Press Releases from National Press Office http://www.fbi.gov/fieldnews/breaking.htm Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:52:12 -0400 Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:51:55 -0400 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com Mary Jo LaDuron, of Leavenworth, Kansas, pled guilty to making a false statement to the FBI during an investigation into allegations of fraud against the Federal Communications Commission's E-Rate program. http://kansascity.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/kc070209.htm 2844FC93-929E-43AA-B9D9-14FF76DA0AF8 Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:42:39 -0400 After a 12-person federal jury was unable to reach an unanimous verdict as to whether to impose the death penalty for Melvin Gilbert and James Dinkins, both of Baltimore, Maryland, the two were given several consecutive life sentences plus additional years for the murders of a federal witness and two other individuals. http://baltimore.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/ba070109a.html 42B94804-7563-4DF9-BF96-621508A5F527 Wed, 1 Jul 2009 17:34:07 -0400 Julio Adrian Martinez, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced to five years in federal prison in connection with the kidnapping of a 15-year-old Vinton, Texas, girl on September 23, 2008. http://elpaso.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/ep_070109.htm 3E989623-093F-4035-A3B1-483130369DED Wed, 1 Jul 2009 17:14:23 -0400 Former Junction City, Kansas Commissioner Michael R. "Mick" Wunder was indicted on charges of bank fraud, perjury, conspiracy, and unlawful monetary transactions. http://kansascity.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/kc070109.htm 70468E12-3D7E-41F2-B28C-D5D466871320 Wed, 1 Jul 2009 17:06:44 -0400 Eric Robinson and Joshua Stokes, both of North Charleston, South Carolina, were sentenced to 106 months and 97 months in federal prison, respectively, on armed bank robbery and firearms charges in connection with the robbery of a South Carolina Federal Credit Union branch in Goose Creek. http://columbia.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/2009/co070209.htm 22C3EC6D-E4EF-45F9-9ADC-9A9358FC493F Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:59:11 -0400 Jose Luis Perez, of Golden Beach, Florida, and Reinaldo Guerra, of Miami, were indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit Medicare fraud, Medicare fraud, and aggravated identity theft in connection with their participation in a $179 million Medicare fraud scheme perpetrated using durable medical equipment companies. http://miami.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/mm070209.htm 8F560812-7F2C-424F-9787-62CB9B69666A Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:53:13 -0400 Virginia Summers, of New Jersey, was sentenced in Pennsylvania to one year in federal prison for cocaine and crack cocaine trafficking during 2007. http://philadelphia.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/ph070109a.htm F24DD859-9F86-4F23-B19D-5B5D28495531 Wed, 1 Jul 2009 16:37:08 -0400 Robert J. Powell,van attorney from Hazleton, Pennsylvania, pled guilty to failing to report a felony to federal authorities and to being an accessory after the fact to a tax conspiracy in connection with helping two judges avoid detection in a tax and honest services fraud scheme. http://philadelphia.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/ph070109.htm AB818C3D-CE22-401D-930D-10C57F19849C Wed, 1 Jul 2009 16:33:24 -0400 Isaac Ronald Skinner, Jr., of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to two bank robberies in Louisiana. http://neworleans.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/2009/no070109c.htm 45409C8F-5557-488B-95E8-4BBEC15A8EB3 Wed, 1 Jul 2009 16:11:27 -0400 Christopher Ryan Smith, of New Braunfels, Texas, pled guilty to committing a string of bank and convenience store robberies as well as brandishing a firearm during one of the bank robberies. http://sanantonio.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/sa070109.htm CD6A755A-689F-4F5A-B2E2-DA18A86253E7 Wed, 1 Jul 2009 14:13:27 -0400 Evelyn James, of Tuba City, Arizona and a Tribal Council member of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe in Arizona, pled guilty to false statements, theft from a tribal government receiving federal funds, and money laundering. In the course of her guilty plea, she admitted to stealing almost $300,000 in tribal funds. http://phoenix.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/2009/px070109.htm FA56D3DB-8B31-457D-8CFE-B376E1827223 Wed, 1 Jul 2009 14:09:38 -0400 Jason Appledorn, of Gray, Louisiana, who was previously convicted of possession of child pornography in 2005, pled guilty to felonies involving the sexual exploitation of children. http://neworleans.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/2009/no070109b.htm 88C5315D-D21A-4CD8-AD50-B6F46E028D7F Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:59:39 -0400 Wayne G. Cresap, an elected judge in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, and attorneys Nunzio Salvadore, Jr. and Victor J. Dauterive, were charged with conspiracy to deprive the citizens of St. Bernard Parish of their right to receive the honest services of Judge Cresap. http://neworleans.