Washington, DC - Foreign National Sentenced to 31 Months in Prison for Leadership Role in Human Smuggling Conspiracy

A Pakistani citizen was sentenced to 31months in prison for his role in a scheme to smuggle undocumented migrants from Pakistan into the United States.

Sharafat Ali Khan, 32, a Pakistani citizen and former resident of Brazil, pleaded guilty on April 12, to one cou... More...   $0 (10-17-2017 - DC)

This case arises out of appellant Keri Borzilleri’s suit alleging that appellee Marilyn Mosby fired her for supporting Mosby’s political rival, thereby violating Borzilleri’s First Amendment rights. The district court determined that, as an Assistant State’s Attorney, Borzilleri was a policymaker exempt from the First Amendment’s protection against patronage dismissals. We affirm. To hold otherwis... More...   $0 (10-17-2017 - MD)

In this appeal, we review the prosecution of an adolescent for committing a lewd
act when he was 13 years old. T.F., who was a minor at all times relevant to the case,
appeals from the juvenile court’s jurisdiction and disposition orders issued in a wardship
proceeding under Welfare and Institutions Code section 602. Prior to and again at the
jurisdictional hearing, defense counsel... More...   $0 (10-17-2017 - CA)

Johnny Phillips makes his living as a “land man.” Land men
scout rural property for coal mining potential and negotiate leases with the landowners to mine it.
When the government found out that Phillips performed work for New Century Coal, a company
that swindled millions of dollars from investors, it charged him with several crimes. A jury
convicted him of conspiracy to commit mai... More...   $0 (10-15-2017 - TN)

Wiseman Park, LLC (appellant) appeals from the judgment entered
following the trial court sustaining the demurrer of Southern Glazer’s Wine
and Spirits, LLC (respondent)1 to appellant’s complaint without leave to
amend. Appellant, the holder of a license to sell alcoholic beverages in its
restaurant, purchased alcoholic beverages from respondent, a licensed
wholesale distributo... More...   $0 (10-15-2017 - CA)

Anchorage, AK - Group Responsible for ATM Thefts Sentenced

The group responsible for ATM thefts at several Anchorage banks were sentenced in U.S. District Court in Anchorage.

Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess sentenced Adrian Turnbow, Christi Cozzetti, Jerd Thacker, and Jordan Cook for their roles in ATM thefts from banks in early 2017. All had previously pleaded guil... More...   $0 (10-14-2017 - AK)

Byron Jones (“Byron”), Deloyd Jones (“Deloyd”), and Sidney Patterson
appeal their convictions of numerous felonies related to their membership in a
group called Ride or Die (“ROD”). They challenge the sufficiency of the evidence
and the admission of certain evidence, the refusal to adopt proposed jury
instructions, and application of the sentencing guidelines. We affirm, except
... More...   $0 (10-14-2017 - LA)

Albuquerque, NM - 80th Defendant Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges Arising Out of ATF-Led Operation Targeting Drug Trafficking and Firearms Crime in Bernalillo County - 80 of 103 Federal Defendants Charged as the Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst” Anti-Violence Initiative have Pleaded Guilty

In Aug. 2016, a multi-agency investigation led by ... More...   $0 (10-13-2017 - NM)

Pittsburgh, PA - Former Army Manager Sentenced to Prison for Taking $1 Million in Illegal Gratuities

A resident of Rochester Hills, Michigan, was sentenced to 46 months incarceration and a $100,000 fine, on charges of taking illegal gratuities, income tax evasion and making false statements to federal law enforcement officers.

Judge Schwab imposed the sentence on Anthony A. Shaw,... More...   $0 (10-13-2017 - PA)

Norman, OK - Jury Tells Court That Defendant Should Be Executed Killing Woman

The State of Oklahoma charged Alton Alexander Nolen, age 33, with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM11, MURDER - FIRST DEGREE- malice aforethought, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7
Date of Offense: 09/25/2014
Party Name Disposition Information
Nolen, Alton Alexander
Count # 2. Count as F... More...   $0 (10-13-2017 - OK)

Petitioner Darren Williams seeks extraordinary writ relief from the superior
court’s order denying his Penal Code section 9951 motion to dismiss an indictment issued
by a grand jury charging him with a series of cell phone store robberies. Petitioner
moved to dismiss the indictment on the basis that the deputy district attorney’s excusal of
a juror for hardship violated the grand j... More...   $0 (10-12-2017 - CA)

New York, NY - Newark, New Jersey, Registered Sex Offender Sentenced To 21 Years In Prison For Attempting To Entice A Minor To Engage In Sexual Activity

TERRICK WASHINGTON, 45, a registered sex offender, was sentenced to 262 months in prison by United States District Judge Kenneth M. Karas for his attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. Judge Karas also imposed a 5-... More...   $0 (10-11-2017 - NY)

