Tag: December 2016
Arthur Stanley Wiggs, Gang-Driven Murder, CT 2011
A Hartford man has been convicted of a cold-blooded, gang-driven murder that left a 23-year-old man dead on a front porch in 2011. Arthur Stanley, also known as “Wiggs,” 27, was found guilty by a federal jury in New Haven after a trial that laid bare the brutal realities of street gang warfare in Connecticut’s…
Antonio Fasolino, Olive Oil Contract Scam, NJ 2024
A Jersey City, New Jersey, man is facing federal charges after allegedly pocketing $3.5 million from two investors in a brazen olive oil contract scam. Antonio Fasolino, 60, was indicted on three counts of wire fraud and one count of transacting in criminal proceeds, accused of fabricating lucrative deals with major retailers to lure victims…
Levi Galvan-Galvan, Cocaine Brokerage, TX 2016
Levi Galvan-Galvan, a 37-year-old man from McAllen, Texas, has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for brokering a one-kilogram cocaine transaction from Mexico to Chicago. The conviction, handed down by U.S. District Judge Ricardo Hinojosa, follows Galvan-Galvan’s guilty plea on September 12, 2016, to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and…
Randy McEntee, Loaded 9mm Possession, VT 2016
SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT – Randy McEntee, 20, is facing federal charges after being caught with a loaded 9mm pistol at the intersection of Shelburne Road and Prospect Parkway on December 15, 2016. The arrest, a joint effort by federal and local law enforcement, shines a harsh light on the intersection of mental health and access…
Tyron Harrison, Gun Possession, PA 2016
23-year-old Pittsburgh resident Tyron Harrison is headed to federal prison after being caught with a loaded .9 mm Ruger pistol in his hoodie pocket during a routine traffic stop in Zone 6. The January 21, 2016 incident ended with immediate arrest and now, a 15-month federal sentence handed down by U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon.…
Tyrone Mobley, Mail Theft, PA 2015
PITTSBURGH — Tyrone Mobley, 49, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is headed to federal prison after stealing dozens of mailed packages destined for Shadyside residents over a two-month crime spree in 2015. The conviction, for theft of mail, culminated in a 12-month-and-one-day sentence handed down by U.S. District Judge Donetta W. Ambrose. Federal prosecutors say Mobley targeted…
Brian Brundage, E-Waste Deception, IL 2024
Brian Brundage, 45, of Dyer, Ind., was arrested this morning in Chicago on federal charges tied to a multi-million dollar e-waste fraud scheme that spanned over a decade. The former owner of Intercon Solutions Inc. and current owner of EnviroGreen Processing LLC is accused of systematically deceiving clients while illegally landfilling, stockpiling, and reselling hazardous…
Quentin Cephus, Assaulting Federal Officer, FL 2016
Quentin Cephus, 30, of Tampa, Florida, pleaded guilty today to forcibly assaulting and inflicting bodily injury on a federal officer — a violent attack that unfolded inside a government-run residential reentry center. The assault occurred on February 9, 2016, at the Hillsborough County Residential Reentry Center, where Cephus was living as a program participant. According…
Michael Raymond Robinett, Methamphetamine Distribution, MO 2023
A Henley, Missouri, man is headed to federal prison for more than a decade after admitting his role in a large-scale methamphetamine distribution ring. Michael Raymond Robinett, 38, was sentenced to 11 years without parole by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough in Jefferson City, marking the end of a drug operation that flooded central…
Victor Tello, Heroin Distribution, PA 2013
Victor Tello, a 25-year-old from Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, stood silently in a Scranton federal courtroom today as he admitted to fueling the region’s heroin epidemic by distributing hundreds of street doses in late 2013. Tello pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to one count of distribution and possession with intent to distribute…
