Tag: January 2017
Cabot Man Pleads Guilty in USDA Contract Corruption
Larry Dale Dunkin, 64, of Cabot, has admitted to exploiting his position as a former federal contracting officer to line his own pockets, pleading guilty to a federal conflict of interest charge tied to a $22,500 USDA contract awarded to a company in which his wife held a direct financial stake. The deal reeks of…
Manchester Narc Boss Slammed with 70-Year Sentence for Cocaine Smuggling
David Gil-Grande, a 29-year-old Manchester resident, has been handed a 70-month federal prison sentence for his role in a massive cocaine trafficking operation. United States Attorney Deirdre M. Daly announced the stiff penalty imposed by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello. According to court documents and statements made in court, Gil-Grande was part of…
QLaser Crooks Busted: SD Trio Scammed Sick for Profit
RAPID CITY, SD – Three individuals are facing federal charges after years of allegedly peddling a bogus medical device, the “QLaser,” to desperate and vulnerable consumers across the country. Robert “Larry” Lytle, 81, of Rapid City, South Dakota, Irina Kossovskaia, 62, of Canada, and Fredretta L. Eason, 76, of Rapid City, were arrested over the…
Ex-Detective Chad Hogan Sentenced in HUD Fraud Scheme
Chad Wayne Hogan, a 47-year-old former detective with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, has been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for laundering $187,706 stolen from a Housing and Urban Development (HUD) utility assistance program. The sentence, handed down by U.S. District Judge Marcia A. Crone, marks the fall of a…
Sandy Nguyen Sentenced for HUD Theft Scheme
HOUSTON WOMAN Nhung Tuyet Nguyen, 44, known as Sandy Nguyen, has been sentenced to 22 months in federal prison for stealing $393,583 from a federal housing assistance program meant for low-income tenants at Beverly Place Apartments in Groves, Texas. Nguyen, who worked as an assistant manager at the complex from October 2007 to December 2015,…
Beaumont Man Gets 21 Months for Terrorist Threats to ExxonMobil
BEAUMONT, Texas – Lance Giovanni Fontenot, a 23-year-old Beaumont native, has been locked behind bars for 21 months following his conviction on federal terroristic threat charges. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Marcia A. Crone. Fontenot’s scheme came to light on June 15, 2016, when he called the ExxonMobil refinery in Beaumont…
Maria Carmen Nelson Jailed in USDA Child Food Fraud
LITTLE ROCK — Maria Carmen Nelson, 50, of Little Rock, has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for her role in a brazen scheme to steal more than half a million dollars from a USDA program designed to feed hungry children in low-income communities. The funds were meant to nourish kids. Instead, Nelson…
James City County Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charge
Charles K. Young, 69, of James City County, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to receipt of child pornography—a crime that came to light after a family member turned him in. The plea, entered in federal court in Newport News, marks the latest chapter in a disturbing case involving thousands of illicit images and a breach of…
15 Indicted in West TN Cocaine, Marijuana Ring
Five men and ten women allegedly fueled a sprawling narcotics network that pumped cocaine, crack, and marijuana into the veins of West Tennessee for half a year in 2016 — and now, seven years later, federal justice has caught up. A federal grand jury has indicted 15 individuals on charges of conspiracy to distribute and…
Jose Nunez Gets 8 Years for Oxycodone Conspiracy
Jose Nunez, 61, of Manchester, is headed to federal prison for eight years after being sentenced on charges tied to a sprawling oxycodone distribution ring that stretched from New York to New Hampshire. Nunez admitted to participating in a conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, laundering drug money, and possessing a firearm during drug trafficking—a criminal…
