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Haley Oreskovich, 18, and Sharine Gregory, 22, were arrested under the suspicion of intent to sell. The Otoe County Sheriff’s department of Nebraska City, Nebraska found the marijuana by use of a new canine sniffer they recently acquired. Gregory denied there being any significant amount of marijuana in the car by stating to the county court judge “there was no way there was a pound of marijuana”. No further deliberation in the case was recommended by the judge to the defendants until the appointment of legal counsel.
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Florida Man Arrested in Nebraska for Multiple Charges
Manual Ramirez, 62, was arrested in Scottbluff, Nebraska for being wanted on charges of assault, violation of probation, and vehicle theft. Nebraska State Patrol are responsible for the arrest. Troopers had to resort to using tire-puncturing strips to disable the driver, who reached speeds up to 100 mph. The emergency maneuvers resulted in the vehicle going out of control and flipping several times before finally resting right side up. Ramirez was treated for minor injuries and arrested on suspicion of possession of a stolen vehicle as well as fleeing to avoid arrest, speeding and reckless driving.
Former NFL Player Sentenced to Florida Prison for Cocaine Trafficking
Travis Henry, 30, was sentenced to federal holding facilities on federal cocaine trafficking charges. The former Denver Bronco player was arrested for a drug transaction in Colorado involving multiple kilos of cocaine. After this incident it was brought to the federal authorities’ attention that Henry was a major financier of a prominent drug ring known to push cocaine from Montana to Colorado. Henry was charged with a single count of trafficking cocaine by this admission. Henry’s final verdict resulted in a 3 year prison sentence in Florida followed by a five year supervised probation.
Florida Murder Fugitive Caught By Community Assistance
Alvin Adderly was arrested in Georgia last Sunday in connection with the shooting and murder of Kenneth Moore Jr. of Brevard County. Moore was killed in his home, leaving police with little clues to go off on in the direction of his assailant or his last known location. The community is being commended for their participation in nabbing Adderly. Tips came in that Adderly might be stay with a close friend in American, Georgia. Deputies followed up on the information and arrested Adderly in the residence stated with no incident. The arrest bring tremendous relief to the grieving family of the deceased. “We are prepared for a speedy and just conclusion. We are prepared for the criminal justice system to take over now,” said Moore family spokeswoman Jennifer Collins-Mostert.
41 Floridians Charged in Mortgage Fraud
US Attorney Jeffrey Sloman was the acting official in charge of launching an investigation and resulting criminal charges against the recent wave of 41 individuals caught in the mortgage fraud net. Nearly $41 million were amassed from the six cases the charges are stemmed from. Feds say that almost every level of the transactions were fraudulent including the purchasers, lenders, and title companies. US Attorney Sloman has accumulated 218 people in the wake of an anti-fraud initiative conducted throughout South Florida. It is said that the total damage created by these mortgage fraud schemes are around $268 million. Florida ranks in the top five states in the country for mortgage fraud. Many don’t realize how damaging mortgage fraud and these white-collar crimes are as they injure homeowners by effectively creating more foreclosures and the resulting inflation or deflation of home prices.
Florida Man Guilty of $1 Million in Credit Card Fraud
Maikel Soto, 29, will be charged with credit card fraud by federal officials. Soto used gift cards from Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club to purchase items, all in all totalling over $450,000. The gift cards were bought using stolen credit card numbers, and counterfeit ones as well. Topping over $550,000 in bills from two separate credit card companies, Soto took the money and deposited into into private bank accounts. The fraudulent activities primarily took place between October 2006 and April 2007, says the US Attorney of the Southern District of Florida.
A white collar offense can also lead to civil lawsuits filed by the government or the persons who were allegedly victimized by the crime. Unlike in a criminal case, the accused in a civil lawsuit does not have the right to remain silent, and they may be obligated to testify at their own trial. An attorney will not be appointed for them if they cannot afford one on their own.
Man Charged In Murder of Florida Couple in the News
According to one of the eight suspect of the recent, heinous murder of Byrd and Melanie Billings, the ringleader of the group named Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Jr., was the solo shooter in the crime. As well as this affidavit strengthened by Thornton’s testimony, a safe was also recovered in connection with the killing and robbery. The couple of 17 children, mostly with special needs and disabilities, was murdered in their own home in Pensacola. The safe stolen from their house was found buried in the backyard of a local antique mall owner in connection with the organized murder. The antique mall owner, Pamela Long Wiggins, 47, was arrested with being an accessory after the fact to the home invasion.
Another Seat Belt Stop Yields Drug Arrest in Florida
Jose Luis Burgos, 39, and Chelsey Burgos, 25, were arrested and charged with criminal conspiracy, possession of marijuana, trafficking in opium products, and distribution of opium products. Chelsey Burgos is a pharmacy technician. She stole the drugs from her place of employment and wanted to make money with her husband, Jose Luis Burgos. The couple volunteered a search of the vehicle after being stopped by an Alachua County Sheriff in lieu of a seat belt violation. Jose Burgos was also charged with driving with a suspended license. Chelsey Burgos was devastated by the arrest and wrote included in her statement to police “an apology to her employer for taking the pills and for letting them down.”
Haitian Drug Trafficker Gets Sentenced Reduced in Florida
Jean Eliobert Jasme had his prison term reduced to 10 years in US District Court recently. Jasme used to big one the biggest smugglers in the cocaine market through Haiti. He had connections with the former president’s administration and was capable of moving thousands of kilos. Prosecutors received alot of information of Jasme in the court proceedings that would tie in many other key players to many of the drug rings that current law enforcement have to this day been facing. Cocaine trafficking is big money to criminals and according to federal authorities other serious figures have been nabbed. Oriel Jean, one of the closest officials to Aristide, was another conviction made by authorities. DEA are using leads from current investigations to arrest others like Guy Phillippe, a former police official prosecuted on trafficking charges three years ago.
Florida Resident Charged For 41 Car Burglaries
Aaron J. Franck, 19, was charged by Slidell Police in Louisiana with forty-one counts of simple burlgary. Franck crime spree occurred last year in August. He broke into numerous vehicles for two nights, taking anything in sight. Loose change, music equipment, and cigarettes were a few items noted to be stolen by Franck. Franck is being held in St. Tammany Parish Jail with a whopping $410,000 bond, for $10,000 each count.