Tag: Q4 2016
Waterford Predator: Bruno Indicted on Child Exploitation Charges
HARTFORD, CT – Richard Bruno, 46, of Waterford, is facing a lifetime behind bars after a federal grand jury indicted him on sickening charges of attempted enticement of a minor and production of child pornography. The indictment, unsealed today by U.S. Attorney Deirdre M. Daly, alleges a calculated and disturbing pattern of abuse spanning months.…
Christina Messerschmidt Indicted in Intrust Bank Heist
Christina A. Messerschmidt, 25, of Wichita, Kan., stood accused Wednesday of a cold-blooded daylight robbery at Intrust Bank, where she allegedly flashed a threat note and promised to pull the trigger if challenged. A federal grand jury slapped her with a single count of bank robbery following the December 16, 2016, heist at the bank’s…
Harrisburg Man Cuffed in Federal Firearm Bust
Johnnie Zeigler, 37, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is staring down federal time after being indicted on federal firearms charges stemming from a街头 arrest that uncovered two loaded guns stashed in a canvas bag. The indictment, handed down by a federal grand jury, charges Zeigler with being a convicted felon in illegal possession of a Remington Arms…
Eric Leon Ager, 77, Pleads Guilty to $10M Investment Fraud
Eric Leon Ager, 77, of Clearwater, Florida, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud in a brazen $10.3 million scam that left over 200 investors ruined. Ager faces up to 20 years in federal prison and has agreed to pay full restitution to his victims. His sentencing is scheduled for…
Derry Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Possession
Derry, New Hampshire, resident David Morel, Jr., 31, admitted in federal court to possessing child pornography, pleading guilty on December 19, 2016, in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. The confession marks the end of a years-long investigation into digital child exploitation tied directly to Morel’s home. Investigators first identified…
Debbie Buckley Sentenced in Buffalo School Funds Scam
Debbie Buckley, 56, of Niagara Falls, NY, is headed down a road paved with broken rules and stolen taxpayer dollars after being sentenced to three years probation for stealing $15,120 from Buffalo City Schools. The former Supervisor of Title I in the district’s Office of Federal and State Programs was convicted of theft of government…
Bailey Boys’ Eddie Allen Gets 10 Years for RICO Conspiracy
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Eddie Allen, 27, a known member of the violent Bailey Boys Gang, was sentenced Monday to 121 months in federal prison for his role in a RICO conspiracy that included a deadly shooting and armed robbery spree across Buffalo’s blood-soaked East Side. Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny handed down the…
Raymond Collazo Sentenced in Rochester Drug Empire Case
Raymond Collazo, a Rochester man tied to a violent street-level drug operation flooding the city with heroin and crack cocaine, was sentenced to 130 months in federal prison after a high-stakes takedown that exposed the inner workings of a local narcotics network. U.S. District Court Judge Charles J. Siragusa handed down the sentence following Collazo’s…
Rochester Man Swyn B. Nelson Sentenced for Assaulting Court Officer
Swyn B. Nelson, 48, of Rochester, NY, punched a federal court security officer in the head after being asked to comply with routine screening procedures at the Kenneth B. Keating Federal Building on October 5, 2016. The unprovoked attack occurred in front of stunned courthouse visitors and triggered an immediate response from law enforcement inside…
Laurel Man Gets 11 Years for PCP Ring and Loaded Gun
Ayodele Amon Olukotun, a 28-year-old man from Laurel, Maryland, is headed to federal prison for 11 years after admitting to running a violent PCP distribution ring in Howard County. Known on the streets as 40 Caliber and Bizzle, Olukotun was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander to serve time for possession of a…
