Tag: Q1 2017
Corey Holmes, Armed Robbery, Virginia 2016
NORFOLK, VA – Four Norfolk men are trading the Tidewater for federal lockup after receiving a combined 37 years in prison for a string of armed robberies targeting AT&T stores in early 2016. The crew systematically terrorized store employees, making off with a haul of electronics and cash totaling over $370,000. The final nail in…
Brandon Paul Schatz, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Alaska 2024
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – A Wasilla man has been handed a 21-month federal prison sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Brandon Paul Schatz, 41, brought a loaded Glock Model 42 to his job at a local gravel pit while on felony probation for Assault in the Third Degree. U.S. District Judge Sharon…
Dennis Joseph Machado, Methamphetamine Distribution, California 2015
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Dennis Joseph Machado, 44, of Stockton, is headed to federal prison for nearly a decade after being sentenced today to nine years and eight months for a sprawling criminal enterprise involving methamphetamine distribution, bank fraud, identity theft, and illegal firearms possession. U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. handed down the sentence,…
Ivy C Starks, Bribery and Witness Tampering, Tennessee 2024
NASHVILLE — Ivy C. Starks, 50, of Nashville, has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to bribery and witness tampering, charges stemming from a shooting at the J.C. Napier public housing development. According to court documents, Starks, mother to Darryl Starks and aunt to Calvin Starks, was aware that Joshua Woods, also known as J-Looney,…
Adebola Opeyemi Adeniyi, Stolen Identity Refund Fraud, Maryland 2023
BALTIMORE, MD – Adebola Opeyemi Adeniyi, 32, of Baltimore, is heading to federal prison after being sentenced to 42 months today for his role in a sophisticated stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) scheme. U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz also ordered Adeniyi to pay $550,000 in restitution after he admitted to defrauding the IRS out…
Darryl J. Gutierrez, Tax Obstruction and False Filings, New Mexico 2024
ALBUQUERQUE – In a stunning turn of events, federal jury finds Darryl J. Gutierrez guilty of obstructing IRS and filing false tax returns. The 61-year-old Santa Fe engineer had faced eleven counts of tax fraud. Gutierrez, who worked for Los Alamos National Laboratory for nearly three decades, was accused of deliberately submitting false information to…
Harvey Christian, Racketeering, New York 2014
BROOKLYN, NY – Harvey Christian, a 44-year-old Staten Island kingpin, will spend the next 50 years of his life behind bars. U.S. District Judge Eric N. Vitaliano handed down the sentence today at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, capping a years-long investigation into Christian’s brutal reign over the Park Hill housing complex in Clifton. Christian,…
William Kerr, Jr., Possession of Child Pornography, West Virginia 2024
William Kerr, Jr., a 74-year-old man from Elkins, West Virginia, has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography, a heinous crime that has left the community shaken. According to the Department of Justice, Kerr admitted to having a computer disk and other materials delivered to him through interstate commerce, which depicted images of prepubescent minors and…
Sherrell Davis, Tax Refund Identity Theft, California 2011
Benicia native Sherrell Davis, 43, has been exposed for a brazen $350,000 tax refund scam that spanned over two years. The U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced the plea deal today. From February 2011 to May 2013, Davis engaged in a systematic scheme where she stole identities and filed fraudulent tax returns with the IRS.…
Ricardo B. McKinney, Heroin Trafficking and Firearm Possession, Ohio 2015
WARREN, OH – Ricardo B. McKinney, 31, is staring down a mandatory minimum of 10 years in federal prison after a jury found him guilty on multiple counts related to a significant heroin trafficking operation and illegal firearm possession. The conviction, announced jointly by Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja for the Northern District of…
