Tucson, Ariz. – On July 13, 2012, Hiliberto Jimenez-Palacios, 51, of Mexico, pleaded guilty to transportation of an illegal alien, which resulted in the death of the alien. Jimenez-Palacios was indicted by a federal grand jury in Tucson on July 27, 2011. According to the plea agreement, on June 29, 2011, Jimenez-Palacios led a group Read More »
PHOENIX – On July 12, 2012, Israel Corona, 32, of El Centro, Calif., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton to 60 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release. Corona pleaded guilty in March to aiding and abetting the transportation of illegal aliens. According to court documents, on Feb. 5, Read More »
United States Attorney Robert Pitman and ICE-HSI Special Agent in Charge Jerry Robinette announced that on Friday, 53-year-old Andrew Silcox was sentenced to two years in federal prison for violating the Arms Export Control Act. In addition to the prison term, Chief U.S. District Judge Fred Biery ordered that Silcox be placed under supervised release Read More »
United States Attorney Robert Pitman announced that British businessman Christopher Tappin, age 65, of Orpington, Kent, arrived in El Paso, Texas, this evening while in the custody of Deputy U.S. Marshals to face federal charges in connection with a scheme to illegally export parts used in Hawk surface-to-air missile systems to Iran. Tappin’s extradition was Read More »
Defendant Knowingly Sold Firearm to Canadian Now Serving Life for Murder A Kent, Washington man is being summoned to appear in U.S. District Court in Seattle this week, following his indictment for illegal transfer of a firearm to a non-state resident. BENEDICT C. LADERA, 31, was indicted last week by the grand jury, and is Read More »
Defendant Claimed to have Stolen the Map at Garage Sale of Border Patrol Agent A Bellingham, Washington, man who tried to sell a map of surveillance equipment on the U.S./Canada border was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to a year in prison and three years of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Read More »
Yi Ping Zheng, a/k/a “Zheng Yi Ping,” a/k/a “Ping X. Zhenh,” 46, of Philadelphia, was charged yesterday by indictment with trafficking in counterfeit goods, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment charges that on December 15, 2011, Zheng trafficked and attempted to traffic in approximately 3,000 counterfeit “designer” purses, wearing apparel, wallets, sunglasses, Read More »
Illinois businessman admitted to shipping unwanted and unneeded medical supplies and “erectile pumps” to Medicare recipients at government expense PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Gary Winner, 50, of Northbrook, Ill., owner of Planned Eldercare, a nationwide supplier of durable medical equipment located in Buffalo Grove, Ill., was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Providence to 37 Read More »
Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, today announced that a federal grand jury in Cleveland, Ohio, returned an indictment against Jeremy D. Bricker, age 29, of Akron, Ohio for smuggling drug paraphernalia into the United States. Bricker drew the attention of Immigration and Customs officials when he received two Read More »
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Washington County, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to two years probation and a forfeiture judgement of $750,000 on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. United States District Judge Nora Barry Fischer imposed the sentence on David Schwartzenberger, 39. Read More »
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