Tag: Q1 2017
Thibodeaux Sentenced
Larry J. Thibodeaux, 66, of Duson, La., has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for attempting to evade and defeat payment of tax. Thibodeaux pleaded guilty to the charge on November 16, 2016. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Thibodeaux underreported taxes on IRS forms from 2012 to 2014, resulting…
Elton Scoggin Sentenced in Acadiana Meth Conspiracy
Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced the final sentencing in a methamphetamine conspiracy that swept through Lafayette and surrounding areas of Louisiana. Elton J. Scoggin, 36, from Breaux Bridge, faced justice this week after conspiring with ten others to distribute methamphetamine between April and December 2015. Scoggin received his sentence on Monday, sentenced…
Socorro Meth Dealer Gets 13 Years Federal Time
LAS CRUCES, NM – Carlos Tafoya, Jr., 35, of Socorro, New Mexico, is headed to federal prison for a decade and three years after pleading guilty to pushing meth in and around the Mescalero Apache Reservation. Tafoya received the 13-year sentence today in federal court in Las Cruces, with an additional five years of supervised…
Boise Man Jacobs Nabbed with GBL Shipment
BOISE, ID – Davis Jacobs, 27, of Boise, Idaho, is facing the consequences after a shipment of illegal Gamma-Butyrolactone (GBL) landed him in federal court. On March 28, 2017, Jacobs received a one-year probation sentence, including six months of home detention, 200 hours of community service, and a $1,000 fine for unlawful possession of the…
Scranton duo hit with bank robbery raps
SCRANTON – The grimy streets of Scranton are once again under the shadow of criminal activity as Christian Gonzalez, 23, and Anthony Ocasio, 21, have been hit with a spate of bank robbery charges. According to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, both men were indicted by a federal grand…
Harry Crawford Sentenced to 12 Years for Extortion, Fraud
Baltimore, Maryland – The grimy halls of justice have delivered a heavy blow to Harry Crawford, 57, who has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release. This sentence comes after Crawford pleaded guilty to the collection of a debt by extortionate means from David Wutoh, conspiracy to…
Baltimore SNAP Fraudster Gets 18 Months
BALTIMORE, MD – Muhammad Sarmad, 41, of Nottingham, Maryland, is headed to federal prison after being sentenced to 18 months for a brazen scheme to defraud the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps. U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett handed down the sentence on March 27, 2017, alongside an order for…
Dominican National Gets 61-Month Sentence for Phone Fraud Scheme
GRIMY TIMES EXCLUSIVE – Johnny Santiago Valdez Calderon, a 24-year-old dual citizen of the United States and the Dominican Republic, was handed a 61-month prison sentence followed by three years of supervised release on March 27, 2017, for masterminding a massive wire fraud and identity theft scheme. In September 2016, Valdez Calderon pleaded guilty to…
Shrader Admits Gun Trafficking in SC
COLUMBIA, SC – Adam Tyler Shrader, 22, of Lancaster, South Carolina, has confessed to his role in a brazen gun trafficking scheme, pleading guilty in federal court to conspiracy to straw purchase a firearm. The deal, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371, marks another win for federal investigators cracking down on illegal weapons pipelines.…
Columbia Felon Pleads Guilty to Gun Possession
United States Attorney Beth Drake announced that Johnny Willie Jones, aged 30, from Columbia, has entered a guilty plea in federal court for being a felon in possession of a firearm, violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Jones’ conviction stems from an incident on January 31, 2016, at a halfway house on Lady Street. Jones was…
