Tag: February 2017
Mahmoud Amin Mohamed Elhassan, Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL, Virginia 2023
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,…
Jon Eddie Rouleau, Tax Evasion, Massachusetts 2024
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…
Matthew Dragoone, Bank Robbery, Connecticut 2015
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…
Jermaine Calvin Jeffries, Conspiracy to Deliver Methamphetamine, Virginia 2024
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…
Robert Ruben Ornelas, Child Sex Tourism, California 2024
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…
Thomas Lee Nelson, Possessing a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking, West Virginia 2016
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…
Christopher J. Sullivan, Child Pornography Possession, Massachusetts 2016
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…
Steven D. Blosser, Receipt of Child Pornography, Illinois 2015
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,…
Brandon Paul Quainton, Interfering with Commerce by Robbery, Connecticut 2016
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…
Nathan Jensen, Felon in Possession, New Mexico 2016
ALBUQUERQUE – In a chilling turn of events, Nathan Jensen, 34, of Albuquerque, N.M., has been hit with hard time for violating federal firearm laws. Jensen’s crime spree reached its climax when he pled guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Jensen’s arrest in May 2016 is…
