Tag: December 2016
Carey, Tax Evasion, Massachusetts
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Robert Robidoux, Heroin Conspiracy, VT 2016
A 33-year-old Richmond, Vermont man has been locked up for dealing poison into his own community. Robert Robidoux was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison on December 16, 2016, after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute heroin across Vermont. The sentence, handed down by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Christina Reiss, marks another conviction…
Dale Lee Sharp, Illegal Firearm Possession, WV 2016
Dale Lee Sharp, 45, of Elkins, West Virginia, pled guilty today to illegally possessing multiple firearms, marking the latest chapter in a federal weapons case tied to his prior felony conviction. Sharp admitted in court to possessing a .380 caliber pistol, .270 caliber rifle, .30-30 caliber rifle, and a 12-gauge shotgun in February 2016. As…
Mark McLeod Wygant, Child Pornography Transportation, California 2024
Mark McLeod Wygant, 46, of Chico, California, has admitted to transporting child pornography across state lines, a crime rooted in years of predatory surveillance. Wygant pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of transportation of child pornography, marking a grim milestone in a case that exposed the calculated use of hidden technology to…
Raimundo Hogan, Felon in Possession of Firearm, FL 2024
Raimundo Hogan, 42, of Jacksonville, is going down hard after a federal jury found him guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The conviction, handed down yesterday in federal court, marks the latest fall for a man already deep in the criminal shadows — and now staring at a mandatory 15-year federal…
Jesse Huerra, Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy, TX 2016
Life behind bars—that’s the sentence handed down to Jesse Huerra, 31, of San Angelo, Texas, for his central role in a sprawling methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that poisoned the streets of West Texas. Huerra was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings after a September 2016 trial conviction on charges of possession with…
Timothy Polodna, Bank Heist and Hostage Taking, MO 2014
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The grim narrative of a brazen bank heist and subsequent manager kidnapping has reached its harrowing conclusion as Timothy Polodna, the Springfield bandit, was sentenced to a decade behind bars without parole. Polodna, 54, faced U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough today for his role in the July 9, 2014, crime spree…
Steven Ingersoll, Tax Evasion, Michigan 2024
Steven Ingersoll of Traverse City, Michigan, is going to prison for cooking the books while running two Michigan charter schools. The former owner and operator of Smart Schools Management and Smart Schools, Inc. was sentenced yesterday in Bay City to 41 months behind bars on federal tax fraud charges, marking the end of a years-long…
Michael Chrisman, Replica Bible Fraud, Ohio 2024
Michael Chrisman, 53, of Columbus, Ohio, has been sentenced to one year and nine months in federal prison after stealing $483,403 from an Atlanta business partner in a brazen fraud scheme involving replica Gutenberg Bibles. The self-proclaimed antique bookbinder submitted false invoices for more than 70 hand-bound sets he never completed, instead funneling the money…
Kevin Edwards, Embezzlement of Federal Funds, Georgia 2012
Kevin Edwards, the former nightclub owner and political hopeful, stood stone-faced in a federal courtroom today as he pleaded guilty to stealing $649,000 in federal job training funds funneled through the Atlanta Workforce Development Agency (AWDA). Between 2010 and 2012, Edwards exploited a federal On-the-Job Training (OJT) program designed to lift unemployed workers into skilled…
