Archive | June, 2011

American Fugitive Kenneth Craig Arrested in Brazil

Kenneth Andrew Craig was arrested Tuesday by Brazilian Federal Police at Galeo International Airport. Craig, 42, was being sought by Florida authorities pursuant to arrest warrants issued in 1999 by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office on charges of sexual exploitation of a minor, sex performance with a minor and sexual assault of a minor. Authorities [...]

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Woman Charged With Attempted Murder After Ramming Ambulance

An Anderson woman is arrested after attempting to run over an EMT with her vehicle, ramming an ambulance, and not pulling over for deputies who were trying to stop her. Deputies Responded to King’s Grant Subdivision in reference to a distress call from a Medshore EMT needing assistance. The EMT was nearly run over by [...]

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U.S. Marshals to Auction Seattle Nightclubs Formerly Run by Colacurcio Crime Family

Two former strip clubs in Seattle will be sold via a U.S. Marshals auction June 29 at 2 p.m. The auction for both properties will take place on site at the former “Rick’s Nightclub,” 11332 Lake City Way NE, Seattle. The former “Rick’s Nightclub” and “Talents West” were part of the Colacurcio organized crime enterprise, [...]

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U.S. Marshals Capture One of Quebec's Most Wanted Fugitives in Florida

An intense manhunt has ended with the capture of John Boulachanis, a fugitive wanted on an international level. Boulachanis was apprehended in Miami Thursday. Boulachanis is the subject of an INTERPOL Red Notice issued at the request of Canadian authorities for his role in a brutal slaying that occurred in Quebec, Canada, in 1997. Boulachanis [...]

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Upstate Men Sentenced For Greer Violent Crimes

A Gaffney man received a twenty-five year prison sentence today after he admitted to robbing a group of friends who were enjoying a cookout in Greer. Eddie James Pilcher, Jr., of Gaffney, pleaded guilty to armed robbery and attempted first-degree burglary before Circuit Judge Roger Couch. Greer police received a tip from an informant that [...]

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WANTED Information on Shooting in the Camp Croft Community

This morning at about 2 A.M., deputies responded to a duplex apartment on Kelsey Creek Road in the Camp Croft Community of Spartanburg County. Upon arrival, deputies found a male victim that was suffering fun a gunshot wound to one of his legs. The victim told deputies that three male suspects forced their way into [...]

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Eighteen Members of Nationwide Marijuana Trafficking Organization Charged

Eighteen individuals have been charged in the Eastern District of Virginia for allegedly participating in a nationwide distribution ring smuggling high-quality marijuana from grows in northern California to mid-level dealers in numerous states throughout the country. After coordinated arrests yesterday, 17 conspirators are in custody and one remains a fugitive: Marvin Powers, Jr., a/k/a “Marv,” [...]

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Baltimore Man Sentenced to 46-Month Prison Term for Traveling from Maryland to D.C. to Have Sex with 13-Year-Old Child

Calvin Allen, 25, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison on a charge of traveling interstate to engage in illicit sexual conduct, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., James W. McJunkin, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Allen, [...]

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Nashville Police Officer Indicted in Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

Metropolitan Nashville Police Officer Richard Wilson, 31, was indicted today by a federal grand jury for corruptly soliciting, demanding, and accepting cash in connection with transactions related to his duties as a police officer, attempting to distribute cocaine, and money laundering, announced Jerry E. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, Amy [...]

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WANTED Suspects in OM Food Mart Burglary

Around 11:10pm on June 17th, two males forced their way into the OM Food Mart in Spartanburg, taking cases of beer, sodas, cigarettes, cigars, lighters, and various snacks. The store has very good surveillance cameras, and the video shows two males walking around the outside of the store. One suspect is seen carrying what appeared [...]

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