Tag: Q1 2023
Hernandez Escobedo, Fentanyl Trafficking, Texas 2024
A 32-year-old Denton man, Hernandez Escobedo, is behind bars after being charged with operating a multi-state fentanyl trafficking ring. According to court documents, Hernandez Escobedo was arrested on and is currently being held without bail. The indictment alleges that he distributed fentanyl in several states, including Texas, California, and New York. U.S. Attorney for the…
Hernandez Escobedo, Cocaine Trafficking, Texas 2023
Hernandez Escobedo, a 35-year-old man from Dallas, Texas, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his involvement in a multi-state cocaine trafficking ring. According to court documents, Escobedo was arrested in March 2023 and charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, one count of possession with…
Chukwunonso Douglas Umegbo, Wire Fraud, Massachusetts 2018
BOSTON – The grim saga of romance scam kingpin Chukwunonso “Douglas” Umegbo, known by aliases such as James Abbott and Michael Philips, reached a new chapter as he was extradited from the United Kingdom. The 37-year-old, once of New Bedford, now faces wire fraud and money laundering charges for an alleged con that defrauded victims…
Justin Packham, Possession of Child Pornography, Kansas 2019
KANSAS CITY, KAN. – Justin Packham, 34, of Shawnee, Kansas, will spend the next eight years in federal prison after admitting to a sickening crime: possessing child pornography. Packham received a 96-month sentence followed by five years of supervised release after pleading guilty last September to one count of possession of child pornography. The case…
Ronesha Greene-McNeil, Meth Distribution, North Carolina 2021
New Bern, N.C. – In a hard-hitting blow to the drug trade in North Carolina, Ronesha Greene-McNeil, 36, of Wilmington, has been sentenced to a decade in federal prison for her role in distributing methamphetamine and possessing an illegal firearm. \\ Greene-McNeil was caught red-handed during an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation…
Robert Nathaniel Andre Thomas III, Mail and Wire Fraud, Ohio 2020
CLEVELAND — A sinister duo from Euclid, Ohio, Robert Nathaniel Andre Thomas III, 24, and Montareo Banks, 24, are staring down a federal indictment for their alleged scheme to swipe $44,000 in pandemic unemployment insurance benefits. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), a federal grand jury has returned a thirteen-count charge sheet against the…
Saurabh Patel, Health Care Fraud, New Jersey 2023
CAMDEN, N.J. – A Newark doctor is facing a decade behind bars after admitting today to a sprawling health care fraud conspiracy that bilked state and local benefits programs, along with other insurers. Saurabh Patel, 51, of Woodbridge, New Jersey, pleaded guilty via video conference before U.S. District Judge Robert B. Kugler to one count…
Sadae Mills, Romance Scam, Rhode Island 2023
PROVIDENCE – In a gritty tale of romance fraud, Sadae Mills, 28, of Houston, TX, found herself in federal court in Rhode Island after being convicted for her role in a multistate scheme that defrauded unsuspecting seniors out of more than $3.2 million. Mills, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering, admitted to…
Randy Readus, Armed Robbery, Arkansas 2020
MEMPHIS, TN – Randy Readus, 36, is facing serious time after a federal jury found him guilty on multiple counts related to a brazen string of armed robberies that stretched across three states. The verdict, announced today by United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz, culminates a six-day trial detailing Readus’s role as the getaway driver…
Bartolo De Jesus Felipe-Morales, Illegal Reentry, Pennsylvania 2022
SCRANTON – A Guatemalan national named Bartolo De Jesus Felipe-Morales, aged 39, has been hit with federal charges for illegal re-entry into the United States. The Middle District of Pennsylvania’s U.S. Attorney’s Office disclosed that a federal grand jury indicted Felipe-Morales on Thursday. According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, the indictment accuses Felipe-Morales…
