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May 2013

May 21, 2013

Melvin Jeovany Vasquez pleads guilty to illegal reentry

May 17, 2013

Sandra Renee Keith indicted for concealing a fugitive and making a false statement to an agency of the United States

Connie M. Knight sentenced to 57 months in prison for ID fraud and impersonating an OSHA official in wake of Gulf oil spill

May 16, 2013

Sanjoy Bhattacharya sentenced for defrauding the Louisiana Road Home Program

Kaleb Deakle guilty of defrauding car dealership

Former Orleans Parish bond clerk, Lear Enclarde, charged with conspiracy

Former sports agent, Benjamin M. Geller, charged with wire fraud

Jose Gonzalez-Grana, pleads guilty to making a false statement claiming United States citizenship and illegal use of a Social Security number

Michael J. Hebert pleads guilty to receiving and possessing an unregistered firearm

Michael Larrieu indicted for failure to register as sex offender

Jose Roberto Pacheco-Alvarado indicted for illegal reentry

Two New Orleans men indicted in heroin conspiracy

May 15, 2013

Pedro Fernandez-Garcia sentenced for illegal reentry

New Orleans man, Lam Nguyen, sentenced for theft of government funds

John Philip Morrill, Jr. pleads guilty to assault upon a federal officer, access device fraud and bank fraud

May 14, 2013

Methamphetamine dealer, Kerry Wayne Walker, pleads guilty in federal court

May 10, 2013

Jose Marco Aguilar indicted for illegal reentry

Illegal alien, Moises Chicaj-Imul, indicted

May 9, 2013

Child pornography charges filed against Michael Lee Haynes

May 8, 2013

Tokumba Miller sentenced for drug trafficking

May 6, 2013

Michael D. Brumfield indicted for possession with intent to distribute cocaine

May 3, 2013

Union leader, Malvin Bergeron, charged with stealing union funds

May 2, 2013

Carlos Alexander Mejia-Saravia sentenced for illegal reentry

Marvin Elcid Montes-Cerrato sentenced for illegal use of a Social Security number

Ramiro Nava-Delgadillo indicted for illegal reentry

Pierre Wilbourn pleads guilty to charges related to filing fraudulent claims for oil spill compensation

Tax preparer, Laura A. Diggs, sentenced for making false statements on tax returns and assisting in the preparation of false tax documents

May 1, 2013

Chief engineer from M/T Stolt Facto, Inigo Albina, pleads guilty to obstruction of justice

April 2013

Apr 29, 2013

New Orleans man, John Philip Morrill, charged with assault upon a federal officer, access device and bank fraud

Apr 25, 2013

Convicted felon, Melvin James, Jr., indicted for possession of heroin and firearms

Houma man, Donald Richardson, indicted for distribution of cocaine

Former NOPD Officer, Maurice R. Palmer, sentenced for tax evasion

Former Jefferson Parish CAO, Timothy Whitmer, sentenced in corruption case

Gregory R. Alexander indicted for possession of flammable liquid bomb and wire fraud

Apr 24, 2013

2013 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week “New Challenges: New Solutions”

Union leader, Wayne Boudoin, charged with stealing union funds

Nestor Alberto Duran-Esquivel sentenced for illegal reentry

Ernest Blackmon sentenced to 30 months for federal gun charge

Northshore contractor, Raymond Grow, pleads guilty to making a false statement to a bank

Apr 19, 2013

Alicia Wells pleads guilty to defrauding Gulf Coast Claims Facility

Keishandra Houston pleads guilty to wire fraud in aftermath of BP oil spill

Jose Adan De Dios-Lara sentenced for illegal reentry

Jose Gonzalez-Grana indicted for making a false statement claiming United States citizenship and illegal use of a Social Security number

Melvin Jeovany Vasquez indicted for illegal reentry

Apr 18, 2013

Brothers sentenced for drug conspiracy and distribution

Dr. David G. Millaud sentenced for defrauding the Small Business Administration

Harolyn Bonner pleads guilty to theft of government money

Darryl Jasmin sentenced for distribution of crack cocaine

Fourth Florida man is charged in a superseding indictment for conspiracy to illegally transport destructive devices and machine guns