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/2009/no070109a.htm 8413EA5F-E2D0-435A-9F58-6C17A32F76F9 Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:54:52 -0400 Former Birmingham, Alabama City Councilman and County Commissioner Gregory John Katopodis, was convicted of 97 counts of mail and wire fraud in connection with his scheme to defraud and steal over $162,000 from Jefferson County and from Computer Help for Kids, a Jefferson County based charity. http://birmingham.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/bh070109.htm 4C3F4487-EBB6-4401-959F-D29C50C8A875 Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:47:26 -0400 Beazer Homes USA, Inc., was charged in North Carolina for participating in a fraudulent scheme designed to increase Beazer Mortgage's profit margin and sell Beazer homes, as well as an accounting fraud scheme designed to "smooth earnings." Beazer accepted responsibility for the schemes and reached a $50 million settlement agreement with the U.S. http://charlotte.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/2009/ce070109.htm 106D8CA6-3454-4166-B9BC-FDDD5D7B5638 Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:38:56 -0400 Sebastian S. Ciarcia, of Meriden, Connecticut, was sentenced to two years in prison for bribing a public official and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return. http://newhaven.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/2009/nh070109.htm BB933314-AAAF-4FEC-8056-64B722DB3DE5 Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:24:43 -0400 Freddy Delavega, of Seabrook, New Hampshire, pled guilty to the December 16, 2008 robbery of a Citizens Bank branch in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. http://boston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/bs070109c.htm B793ACB0-3D5B-4BB0-8E90-F912C93A034D Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:36:30 -0400 Paul R. Bumstead, of Malden, Massachusetts, was sentenced to nearly nine years in prison for committing three bank robberies in Malden and Medford over a one week period. http://boston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/bs070109b.htm 345C92B6-7020-45C7-A88C-2CEEBFED3B48 Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:33:47 -0400 Steven Allard, of Scituate, Rhode Island, pled guilty to tax evasion and bankruptcy fraud, admitting that he failed to pay employment taxes to the IRS for two of his companies, and that he made false statements in a personal bankruptcy petition. http://boston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/bs070109a.htm 670507DE-AC85-408B-ADF8-9C359E1CEC4D Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:30:32 -0400 Carmen S. DiNunzio, of Boston, Massachusetts, the alleged underboss of the New England crime family, pled guilty to federal bribery charges in connection with the Big Dig project, and will plead guilty to state charges in connection with his role in the ongoing mob-related extortion of local bookmakers. http://boston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/bs070109.htm C6178EA8-91E6-4AD7-BFB8-1DEEC69514B0 Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:23:47 -0400 Ronald Luis Bradshaw, a physician assistant in Los Angeles, was convicted on charges of health care fraud and aggravated identity theft for prescribing medically unnecessary durable medical equipment to hundreds of Medicare beneficiaries under the stolen identity of a doctor. http://losangeles.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/la070109.htm 49E99F94-92BD-498C-B605-AC868FE36922 Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:17:17 -0400 Eduardo Puentes, of Rockville, Maryland, was sentenced to 41 months in prison for conspiracy to transport at least 100 women from New York and New Jersey to Maryland to employ them as prostitutes. http://baltimore.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/ba070109.htm 5497CD98-8FC0-47E8-B477-9EEBB3FC6468 Wed, 1 Jul 2009 15:23:02 -0400 Former University of Tennessee Professor John Reece Roth, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced to four years in prison for violating the Arms Export Control Act by exporting technical information involving advanced unmanned air vehicles relating to a U.S. Air Force research and development contract to a citizen of China. http://knoxville.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/kx070109.html 7DB7221A-CF2D-4C02-A1E7-8FA729BFF4C4 Wed, 1 Jul 2009 15:07:10 -0400 Arthur Sease, IV, a former Memphis Police Department officer, was sentenced to a prison term of life plus 255 years following his conviction on 44 counts of civil rights, narcotics, robbery, and firearms, offenses. http://memphis.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/me070109.htm 6EA9BE7B-DD72-49A8-99D1-F7587712989B Wed, 1 Jul 2009 14:57:03 -0400 Jarvis Brown, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to five consecutive life sentences plus an additional 20 year sentence for his role in approximately 13 drug dealer robberies, three attempted gambling house robberies, approximately 13 shootings, three gun murders, four gun assaults wherein the victims sustained permanent and life threatening injuries and one witness murder. http://indianapolis.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/ip070109.htm 4ADA5446-8D4E-4A91-8135-45E19D721B0A Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:37:43 -0400