search…
Jumana Nagarwala, Female Genital Mutilation, Michigan 2023
DETROIT, MI – A disturbing case of alleged brutality has surfaced in the Detroit suburbs, with two doctors and a co-conspirator indicted on federal charges related to female genital mutilation (FGM). The Justice Department announced today that Jumana Nagarwala, M.D., 44, of Northville, Michigan, Fakhruddin Attar, M.D., 53, and his wife, Farida Attar, 50, both…
Shawn Anthony Burns, Crack Cocaine Trafficking, New Mexico 2024
ALBUQUERQUE, NM – The streets of Albuquerque are marginally safer today after two men were handed federal sentences for their roles in a widespread firearms and narcotics operation. Shawn Anthony Burns, 31, received a hefty 60 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking crack cocaine. Separately, Marcus Sowell, 19, was…
Leroy Shuarod Steele, Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy, Ohio 2024
An Akron man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for selling fentanyl obtained from China that resulted in a fatal overdose, law enforcement officials said. Leroy Shuarod Steele, 36, pled guilty earlier this year to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and distribution of fentanyl. The fentanyl Steele distributed resulted in the…
Frankie Maldonado, Production of Child Pornography, Louisiana 2014
Alexandria, La. – A South Carolina man has been handed a 40-year sentence for producing child pornography and traveling to Louisiana to sexually exploit a juvenile. Frankie Maldonado, 51, of Reevesville, S.C., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell on two counts of production of child pornography and one count of traveling in…
Benjamin Boyd, Child Pornography Possession, Kentucky 2024
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Benjamin Boyd, a resident of Hodgenville, Kentucky, will spend the next 6.5 years behind bars after being sentenced yesterday to 78 months in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography. Senior Judge Charles R. Simpson, III, also imposed a ten-year term of supervised release following Boyd’s incarceration. The sentence comes after Boyd…
