Tag: December 2016
Sandra McDonald Sentenced for Identity Theft, $300K Fraud
Fall River, Massachusetts — A 51-year-old Jamaican national used her sister’s identity to sneak into the United States and then stole nearly $300,000 in government benefits, federal prosecutors revealed. Sandra McDonald was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston to 27 months in prison after pleading guilty to passport fraud, theft of public money,…
Austin Russell Ash, 21, sentenced in Parkersburg gun case
A Parkersburg man caught with a defaced firearm while high on marijuana has been locked up in federal prison. Austin Russell Ash, 21, was sentenced today to a year and a day behind bars on federal gun charges, U.S. Attorney Carol Casto confirmed. Ash pleaded guilty to two counts: possession of a firearm with an…
Zwolle Man Pleads Guilty to Meth, Gun Charges
Heath Meshell, 33, of Zwolle, La., stood before a federal magistrate Monday and admitted to trafficking methamphetamine and wielding firearms to protect his operation. The guilty plea, entered before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark L. Hornsby, marks a grim coda to a drug-fueled run that ended in a violent, evidence-laden raid on his home. On April…
Walter Hanson Jr. Sentenced for Throat Slashing in Eagle Butte
A 31-year-old Eagle Butte man slashed a man’s throat with a knife during a drunken argument in a moving vehicle last January, federal court documents reveal. Walter Hanson Jr. was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison on December 20, 2016, after pleading guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon, a charge stemming from the…
Texas Man Faked Terror Call to Catch Megabus
A 35-year-old Austin, Texas man pleaded guilty to orchestrating a fake terror threat to delay a Megabus he was about to miss. Kirk Stuart admitted to calling 911 and falsely claiming his “brother” was armed and planning to carry out a shooting ‘for Allah’ at the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) North End terminal on…
Berkeley Man Pleads Guilty to Firearm Making Charge
MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Jonathan Leigh Wienke, 46, of Martinsburg, has been caught with his hands deep in the illegal gun trade, as he pleaded guilty to manufacturing a firearm without the proper licensing today. The U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, was quick to announce the charges against Wienke. Wienke’s misdeeds landed him one…
Pittsburgh Teen Nyzhon Bell Pleads Guilty to Heroin Distribution
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA — A 19-year-old Pittsburgh man has admitted to pushing heroin into West Virginia communities, pleading guilty today to federal drug charges. Nyzhon N. Bell, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, entered a guilty plea on one count of “Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin,” according to U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II. The conviction lands…
Mescalero Apache Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Abuse
Darwin Neal Kinzhuma, 51, an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Nation from Mescalero, N.M., admitted in federal court today to sexually abusing a Native woman on tribal land in 2015. The guilty plea, entered in Las Cruces, marks the end of a nearly eight-year legal pursuit for a violent crime that shattered trust and…
Larry and Annie Jenkins Plead Guilty to Medicare Fraud
Hattiesburg, MS — A husband-and-wife duo from Stringer, Mississippi, has admitted their roles in a years-long scheme to defraud Medicare, with Larry Carlton Jenkins, 60, and Annie Elizabeth Jenkins, 60, pleading guilty on December 16, 2016, to federal charges tied to false billing practices. Larry Jenkins pled guilty to one count of making a false…
Jackson Men Sentenced in 2014 Hannah Drive Carjacking
Demario Webster, 20, and Ira McGruder, 24, both of Jackson, Mississippi, were sentenced Friday for a violent 2014 carjacking that escalated into a home invasion, robbery, and hostage situation on Hannah Drive in Clinton. The attack unfolded around 8:10 PM on September 30, 2014, moments after the victim pulled into his driveway from work. Armed…
