Tag: April 2024
Shawn Rains, Mail Fraud Conspiracy, New York 2009
WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK – In a shocking display of greed and betrayal, two former high-ranking executives at a White Plains healthcare consulting company have been sentenced to prison for stealing millions of dollars from their employer. Shawn Rains, 57, and Joseph Maharaj, 42, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nelson S. Román to 12…
Juan Carlos Ortiz, Fentanyl and Cocaine Base Distribution Conspiracy, Vermont 2023
Burlington, Vermont – In a major blow to the Northeast Kingdom’s narcotics trade, Juan Carlos ‘JC’ Ortiz, 29, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 95 months’ imprisonment for his role in a large-scale fentanyl and cocaine base distribution conspiracy. According to court records, Ortiz was charged in two separate but related indictments involving overlapping drug…
Juan Carlos Ortiz, Fentanyl, Cocaine Conspiracy, Massachusetts 2021
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Eric Michael Swancutt, Receiving Child Pornography, Missouri 2024
A known sex offender who was caught in a halfway house with child pornography has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Eric Michael Swancutt, 46, pleaded guilty in January to one count of receiving child pornography after a staffer at the residential reentry center near Farmington, Missouri, found a cell phone with child abuse…
Eric Michael Swancutt, Receiving Child Pornography, Missouri 2022
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey on Tuesday delivered a stern 15-year prison term to Eric Michael Swancutt, a registered sex offender who was apprehended in a Missouri halfway house with child sexual abuse material. ” + “ In 2017, Swancutt was sentenced to 97 months in federal prison after pleading guilty…
Angela Ruby Ponce, Firearms Trafficking, Texas 2022
LAREDO, Texas – Three Laredo residents are facing serious federal charges after being indicted for allegedly supplying weapons to the ruthless Cartel del Noreste (CDN), a criminal organization known for its brutal tactics. U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani announced the indictment, signaling a crackdown on those who fuel the cartel’s violence. Angela Ruby Ponce, 18,…
Angela Ruby Ponce, Conspiracy to Smuggle Firearms, Texas 2024
Three Laredo residents have been charged with funneling firearms to the notorious Cartel del Noreste (CDN), a Mexican criminal organization with a long history of violence and transnational crime. Angela Ruby Ponce, 18, Oscar Axel Flores, 22, and Mario Alberto Tovar, 28, were indicted by a federal grand jury on four counts, including conspiracy, smuggling…
Kenneth Leon Thomas Jr, Second Degree Murder, Oklahoma 2024
MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – A cell dispute turned deadly at the Allen Gamble Correctional Center (formerly Davis Correctional Facility) in Holdenville, Oklahoma, and now Kenneth Leon Thomas, Jr., 35, of Okemah, Oklahoma, is facing 22 years behind bars. Thomas was sentenced to 270 months in prison – a non-paroleable term – for Second Degree Murder in…
Kenneth Leon Thomas, Jr., Second Degree Murder, Oklahoma 2023
Kenneth Leon Thomas, Jr., age 35, of Okemah, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 270 months in prison for Second Degree Murder in Indian Country. The charge arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The incident occurred on May 31, 2022, at the Davis Correctional Facility in Holdenville, now known as the Allen…
Luquay Zahir, COVID Relief Funds Embezzlement, New Jersey 2023
CAMDEN, N.J. – A brazen swindle by a former Atlantic City Housing Authority Coordinator has been exposed, with the feds arresting 49-year-old Luquay Zahir of Atlantic City, New Jersey, on charges of making false statements to influence the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and wire fraud. According to documents filed in this case and statements…
