Seabeck Man Receives 13 Years for Bank Robberies

On October 12, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington announced that Michael Wandke was sentenced to 13 years in prison for committing four different bank robberies and numerous espresso stand robberies as well.   Wandke pleaded guilty to the robberies in June of 2012.  He robbed ...

Man Receives 50 Years for Producing Child Pornography

On October 12, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced that Roberto A Darden of Newport News was sentenced to 50 years for producing child pornography and witness tampering.   Darden pled guilty to both offenses on November 23, 2011.  Warning: the details of the crime are described ...

Maryland Man Receives 72 Years for Armed Robberies

On October 12, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced that Eric Jordon was sentenced to 72 years in prison and 5 years of supervised in connection to three armed robberies around the Baltimore area.   On April 30, 2012, Jordon was convicted of one count of conspiracy, three counts of robbery ...

Second “Nuns on the Run” Defendant Arrested

On October 10, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois announced that a second defendant was arrested for the armed robbery that occurred in May 2011 at the TCF Bank branch in south Palos Heights.  The defendant’s name is Lyndon Germel Wesley, and he is from Markham.   He appeared ...

Genovese Mafia Member Gets 25 Years for Racketeering

On October 11, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced that Emilio Fusco received 25 years in prison for racketeering and extortion crimes.  He is part of the Genovese Organized Crime Family of La Cosa Nostra.   In May of 2012, he was sentenced to one count of conspiring with ...

Man Tried to Trade Weapons for Ton of Cocaine

On October 11, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced that Jamal Yousef, “Talal Hassan Ghantou,” was sentenced to 12 years in prison for providing high-powered weapons to the foreign terrorist organization called Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC).  The US ...

25 Members of Texas Mexican Mafia Gang Indicted

On October 11, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas announced that 25 members of the feared Texas Mexican Mafia prison gang were indicted for trafficking heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine.  They are also charged with firearms violations and the distribution of explosive materials.   One ...

Georgia Men Transported 1,600 Pounds of Marijuana

  On October 11, 2012, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced that three men were sentenced for trafficking 1,572 pounds of Marijuana to a warehouse in Gainesville, Georgia.  The three men are Marco Ortiz-Barajas, Angel Zamudio-Martinez, and Jose Luis Chavez-Morfin. All of the defendants ...

Police Ask for Help: Wyoming Child Abduction Case

  On October 11, the FBI announced that they are asking the public for help in a child abduction case that occurred in Cody, Wyoming.  The Cody Police Department, the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation, and the FBI are currently working together on the case.     Investigators for the agencies are ...

U.S. Navy Officials Sentenced in Enormous Corruption Scheme

  On October 9, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California announced that four U.S. Navy officials and three defense contractors were sentenced for their roles in a large fraud and corruption scheme at the Naval Air Station on North Island in Coronado, California.     The defense ...

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