Tag: Q1 2018
Duval County Teacher Jeremy Scott Clark Charged in Child Porn Case
Jeremy Scott Clark, a 44-year-old high school teacher from Ponte Vedra, Florida, was arrested today and charged with distribution of child pornography, marking a grotesque betrayal of his position of trust in the Duval County education system. Federal authorities moved swiftly after an undercover FBI operation exposed Clark’s online exchanges involving sexually explicit material of…
Meth & Millions: Duarte-Tello Linked to Int’l Scheme
KANSAS CITY, KAN. – The stench of meth and dirty money is thick in the air as a federal investigation in Kansas has exposed ties between local drug traffickers and a sprawling international money laundering scheme. U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister announced today that the Kansas case is interwoven with a much larger operation, with charges…
Ex-Nurse Wiggins Indicted for Assault at VA Center
SHOCKING: Ex-Nurse Assistant Adrian Wiggins, 53, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for a staggering civil rights offense. The charges stem from an incident at the Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center where Wiggins is accused of striking resident W.B., causing bodily injury on January 8, 2017. Wiggins now faces a potential sentence of…
Las Vegas Man Convicted in $471K Armed Jewelry Heist
Joshua Sadat Washington, 37, of Las Vegas, was convicted by a federal jury yesterday on multiple charges tied to a violent, premeditated robbery that netted more than $471,000 in cash and luxury jewelry. The heist targeted Alfredo’s Jewelry on August 13, 2016, where Washington and co-defendant Fedel Ezekiel Sakers stormed the shop at gunpoint, terrorizing…
Patsy Clark Pleads Guilty to Stealing $110K from Housing Funds
Patsy Clark, 60, of Duson, La., has admitted to looting more than $110,000 from low-income housing funds she was entrusted to manage — a betrayal that spanned years of unchecked theft and deception. Clark, the former executive director of the Duson Housing Authority from 1990 to November 2014, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Patrick…
Pompano Tax Preparer Jailed for $2.9M Fraud
A Pompano Beach tax preparer who weaponized his office to flood the IRS with thousands of rigged returns has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison. Patrick Bernavil, 38, of Pompano Beach, admitted to masterminding a scheme that generated $2.9 million in fraudulent tax refunds by exploiting education credits meant for low- and middle-income…
Lexington Woman Charged in $Million Drug Cash Laundering Scheme
Shontail M. Hocker, 42, of Lexington, Ky., is facing federal charges in San Diego for her alleged role in a sprawling international scheme to launder millions in drug proceeds. Hocker is accused of conspiring with traffickers to move, conceal, and disguise illicit cash generated from narcotics operations, according to an indictment unsealed in the Southern…
Yovanny Mendivil-Balderama Gets 50 Years for Meth-Fueled Murder
Yovanny Aroldo Mendivil-Balderama, a 23-year-old Mexican national, was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison without parole for orchestrating the cold-blooded murder of a drug partner during a methamphetamine trafficking operation in southwest Missouri. U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark handed down the sentence in Springfield after Mendivil-Balderama pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute meth and…
Ramiro Martinez-Ramirez Charged with Illegal Reentry After Deportation
RAMIRO MARTINEZ-RAMIREZ, a 43-year-old citizen of Mexico, is back in federal crosshairs — charged with illegally reentering the United States after prior deportation, according to a one-count indictment unsealed today in Louisiana. The indictment, filed under Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a), alleges that on February 16, 2018, MARTINEZ-RAMIREZ crossed into the country without…
Michael Stanley Clark Sentenced to 25 Years for Child Pornography
Michael Stanley Clark, 32, of Denham Springs, Louisiana, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison Monday after being convicted on multiple counts of producing, distributing, transporting, and possessing child pornography. U.S. Attorney Brandon J. Fremin confirmed the sentence handed down by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Brian A. Jackson, marking a grim end to…
