San Diego, CA - Man Sentenced to 10 Years for 2016 Encinitas Arson Spree

Tyler Carender was sentenced in federal court today to 10 years in prison for damaging and destroying buildings at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Chur... More...   $0 (09-29-2018 - )

Brent Wallace Sparcino (Sparcino or Appellant) appeals his conviction for possession with intent to deliver or manufacture a controlled substance, a first degree felony. Sparcino pleaded guilty to the charge and pleaded “true” to both enhancement paragraphs, which alleged consecutive convictions for two prior felonies. The trial court accepted his pleas and conducted a punishment hearing. The ... More...   $0 (09-19-2018 - TX)

Appellant Ranau D. Johnson appeals his convictions and sentence. Upon
review, we affirm all the convictions for aggravated arson and the sentence imposed on
Counts 3 and 4, vacate as void the conviction and sentence on Count 1 for attempted
felony murder, reverse the award of restitution, and remand the case to the trial court for a
resentencing hearing on Count 2 only and fo... More...   $0 (09-16-2018 - OH)

On the evening of Saturday, January 7, 2006, Holly Michael, Becky Sittig,
Ashleigh Attig, and Harper hung out at Michael’s house in Fort Dodge beginning
at around 7:00 or 8:00 p.m.2 From then until the early morning hours of January
8, the group drank alcohol, smoked marijuana, and consumed cocaine. The group
left the residence to go to a nearby bar at which they arrived arou... More...   $0 (09-14-2018 - IA)

Concord, NH - Dalton Man Sentenced to Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking

Jared Peterson, 28, of Dalton was sentenced on Tuesday to serve five years in prison for possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on March 18, 2017, after a drug investigation, law enforcement officers from the Franconia, Sugar Hill, ... More...   $0 (09-12-2018 - NH)

Peterson also challenges his sentence of 48 months’ imprisonment imposed for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The district court concluded that Peterson’s prior conviction for firstdegree robbery was a “crime of violence” as that term is defined by U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (“Sentencing Guidelines” or “U.S.S.G.”) section 4B1.2(a) which, along with ... More...   $0 (09-10-2018 - WA)

Antonio Garcia-Lopez (“Garcia-Lopez”) appeals the district court’s denial of his Motion to Withdraw his Guilty Plea (“Motion to Withdraw”). He contends we should reverse because (1) he did not have an interpreter in his native tongue, Zapotecan, at his plea hearing and did not fully understand the proceedings, and (2) the Supreme Court’s decision in Sessions v. Dimaya, 138 S. Ct. 1204 (2018), and... More...   $0 (09-09-2018 - CA)

Josepha Tshbangu Kasai appeals his convictions, following a bench trial, for arson
affecting interstate commerce, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 844(i) (2012); and possession
of an unregistered destructive device, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) (2012). Kasai
argues that the evidence is insufficient to support his convictions—specifically, that the
Government failed to produc... More...   $0 (09-09-2018 - VA)

In 1997, Pereira pleaded guilty in New York state court to attempted robbery in the second degree. He was subsequently deported from the United States on three occasions. After reentering the United States a fourth time, he was arrested for, inter alia, felony offenses of driving while intoxicated and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. On October 21, 2015, Pereira was indicted for... More...   $0 (09-09-2018 - NY)

Jefferson City, MO - Two Columbia, Missouri Men Plead Guilty to Prostitution Operation

Two Columbia, Mo., men pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a prostitution operation.

Barry Paul Manthe, 65, and Ronald James Clark, 67, each waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty in separate appearances before U.S. Magistrate Judge Willie J. Epps to a federal informa... More...   $0 (09-09-2018 - MO)

Gainesville, FL - Alachua County Man Sentenced to 327 Months in Prison for Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, and Cooercion

Arthur Larange Lee Jr., 35, of Gainesville, Florida, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court in Gainesville to 327 months in prison for sex trafficking of an adult, and 60 months each for two counts of use of interstate commerce to commit prostitution. Each count is ... More...   $0 (09-02-2018 - GA)

Saffa Bell was charged with sexually assaulting an individual who was given the
pseudonym Tom Jones during the trial. See Tex. Penal Code § 22.011 (setting out elements of
offense and specifying that offense is, in general, second-degree felony). The indictment also contained
two enhancement paragraphs alleging that Bell had previously been convicted of burglary with the
intent t... More...   $0 (09-01-2018 - TX)