Tag: March 2018
Jeffrey M. DeSalvo Charged in Coast Guard Fraud Scheme
Jeffrey M. DeSalvo, 35, of Picayune, Mississippi, is facing federal charges after allegedly lying to the U.S. Coast Guard and using suspended merchant mariner credentials to work as a boat captain on the Mississippi River. A five-count indictment unsealed today details a years-long scheme of deception that violated federal law and undermined maritime safety protocols.…
Houma Man Indicted for Receiving Child Pornography
A 68-year-old Houma man is facing federal charges after being indicted on counts of receiving child pornography, stemming from a years-old investigation that began with a raid on his home. Thomas Broussard was arrested January 23, 2018, by agents with the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation, who seized digital devices containing graphic images of prepubescent children…
Dr. Jerrold Rosenberg Sentenced in Fentanyl Kickback Scam
PROVIDENCE, RI — Dr. Jerrold N. Rosenberg, 63, of Warren, is headed to federal prison for 51 months after being sentenced today for healthcare fraud and conspiring to accept kickbacks to prescribe Subsys, a fast-acting and highly addictive fentanyl spray. Rosenberg, who operated a now-shuttered pain management practice in Rhode Island, admitted to defrauding insurers…
Hayward Man Sentenced for Harassing Cops Worldwide
Hayward resident Sammy Sultan, 44, is headed to federal prison for two years after admitting to a relentless campaign of obscene and harassing phone calls targeting law enforcement agencies across the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain. The sentence, handed down by Chief U.S. District Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton in Oakland, marks the end of a…
Gunsmoke Owner Richard Wyatt Gets 78 Months for Gun, Tax Crimes
Richard Wyatt, 54, of Evergreen, Colorado, is headed to federal prison for 78 months after being convicted of running a rogue gun operation and hiding more than half a million dollars from the IRS. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Marcia S. Krieger handed down the sentence today in Denver, ordering Wyatt to serve six and…
Sacramento Man Indicted in 46-Gun Trafficking Ring
Sacramento man Shawn Darrell Wilson, 27, is staring down 18 federal charges after a sprawling gun trafficking ring unraveled in a year-long sting. The indictment, handed down by a federal grand jury, accuses Wilson of dealing firearms without a license, possessing a firearm as a felon, and the high-stakes crime of illegal possession of a…
Pedro Silva Segura Pleads Guilty in Alien Smuggling Death Case
A Laredo stash house operator has admitted his role in a deadly alien smuggling ring that ended with 10 bodies pulled from a sweltering tractor-trailer behind a San Antonio Walmart. Pedro Silva Segura, 47, pleaded guilty this morning to conspiracy to transport undocumented aliens resulting in death, a crime that carries a maximum sentence of…
Oregon Pastor James Parkhurst Gets 11+ Years for Child Porn
James Parkhurst, a 57-year-old former pastor from Portland, Oregon, was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison for transporting child pornography across state lines — a grim fall from grace for a man once entrusted with spiritual leadership. The sentence, handed down today by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Marcia S. Krieger in Colorado, includes…
Gardnerville Man Indicted in Butane Hash Oil Blast
A violent kitchen explosion tied to an illegal butane hash oil operation has landed 22-year-old Adam Fitzgerald-Wermes of Gardnerville, Nevada, behind bars. Fitzgerald-Wermes was arrested and appeared in federal court today on one count of endangering human life while manufacturing a controlled substance, following the January 14, 2018, blast that rocked his apartment complex. According…
Colusa Man Fined $7,500 for Baiting and Killing Wood Ducks
Colusa County man Ronald C. Simmons, 76, is out $7,500 after pleading guilty to two federal violations tied to the illegal hunting of wood ducks on opening day of waterfowl season. Simmons admitted to baiting a cornfield and then shooting migratory birds, a direct violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act—one of the oldest wildlife…
