FBI Up Date

Six alleged members of the gang known as Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings) were indicted for their alleged roles in a racketeering conspiracy in Hammond, Indiana and elsewhere.








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Indiana Man Charged with Child Pornography Offenses

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:43:49 -0500



Philip R. Collins, of Crawfordsville, Indiana, was charged with both distribution and possession of child pornography.







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Two Charged in Mississippi with Falsifying Tobacco Reports

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:53:03 -0500



Robert Ammerman and Mike Ammerman, doing business as Farmers Tobacco in Cynthiana, Kentucky, pled guilty in Oxford, Mississippi to making and causing to be made false monthly tobacco reports.







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California Couple Sentenced in Connection with Hate-Motivated Beating

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:55:07 -0500



Joseph Silva and his wife, Georgia Silva, both of Fairfield, California, were each sentenced to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised released for their roles in a hate-motivated beating of a U.S citizen originally from India.







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California Woman Sentenced for Bank Robbery

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:58:40 -0500



Yuliya Stepanisko, of Sacramento, California, was sentenced to 22 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release for bank robbery. She was ordered to pay $1,740 in restitution.







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New Jersey Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Violations

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:01:19 -0500



Former Camden, New Jersey police officer Jason Stetser pled guilty to engaging in a conspiracy with at least four other officers to deprive individuals of their due process rights by charging them with planted evidence; threatening certain individuals with arrest using planted evidence if they did not cooperate with law enforcement; conducting illegal searches without a search warrant or consent; stealing money during illegal searches and arrests; paying for cooperation and information with illegal drugs; failing to report found drugs and stashing them to use as planted evidence; and preparing false police reports or testifying falsely in court to conceal his actions.







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Alabama Sexual Predator Sentenced to Life in Prison

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:06:05 -0500



John Lawson Simons, of Huntsville, Alabama, was sentenced to life in prison for child pornography and obscenity offenses, and for repeatedly seeking out young girls for sex between 2002 and 2008.







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Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Crack Cocaine Distribution Charge

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:45:58 -0500



Mical Bethea, also known as Kareem, of New Haven, Connecticut, pled guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of five grams or more of cocaine base (crack cocaine).







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North Dakota Man Pleads Guilty to Assault

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:49:34 -0500



Michael L. Demery, of Dunseith, North Dakota, pled to a charge of assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Demery used his fists to strike the victim several times in the face during an argument while the victim was giving Demery a ride home. The victim sustained multiple facial fractures which required surgery, a broken nose, and some of his teeth were knocked out.







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North Carolina MS-13 Members Sentenced for Role in Racketeering Conspiracy

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:53:29 -0500



Eleven members of the gang known as La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, have been sentenced in North Carolina to a total of more than 95 years in prison for their participation in a racketeering enterprise.







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Texas Deputies Sentenced for Assault

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:57:15 -0500



Henry Doyce Gresham, Jr. and Charles James Clark, both former Houston County (Texas) sheriff's deputies, were sentenced for their roles in the assault of a Crockett, Texas man.







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Pennsylvania Businessman Sentenced in Ongoing Public Corruption Investigation

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:07:27 -0500



Richard Emanski, of Harvey's Lake, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to five months in prison, two years' supervised release, and a $10,000 fine for providing and installing free carpeting in the residence of a member of the Wilkes-Barre Area School District Board of Education as a reward for support provided by the Board Member for a contract that benefitted Emanski's business.







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Five Charged in Human Trafficking Scheme that Smuggled Young Ukrainian Migrants

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:10:49 -0500



An indictment was unsealed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania charging five brothers with operating a human trafficking organization that smuggled young Ukrainian migrants into the United States and forced them to work for the brothers with little or no pay. The brothers used physical force, threats of force, sexual assault, and debt bondage to keep the victims in involuntary servitude.







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Washington Corrections Officer Sentenced on Child Pornography Charge

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:25:29 -0500



Former correctional officer Theodore Alan McCaw, of Aberdeen, Washington, was sentenced to five years in prison for receipt of child pornography. Investigators found more than 7,000 images of child pornography and 81 videos of child pornography on McCaw's computers.







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Ohio Bank Teller and Her Husband Indicted for Bank Fraud

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:31:06 -0500



A Brunswick, Ohio couple was indicted in connection with a scheme in which Rebecca Warden, while employed as a bank teller, removed money from her cash drawer and gave it to Steve Warden, who would come into the bank and pretend to conduct legitimate banking transactions. As a result of the Wardens' fraudulent conduct, National City Bank sustained a loss of approximately $923,471.







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Ohio Man Charged with Operation of a Chop Shop

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:35:32 -0500



Daniel C. Ott, Sr., of Akron, Ohio, was charged with one count of interstate transportation of stolen property and one count of operating and aiding and abetting the operation of an automobile chop shop.







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North Carolina Man Indicted in Ohio on Bank Robbery Charges

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:37:47 -0500



Benjamin J. Mooneyhan, of Selma, North Carolina, was charged in Cleveland, Ohio with two bank robberies and one attempted bank robbery.







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Joran van der Sloot Indicted in Alabama for Wire Fraud and Extortion

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:41:24 -0500



A federal grand jury in Birmingham, Alabama indicted Joran van der Sloot, a citizen of the Netherlands, on charges of wire fraud and extortion for soliciting money from Natalee Holloway's mother on promises he would reveal the location of her daughter's remains in Aruba and the circumstances of her 2005 death.







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Connecticut Man Sentenced for Distributing Heroin

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:43:18 -0500



Ignacio Mejjia, of Hartford, Connecticut, was sentenced to 46 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his participation in a Hartford-area narcotics trafficking ring.







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Connecticut Man Sentenced for Heading Illegal Gambling Operation, Gun Possession

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:49:07 -0500



Raul Suner, of Milford, Connecticut, was sentenced to 108 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for using violence and threats of violence while conducting an illegal gambling operation and for possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony offense.







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Texas Deputy Convicted of Exceeding Authorized Computer Access

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:52:09 -0500



Kurt Douglas Green, of Hockley, Texas, a former Harris County Sheriff's Office deputy, was convicted of exceeding his authorized access to a national crime database for financial gain.







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Louisiana CFO Guilty of Falsifying Accounting Records, Lying to Accountants

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:54:43 -0500



Bartholomew Frank Palmisano, Jr., of Metairie, Louisiana, the former chief financial officer of of Orthodontic Centers of America, Inc., pled guilty to falsifying corporate books and records and lying to auditors and accountants of a publicly-traded company.







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City Official, Police Officer Sentenced in Michigan for Bribery Scheme

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:57:29 -0500



DeDan C. Milton, of Detroit, the former executive assistant to the mayor of Detroit; and Jerry M. Rivers, of Taylor, Michigan, a former officer in the Detroit Police Department, were sentenced to 42 months in prison and 12 months plus a day in prison, respectively, for participating in a bribery scheme.







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Thirteen Indicted in Florida in $16 Million Mortgage Investment Scheme

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:02:04 -0500



Thirteen Florida residents were charged with allegedly participating in a mortgage investment scheme. The total dollar amount of the loans secured under the scheme was in excess of $16,000,000 dollars.







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