Tag: February 2017
Sayre Man Pleads Guilty To Meth Distribution – Brandon Grimland
MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – In a stunning turn of events, Brandon J. Grimland, 42, from Sayre, Oklahoma, has entered a guilty plea to charges of POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. The allegations, which have sent shockwaves through Muskogee and beyond, claim that…
Deangelo Tate Gets 18 Years for Child Sex Trafficking
Deangelo Tate, 27, of Houston, is going away for 18 long years behind bars after being sentenced to 220 months in federal prison for sex trafficking of a minor. The sentence, handed down by U.S. District Judge Gray H. Miller in the Southern District of Texas, marks the end of a brutal exploitation scheme that…
Harrisburg Woman Pleads Guilty to Bankruptcy Fraud
Rietta M. Miller, 51, of Harrisburg, Illinois, has pleaded guilty to federal bankruptcy fraud after attempting to hide a $47,736.12 worker’s compensation settlement from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Benton. The plea, entered today, marks a hard-fought win for federal prosecutors cracking down on individuals who abuse the bankruptcy system for personal gain. Charges were…
Rafael Almeida Zapata Sentenced to 188 Months for Child Pornography
DALLAS — Rafael Almeida Zapata, a 31-year-old Dallas man, has been sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for his role in the transportation and shipping of child pornography. The grim revelation came as U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater handed down the sentence on Thursday morning. According to court documents, Dallas Police executed a…
Cobb County Drug Store Robber Gets 32 Years
ATLANTA – Dave Montonio Sturgis, Jr., is headed to federal prison for three decades after being convicted of a string of brazen drug store robberies in Cobb County, Georgia. Sturgis, 32, received a 32-year sentence for the June 2015 heists. His accomplice, Lloyd Nathaniel Joyner, a/k/a Zulu, a/k/a Zu, is already well into a 40-year…
Jerry Hall Sentenced to 30 Years for Child Pornography Production
Orlando, Florida — A Brevard County man who produced and possessed child pornography, including graphic images of a child under the age of 10, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. Jerry Hall, 49, of Palm Bay, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza after pleading guilty on December 1, 2016,…
Walter Fambro Gets Nearly 4 Years for ID Theft Tax Scam
Walter Fambro orchestrated a cold, calculated scam that turned stolen identities into cold, hard cash—$326,133 of it ripped straight from the IRS. The Tampa man is now paying the price, sentenced to 3 years and 10 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Charlene E. Honeywell for his role in a stolen identity refund…
Tampa Woman Pleads Guilty in $173K Tax & Credit Fraud Scheme
Nejah Prince, 31, of Tampa, has pleaded guilty to a brazen identity theft and tax refund fraud scheme that exploited stolen Veterans Affairs medical records, federal prosecutors announced today. Prince admitted to access device fraud and making a false claim against the United States—charges that carry a combined maximum sentence of 20 years in federal…
Florida Man Pleads Guilty in Dale County Water Fraud
Darin Lewis, a 46-year-old man from Crestview, Florida, admitted in federal court to conspiring to commit wire fraud by falsifying critical water safety tests in Dale County, Alabama. The guilty plea, entered Thursday, February 16, 2017, in Montgomery, exposes a dangerous cover-up that endangered public health and violated federal environmental safeguards. Lewis, a site supervisor…
Buffalo Man Michael Secchiaroli Arrested in Child Porn Probe
Michael Secchiaroli, 31, of Buffalo, NY, is behind bars and facing federal child pornography charges after a months-long digital dragnet led investigators straight to his front door. The arrest marks the latest escalation in the DOJ’s ongoing crackdown on online exploitation of minors. On December 28, 2015, an undercover federal agent discovered 14 image files…
