Tag: June 2017
Gary L. Gillom, Armed Robbery, Kansas 2024
TOPEKA, KAN. – A Topeka man with a penchant for fast food and firearms admitted Monday to holding up two local restaurants at gunpoint, including a particularly reckless incident where he fired a round into the ceiling. Gary L. Gillom, 30, Topeka, Kan., pleaded guilty to two counts of armed robbery in federal court, bringing…
Christopher Pierce, Counterfeit Currency Scheme, IN 2024
Acting United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson announced today that Christopher Pierce, 24, and Harold Jones, 20, both from Chicago, Illinois, were sentenced for their roles in a major counterfeit currency scheme that targeted businesses across Hammond, Indiana. Pierce was handed down a 21-month prison sentence followed by a year of supervised release, while Jones…
George Ward, Prescription Narcotics Trafficking, TN 2023
JACKSON, TN – George Ward, 49, is trading the streets of Jackson for a federal prison cell after being sentenced to over eleven years for flooding the city with dangerous prescription narcotics. The sentence, handed down by U.S. District Judge J. Daniel Breen, sends a clear message: peddling pills isn’t a victimless crime, it’s a…
Richard Monroe, Murder of Kevin DeOliveira, VT 2015
VERMONT – In a chilling turn of justice, Richard Monroe, 24, faces life imprisonment for the January 2, 2015 murder of Kevin DeOliveira in Burlington. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont revealed that Monroe was arrested by ATF agents on June 12, 2017, in Texas. Monroe stands accused of conspiring with Zachary…
Russell Lee Riggs, Marijuana Cultivation, CA 2023
FRESNO, Calif. – Russell Lee Riggs, 69, of Weldon, California, has confessed to his role in a large-scale marijuana cultivation operation illegally carved into the heart of Sequoia National Forest. The guilty plea, announced today by U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert, reveals a brazen disregard for both the law and the fragile wilderness he exploited.…
Chadrick Rogers, Methamphetamine Possession with Intent to Distribu…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Roane County’s Chadrick Rogers, 40, has been sentenced to federal prison after violating his supervised release by committing a drug crime. United States Attorney Carol Casto announced that Rogers was sentenced to three years and 10 months for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, with an additional two and a half years…
Nancy J. Frye, IRS Impersonation Wire Fraud, CT 2024
HARTFORD, CT – Nancy J. Frye, 51, of Bristol, Connecticut, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, admitting her central role in a sophisticated IRS impersonation scam that bilked over 500 victims across the United States and Canada out of an estimated $583,000. The guilty plea, entered in Hartford federal court today, brings…
Ramon Orlando Alvarenga-Rodriguez, Illegal Re-Entry, SC 2024
Camden, SC – Ramon Orlando Alvarenga-Rodriguez, a 34-year-old Honduran national, has entered a guilty plea in federal court for Illegal Re-Entry, according to United States Attorney Beth Drake. The case marks the third time Alvarenga-Rodriguez has been deported and re-entered the United States without permission. Alvarenga-Rodriguez faced unrelated charges when ICE-Homeland Security Investigations agents apprehended…
Larry Pagett, Murder in Aid of Racketeering, New York 2024
A leader of the Eight Trey Crips gang, Larry Pagett, also known as “Biz,” “Biz Loc” and “Molotovbizzz,” has been charged with murder in-aid-of racketeering for the killing of a rival gang member. The indictment, which was unsealed today in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, alleges that Pagett…
Patrick Snyder, Gun Theft and Sales Violations, PA 2024
PITTSBURGH – In a stunning turn of events, Bellevue resident Patrick Snyder, 33, pleaded guilty in federal court to three counts of violating federal firearms laws. The charges stem from a brazen series of gun thefts and sales that have had local law enforcement on high alert. Snyder, who has a prior felony conviction, was…