Cristian Edgardo Mejia-Diaz sentenced for illegal reentry

Three sentenced for heroin conspiracy

Joseph C. Delay sentenced for being a felon in possession of a firearm

Myles Fitzgerald Guidry sentenced to 9 years in prison for receiving child pornography

Ryan Michael Burras sentenced for conspiracy to commit import violations and for violating FDA laws

Apr 17, 2013

Melody Huie sentenced for tax evasion and wire fraud after embezzling $1.37 million from employer

David Gonzalez pleads guilty to illegal reentry

Mohammed Sameer Ahmed pleads guilty to selling counterfeit NFL jerseys

Carlos Alberto Aguilar pleads guilty to illegal reentry

Apr 16, 2013

Richard P. Molenaar charged with conspiracy to commit bribery

Five New Orleans gang members indicted on drug and gun charges

Apr 15, 2013

Justin Doucet indicted and arrested for receipt of child pornography

Apr 12, 2013

Kirk Jenkins indicted for violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act and Federal Gun Control Act

Osnin Isaac Urbina-Maradiaga sentenced for illegal use of a Social Security number

Elton Johnson sentenced for firearm conspiracy

Apr 11, 2013

Lennie Brown sentenced for double arson

Apr 5, 2013

Former New Orleans resident, Kaleb Deakle, charged with defrauding car dealership

Lazaro Carbajal-Aviles indicted for illegal reentry

Apr 4, 2013

Three Florida men indicted for conspiracy to illegally transport destructive devices and machine guns

Federal Grand Jury returns indictment charging conspiracy, murder-for-hire, causing death through the use of a firearm and conspiracy to use firearms

Two aliens sentenced for illegal reentry

Anthony Penn pleads guilty to conspiring to defrauding the United States

Jonathan Laporte sentenced for 2012 robbery of Mandeville bank

Former bank president and businessman sentenced for conspiracy to commit bank fraud

Yahia Asad sentenced for conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to defraud the government with respect to claims, and aggravated identity theft

Apr 3, 2013

Pair guilty of defrauding HANO

Covington businessman, Bay E. Ingram, sentenced in connection with BP oil spill fraud

Marlon Jenerro Green pleads guilty to threatening veterans affairs employees

Victor Mendez-Guinto pleads guilty to unlawful transfer of identification documents

Apr 2, 2013

Engineer from M/T Stolt Facto, Anselmo Capillanes, pleads guilty to violating act to prevent pollution from ships

Apr 1, 2013

Former Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Deputy, Mark Hebert, indicted for civil rights, bank fraud, computer fraud, aggravated identity theft, and obstruction of justice

March 2013

Mar 26, 2013

Fafane Daniel pleads guilty to crime aboard aircraft

Mar 25, 2013

Florida men arrested for conspiracy to illegally transport destructive devices and machine guns

Mar 22, 2013

Chase M. Robichaux pleads guilty to trafficking of methamphetamine

New Orleans postal employee, Chanel M. Mcginnis, charged with embezzlement of mail matter

Mar 21, 2013

Norman and Jami Ducre plead guilty to filing false tax returns

Norman Toups, Jr. sentenced for defrauding the Social Security Administration

Gretna brothers sentenced to five years for their role in convenience store arson

Alfred Coleman and Tyist Decquir Coleman sentenced for conspiring to steal money from federal housing programs

Michael Page pleads guilty to federal drug violation

Former Orleans Parish Deputy, Gerard J. Hoffman, Jr., pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery

Netzahualcoyotl Guinto-Ascenscio pleads guilty to unlawfully transferring a fraudulent identification document

Nedra Bell pleads guilty to Katrina related fraud and to making false statements to housing authority of New Orleans

