Repeat Child Porn Trafficker From NJ, 65, Gets 10 More Years Without Parole: Feds Repeat Child Porn Trafficker From NJ, 65, Gets 10 More Years Without Parole: Feds
Repeat Child Porn Trafficker From NJ, 65, Gets 10 More Years Without Parole: Feds A 65-year-old convicted child porn trafficker from New Jersey is headed to federal prison for 10 years without parole for going back to it while on supervised release. Hugh Cohen, 65, of Elizabeth, served nearly all of a five-year federal prison sentence for possessing and receiving child pornography in 2010. Supervised release, which was a requirement of his sentence, was to run from the end of October 2014 to the end of October 2021, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. While still on supervised release, from March 28, 2021, to April 24, 2021, Cohen “engaged an undercover agent in an …
Second Feuding Street Gang Member Sentenced For Fatal Courtyard Shooting In Southeast DC Second Feuding Street Gang Member Sentenced For Fatal Courtyard Shooting In Southeast DC
Second Feuding Street Gang Member Sentenced For Fatal Courtyard Shooting In Southeast DC A 23-year-old District man who was involved in a criminal street gang will spend decades behind bars for his role in what prosecutors called a "brazen" shooting. Quincy Garvin was sentenced by a judge to 36 years in prison for shooting into a courtyard in the Potomac Gardens area of Southeast DC in 2017 and killing Carl Hardy, who was standing outside, federal authorities announced. Between May 2017 and October 2017, Garvin was part of a gang that operated out of Wellington Park, which resulted in a number of "beefs" with other people in parts of the city, many of which were the result of f…
DC Man Sentenced For Killing Mom Whose Body Remains Missing DC Man Sentenced For Killing Mom Whose Body Remains Missing
DC Man Sentenced For Killing Mom Whose Body Remains Missing Thirteen years after Unique Harris went missing from her home in Southeast DC while her kids slept, her family has gotten some measure justice. Federal authorities announced that District resident Isaac Moye, 46, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for the murder of Harris - whose body has never been found - in October 2010. A mother of two, Harris hosted a sleepover for her two young children and their 9-year-old cousin on Oct. 9, 2010 at their DC home, putting them to bed at approximately 9:30 p.m. that night. Prosecutors say that shortly before 10:40 p.m., the 46-year-old Moye, who…
Hudsonite Who Got Mail-Order Fentanyl From Mexico Gets Two Years, No Parole, In Federal Prison Hudsonite Who Got Mail-Order Fentanyl From Mexico Gets Two Years, No Parole, In Federal Prison
Hudsonite Who Got Mail-Order Fentanyl From Mexico Gets Two Years, No Parole, In Federal Prison A Hudson County man who had mail-order fentanyl from Mexico shipped to his home was sentenced Thursday to a month short of two years in federal prison. Miguel Polanco, 31, must serve out just about all of the 23-month plea-bargained sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Polanco became the focus of an investigation after U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents intercepted the package from Mexico City on its way to his Union City apartment, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger previously said. Polanco had watched a how-to video sent to him by a conspirator on h…
'Disgraced His Uniform': $600K Fraud Scheme Lands Ex-NYPD Union Head From Long Island In Prison 'Disgraced His Uniform': $600K Fraud Scheme Lands Ex-NYPD Union Head From Long Island In Prison
'Disgraced His Uniform': $600K Fraud Scheme Lands Ex-nypd Union Head From Long Island In Prison A former NYPD union boss from Long Island is heading to prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the very union that he led. Edward Mullins, age 61, of Port Washington, was sentenced to two years behind bars in federal court in Manhattan on Thursday, Aug. 3, after pleading guilty to fraud. From 2002 to 2021, Mullins served as president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA), which represents all current and former sergeants in the NYPD. Earlier Report: Former NYPD Union Head From Long Island Charged WIth Fraud According to the US Attorney’s Office in the Sou…
NJ Auto Shop Owner Who Stiffed IRS To Wager On Horses Headed To Prison, But Not Furlong NJ Auto Shop Owner Who Stiffed IRS To Wager On Horses Headed To Prison, But Not Furlong
NJ Auto Shop Owner Who Stiffed IRS To Wager On Horses Headed To Prison, But Not Furlong A New Jersey auto repair shop owner who gambled on horse races has to serve a year and a day in federal prison for not ponying up to the IRS, authorities said. Gabriel Ferrari, who was the president and CEO of Buses and Trucks in Linden, tapped his business account for bets at the track, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Ferrari, of Edison, stiffed the government $291,600 in taxes from a cash payroll and didn’t tell his return preparer, the U.S. attorney said. Ferrari took a deal from federal prosecutors rather than risk the potential consequences of a guilty verdict at a trial. He’l…
