Tag: April 2017
Luis Angel Briseño-Lopez, Drug Trafficking, New Mexico 2024
New Mexico’s gritty streets have been dealt a major blow as federal agents targeted the drug trafficking empire of Luis Angel Briseño-Lopez, 30. The DEA-led investigation resulted in charges against twenty-eight alleged members of the Mexican drug trafficking organization (DTO), including Briseño-Lopez. Over the course of a 16-month probe, authorities seized an alarming 30 kilograms…
Bernadino Guervil, Heroin Trafficking, New Jersey 2024
TRENTON, N.J. – Another cog in Trenton’s heroin machine has cracked. Bernadino Guervil, 29, known on the streets as “BG,” admitted today to his role in a drug trafficking organization responsible for flooding the city and surrounding areas with heroin. The admission comes as the feds continue to dismantle the ‘Abdullah DTO,’ a ruthless crew…
Martaves Labron Brown, Burglary of a Licensed Dealer, Alabama 2016
BIRMINGHAM – A federal grand jury has delivered a tough blow to Tuscaloosa’s criminal underworld by indicting 23-year-old Martaves Labron Brown, known as ‘Moo Moo,’ for the July 2016 burglary of the Guns & Ammo store in Tuscaloosa. The alleged heist netted over 40 stolen firearms and has Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and…
Jesse Holovacko, Pension Theft, New Jersey 2024
TRENTON, N.J. – Jesse Holovacko, 39, of Sayreville, New Jersey, isn’t just a former financial advisor anymore. He’s a convicted thief. A federal jury slammed Holovacko with guilty verdicts today on all counts related to the systematic looting of a former factory worker’s life savings. The victim, a hardworking man nearing retirement, trusted Holovacko with…
Kayne Farquharson, Passport Forgery, Nebraska 2017
Omaha’s Kayne Farquharson is staring down a 21-month federal prison term after duping authorities with a phony passport. The 32-year-old was sentenced on April 21, 2017, by Judge John M. Gerrard, who also ordered three years of supervised release and restitution of $18,809.00 for fraudulent credit obtained under a false identity. Farquharson, who posed as…
Shaheen Tasewar Hussain, SNAP Benefits Fraud, Maryland 2017
GLEN BURNIE, MD – Shaheen Tasewar Hussain, 61, of Columbia, Maryland, is headed to federal prison after being sentenced to 30 months for running a brazen food stamp fraud scheme. U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett handed down the sentence on April 27, 2017, along with a three-year supervised release and a hefty $778,183.00 restitution…
Tracie Lynne Ellis, Conspiracy to Defraud the United States, Indiana 2023
GRIMY TIMES EXCLUSIVE: Tracie Lynne Ellis and her son, Terrell Sir William Franklin, have been hit with a federal indictment in Indiana, charging them with conspiracy to defraud the United States through fraudulent tax refunds. The mother-son duo is accused of filing false claims with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) under the guise of two…
Dameon Lattimore, Heroin and Crack Cocaine Distribution, Pennsylvania 2024
HARRISBURG, PA – Dameon Lattimore, 40, of New York, will spend the next 29 years behind bars after being sentenced today for supplying the heroin and crack cocaine that claimed the life of a man in York City. U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones, III, handed down the lengthy sentence, a stark warning in…
Tod James Rodolph, Drug Trafficking Conspiracy, Alaska 2024
Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder dropped the hammer on a Palmer couple yesterday, announcing prison sentences for their role in a vast conspiracy to traffic drugs from outside Alaska into the Mat-Su Valley. Tod James Rodolph, 41, and Jessica Elizabeth Hopkins, 36, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason. Rodolph will serve 12…
Cody Tyler Layman, Introduction of a Prohibited Object – Marijuana, West Virginia 2016
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – The walls haven’t kept everything out of USP Hazelton. Cody Tyler Layman, a former Bureau of Prisons employee, confessed today to doing just the opposite – smuggling marijuana in. The 32-year-old Terra Alta, West Virginia resident pled guilty to one count of “Introduction of a Prohibited Object – Marijuana,” bringing another…
