Tag: February 2017
Alexandria Man Admits to Receiving Child Pornography
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Bruno Ivan Gonzales, 39, of Alexandria, has admitted to a sickening crime: receiving child pornography. The plea, entered yesterday, brings a dark chapter in a 2015 investigation to a near close, but doesn’t erase the harm inflicted on the children depicted. The case began in early 2015 when Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)…
Va. Man Sentenced for Trying to Aid ISIL
Alexandria, Va. – Mahmoud Amin Mohamed Elhassan, a 26-year-old from Woodbridge, Virginia, was today sentenced to 11 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), along with making false statements to FBI agents. Elhassan, who hails from Sudan,…
Ballroom Boss Rouleau Hit With Tax Fraud Sentence
WORCESTER, MA – Jon “Eddie” Rouleau, 63, the former owner of the once-popular Myriad Ballroom in Mendon, Massachusetts, walked out of U.S. District Court yesterday with a year of probation and a $3,000 fine, but his financial deception cost him far more. Rouleau was sentenced by Judge Timothy S. Hillman for intentionally aiding in the…
Middletown Bandit Matthew Dragoone Sentenced for Bank Robbery Spree
The grim saga of Middletown’s bank-robbing bandit Matthew Dragoone took a decisive turn as the 32-year-old was sentenced to six years in federal prison. United States Attorney Deirdre M. Daly announced yesterday’s sentence for Dragoone, who pleaded guilty to robbing six banks and attempting another in 2015. Dragoone’s spree began on August 12, 2015, with…
USP Lee Inmate Jeffries Gets 5 Years for Drug Scheme
ABINGDON, VA – Another inmate at the notoriously rough United States Federal Penitentiary in Lee County, Virginia [USP Lee], is facing more time behind bars. Jermaine Calvin Jeffries, 44, formerly of Pennington Gap, Virginia, was sentenced yesterday to an additional 60 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to a conspiracy charge related to drug…
Ornelas Gets 190 Years for Philippine Child Abuse
SANTA ANA, CA – Robert Ruben Ornelas, 66, of Santa Ana, will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a federal judge handed down a 190-year sentence for horrific crimes committed in the Philippines. Ornelas, a former school teacher with a decades-long history of child abuse, traveled to the Philippines on multiple occasions…
Detroit Man Nelson Admits Gun Fueled Drug Trade
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Thomas Lee Nelson, 48, of Detroit, admitted today he used a firearm to protect his heroin operation, entering a guilty plea to a federal gun charge. The bust, a grim reminder of the drug trade’s violent underbelly, adds another name to the growing list of those facing hard time for fueling West…
Waltham Resident Convicted of Child Pornography Possession
GRIMY TIMES — A shocking revelation from Boston this week as a Waltham man has been hit with serious charges for child pornography possession. Christopher J. Sullivan, 20, of Waltham, entered his guilty plea in U.S. District Court in Boston earlier today. The case dates back to May 2016 when federal agents were alerted about…
Columbia Man Accused of Child Porn Receipt
Columbia, IL – Steven D. Blosser, 40, of Columbia, was arraigned on February 24, 2017, for federal charges related to the receipt of child pornography, according to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Illinois. The indictment asserts that Blosser knowingly received child pornography between September 16, 2015,…
Detroit Thug Gets 3 Years in Stamford Rolex Heist
BRIDGEPORT, CT – Another piece of the 2014 Stamford Town Center Mall jewelry heist is behind bars. BRANDON PAUL QUAINTON, 23, of Detroit, Michigan, received a 36-month federal prison sentence today after pleading guilty to his role in the brazen robbery of Sidney Thomas Jewelers. U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden also tacked on three…
