Tag: July 2024
Jesus Iribe, Methamphetamine Possession with Intent to Distribute, California 2022
ARREST MADE: Jesus Iribe, a 28-year-old drug trafficker from Stockton, California, has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Iribe was caught on February 17, 2022, when law enforcement officers discovered a loaded Glock pistol and a kilogram of cocaine in his possession. Further investigation at Iribe’s…
Cleo Johnson, Cocaine Base Trafficking, Pennsylvania 2024
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Another dealer peddling poison near where families live. Cleo Johnson, 33, of Farrell, Pennsylvania, admitted in federal court today to trafficking cocaine base within spitting distance of a public housing complex. The plea brings a small measure of accountability, but doesn’t erase the damage already done. United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan…
Timothy Andrew Nemeckay, Wire Fraud, Utah 2023
Timothy Andrew Nemeckay, the 64-year-old founder of Mine Shaft Brewing in Park City, Utah, has been sentenced to 12 months’ and one day imprisonment for his role in a $1.7 million wire fraud scheme. The U.S. District Court Judge David Barlow also ordered Nemeckay to pay $1,705,778.00 in restitution and forfeit $308,893.53 from the sale…
Charles Nichols, Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, South Dakota 2024
United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell has announced the sentencing of Charles Nichols, 51, a Rapid City, South Dakota resident, for Sexual Exploitation of a Minor. Nichols was handed down a 24-year and 5-month federal prison sentence on June 7, 2024, followed by 5 years of supervised release. Nichols, who pleaded guilty to the crime…
Joel Keenan Lewis, Firearms Possession by Drug User, Oklahoma 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY – A brazen act of violence against law enforcement has landed JOEL KEENAN LEWIS, 67, of Oklahoma City, behind bars for the maximum sentence allowed by law. Lewis was sentenced to 120 months – ten years – in federal prison for being a drug user in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Robert…
Frank T. Poerio Jr., Securities Fraud, Pennsylvania 2021
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – In a stunning admission of financial treachery, Frank T. Poerio Jr., 62, of Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to four counts of securities fraud, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. The defendant stood before United States District Judge Marilyn J. Horan, acknowledging his role in a scheme that saw him leverage…
Leonard Thomas Stewart III, Abusive Sexual Contact of a Child, Arizona 2024
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Leonard Thomas Stewart, III, 24, of Fort Defiance, is facing a long stretch behind bars after receiving a 188-month federal prison sentence for the predatory abuse of a child. U.S. District Judge Michael T. Liburdi handed down the sentence on June 17, 2024, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, effectively removing…
Darron Blue, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Louisiana 2024
A New Orleans man has been sentenced to prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. DARRON BLUE, age 27, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced on July 10, 2024 to fifty-seven (57) months in prison, three years of supervised release and payment of a $100 mandatory special assessment fee. According…
Brett Marrapese, Child Pornography, New York 2024
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A former firefighter from Rochester has pleaded guilty to a massive child pornography operation that spanned over seven years. Brett Marrapese, 32, of Irondequoit, NY, has admitted to distributing and receiving child pornography, charges that carry a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in federal prison per count, with a maximum of…
David Julian Mendoza Gonzalez, Drug Conspiracy, Oklahoma 2021
TULSA, Okla. – A soldier still in uniform and a veteran of the Marine Corps are facing federal charges after a lengthy investigation into a Tulsa-based drug trafficking operation. David Julian Mendoza Gonzalez, 26, of California, currently on active duty with the Army, and a former Marine Reserve were arrested at Fort Carson in Colorado.…
