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At sentencing, U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell, Jr., also ordered Randall N. Levesque, 57, of Middletown, owner of Equine Insurance Services, LLC and Randall Levesque Agency, to serve 3 years supervised release upon completion of…

David Velcu, also known as Luca Antoni, 24, a citizen and national of Romania who is illegally present in the United States, residing in Anaheim, Calif., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner to three years and 10 months in…

On February 13, 2019, officers with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department discovered a package that was being mailed to a UPS store in Richmond Heights, Missouri. After obtaining a search warrant for the package they discovered that it…

In the Southern District, a Liberty County woman has been federally charged with defrauding an elderly dementia patient in an effort to steal nearly half a million dollars. Sailor Jones, 57, of Midway, Ga., is charged with wire fraud in United…

Dyson is a veteran of the Secret Service with over 29 years of experience in the agency. He began his career with the Secret Service in February 1990 as an Officer assigned to the White House Branch. “This is not only a great day…

Manso pleaded guilty on December 5, 2018. According to court documents, on at least 11 different occasions between January and March 30, 2018, Manso placed skimming devices on Chase Bank ATMs in the Tampa Bay area including, ATMs in Tampa,…

According to court documents and statements made in court, between July 2013 and October 2016, Avridor stole personal bank checks from two Greenwich residents who employed him as a driver. He made the checks payable either to “Cash” or to…

Cole M. Harris, aka Ink, 23, of Knoxville, TN pleaded guilty to two counts before United States District Judge Mark Hornak. In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that Harris was a reshipper in the United States for the…

The Powells and Ellerbrock had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering for using stolen Homeowners Association (HOA) fees to enrich themselves. Last month, Harlow White - the father of Kelsey Powell and Rachel…

The one-count federal indictment alleges that the offense occurred in St. Clair County between December 1, 2018, and January 26, 2019. Wigfall, 47, made his initial appearance in federal district court late last week and pleaded not guilty to…

Patrick Lee, 46, formerly of Canton and Easton, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris to four years in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution of $842,552 to victim lenders. Lee will…

U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: “As alleged, these defendants were a network that outwardly offered to fix cars but was really an organization that would supply a fix of heroin or cocaine. Thanks to the work of the DEA and its Strike…

Malmstrom was convicted on August 27, 2018, after a one-day jury trial. The evidence at trial revealed that on three occasions in February and March of last year, Malmstrom placed telephone calls to an employee of the Swedish embassy in…

According to court documents, between February and August 2018, Tinay participated in a scheme to defraud banks in which she and others used counterfeit U.S. Postal Service keys to break into residential mailboxes throughout the Eastern and…

The court also ordered Jolly to forfeit computer media used in the production of counterfeit Federal Reserve notes. Jolly had pleaded guilty on October 9, 2018. According to court documents, in January 2018, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office…