Tag: Q2 2017
Lower Brule Man Acquitted of Assault Charges
On June 7, 2017, in Pierre, South Dakota, a federal jury rendered a verdict of acquittal for Jade LaRoche, a 37-year-old man from Lower Brule. The U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced the outcome, marking a significant turn in what was a highly publicized case. LaRoche had been indicted by a federal grand jury on…
Spokane Valley Man Gets 5 Years for Child Porn
SPOKANE VALLEY, WA – Thomas J. Montieth, 65, of Spokane Valley, Washington, will spend the next five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing child pornography. Senior United States District Judge Justin L. Quackenbush handed down the sentence today, followed by a ten-year period of court-supervised release. The sentence reflects the severity of…
Travis Fender Sentenced to 171 Months for Double Shooting Drug Deal
Columbia, SC – A ruthless drug deal gone wrong has led to a severe sentence for Travis Donald Fender. The 26-year-old from Summerville was today sentenced by United States District Judge David C. Norton to one hundred and seventy-one months imprisonment for his heinous act of shooting two individuals during a drug transaction. Fender, who…
Meth & Metal: Columbia Man Joshua Sharpe Admits Gun, Drug Crimes
COLUMBIA, SC – Joshua Cain Sharpe, 39, of Columbia, is facing serious time after admitting to a double-dip in federal felonies: possessing a firearm while trafficking drugs and, separately, possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute. The guilty plea was entered before United States District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis, who will determine Sharpe’s fate after a…
Greenville Man Pleads Guilty to NFL Counterfeit Ring
United States Attorney Beth Drake announced that Joshua D. Korb, 38, of Greenville, South Carolina, has pleaded guilty in federal court for trafficking counterfeit goods, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2320. Korb operated an online eBay store called Steel-Town Memorabilia, where he sold NFL merchandise marked as authentic. The investigation into…
Laurens Gunman Gets 9.5 Years for Pharmacy Robbery
GREENVILLE, SC – A Laurens man is headed to federal prison for nearly a decade after holding up a local pharmacy with a loaded revolver. Iquill Wayne Morrison, 22, was sentenced today to 114 months – that’s nine and a half years – followed by a term of supervised release, after pleading guilty to federal…
Lafayette Broker Sentenced for ICE Detainee Fraud
LAFAYETTE, La. – The grimy streets of Lafayette were the scene of a judicial rebuke today as Donald Domingue, 59, a former financial wizard, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for his despicable scheme that preyed on the families of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees. Domingue’s sinister enterprise, American Immigration Consulting LLC,…
Repeat Offender: Terrazas-Ordonez Faces Federal Re-Entry Charges
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Miguel Terrazas-Ordonez, a 40-year-old Mexican national, is facing federal charges after allegedly violating U.S. immigration law. Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that Terrazas-Ordonez has been indicted on one count of illegal reentry of a removed alien, a violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a). The indictment…
Gausman Admits Embezzlement
Robert Gausman, 54, of Rockwall, Texas, has pleaded guilty to one count of misappropriation by fiduciary, admitting to embezzling $40,668 from four veterans who were deemed incompetent and were receiving benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Gausman, who was appointed by the VA to manage the benefits of these veterans through his company,…
Hayden Pleads Guilty to Felon Firearm Possession
Gulfport, Miss – In a stark display of the iron hand of justice, Jason Michael Hayden, 37, from Picayune, Mississippi, stood before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden on June 8, 2017, and entered a guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Acting U. S. Attorney Harold Brittain announced the charges against…
