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U.S. District Judge Benson E. Legg sentenced Curtis Allen Thomas, age 44, of Baltimore, today to 27 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for robbery, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime, and being a felon in possession of a gun and ammunition. Judge Legg enhanced Thomas’ sentence upon [...]

Anderson County deputies have arrested a woman, a man and a teenager in connection to the disappearance of 53-year-old Chandrakant “C.J.” Patel, manager of the Exxon gas station on Clemson Boulevard. Kyndra Leann Howell, 22, Jeremiah Christian Johnson, 29, and Zachary Demond Gantt, 17, are charged with kidnapping. Last Sunday, Patel told clerk Andrew Williams [...]

Korey Jermaine Reynolds, 25, of Charlotte, North Carolina, pleaded guilty today to transporting a 13-year-old girl across state lines to engage in prostitution. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Michael F.A. Morehart, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Richmond Field Office, made the announcement after the plea [...]

U.S. Marshals have arrested Pasquale Patrick Senatore a 45 year old male in New Jersey for a 2002 warrant out of El Dorado County. In 1998 Senatore is alleged to have forcibly raped a 14 year old female victim repeatedly over a 3 month period. In approximately 2002, investigators opened up a case after the [...]

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MI SUN CHO was convicted yesterday for her role in an international sex trafficking conspiracy. After a one-week jury trial before U.S. District Judge Kimba M. Wood, CHO was found guilty of conspiring with others to induce or entice women [...]

U.S. Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announces that a federal jury today found James Robertson (32) guilty of two counts of murder in aid of racketeering. Robertson faces a mandatory penalty of life in federal prison. His sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled. Robertson was indicted on May 22, 2008. According to testimony and evidence [...]

The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force (FRFTF) from Pensacola apprehended a man who according to police reports said he would kill his wife, her family and law enforcement should they try to stop him. According to a report taken by the Sheriff’s Office in Santa Rosa taken earlier this week James Walter Robinson [...]

JAVIER ACOSTA-CAUDILLO, 37, of Woodstock, Georgia, pled guilty today to lying to a federal agent concerning his role in a murder-for-hire scheme. “Every day, federal agents conduct investigations of serious criminal conduct that threatens the safety of our community. Agents depend upon the honesty of the people they interview to make sure that they can [...]

In another example of the increasingly international nature of crime, a man was recently indicted on federal charges of running 18 Chinese-language child pornography websites out of his apartment in Flushing, New York. The websites were being advertised to Chinese-speaking individuals in China, in the U.S., and other countries. This case serves as an example [...]

About 12:30 PM today, neighbors, who were searching in the woods at the end of the cul-de-sac where the K-9 track of Mr. Hayes ended overnight, found Mr. Michael Hayes. Mr. Hayes told his rescuers that he had wandered into the woods at the end of the cul-de-sac and became disoriented. Since he was visiting [...]