Tag: October 2016
Arizona Man Sentenced for Heroin Haul in New Mexico
Sergio Marin Ambriz, 21, of Phoenix, Ariz., is headed to federal prison after being sentenced to 46 months for trafficking more than four pounds of heroin through New Mexico. The conviction stems from a January 2016 DEA interdiction at the Greyhound Bus Station in Albuquerque, where agents seized 1.90 kilograms—4.18 pounds—of high-purity heroin hidden in…
Thomas Recck Embezzled $125K from Canine Rescue Group
Thomas Recck, 52, of Cincinnati, Ohio, bled a Connecticut nonprofit dry—stealing $125,649.77 meant for search-and-rescue dogs through years of calculated fraud. The former treasurer of Connecticut Canine Search and Rescue, Inc. (CCSAR) was sentenced in New Haven today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer to five years of probation, with the first six months…
Akron Man Gets 115 Months for Extortion Plot
Franklin D. Conley, 28, of Akron, Ohio, is headed to federal prison for 115 months after being convicted in a brutal extortion scheme that terrorized a man and his family for months. The sentence, handed down this week, follows a conviction on multiple charges tied to threats of death, drug trafficking, and interstate coercion. Conley…
Lam Peralta, Mejia Paredes Charged in Guatemala Heroin Plot
Marco Antonio Lam Peralta and Diego Walther Anibal Mejia Paredes are facing a federal conspiracy charge tied to a massive 40-kilogram heroin shipment from Guatemala to a Manchester Center, Vermont restaurant. A federal grand jury in Rutland returned a Second Superseding Indictment last week, adding a count of conspiracy to distribute more than a kilogram…
Joey Westbrook Sentenced in $3.1M Credit Card Fraud Scheme
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The final defendant in a sprawling $3,179,329.06 credit card fraud conspiracy has been sentenced, closing the book on one of Central Ohio’s most brazen electronic theft rings. Joey Westbrook, 21, of Columbus, was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced…
Karen L. Finley Sentenced in Bribery Scheme
COLUMBUS, OHIO — A top executive in the traffic surveillance racket has fallen hard. Karen L. Finley, 57, of Cave Creek, Arizona, was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for her central role in a years-long bribery and fraud scheme designed to rig red light camera contracts in Ohio. Finley, former CEO of a…
Presque Isle Man Gets 4 Years for Bath Salts Conspiracy
Andrew Grivois, 32, of Presque Isle, Maine, was sentenced today to four years in federal prison for his role in a multi-year conspiracy to distribute bath salts across Aroostook County. The sentence, handed down by U.S. District Court Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr., includes an additional three years of supervised release following incarceration. Grivois pleaded…
Bangor Man ‘Del’ Baldwin Gets 15 Months for Crack Deal
Syriane Baldwin, a/k/a “Del,” 30, of Bangor, is headed to federal prison after being sentenced to one year and three months for distributing crack cocaine. The hard-time sentence, handed down by U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock Jr., marks the end of a years-long federal case rooted in a single, fateful drug deal that law…
Rochester PA Jeffrey Leathersich Cops Plea in Oxycodone Scheme
Jeffrey C. Leathersich, 51, of Lima, NY, is done playing doctor with controlled substances. The Rochester-based physician assistant was sentenced to three years of probation, including six months of home detention and 100 hours of court-ordered community service, after admitting to dispensing oxycodone outside the bounds of medical practice. U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford…
John Ryder Admits to Machete Bank Robbery in Coventry
John Ryder, 28, of West Warwick, stormed into a BankRI branch in Coventry on May 2, 2016, wielding a machete and demanding cash. He left with $5,937 in hand, vanishing into a wooded area behind the shopping plaza—kicking off a federal investigation that would land him behind bars. Ryder pleaded guilty today in U.S. District…
