Tag: Q4 2016
Sunland Park Man Pleads Guilty in Cocaine Ring
Joel Ibarra, Jr., 21, of Sunland Park, N.M., admitted his role today in a violent, cross-border cocaine trafficking ring that flooded Doña Ana County with narcotics. At a hearing in Las Cruces federal court, Ibarra pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and money laundering, confessing to moving hundreds of grams of the drug and…
Paul Chan Gets 11 Years for Selling Banned Ephedrine Supplements
New York man Chenhsin Chan, a/k/a Paul Chan, 44, of Elmhurst, N.Y., was sentenced Friday to 11 years and 3 months in federal prison for peddling dangerous, banned ephedrine-laced dietary supplements online. The conviction follows a three-day jury trial in May 2016, where Chan was found guilty on 30 felony counts tied to a years-long…
Smiley Steals $35K in Son’s Disability, Gets 6 Months
CLEVELAND, OH – Andrea J. Smiley, 35, of Cleveland, will spend the next six months behind bars after being sentenced for a brazen scheme to siphon over $35,000 in Social Security benefits intended for her disabled son. U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon announced the sentence today, a small victory in a system riddled with exploitation.…
NY Man Indicted for Child Exploitation in PA
SCRANTON – The grim halls of justice have once again been shaken as Charles J. Senke, a 59-year-old resident of Syracuse, New York, has been indicted for child exploitation crimes. According to a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Senke stands accused of traveling across state lines with the intent to engage…
Mamoudou Kaba Pleads Guilty to Overland Park Bank Heist
A Shawnee man walked into a U.S. Bank in Overland Park on September 22, 2015, and walked out with cash, a gun, and a one-way ticket to federal prison. Mamoudou U. Kaba, 21, Shawnee, pleaded guilty Tuesday to robbing the bank at 9900 West 87th Street, brandishing a firearm during the heist, and terrorizing tellers…
Lubbock Man Gets 135 Months for Child Enticement
Lubbock, Texas — Mike Lozano, 29, is headed to federal prison for 135 months after pleading guilty to attempted enticement of a minor, a conviction that slammed shut a predatory online campaign targeting a 15-year-old girl. Sentenced this morning by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings, Lozano’s fate underscores the brutal reality of digital-age…
Elma Myles Pleads Guilty to Medicaid Fraud Scheme
Elma Myles, 52, of Baltimore, Maryland, has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a years-long health care fraud scheme that bled Medicaid and other benefit programs of over $1.2 million. Myles, a former biller at RX Resources and Solutions (RXRS), admitted to submitting false claims for medical supplies never delivered, overbilling for services, and using patients’ identities…
Albuquerque Man Cops to Walmart Armed Robbery
Albuquerque’s streets got a little safer today as 23-year-old Henry Lujan was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for his role in the armed robbery of a Walmart store in Bernalillo County on October 29, 2014. The heist, carried out by a six-man crew packing heat, netted a safe stuffed with cash and valuables—all…
Ex-DoD Employee Roy Friend Sentenced for $2.3M GSA Fraud
Newport News, Va. – Roy E. Friend, 52, a former civilian employee of the Department of Defense (DOD), was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for stealing government property. Friend, who worked as the Chief of Logistics and Program Management at Fort Eustis, pleaded guilty on March 24 to fraudulently obtaining goods through the…
Hempstead Man Admits to 40 Armed Robberies
Khalif House, 24, of Hempstead, New York, admitted today to executing 40 knife-point armed robberies across Nassau, Queens, and Suffolk Counties between February 9, 2015, and June 7, 2016. Appearing before U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack in Central Islip, House pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit armed robbery, marking the end of a violent…
