Tag: Q4 2016
Emmanuel Gonzalez Gets 10 Years for Heroin Haul
Emmanuel Gonzalez, a 32-year-old man from the Bronx, New York, is headed to federal prison for a decade after being sentenced to 120 months for his part in a high-stakes heroin smuggling operation. The sentence, handed down today in Trenton federal court, caps a case rooted in a brazen February 2016 drug exchange on a…
Bruce Kane Jailed for $8.9M Investment Scam
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK — Bruce Kane, 62, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, once a trusted CPA out of Ithaca, New York, is headed to federal prison for 97 months after masterminding a multi-million dollar investment fraud that left dozens of victims stripped of their life savings. Kane was sentenced today and ordered to pay $8.9 million…
Elkhart Man Cervantes Gets 14 Years for Cocaine Trafficking
Aurelio Cervantes, 53, of Elkhart, Indiana, is headed to federal prison for 14 years after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The sentence, handed down by South Bend District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio, marks the end of a high-volume drug operation that stretched from Texas to Ohio. Cervantes was sentenced to…
Baltimore Felon William Warren Gets 15 Years for Gun Possession
Baltimore streets ran hot with gun violence long before William Warren, 28, was caught red-handed ditching a loaded .45 caliber handgun into a backyard while fleeing police. But his reckless act on September 17, 2014, sealed his fate: 15 years behind federal bars, no excuses, no second chances. U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz handed…
Ex-Cop Nick Tartaglione Charged in Chester Quad Murder
Four men vanished without a trace in April 2016 from the Likquid Lounge in Chester, New York—no bodies, no leads, just silence. Now, federal prosecutors say the man behind their brutal killings is Nicholas Tartaglione, a 49-year-old retired police officer from Otisville. Charged in a five-count federal indictment, Tartaglione stands accused of participating in a…
Lydia Dowty Gets 8 Months for Firearm Possession
Lydia Dowty, a 21-year-old from Rapid City, South Dakota, was sentenced to 8 months in federal prison on December 16, 2016, for illegally possessing a firearm while under the influence of methamphetamine. The conviction, handed down by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken in U.S. District Court, marks another strike in the ongoing battle against drug-fueled…
Pike County Woman Guilty in Heroin Death Case
Brittany Ann Banscher, a 21-year-old from Hawley, Pennsylvania, admitted in federal court to selling heroin that killed another person—a conviction that carries a minimum 20-year prison sentence. On December 19, 2016, Banscher pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge James M. Munley in Scranton to one count of drug distribution resulting in death, a charge that…
Darrell Smith Jailed 13 Months for Tax Theft
Forest City, Iowa businessman Darrell Smith, 60, was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison yesterday for stealing $502,863 in employment taxes from his workers at Permeate Refining LLC., an ethanol plant in Hopkinton. Smith, president and general partner of Energae—a minority investor in the company—had control over payroll and was legally responsible for remitting…
Rivera Gets 7 Years for Fair Haven Heroin Ring
BRIDGEPORT, CT – Victor Rivera, 44, of New Haven, is headed back to federal prison after receiving an 83-month sentence yesterday for his part in a sprawling heroin distribution network that choked the Fair Haven neighborhood. U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden handed down the sentence, followed by four years of supervised release, effectively taking…
Michael Hanan Sentenced for $90K Forest Service Identity Theft
Michael Hanan, 35, of Sussex, Wisconsin, is going to federal prison for 4 years after stealing personal data from U.S. Forest Service employees to fuel a $90,000 credit card fraud spree. The former Human Resources Labor Relations Specialist abused his access to sensitive employee records to open dozens of retail credit cards in victims’ names—many…
