Tag: October 2016
Patrick Sutherland Convicted of Tax Fraud, Obstruction
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Patrick Emanuel Sutherland, 48, of Charlotte, was convicted by a federal jury on charges of filing false tax returns and obstructing a federal grand jury investigation, marking the end of a years-long scheme to hide millions in income. The verdict, delivered after a five-day trial, exposes a calculated effort by the insurance…
Robert Ryan Powell Gets 16+ Years for Sex Trafficking
A 34-year-old former Las Vegas man, ROBERT RYAN POWELL, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 198 months in prison and ten years of supervised release for sex trafficking minors and adult women across multiple western states. POWELL was convicted after a seven-day trial in June 2016 on two counts of transportation…
Tristan Simpson Brennand Gets 4 Years for Dark Web Drug Scheme
A 22-year-old Tumwater, Washington man, TRISTAN SIMPSON BRENNAND, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to four years in federal prison for operating a dark web drug distribution network. The conviction marks a win for federal investigators who dismantled Brennand’s online operation, which trafficked ecstasy through encrypted marketplaces modeled after the infamous Silk…
Orlando Telemarketer Davis Jailed in Timeshare Scam
Aston Lloyd Davis, 32, of Orlando, FL, was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar timeshare resale scam that ripped off more than 2,500 victims across the U.S. and Canada. The sentencing, handed down in Federal Court in East St. Louis, IL, marks another conviction in a sprawling…
Dean Paul Stitz Sentenced in Child Porn Case
Dean Paul Stitz, 47, of Matthews, N.C., is going away for more than a decade after being sentenced to 121 months in federal prison for distributing child pornography. The sentence, handed down yesterday by U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr., marks the end of a long-festered case tied to a digital trail of depravity…
Harrisburg Cop Accused of Stealing Drug Evidence Cash
HARRISBURG, PA – A Harrisburg Police Corporal is facing federal charges after allegedly pilfering cash from an evidence locker. Sean Cornick, 44, of Harrisburg, is accused of stealing money believed to be seized during a drug investigation, a betrayal of public trust that’s landed him in the crosshairs of federal investigators. According to a criminal…
Michael Munroe Hit With Federal Charges for NH Bank Robberies
Concord, NH — United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice dropped a bombshell today, announcing that Michael Munroe, also known as Mike Monroe, 33, of Raymond, New Hampshire, has been indicted on federal charges. The indictment, returned on October 19, 2016, includes one count of carjacking and two counts of bank robbery. According to court documents,…
Franklyn Morillo Pleads Guilty to Oxycodone, Cocaine Conspiracy
Franklyn Morillo, 41, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, has pleaded guilty to a federal drug conspiracy charge tied to the widespread distribution of oxycodone and cocaine across Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The plea, entered before U.S. District Judge Steven J. McAuliffe in Concord, seals Morillo’s role in a sprawling narcotics network that law enforcement has been dismantling…
Three Sentenced in Corpus Christi Child Kidnapping
Two sisters and a boyfriend have been sentenced to federal prison after kidnapping two young children—ages five and four—from their Corpus Christi home in the dead of night. Georgia Michelle Gregg, 31, Jada Nicole Gregg-Warren, 32, and Ivan Francisco Alvarez-Benavente, 27, admitted to the violent abduction that triggered a months-long cross-border manhunt. On August 19,…
Aleksandr Kuzmenko Gets 27 Months for Tax Refund Scam
Sacramento, CA — A Loomis tax preparer has been slammed with a 27-month federal prison sentence for masterminding a brazen tax refund fraud scheme that ripped off the IRS for more than half a million dollars. Aleksandr Kuzmenko, 33, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to two years and three…
