Politics

Tarrant County Man Pleads Guilty in Murder-for-Hire Case

Ryan Walker Grant, 34, of Kennedale, Texas, pleaded guilty today to one count of murder-for-hire, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas. He faces a maximum statutory sentence of 10 years in federal prison, a $250,...

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City of Buffalo Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars from Parking Meters

U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that James Bagarozzo, 57, of Buffalo, New York, pleaded guilty to stealing $210,000 from the city of Buffalo, a governmental agency which receives federal funding. The guilty plea, which occurred...

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Massachusetts Tax Fraud Promoter Sentenced to Prison for Conspiracy to Obstruct and Impede the IRS

A federal judge in Worcester, Mass., sentenced William Scott Dion today to 84 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States, and for obstructing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Justice Department and IRS announced. U.S. District...

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Former Gwinnett County Commissioner Sentenced to 33 Months for Accepting Bribes

Former Gwinnett County Commissioner, Shirley Lasseter, 64, of Duluth, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr., to serve 33 months in federal prison for accepting bribes in exchange for her support for a proposed...

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Businessman Charged with Bribing Gwinnett County Commissioner

Mark Gary, 39, of Duluth, made an initial appearance today before United States Magistrate Judge Gerrilyn G. Brill on a federal charge of bribing a Gwinnett County Commissioner in 2009 to secure approval of a proposed waste transfer station in which...

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Essex County Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Role in Port Bribery Scheme

An Essex County, New Jersey contractor was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for paying bribes to an employee of a container ship terminal facility at a port in Union County in order to secure contracts for construction projects, U.S. Attorney...

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North Carolina Businessman Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Payroll Tax Fraud

Bruce Gregory Harrison III of Greensboro, N.C., was sentenced today to 144 months in prison following his December 2011 conviction for payroll tax fraud and other crimes, announced Kathryn Keneally, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice...

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Majestic Auto Repair Shop Owners Sentenced for Paying Police Officers Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Bribes

U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Hernan Alexis Moreno, age 32, of Rosedale, Maryland, today to 33 months in prison; and his brother, Edwin Javier Mejia, age 29, of Middle River, Maryland, to two years in prison for conspiring to commit...

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