Tag: Q3 2020
Repeat Offender Clemons Gets 7+ Years for Bank Robberies
GREENBELT, MD – Marquis Von Clemons, 38, of Langley Park, Maryland, is headed back to prison after receiving a 92-month federal sentence today for a brazen string of bank robberies. U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang also ordered Clemons to serve three years of supervised release and pay $5,080 in restitution. This isn’t Clemons’ first…
Ex-Los Alamos Worker Lookman Sentenced for China Lie
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The grimy halls of justice were again tested when Turab Lookman, 68, a Santa Fe native, was sentenced to five years of probation and a $75,000 fine by U.S. District Judge James A. Parker for lying about his recruitment by the Chinese government’s Thousand Talents Program. Lookman, once an employee at the…
Ex-Texas Deputy Salas Gets 18+ Years for Child Exploitation
WORCESTER, MA – A disgraced former Texas law enforcement officer is facing a lengthy prison sentence after being convicted of preying on vulnerable children online and subjecting them to years of terror. Pasquale T. Salas, 26, a/k/a Gino, previously a deputy sheriff with the Matagorda County Sheriff’s Office, was sentenced today in federal court to…
Convicted Felon Kelvin Broadway Sentenced for Gun Possession
SHREVEPORT, La. – Kelvin Broadway, 26, of Shreveport, received a 57-month (4 years, 9 months) federal prison sentence for Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, announced Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook. Broadway’s conviction stems from an incident on January 6, 2019, when Shreveport Police Department officers discovered two loaded handguns…
Koreatown Predator Sanchez Gets 17½ Years for Online Exploitation
Koreatown Predator Sanchez Gets 17½ Years for Online Exploitation LOS ANGELES – Francisco Sanchez, 31, of Koreatown, will spend the next 210 months in federal prison after being sentenced today for a chilling scheme to exploit vulnerable girls he met online. Sanchez preyed on minors, posing as a teenager to build “romantic” relationships before coercing…
King Demon Pleads Guilty to Racketeering, Drug Charges
Boston – In a gritty turn of events, Hector Vega, alias ‘King Demon,’ former member of the Connecticut Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation’s Crown Council, pleaded guilty today to racketeering conspiracy charges. Vega, 34, admitted to conspiring to conduct enterprise affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity, commonly known as RICO conspiracy. Sentencing is…
Latin King ‘King Pun’ Admits to Racketeering, Shooting
BOSTON – Juan Figueroa, 25, known on the streets as “King Pun,” has confessed to his role in the violent racketeering activities of the Boston-based Devon Street Kings chapter of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation. Figueroa pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to conduct enterprise affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity – a…
Duong & Nguyen Face Federal Gun Charges in Operation Black Phoenix
Los Angeles – The FBI-led task force, Operation ‘Black Phoenix,’ struck a massive blow to illegal narcotics and firearms trade in California this morning, with the arrest of 18 suspects named in federal indictments. Among those nabbed were Dau Quay Duong, 53, and Christopher Nguyen, 47, both from Ontario, who are accused of selling five…
Charlotin Packs Heat, Gets 5 Years in Federal Prison
BOSTON, MA – Kerry Charlotin, 30, of Boston, is trading the streets of Mattapan for a federal prison cell after receiving a five-year sentence today for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young handed down the sentence, followed by three years of supervised release, solidifying…
Lawrence Drug Kingpin Sentenced for Fentanyl Distribution
BOSTON – In a relentless battle against the opioid crisis, a Lawrence man has been handed a tough sentence for selling deadly fentanyl. John Mena, 25, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young to 10 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release following his guilty plea on December…
