Tag: May 2017
Donell Williams, Armed Bank Robbery, Pennsylvania 2017
HARRISBURG – A chilling chapter in Dauphin County’s criminal saga unfolded today as 39-year-old Donell Williams of Harrisburg admitted his role in an armed bank heist, marking a major victory for law enforcement. In a guilty plea entered on May 30, 2017, before Chief United States District Judge Christopher C. Conner, Williams confessed to the…
Edwin Escrbano, Heroin Distribution, Connecticut 2016
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Michael Homra, Kickback Scheme, Kentucky 2017
Fulton County, Ky. – A kickback scheme tied to the expansion of the Fulton County Detention Center has resulted in a significant sentence for local business owner Michael Homra. Homra, 80, of Fulton, Kentucky, was sentenced by Senior Judge Thomas B. Russell to two years of probation, a $10,000 fine, and $32,500 in restitution. The…
Richard Ramsey, Arson-Homicide Perjury, New York 2017
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Richard Ramsey, 48, of Saratoga Springs, has been sentenced to 87 months in prison for providing false testimony to a federal grand jury investigating a fire that killed four people and seriously injured another in Schenectady. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Ashan M. Benedict,…
Rose Smith, Opioid Trafficking, New York 2024
BUFFALO, NY – Rose Smith, 66, is trading her Buffalo home for a federal prison cell after being sentenced to 48 months behind bars for peddling a dangerous cocktail of opioids. U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo handed down the sentence today, bringing a measure of justice to a case that exposed a blatant disregard…
Matthew Jaskula, Willful Deprivation of Constitutional Rights, New York 2016
Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Matthew Jaskula, 27, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to a one-count indictment against him for willfully depriving another of their constitutional rights under color of law resulting in bodily injury. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Jaskula…
Charles B. Chuck Rizzo, Bribery and Conspiracy, Michigan 2024
The former CEO of garbage hauler Rizzo Environmental Services (RES), Charles B. ‘Chuck’ Rizzo, 46, of Bloomfield Hills, has been indicted on five counts of bribery and three counts of conspiracy to commit bribery, according to Acting United States Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch. Lemisch was accompanied by David P. Gelios, Special Agent in Charge of…
Justin Shawn Smith, Child Pornography Production, Florida 2023
MIAMI BEACH, FL – Justin Shawn Smith, 35, formerly of Miami Beach, will spend the next 19 years in federal prison following his sentencing yesterday for the production of child pornography. U.S. District Court Judge Marcia G. Cooke handed down the 225-month sentence, followed by a staggering 25 years of supervised release, effectively locking up…
Darius Bowdry, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Missouri 2016
A brazen smash and grab theft at the Saks Fifth Avenue department store in Plaza Frontenac has resulted in prison time for two Chicago defendants. Darius Bowdry, 22, and Keyshyala Thomas, 22, were sentenced yesterday for their role in the theft of more than $100,000 in Chanel purses. According to the plea agreements of various…
Roman Hernandez, Heroin Distribution, Ohio 2024
Roman Hernandez, 38, of Grove City, has been sentenced to 60 months in prison for his role in distributing heroin and laundering money. The sentence was handed down by Senior U.S. District Judge James L. Graham in U.S. District Court. Hernandez pleaded guilty to one count of possession with the intent to distribute one kilogram…
