Tag: Q4 2016
15 Busted in Central Texas Meth Ring Led by Jefferson, Sedberry
More than a dozen suspects are behind bars after a sweeping federal crackdown dismantled a sprawling methamphetamine distribution network across Central Texas. At the center of the operation: Corey Damont Jefferson, 39, of Temple, and Talmage Curry Sedberry, 34, of Waco—named as ringleaders in a conspiracy that flooded Bell, Coryell, McLennan, and Limestone counties with…
Guatemalan National Indicted in Border Patrol Agent Beating
A 20-year-old Guatemalan national, Elias de Jesus Gregorio de Paz, was indicted today on federal charges for violently assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol agent near Uvalde, Texas, leaving the officer with a confirmed concussion. The attack occurred on November 19, 2016, as agents responded to reports of undocumented individuals near a stopped train. The federal…
Vidor Pharmacist Brian Haney Pleads Guilty to $813K Kickback Scheme
Brian David Haney, the 37-year-old partial owner of Vidor Pharmacy, copped to a federal health care fraud scheme that bled taxpayer-funded programs of over $800,000. In Austin today, Haney pleaded guilty to paying $813,560.87 in kickbacks to chiropractor Garry Wayne Craighead in exchange for patient referrals—dirty cash for prescriptions filled using federal health benefits. Appearing…
Riverside Man Walter Klink Gets 20 Years for Child Porn
Walter Klink, 42, of Riverside, is headed back to federal prison for 20 years after being caught again with child pornography — this time with images involving a minor relative. Sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Virginia A. Phillips, Klink will serve 240 months behind bars, followed by lifetime supervised release. The sentence marks a…
El Paso Drug Lords Nabbed for Cocaine Ring
GRIMY TIMES EXCLUSIVE: In a major sweep against El Paso’s notorious drug trafficking syndicate, three kingpins have been apprehended and charged with conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute. Jose Guadalupe Torres-Magana, 55, Patricia Torres, 56, and Alfonso Govea, 32, all residents of El Paso, face the music as they are accused of harboring…
Alfredo Torres-Alvarez Sentenced in $1M Smuggling Ring
Alfredo Torres-Alvarez, a 31-year-old undocumented alien from Austin, has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for his role in a $1 million human smuggling ring that trafficked hundreds of undocumented individuals into the United States from Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras. Torres-Alvarez, along with three co-conspirators, admitted to profiting from a vast criminal network…
Del Rio Man Jailed for Targeting Judge with Fraud Scheme
Leandro Cardenas Luna, a 59-year-old man from Del Rio, Texas, was sentenced to sixty months in federal prison for launching a calculated act of retaliation against a sitting federal judge. In a courtroom in San Antonio, Senior United States District Judge Nancy F. Atlas handed down the five-year sentence after Luna admitted to filing fraudulent…
Michael Martinez Gets 10 Years for Sextortion, Child Porn
Del Rio’s Michael Martinez, 27, is headed to federal prison for a decade after admitting to a vicious online campaign of sextortion and cyberstalking that targeted multiple women — including a minor. Sentenced yesterday to 120 months behind bars, Martinez will also pay a $2,000 fine and face five years of supervised release once he…
Lamont Man Admits to Major Meth Trafficking Operation
FRESNO, Calif. – Jose Soto, 36, of Lamont, is staring down the barrel of a potential life sentence after admitting today he was running a methamphetamine distribution operation out of his home. The guilty plea, announced by United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert, confirms what law enforcement suspected: Soto wasn’t just holding onto the drugs…
Veronica Rosales-Capitaine Gets 14 Months for Fake IDs
FRESNO, Calif. — Veronica Rosales-Capitaine, 49, of Fresno, is headed to federal prison for her role in a black-market identity mill that churned out counterfeit social security cards and alien registration receipt cards for undocumented immigrants and others looking to vanish into the shadows. Today, Chief U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill slapped her with…
