Friday, June 4, 2010

FBI In the News Updated

Arizona Man Sentenced on Child Pornography Charges
Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:51:58 -0500

Kevin Deawne Martin, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced to 180 months in prison for transportation and shipping of child pornography and possession of child pornography.



Texas Couple Sentenced for Enslaving Nigerian Woman for More Than Eight Years
Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:59:21 -0500

An Arlington, Texas couple was sentenced for forcing a Nigerian widow to perform domestic labor for them for more than eight years. Emmanuel Nnaji, a naturalized citizen of the United States was sentenced to 20 years in prison, and Ngozi Ihechere Nnaji, a citizen of Nigeria, was sentenced to nine years in prison.



Joran van der Sloot Charged with Fraud and Extortion in Alabama
Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:03:33 -0500

Joran van der Sloot, a citizen of the Netherlands, was charged in Birmingham, Alabama with wire fraud and extortion offenses in connection with his soliciting money in May on promises he would reveal the location of Natalee Holloway's remains in Aruba and circumstances of her death.



Owners of Employment Agencies and Restaurants Indicted in Georgia
Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:10:56 -0500

Five individuals were charged by a federal grand jury in Atlanta, Georgia in three separate indictments for conspiring to induce undocumented aliens to enter and remain in the United States by providing them with employment, predominantly at Chinese restaurants, all for commercial gain.



Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Structuring Cash Transactions
Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:34:25 -0500

William Madonna, of Perry Hall, Maryland, a former employee of a fundraising business that defrauded several Fraternal Orders of Police, pled guilty to structuring $142,000 in currency transactions to avoid bank reporting requirements.



Two Minnesota Residents Charged with Assault
Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:41:32 -0500

Two Red Lake, Minnesota residents were charged in federal court for unrelated assaults. In the first case, Vanessa Kay Cobenais was charged with one count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury. In the second case, Soloman Francis Jourdain was charged with one count of aggravated assault with intent to commit murder.



Former South Carolina Deputy Gets 400 Years in Connection with Murder of Family
Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:44:32 -0500

Former Florence County (South Carolina) Sheriff's Office Deputy Timothy James Poole was sentenced to 400 years in prison on mail and wire fraud charges in connection with the double murders of his adoptive mother, Linda Poole Hilton, and step-father, William Henry Hilton, Jr., execution-style residence in order to obtain money from their trusts and estates.



Virginia Teacher Sentenced for Producing Child Pornography with Student
Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:50:25 -0500

A former science teacher at Cedar Lee Middle School, Scott Christopher Howe, of Fauquier County, Virginia, was sentenced to 210 months in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for producing child pornography by filming himself engaging in sexual activity with a student.



Two Members of Wide-Ranging Mortgage Fraud Conspiracy Sentenced in Virginia
Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:51:41 -0500

Lourdes Rojas Almanza, of Falls Church, Virginia, was sentenced to 77 months in prison and Litcia Linares, also of Falls Church, was sentenced to 27 months in prison for participating in a $24 million mortgage fraud conspiracy that resulted in losses of more than $9 million to more than 20 banks and lenders.



Virginia Man Sentenced for Mortgage Fraud
Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:59:40 -0500

Ahmad Z. Abbasi, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was sentenced to 46 months in prison on charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud for recruiting unqualified buyers who provided false information to obtain multiple mortgage loans, which were ultimately foreclosed.



Fifth Officer Pleads Guilty in Connection with Cover-Up of Shooting Following Katrina
Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:03:23 -0500

Former New Orleans Police Department Officer Ignatius Hills pled guilty in federal court to misprision of a felony and to conspiring with fellow officers to obstruct justice by covering up a police-involved shooting that occurred on the Danziger Bridge in the days following Hurricane Katrina.


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