Tag: February 2017
Disgraced Nurse Rocky Allen Gets 90 Months Total for Court Defiance
DENVER, CO – A once-trusted healthcare professional is facing a significantly extended stay behind bars. Former nurse Rocky Allen was slapped with an additional 12 months in federal prison today for a brazen act of defiance: violating a direct order from U.S. District Court Judge Raymond P. Moore. Allen already was serving a substantial 78-month…
Tama PD Chief Pleads Guilty to Stealing Gun, Lying to FBI
The former Tama Police Chief, Jeffrey Filloon, 47, from Toledo, Iowa, has pleaded guilty in federal court for stealing a Tama police service weapon and lying to an FBI agent. Filloon admitted taking and selling property including three guns and four vehicles from the Tama Police Department. In a plea agreement, Filloon confessed to lying…
Allentown Deportee Busted for Illegal Reentry
ALLENTOWN, PA – Manuel Antonio Nunez-Ortega, also known as Julio Ricardo Fratichelli-Hernandez, is facing federal charges after allegedly flouting a deportation order and sneaking back into the United States. The indictment, unsealed today, alleges the defendant knowingly re-entered the country after being lawfully removed in 2012. According to Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen,…
Fairfield Felon Davis Admits to Illegal Gun Possession
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A hail of bullets in a quiet Fairfield neighborhood back in 2014 is finally catching up with Markell Darrell Davis, 30. Davis pleaded guilty today to the federal charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm, a crime that carries significant weight under the law. U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert…
Miami Man Gets Life for Child Porn
MIAMI, FL – Manuel Perez Gonzalez, 39, of Miami, will spend the next century behind bars after being sentenced yesterday to 100 years in federal prison for a sickening trove of child pornography. U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro handed down the harsh sentence following Gonzalez’s conviction at trial on charges of distribution, receipt, and possession…
Aaron Johnson Pleads Guilty to $600K Investment Fraud
GRIMY TIMES EXCLUSIVE: In a stunning revelation, Aaron Johnson, 36, of Haddam, has admitted to siphoning off over $600,000 from his clients through an elaborate investment fraud scheme. The admission comes as part of a guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven. Judge Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for…
Homedew Convicted of Meth Trafficking
A California man has been convicted of trafficking methamphetamine to the Des Moines area. Jonathan Leroy Homedew, 43, of Hemet, California, was found guilty by a jury in the Southern District of Iowa on February 22, 2017, of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. According to the United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel, Homedew conspired with other…
Pittsburgh Attacker Gets 3 Years in Hate Crime
PITTSBURGH, PA – A Pittsburgh man learned his fate today, sentenced to three years in federal prison for a racially motivated assault at the Wood Street T-Station in downtown Pittsburgh. Ryan Kyle, 23, of Baldwin Borough, pleaded guilty to violating the Hate Crimes Prevention Act and received the sentence from United States District Judge Cathy…
West View Savings Exec Accused of $41K Heist
PITTSBURGH, PA – A pillar of West View Savings Bank allegedly helped himself to company funds, according to a federal indictment unsealed today. Keith A. Simpson, 59, of Butler, Pennsylvania, stands accused of pilfering approximately $41,806.90 from the federally insured institution over a two-year period. Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced the indictment,…
Shiprock Man Gets 37 Months for BIA Assault
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Larry Lee Emerson, Jr., 36, a member of the Navajo Nation, is headed to federal prison after receiving a 37-month sentence for a brutal attack on a Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) officer. The sentencing, handed down in federal court today, brings a measure of closure to a case that exposed the…
