Tag: April 2017
Dwight Jarvis, Crack Cocaine Distribution, Connecticut 2024
BRIDGEPORT, CT – Dwight Jarvis, 28, of Monroe, admitted to distributing crack cocaine in federal court yesterday, bringing him one step closer to facing serious time for pushing poison in Connecticut. Jarvis waived his right to an indictment and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport, effectively confessing to the charges…
Yaowapha Ritdet, Tax Fraud and Alien Harboring, California 2024
San Francisco – Yaowapha Ritdet, the owner of Ukiah’s Ruen Tong Thai Cuisine and Walter Café, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the internal revenue laws and harboring illegal aliens for profit. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart…
Ohio Families, Prescription Drug Abuse, Ohio 2023
Ohio – The leftovers in your medicine cabinet aren’t just gathering dust – they’re feeding a deadly epidemic. Addictive prescription drugs, carelessly discarded or forgotten, are increasingly becoming fuel for abuse and street sales, often by those closest to you. This Saturday, April 29, from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M., the DEA and its partners…
Tony Derrick Torrez, Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses, New Mexico 2015
ALBUQUERQUE – Tony Derrick Torrez, the man once known as a drug kingpin in Albuquerque, N.M., has pleaded guilty to federal charges of drug trafficking and firearms. The 33-year-old faces a sentence of 93 to 101 months in prison, followed by supervised release. In a gritty proceeding, Acting U.S. Attorney James D. Tierney announced the…
Bradley Thomas Smeagal, Securities Fraud, Minnesota 2023
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Bradley Thomas Smeagal, 63, is headed to federal prison after being sentenced to 72 months for a brazen $5.1 million securities fraud scheme. Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker announced the sentence today, bringing a measure of justice to the victims who trusted Smeagal with their life savings. Smeagal, who pleaded…
Corey Cheatom, Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy, Pennsylvania 2017
PITTSBURGH – The grim reaper of the Beltzhoover neighborhood has met his match. Corey Cheatom, a 29-year-old Pittsburgh native, was convicted on April 24, 2017, for conspiring to engage in large-scale heroin trafficking. Cheatom’s reign of terror began in earnest around May 2015, when he and co-defendant Lance Gardenhire orchestrated a drug empire that spanned…
Lance Gardenhire, Heroin Trafficking, Pennsylvania 2017
PITTSBURGH – In a stunning turn of events, Lasean Gardenhire has been found guilty of conspiring to launder heroin trafficking proceeds. The 40-year-old Pittsburgh native faced the music on April 24, 2017, when she pled guilty in the courtroom of United States District Court Judge Nora Barry Fischer. The prosecution revealed that Gardenhire utilized thousands…
West Virginia Opioid Crisis, Opioid Trafficking, W.Va. 2023
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia, ground zero for the nation’s opioid epidemic, is bracing for another battle. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia and the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Charleston District Office today announced locations for the DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, a desperate attempt to stem the flow…
Angela Renee Reneau, Wire Fraud Tax Evasion, Oklahoma 2016
Former Edmond property manager, ANGELA RENEE RENEAU, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison by United States District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange for wire fraud and failing to file a tax return. The Oklahoma City resident will also pay $386,236.27 in restitution to her former clients and an additional $137,352 to the IRS. Reneau, who…
Jennifer Arlene Rosas-Saucedo, Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy, Alabama 2017
MOBILE, AL – Jennifer Arlene Rosas-Saucedo is facing a long stretch behind bars after being sentenced to eighty months in federal prison for her role in a sprawling, multi-state methamphetamine distribution conspiracy. The sentence, handed down on April 24, 2017, by Senior Judge Callie V. Granade, marks a significant victory for federal law enforcement battling…