Mar 14, 2013

Mohammed Sameer Ahmed charged with selling counterfeit NFL jerseys

Mar 13, 2013

Former Orleans Parish Deputy, John P. Sens, pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit briberyy

Mar 7, 2013

Owner of seafood distribution business, Vinh Q. Tran, sentenced for bribery

Jose Transito Lopez pleads guilty to illegal re-entry

William Jesus Brandel-Mena pleads guilty to illegal re-entry

Mar 6, 2013

Rafael Antonio Murillo pleads guilty to illegal re-entry

February 2013

Feb 28, 2013

15 individuals charged with fraud for filing false claims relating to the deepwater horizon oil rig explosion totaling over $300,000

Superseding indictment returned for violations of the federal controlled substances act, federal gun control act, and murder

Dominique Adams pleads guilty to drug trafficking, firearm and escape charges

Feb 26, 2013

Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Deputies charged with receiving bribes

Larry Moses, Jr. pleads guilty in federal court to arson charges

Feb 25, 2013

Former Jefferson Parish President, Aaron F. Broussard, and others sentenced in corruption case

Feb 22, 2013

Felisha Monet Mitchell indicted for threatening President Obama

Feb 21, 2013

Sanjoy Bhattacharya pleads guilty to false statements to an agency of the United States

Janice Staves and James Youngblood charged with defrauding HANO

Luis Misael Madrid-Romero sentenced for illegal re-entry

Feb 20, 2013

Alberto Jose Zapata morel sentenced for illegal re-entry

Lam Nguyen pleads guilty to theft of government funds

Joshua Nettles pleads guilty to receipt of child pornography

Feb 14, 2013

NOAH contractor, Richard Hall, sentenced for conspiracy and theft from a program receiving federal funds

Joseph C. Delay pleads guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm

Feb 7, 2013

Babatunde Abiola sentenced for identity theft

Benson December Coriolant sentenced to 40 years for sex trafficking a child into the New Orleans area

Temple Inland pleads guilty in federal court to violation of Clean Water Act and Refuge Act violation in fish kill case

Feb 5, 2013

Nedra Bell charged with defrauding Louisiana road home program and making false statements to an agency of the United States

Pedro Fernandez-Garcia pleads guilty to illegal re-entry

January 2013

Jan 29, 2013

Monterio Wiggins pleads guilty to violations of the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization Act, The Federal Gun Control and Controlled Substances Acts

Jan 23, 2013

Kenneth Jones sentenced for federal firearms convictions

Three plead guilty to defrauding the Veterans Administration

Marvin Elcid Montes-Cerrato pleads guilty to false representation of a Social Security number

Jan 18, 2013

C. Ray Nagin, former New Orleans Mayor, indicted on federal bribery, honest services wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy, and tax charges

Jan 17, 2013

Rafael Antonio Murillo indicted on illegal re-entry charge

Sanjoy Bhattacharya charged with false statements to an agency of the United States

Dr. David G. Millaud pleads guilty to defrauding the small business administration

Jan 16, 2013

“Murder Squad” brothers plead guilty to violations of rico conspiracy, the federal gun control and controlled substances acts, and aiding and abetting

Jan 11, 2013

Defendant’s plead guilty to violations of the racketeer influenced corrupt organization act, the federal gun control and controlled substances acts, and obstruction of justice

Michael Page charged with federal drug violation

Jan 10, 2013

Ryan Michael Burras pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit import violations and to violate FDA laws by mislabeling and distributing synthetic marijuana

Myles Fitzgerald Guidry pleads guilty to receipt of child pornography

Cristian Edgardo Mejia-Diaz pleads guilty to illegal re-entry

Jan 09, 2013

Darvell Hall sentenced to 7 years for filing false tax returns and wire fraud

Jan 03, 2013

Kevin Alexander Santamaria-Oviedo sentenced for unlawful transfer of identification documents and possession of document-making implements

W&T Offshore, Inc. pleads guilty and is sentenced for violations of clean water act related to offshore production in Gulf of Mexico

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