Posts Tagged ‘Guilty plea’
Texas Man Pleads Guilty to International Money Laundering Conspiracy; Victims Include the Worcester County Treasurer’s Office
A guilty plea by 42 year old Jon Briceno of Katy, Texas. The US Attorney for the District of Maryland and Worcester County Sheriff Matt Crisafulli say Briceno pleaded guilty on Friday, July 19th, to conspiracy to commit money laundering. Officials say he laundered over $8.7-million in proceeds of various frauds ā including romance schemes…
Read MorePocomoke Man Sentenced After Pleading Guilty to Weapons Offense
A Pocomoke City man has pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime and was sentenced on Friday. Worcester County Circuit Court Judge Brian Shockley sentenced 22 year old Jael Ghent to 14 years in prison and suspended all but the 5-year mandatory minimum sentence. Ghent was also placed on 3…
Read MoreUpdate: Wilmington Man Pleads Guilty to 2nd Degree Murder in 2022 Dover Shooting Death
UPDATED – 04/30/24 – A Wilmington man has pleaded guilty to 2nd degree murder and weapons offenses in connection with the shooting of Bruce Wright during a drug deal in Dover in 2022. Officials with the Department of Justice say 20 year old Marcus Bailey agreed not to request less than 20 years of prison…
Read MoreMaryland Correctional Officer from Ocean View, DE Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice and Destruction of Records
A 37-year-old Ocean View man and a correctional officer at the Eastern Correctional Institution (āECIā) in Westover, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to obstruct justice and to destruction of records, related to covering up evidence that a fellow officer at ECI had unlawfully assaulted an inmate. The guilty plea was announced by Erek L.…
Read MoreJason Suha Convicted & Sentenced for Possession & Distribution of CDS
A Salisbury man has pleaded guilty to three counts of possession with the intent to distribute drugs in Wicomico County Circuit Court. Associate Judge Matthew Maciarello accepted the plea and sentenced 45 year old Jason Suha to 23 years in prison with all but 4 years suspended. As part of the plea agreement Suha forfeits…
Read MoreSentencing in Salisbury Area Assault Case
21-year-old Nashala Williams has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for assaults that occurred while on the road. On September 19, 2022, Williams pleaded guilty to First Degree Assault, Second Degree Assault, and Illegal Possession of a Regulated Firearm. According to the State’s Office for Wicomico County, on February 28, 2022, Williams rear-ended a…
Read MoreLaurel Man Gets 2 Years In Prison For Hate Crime, Other Charges
A Laurel man faces a two-year prison sentence following his guilty plea to felony hate crime and other charges.According to the Delaware Attorney General’s Office, 38-year-old James Raab also admitted to charges of possession of a deadly weapon during commission of a felony, aggravated menacing and resisting arrest.Prosecutors said Raab threatened a neighbor with a…
Read MoreEx-Cambridge Mayor Pleads Guilty In Revenge Porn Case
Former Bookkeeper Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud, Tax Evasion
An Ocean View woman has admitted to charges of wire fraud and tax evasion in a case that federal prosecutors say cost her former employer more than one-million dollars.According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Delaware, 55-year-old Joan Donald entered her plea in federal court Wednesday.Donald was a bookkeeper for Dovetail, a…
Read MoreNewark Woman Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud & Money Laundering in Connection with CARES Act Fraud
David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that a Newark woman pleaded guilty February 24, 2022, to fraudulently obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan and illegally spending those loan proceeds. Chief Judge Colm F. Connolly accepted the plea. According to court documents, between March 30, 2020, and January 24,…
Read MoreEastern Shore Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty To Taking Bribes For Contraband
A Seaford man who worked as a correctional officer at Maryland’s Eastern Correctional Institution has pled guilty to charges that he took bribes to smuggle drugs into the facility. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland, 43-year-old Maurice Bull admitted to charges of interstate travel in aid of racketeering and possession…
Read MoreSeafood Business, Owner Admit To Hiring Undocumented Workers, Visa Fraud
An Eastern Shore company and its owner have pled guilty to unlawful employment of undocumented workers and to visa fraud. According to the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office, 50-year-old Phillip “Jamie” Harrington the Third and Captain Phip’s Seafood Incorporated paid undocumented foreign workers less than they were entitled to in wages by manipulating the H2-B Visa…
Read MoreWoman Pleads Guilty In Husband’s Shooting Death
A Sharptown woman has pled guilty to second-degree murder and use of a firearm in a crime of violence for the September 2020 shooting death of her husband. According to the Wicomico County State’s Attorney’s Office, 55-year-old Sharon Kohlhoff will be sentenced in October. Police responded to reports of the shooting and discovered Kohlhoff going…
Read MoreFormer Bank Director Admits To Making False Statements On Application
Princess Anne Man to Plead Guilty to Racist Graffiti at Salisbury University
A Princess Anne man is scheduled to plead guilty to a hate crime on June 12 in the District Court for Wicomico County. An investigation by the Salisbury University Police and the Office of the State’s Attorney showed that 54 year old Jerome Kevin Jackson of Princess Anne defaced the property of Salisbury University with…
Read MoreGuilty Plea from Woman Who Set Fire that Killed 3 Wilmington Firefighters in 2016
The woman who lived in the home at Canby Estates in Elsmere where a fire left three Wilmington Firefighters dead has pleaded guilty to 2nd degree murder, 1st degree arson and 1st degree assault. Beatriz Fana-Ruiz will be sentenced in December. Officials in the Attorney General’s office say Fana-Ruiz recklessly started the fire in the…
Read MoreNew Mexico Man Pleads Guilty to “Swatting” Incidents in Georgetown
A New Mexico has pleaded guilty before US District Judge for the District of Delaware, Richard Andrews, to making interstate bomb threats. Ā In May of 2018, 29 year old Stephen Landes of Roswell, New Mexico posed as someone else who lives in Georgetown when he made bomb threats against the Georgetown Walmart and Georgetown Elementary…
Read MoreGuilty Plea from First of 3 Women Charged in Burglary Spree
A Dagsboro woman has pleaded guilty to her role in several burglaries last fall.Ā Police say 50 year old Christina Harvey and two others entered or tried to enter homes in the Millsboro, Frankford, Selbyville and Georgetown areas in October and November.Ā The trio took multiple items ā including jewelry, electronics and small appliances.Ā They…
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