Kansas City, MO - The United States of America charged Christopher Lee Caven with possession of child pornography.

Belton, Missouri, man whose lost cell phone containing child pornography was found at a truck stop, pleaded guilty.

Christopher Lee Caven, 39, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge John T. Maughmer to receiving child pornography over the internet.

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East St. Louis, IL - The United States of America charged Melissa Scanlan, a/k/a "The Drug Lama"
drug trafficking fentanyl.

Melissa Scanlan (a/k/a “The Drug Llama”) has been sentenced to 160 months in federal prison in the
United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois for trafficking fentanyl
throughout the United States via the “dark web,” engaging in a... More...   $0 (02-17-2020 - IL)

Detroit, MI - The United States of America charged Michael Mosley with taking bribes from a drug trafficker.

Former Detroit Police Officer Michael Mosley, age 48, pleaded guilty to bribery for taking $15,000 in cash bribes from a drug trafficker.

Joining Schneider in the announcement was Steven M. D’Antuono, Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Field Office of the Federal Burea... More...   $0 (02-15-2020 - MI)

Grand Rapids, MI - The United States of America charged Robert Lyle Buckhannon with fraud.

Robert Lyle Buckhannon, 59, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced to serve 24 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud a California mortgage lender in connection with a Battle Creek business, On Deck Sports Bar & Grill. Buckhannon will spend two years on court supervision follo... More...   $0 (02-15-2020 - MI)

Jackson, MS - The United States of America charged Nicholas Thames with felony possession of a firearm.

Nicholas Thames, 22, of Jackson, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for possessing a firearm after he had been previously convicted of felony crimes. Thames was also ordered to pay a $1,500 fine.

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Austin, TX - The United States of America charged Charles McAllister with fraud and money laundering.

Charles McAllister, age 49, CEO and owner of Bullion Direct, Inc. (BDI), was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for money laundering and scheming to defraud customers out of millions of dollars.

In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel ordered McAllist... More...   $0 (02-15-2020 - TX)

Dallas, TX - The United States of America charged 64 White Supremacits with gang related activities.

Sixty-four individuals with ties to various white supremacist gangs have been convicted and sentenced to a combined 820 years in federal prison following an investigation led by the Texas Department of Public Safety, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox... More...   $0 (02-15-2020 - TX)

Portland, OR - The United States of America charged Timothy Ray Vance with distributing large qualities of meth.

Timothy Ray Vance, 54, of Salem, Oregon, was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison and five years’ supervised release for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine throughout Marion County.

Vance has a long criminal history dating back to 1983. Vance served m... More...   $0 (02-15-2020 - OR)

Milwaukee, WI - The United States of America charged Tedmund Blankschein with conspiracy to commit tax fraud.

Tedmund Blankschein (age: 51) was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit tax fraud. Blankschein was also ordered to pay $5.4 million in restitution to the IRS, joint and several with his co-conspirator, Albert Go... More...   $0 (02-15-2020 - WI)

Burlington, VT - The United States of America charged John Guerrero, a/k/a Sunshire with conspiracy to distribute drugs and possession of a machine gun during a violent crime.

John Guerrero (also known as “Sunshine” to his former drug customers in Franklin County) was sentenced today in federal court on one count of conspiring to distribute two hundred and eighty grams or more of cocaine ... More...   $0 (02-14-2020 - VT)

Concord, NH - United States of America charged Tharushan Nirmalachandran with conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

Tharushan Nirmalachandran, 30, of Ile-Bizard, Quebec, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Nirmalachandran faces likely removal to Canada after the completion of his prison sentence.

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Philadelphia, PA - The United States of America charged Hector Armando Kellum with conspiracy to fix prices, rig bids, and allocate customers for generic drugs.

A fomer senior executive pleaded guilty for his role in a conspiracy to fix prices, rig bids, and allocate customers for generic drugs.

According to court documents, from at least March 2013 until at least June 2015, He... More...   $0 (02-14-2020 - PA)

Fairfax, VA - The United States of America charged Zaldy N. Sabino with conspiracy, bribery, honest services wire fraud and making false statements.

State Department Contracting Officer Sentenced to Prison for Bribery and Procurement Fraud Scheme

A contracting officer with the U.S. Department of State was sentenced today to 87 months of imprisonment followed by three years of sup... More...   $0 (02-14-2020 - VA)

Tulsa, OK - Criminal defense lawyer Michael French represented Michael Thomas Mitchell who was charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: DU8II, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DRUG - METHAMPHETAMINE, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-402
Date of Offense: 04/17/2014
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Columbia, SC - The United States of America charged Glenn Quanta Pernell and Joseph Umphlett with drug trafficking from inside a prison.

Glenn Quanta Pernell, 41, and Joseph Umphlett, Sr., 39, both inmates in the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC), have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in separate major drug trafficking rings run from inside prison walls using ... More...   $0 (02-14-2020 - SC)

Washington, DC - The United States of America charged Moureen Masika with Financial Exploitation of an Elderly Person or Vulnerable Adult and three counts of Second-Degree Theft.

Moureen Masika, 31, was found guilty of one count of Financial Exploitation of an Elderly Person or Vulnerable Adult and three counts of Second-Degree Theft after a jury trial. The incidents were part of a fraud... More...   $0 (02-14-2020 - DC)

Richmond, VA - The United States of America charged Derrick Leon Williams, Jr. with distribution of heroin and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

A Richmond man pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possessing crack cocaine with the intent to distribute.

According to court documents, Derrick Leon Williams, Jr., 22, was arrested by Richmond Police ... More...   $0 (02-14-2020 - VA)

Jefferson City, MO - The United States of America charged Anthony Raymond Kaulana Flores with obstructing justice.

Anthony R. K. Flores, a former employee of a Missouri residential treatment facility, pleaded guilty in federal court in the Western District of Missouri to criminal charges arising from a civil rights investigation into the death of C.D., a Missouri ward of the state with ... More...   $0 (02-14-2020 - MO)