Tag: February 2015
WV Highway Admin Lied to Feds, Gets Probation
WHEELING, WV – A former West Virginia Division of Highways administrator walked with a slap on the wrist today, sentenced to three years of probation for obstructing a federal investigation. Edward Matthew Tuttle, 39, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, admitted to intentionally misleading Federal Bureau of Investigation agents probing potential wrongdoing within the state’s transportation department.…
Reno Woman Pleads Guilty to Counterfeit Credit Card Fraud
BOISE – In a gritty turn of events, Elizabeth Carter, 21, from Reno, Nevada, has entered a guilty plea in the United States District Court for Idaho. Carter stands accused of access device fraud, specifically using counterfeit credit cards to rack up fraudulent purchases. The court documents reveal that Carter and her co-defendant, Rapphel Johnson,…
Las Cruces Heroin Kingpin Sentenced to Over 7 Years
ALBUQUERQUE – The grimy streets of Las Cruces were shook by the sentencing of Nathan Andrew Maestas, 31, who was today locked away for 72 months in federal prison for heroin trafficking. Maestas was one of 20 defendants ensnared in a massive multi-agency investigation into drug trafficking operations in Doña Ana County. Maestas and his…
Methuen Man Gets 27 Months for Identity Theft Scheme
BOSTON – Delcin Belarminio Soto Baez, a Dominican national residing in Methuen, Massachusetts, is headed to federal prison after being sentenced Monday for a calculated scheme to assume the identities of U.S. citizens. U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV, handed down a 27-month prison sentence, followed by one year of supervised release. Baez,…
Burnette, Jones, Shuttlesworth Convicted in Oxycodone Ring
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Three individuals have been convicted for their involvement in a massive prescription painkiller distribution ring spanning from Pennsylvania to West Virginia. Timothy Charles Burnette, 45, Erik Jones, 27, and Terri Shuttlesworth, 24, all of West Virginia, were sentenced today by United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, following an intensive investigation.…
Cesar Flores Sentenced to Ten Years for Bribery Scheme
GRIMY TIMES EXCLUSIVE: Former Maverick County Precinct 4 Commissioner Cesar Flores was sentenced to ten years in federal prison today for his involvement in a multimillion-dollar bribery and kickback scheme that decimated Maverick County’s coffers. In addition to the lengthy sentence, Judge Alia Moses ordered Flores to pay $546,170.81 in restitution and complete 1,500 hours…
Albuquerque Drug Kingpin Pleads Guilty to Cocaine, Money Laundering
ALBUQUERQUE – Christopher Roybal, 35, the former head of an Albuquerque-based drug trafficking organization, has entered a guilty plea in federal court for cocaine trafficking and money laundering. Roybal faces a 14-year prison sentence as part of his plea agreement. Roybal was one of the 19 defendants charged in December 2012 with drug trafficking and…
Albuquerque Comptroller Accused of $1.5M Fraud Scheme
ALBUQUERQUE – Stephanie Pyle, 39, of Albuquerque, N.M., stood before a federal judge this morning, pleading not guilty to a 12-count indictment alleging a brazen, multi-year fraud scheme. The former comptroller is accused of pilfering over $1.5 million from her employer, using company funds for unauthorized purchases and a calculated identity theft operation. The indictment,…
Tallahassee School Registrar Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – The grim halls of justice were once again tested this week as Jonathan Harry Lee Williams, former registrar at Ruediger Elementary School, stood before a Tallahassee court and pleaded guilty to using a minor to produce child pornography and to possessing the same. This startling admission comes after a 2014 raid on…
Silver Spring’s Harris Pleads Guilty to $1.6M SBA Fraud
Baltimore, MD – Stewart Mark Twayne Harris, 38, of Silver Spring, was hit with a guilty plea for orchestrating a massive Small Business Administration (SBA) fraud scheme that siphoned off $1.6 million. According to United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein and the SBA Inspector General Peggy E. Gustafson, Harris duped the system by submitting false…