DC Police Officer Convicted Of Raping 9-Year-Old Girl For Years DC Police Officer Convicted Of Raping 9-Year-Old Girl For Years
DC Police Officer Convicted Of Raping 9-Year-Old Girl For Years A 29-year-old former DC Metro police officer was convicted of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl for years. A jury Washington DC jury found Charles Johnson guilty of several counts of at least five different sex abuse charges, U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves said. Johnson forced the girl to perform sex acts on him multiple times between November 2019 and September 2021, according to evidence and testimony presented at trial. Johnson, who was working as a DC police officer at the time, was living in the home with the victim and took advantage of her on multiple occasions when h…
DC Man Convicted Of Killing Mom Whose Body Remains Missing DC Man Convicted Of Killing Mom Whose Body Remains Missing
DC Man Convicted Of Killing Mom Whose Body Remains Missing Thirteen years after Unique Harris went missing from her home in Southeast DC while her kids slept, her family has gotten some measure justice. Federal authorities announced that DC resident Isaac Moye has been convicted of second-degree murder in connection to the October 2010 disappearance of Harris, whose body has never been found. A mother of two, Harris hosted a sleepover for her two young children and their 9-year-old cousin on Oct. 9, 2010 at their DC home, putting them to bed at approximately 9:30 p.m. that night. Prosecutors say that shortly before 10:40 p.m., the 46-year-old Moye…
Gang Members Convicted Of 2018 Killing Of 10-Year-Old Makiyah Wilson In DC Gang Members Convicted Of 2018 Killing Of 10-Year-Old Makiyah Wilson In DC
Gang Members Convicted Of 2018 Killing Of 10-Year-Old Makiyah Wilson In DC Five gang members have been convicted of their roles in the murder of a 10-year-old girl who was an innocent victim of an act of violence in Washington, DC in the summer of 2018. Federal authorities announced on Tuesday, June 13 that several members of the “Wellington Park Crew” have been found guilty of their roles in the death of Makiyah Wilson nearly five years ago. Those convicted: Isaiah Murchison, 23; Darrise Jeffers, 23; Gregory Taylor, 27; Qujuan Thomas, 24; Quentin Michals, 25. The five men were found guilty by a jury of: First-degree murder while armed; Conspiracy to commit …
Ex-Hudson Sheriff's Officer Admits $98,000 Short-Sale Mortgage Scheme For Jersey Shore Home Ex-Hudson Sheriff's Officer Admits $98,000 Short-Sale Mortgage Scheme For Jersey Shore Home
Ex-Hudson Sheriff's Officer Admits $98,000 Short-Sale Mortgage Scheme For Jersey Shore Home A former Hudson County sheriff’s officer admitted defrauding a bank to duck $98,000 in mortgage payments on a Jersey Shore home, federal authorities said. Osbado Hernandez, 54, of Avenel, conspired with others to lie about a bogus short sale of his house in Keansburg so that the unidentified bank would discharge what was left on his mortgage, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Hernandez bought the property for $239,900 in 2006, financing it through a mortgage loan from the victimized bank, a complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Trenton says. He ended up behind on the payments,…
Murder-For-Hire: NJ Man Get 8 Years, No Parole, For Hiring 'Hit Man' To Whack Ex And Daughter Murder-For-Hire: NJ Man Get 8 Years, No Parole, For Hiring 'Hit Man' To Whack Ex And Daughter
Murder-For-Hire: NJ Man Get 8 Years, No Parole, For Hiring 'Hit Man' To Whack Ex And Daughter A 69-year-old New Jersey man must spend the next eight years in federal prison for paying a purported hit man to kill his ex-wife and her daughter. Michael Stewart of Monroe Township in Middlesex County must serve nearly the entire plea-bargained sentence handed down this week because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Stewart thought he had someone he could trust when he asked for help finding someone he could pay for the killings. He "regularly traveled to Baltimore and used a cellphone while out of state to communicate with the confidential source and others," U.S. Attorney…
Threats Targeting Congressman With 'His Militia' Gets MD Man Prison Time: DOJ Threats Targeting Congressman With 'His Militia' Gets MD Man Prison Time: DOJ
Threats Targeting Congressman With 'His Militia' Gets MD Man Prison Time: DOJ Federal officials say that a Maryland man will spend time behind bars after sending messages over the Internet threatening to maim and injure a US member of Congress. Annapolis resident Justin Kuchta, 40, has been sentenced to four months in federal prison, followed by a year of supervised release, after pleading guilty to making what turned out to be idle threats, authorities announced on Thursday, April 27.  US Attorney Erek Barron said that a Congressman’s district office in Texas reported in July last year that it received a threatening message through an event management website t…