Tag: May 2017
Robbie Wilkerson, Wire Fraud and Money Laundering, Illinois 2024
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A Chicago pastor and four accomplices have confessed to systematically looting a federal program designed to feed hungry kids. Robbie Wilkerson, 49, founding pastor of New Birth Christian Center, along with his wife, Tasha Wilkerson, 44, of Oak Park, Ill., and three co-conspirators, pled guilty to charges stemming from a brazen scheme…
Sean Bradsher, Methamphetamine Receipt, West Virginia 2017
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The grim tale of two men’s descent into federal drug charges has reached its latest chapter as Sean Bradsher, 34, from Hurricane, and Christian Duran, 34, of San Jose, have pleaded guilty to receiving a shipment of crystal methamphetamine in Huntington. On January 13, 2017, the Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force orchestrated…
Earnest Moore, Heroin Trafficking, West Virginia 2024
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Two men are trading the streets for steel bars after receiving federal prison sentences for their involvement in the heroin trade, United States Attorney Carol Casto announced today. The sentences send a clear, if belated, message: move poison in the Mountain State and you will answer for it. Earnest Moore, 41, of…
Deborah Kelley, Pay-to-Play Bribery, New York 2024
GRIM NEWS: Former Managing Director Deborah Kelley Pled guilty in a Pay-To-Play Bribery Scandal Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, has announced that Deborah Kelley, a former managing director at a New York-based broker-dealer, has pleaded guilty to participating in a ‘pay-to-play’ bribery scheme that involved…
Christopher Arnold Jiongo, Wire Fraud, Texas 2017
DALLAS – A brazen scheme to defraud investors out of $6.5 million in a supposed diamond venture has landed a Houston man in federal court. Christopher Arnold Jiongo, 55, admitted guilt to one count of wire fraud this morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul D Stickney, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney John Parker…
David Delgado, Bribery, Texas 2017
DALLAS — David Delgado, the former Dallas County Community Supervision Officer (DCCSO), has been hit with a guilty plea in federal court for bribery, marking a stunning fall from grace within the department. The 35-year-old faced U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma Carrillo Ramirez and is looking at a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison…
Jesse Denver Hanes, Cop Killing, New Mexico 2016
LAS CRUCES, NM – Jesse Denver Hanes, 39, of Columbus, Ohio, admitted today to a litany of federal crimes stemming from a violent spree on August 12, 2016, that left Hatch Police Officer Jose Chavez dead. Hanes entered a guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Robert C. Brack in Las Cruces, acknowledging his role in…
Michael Anthony Garrett, Firearm Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, Missouri 2014
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A grim chapter unfolded in federal court today as Michael Anthony Garrett, 32, of Kansas City, Kan., received a 20-year sentence without parole for his illegal firearm possession and intent to distribute marijuana. Garrett’s conviction stems from an incident on December 28, 2014, where he was found asleep at the wheel…
Paulin Modi, Conspiracy to Commit Bribery, Michigan 2024
TROY, MI – A Macomb County engineering contractor is facing federal charges for allegedly greasing palms in Washington Township. Paulin Modi, 48, of Troy, was charged today with conspiracy to commit bribery related to public contracts, according to Acting United States Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch. The feds allege Modi wasn’t shy about handing over cash.…
Juan Rivera-Gutierrez, Cocaine Distribution, Virginia 2013
NORFOLK, Va. – In a stunning turn of events, Juan Rivera-Gutierrez, 35, and Pedro Pabon, Jr., 42, both from Virginia Beach, have been caught red-handed in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine on an industrial scale. The duo, according to court documents, were selling wholesale quantities of the drug between September 2013 and April 2017. They…
