Tag: February 2017
Springfield Teen Javon A. Young Gets 51 Months for Armed Robberies
Springfield, Ill. — An 18-year-old armed with a black air rifle handgun terrorized two local businesses in June 2016, forcing employees to hand over cash during daylight heists at Casey’s General Store and Taco Gringo. Javon A. Young, of Rosaria Road, now faces the consequences: 51 months in federal prison. Young appeared before U.S. District…
Brandon James Williams Sentenced
Brandon James Williams, a 32-year-old man from Ridgeland, South Carolina, has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. This sentence was handed down by United States District Judge David C. Norton in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina. The case against Williams began when the…
Guzman Sentenced for Bank Fraud
Bank fraud has landed a Kentucky man in federal prison for 50 months. John Guzman, 70, of Shelby County, Ky., was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Joseph M. Hood for nine counts of bank fraud. Guzman’s sentencing is the culmination of a case that began with a one-week trial in Lexington, where a jury…
Berlin Man Pleads Guilty to Producing Child Pornography
David Edward Weatherholtz, 57, of Berlin, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to two counts of producing child pornography in a case that exposes a decades-long pattern of predatory abuse targeting minors, including family members and young boys connected through his theater business. The plea, announced by U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein, ICE HSI Special Agent in…
Texan Lozano Pleads Guilty in Cocaine Ring Scheme
PITTSBURGH – Dante Ivan Lozano, 41, from Brownsville, Texas, has entered a guilty plea in federal court for his role in a large-scale cocaine trafficking and money laundering scheme. The charges stem from allegations that between 2011 and 2015, Lozano mailed over 100 packages containing approximately eight kilograms of cocaine to Pittsburgh-area dealers. Lozano’s distribution…
Maui Bookkeeper Steals $373K From Mom & Son
HONOLULU, HI – Felicidad Rivera, 51, of Maui, admitted in federal court today to systematically draining the bank accounts of a mother-son business duo, pilfering over $373,682 over a seven-year period. Rivera, a professional bookkeeper, plead guilty to 13 counts of wire fraud, a betrayal of trust that left the victims financially crippled. According to…
Michael Todd Lintz Sentenced for Coercing Sex from Probationers
Michael Todd Lintz, 52, of Norton, Va., used his position as a Parks and Recreation Maintenance Supervisor to prey on vulnerable women under court supervision. The former city employee admitted to leveraging his authority to extract sexual favors from female community service workers on probation — threatening their freedom with the stroke of a pen.…
Angel Nunez, Stanislav Petkevichus Sentenced in Oxycodone Ring
Albany County’s underground opioid trade took a hit today as Angel Nunez, 28, of Brooklyn, New York, and Stanislav Petkevichus, 28, of Slingerlands, New York, were sentenced for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. The operation, which funneled high-dose 30 mg tablets from New York City into the Capital Region, fed into a…
28-Year-Old Man Sentenced for Child Pornography Possession
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – A Marion County man has been handed a 37-month prison sentence for his despicable act of possessing child pornography. Michael P. Lough, aged 28, from the town of Fairmont, was nailed today by Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen. According to court documents, Lough used an internet-based website to access…
Greed Bankrupted Church: Olson Gets 4 Years
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A former church treasurer is trading pews for prison bars after receiving a four-year sentence Wednesday for a brazen scheme that drained nearly $1.5 million from the Calvary Lutheran Church, also known as Amazing Grace Lutheran Church of Las Vegas. Gregory J. Olson, 52, formerly of Las Vegas and now residing…
