Tag: February 2017
Rafidi Gets 33 Months for $2.8M Food Stamp Scam
Rafidi Gets 33 Months for $2.8M Food Stamp Scam YOUNGSTOWN, OH – George Rafidi, 62, is headed back to prison, this time for 33 months, after being convicted of orchestrating a nearly $2.8 million food stamp fraud scheme at his now-defunct Breaden Market. The sentence, handed down this week, will run *after* Rafidi completes a…
Jared Brown Sentenced
Jared Brown, 20, of Niagara County, NY, has been sentenced to serve 24 months in prison for threatening to kill then President-elect Donald Trump. This is the second time Brown has been sentenced for threatening a president, having previously served a 15-month prison sentence for threatening former-President Barack Obama. According to Acting U.S. Attorney James…
St. Croix Woman Sentenced for Hobbs Act Robbery Plot
ST. THOMAS, USVI – Aracelis N. Ayala, a/k/a ‘Gordita’ and ‘Fluff,’ was this week found guilty by a federal jury for her role in a brazen Hobbs Act robbery plot that targeted Signature Jewelers on St. Thomas. The 34-year-old defendant faces up to 20 years for each Hobbs Act robbery count, alongside a mandatory minimum…
Prisoner & Accomplice Nabbed in $42K SSA Scam
BIRMINGHAM, AL – A brazen scheme to siphon over $42,000 from the Social Security Administration has landed an Alabama inmate and a northeast Alabama woman in federal hot water. Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and Margaret Moore-Jackson, Special Agent in Charge of the Social Security Administration’s Office of Inspector General, Atlanta Field Division, announced…
Concord Thug Pleads Guilty to Bank Heist
CONCORD, N.H. — In a dramatic turn of events, Leeland Eisenberg, a resident of Concord, New Hampshire, has copped to a federal bank heist charge. United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice confirmed that Eisenberg pleaded guilty on Thursday in connection with the Citizens Bank robbery at 875 Elm Street in Manchester. The court filings and…
Lubbock Lockdown: Vegas Man Pleads Guilty to Flight Crew Assault
LUBBOCK, Texas – Jerry Ba Nguyen, 24, of Las Vegas, admitted in federal court today to a reckless act of disruption that forced an emergency landing of an American Airlines flight. Appearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge D. Gordon Bryant, Jr., Nguyen pleaded guilty to interference with flight crew members and attendants, a federal offense with…
Boscawen Oxycodone Kingpin Admits Trafficking
CONCORD, N.H. – Patrick J. Brooks, II, 37, of Boscawen, has admitted to running a long-term oxycodone trafficking operation in the Concord area. Brooks pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to possessing oxycodone with intent to distribute, effectively ending a case that exposed eleven years of alleged drug dealing. The bust, originating with a series…
Wichita Man Found Guilty of Federal Sex Trafficking
WICHITA, KAN. – In a chilling turn of justice, Daederick Lacy, 25, of Wichita, Kansas, was found guilty on Thursday by a federal jury for heinous acts of sex trafficking, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall announced. Lacy was convicted on three counts: sex trafficking of a minor, sex trafficking of an adult by force, fraud or…
Huntsville Gun Runner Faces Federal Charges
BIRMINGHAM, AL – A Huntsville woman is in federal hot water after being indicted on charges of illegally dealing firearms, authorities announced today. TALARI STARRLEATTA WILLIAMS, 24, stands accused of running a shadow gun shop, circumventing federal laws and potentially arming dangerous individuals. The six-count indictment, unsealed in U.S. District Court, alleges that Williams engaged…
Chavez Montano Guilty in Route 66 Casino Robbery
ALBUQUERQUE – A stark plea entered by Lorenzo Chavez, 25, and James Montano, Jr., 23, on Monday in federal court marked the end of a chapter in the saga of the Route 66 Casino Xpress heist. The duo faced charges for robbing the Laguna Pueblo establishment at gunpoint on December 13, 2015. Chavez, who also…
