Crime

Virginia Man Sentenced for Distribution of Child Pornography Over the Internet

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:08:45 -0500



James E. McCreary, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, was sentenced to five years in prison for distribution of child pornography. Unbeknownst to him, McCreary was chatting online with an undercover detective in an attempt to arrange a sexual encounter with what he believed to be an 11-year-old girl. During the course of these conversations, McCreary sent images of child pornography to the detective.







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Minnesota Police Officer Charged with Civil Rights Violation

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:03:54 -0500



Minneapolis, Minnesota police officer Jason Andersen, was charged with a felony civil rights crime for assaulting a juvenile during an arrest.







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Former Minnesota Police Officer Sentenced for Armed Bank Robbery

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:00:20 -0500



Former Minneapolis police officer Timothy Edward Carson, of Rosemount, Minnesota, was sentenced to 96 months in prison for committing the armed robbery of an Apple Valley Wells Fargo bank on January 6, 2010.







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Michigan Man Found Guilty of Murder and Bank Robbery

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:56:37 -0500



Timothy Dennis O'Reilly, a Detroit resident originally from Camarillo, California, was found guilty of charges including murder, bank robbery, and conspiracy relating to armored car robberies in Dearborn and Detroit, Michigan.







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Connecticut Man Arrested on Child Pornography Charges

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:53:35 -0500



Michael Martarano, of New Haven, Connecticut, was arrested on charges of receipt and distribution of child pornography.







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Georgia Man Sentenced in West Virginia for Role in Drug Conspiracy

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:33:27 -0500



Thomas Redding, of Macon, Georgia, was sentenced in Charleston, West Virginia to 69 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring with other dealers to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base in and around the Huntington, West Virginia area.







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Man Pleads Guilty in New York to Child Pornography Charges

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:19:46 -0500



Brian Lee McGaughey, of Tampa, Florida, formerly of Buffalo, New York, pled guilty in Buffalo to a felony charge of receipt of child pornography. McGaughey knowingly received images of child pornography in New York of a 14-year-old girl with whom he had a sexual relationship with for over one year while living in Florida.







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Ohio Woman Charged with Bank Embezzlement

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:13:44 -0500



Mona Simpson Dicesare, of Fostoria, Ohio, was charged with embezzling approximately $29,000 over a three-year period from the KeyBank.







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Louisiana Man Indicted on Carjacking, Murder, and Firearms Charges

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:06:56 -0500



Steven Earl Hardrick, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was indicted in connection with allegedly murdering three individuals following a carjacking and then murdering another man to prevent him from reporting the murders to law enforcement authorities.







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Florida Bomb Maker Pleads Guilty to Murder-for-Hire Charge

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:02:36 -0500



John Nicholas Coors, of Bradenton, Florida, pled guilty in connection with a scheme in which he agreed to build an explosive device, install it inside of a vehicle, and detonate it in exchange for $8,000.







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Arizona Man Sentenced for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:54:43 -0500



Lorenzo Joe Baldwin, of Keams Canyon, Arizona, was sentenced to 41 months in prison for assaulting a member of the Navajo Nation by hitting the victim in the head with a baseball bat while the victim was sleeping.







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California Man Sentenced for Role in $62 Million Investment Fraud Scheme

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:45:59 -0500



Peter C. Son, of Danville, California, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on wire fraud and money laundering charges in connection with his role in an investment fraud scheme in which approximately 500 victims, most of whom were Koreans living in California and Korea, lost approximately $62 million.







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Tennessee Man Sentenced for Distributing Child Pornography

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:10:26 -0500



Gabriel Todd Prater, of Lancing, Tennessee, was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to distribution of child pornography. More than 1,000 child pornography images were found on Prater's computer and computer-related media, and it was determined that Prater distributed more than 60 of the images.







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Connecticut Man Sentenced for Role in Drug Ring

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:59:59 -0500



Luis Serrano, of Norwalk, Connecticut, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine in southwestern Connecticut.







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Six Indicted on Multiple Charges in Connection with Ohio Pill Mill

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:55:16 -0500



A West Portsmouth, Ohio woman, three of her family members, and a Columbus, Ohio physician were indicted on charges including operating a continuing criminal enterprise, conspiracy, drug trafficking, and fraud in connection with the operation of a fraudulent pain management clinic in Waverly, Ohio.







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Texas Woman Pleads Guilty in Health Care Fraud Scheme

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:48:34 -0500



Romelia Sanchez Puig, of Edinburg, Texas, the wife a local physician assistant, pled guilty to conspiracy to defraud Medicare and the Texas Medicaid program.







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$5.1 Million in Assets Sought from Former Bernard Madoff Employee

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:43:08 -0500



More than $5.1 million assets is being sought from Annette Bongiorno, who spent more than 40 years working for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, the fraudulent investment advisory business owned and operated by Bernard L. Madoff, and the assets allegedly subject to forfeiture constitute property traceable to proceeds of Madoff's fraud.







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Georgia Man Sentenced for $2.2 Million Fraud Related to Failed Omni National Bank

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:37:06 -0500



Brent Merriell, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced to three years and three months in prison for making false statements to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and aggravated identity theft. Merriell stole the identities of seven people to use as short sale "buyers" when he sought forgiveness from the FDIC of $2.2 million in loans.