Richard Weed, a securities lawyer,
wrote false opinion letters so that his two co-conspirators could
sell stock to the public in a "pump and dump" scheme.1 In
connection with this conduct, he was convicted of securities fraud,
wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit both. Following the jury's
guilty verdict, Weed moved for a judgment of acquittal. He argued
that the evidence w... More...   $0 (10-11-2017 - MA)

New York, NY - Bronx Man Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Over 12 Years In Prison For Trafficking Approximately 40,000 Oxycodone Pills And Cocaine

MARIO HERRERA, a/k/a “Mo,” was sentenced to 151 months in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine and oxycodone. HERRERA pled guilty to one count of narcotics conspiracy on June 2, 2017, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara C. Moses... More...   $0 (10-10-2017 - NY)

San Francisco, CA - Southern California Woman Sentenced To Almost Six Years In Prison For Role In Wire Fraud Scheme - Defendant defrauded victims of more than $6 million by lying about the existence of a sick heiress in need of medical care

Shirley Ernestine Molina was sentenced to 71 months in prison for wire fraud and for her role in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced United ... More...   $0 (10-09-2017 - CA)

Anchorage, AK - Palmer Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Role in Heroin Related Death

A Palmer man was sentenced for multiple drug offenses, including distributing heroin that resulted in the death of a young man who used the heroin.

Hiram Luis Ducasse, Jr., 27, of Palmer, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason to 20 years in prison, followed by six years of... More...   $0 (10-09-2017 - AK)

A beneficiary filed a petition for instructions as to
whether the “no contest” clause of his mother’s trust had
been violated after his sister sought to reform the trust to
eliminate his interest. The sister, in her capacity as trustee,
filed a special motion to strike the petition under Code of
Civil Procedure section 425.16 (the anti-SLAPP statute),
1
which the probat... More...   $0 (10-09-2017 - CA)

San Jose, CA - Southern California Woman Sentenced To Almost Six Years In Prison For Role In Wire Fraud Scheme - Defendant defrauded victims of more than $6 million by lying about the existence of a sick heiress in need of medical care

Shirley Ernestine Molina was sentenced to 71 months in prison for wire fraud and for her role in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced United State... More...   $0 (10-07-2017 - CA)

New York, NY - Fraudster Involved In International Bribery Scheme Relating To Korean Company’s Attempted Sale Of $800 Million Skyscraper In Vietnam Sentenced To 42 Months In Prison

Malcolm Harris was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos to 42 months in prison for wire fraud and money laundering charges arising from his role as a middleman in a corrupt scheme to pay millions of ... More...   $0 (10-06-2017 - NY)

Chattanooga, TN - Two Chattanooga Residents Sentenced to Prison for Participating in a Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud And For Tax Evasion

James H. Brennan, 68, and Douglas A. Dyer, 58, both of Chattanooga, Tennessee, were sentenced by the Honorable Travis R. McDonough, U.S. District Court Judge, to respectively serve 48 months and 60 months in federal prison for their roles in a wire fr... More...   $0 (10-06-2017 - TN)

In this appeal from his criminal conviction for lying to an investigator, the defendant argues that the district court erred in calculating his sentence by improperly applying a cross-reference to the Accessory After the Fact provision,
USSG § 2X3.1, by relying on unproven factual allegations, and by denying him two requested
downward departures. Finding no merit to any of these claims, we... More...   $0 (10-06-2017 - TN)

A New Mexico statute makes it illegal to “willfully interfere with the
educational process” at a public school. N.M. STAT. ANN. § 30-20-13(D). In
2009, an Albuquerque Police Officer assigned to a middle school as a School
Resource Officer (“SRO”) relied on that statute to arrest a thirteen-year-old for
skipping class. The main question before us is whether qualified immunity
* ... More...   $0 (10-05-2017 - NM)

Eugene Dokes pleaded guilty to theft of United States property for knowingly
receiving four Social Security disability benefits to which he was not entitled in
December 2012 and January 2013. See 18 U.S.C. § 641. At sentencing, the district
court adopted the Presentencing Investigation 1 Report (PSR) finding that Dokes’s ongoing
theft of Social Security benefits resulted in actual ... More...   $0 (10-05-2017 - MO)

A fatal welding accident occurred on an offshore oil platform in the Gulf
of Mexico in November 2012. Three years after that incident, the government
indicted the owner and operator of the platform and several oil platform
contractors, charging criminal violations of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands
Act (OCSLA), 43 U.S.C. §§ 1331, et seq., and the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C.
§§... More...   $0 (10-05-2017 - LA)

After a two-week jury trial, Defendant-Appellants Theodore Okechuku, Elechi Oti, Emmanuel Iwuoha, and Kevin Rutledge were convicted of conspiring to unlawfully distribute hydrocodone outside the scope of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose as part of an alleged pill mill. Okechuku was also convicted of two additional firearm counts—using, carrying, and brandishing a fire... More...   $0 (10-05-2017 - TX)