CT Basketball Coach Charged With Enticement Of Minor, Drug Offenses CT Basketball Coach Charged With Enticement Of Minor, Drug Offenses
CT Basketball Coach Charged With Enticement Of Minor, Drug Offenses A former Connecticut basketball coach is facing federal charges after he was accused of sexually assaulting underage girls. Danny Lawhorn, age 30, of Hartford, was charged by federal criminal complaint with child enticement and narcotics distribution offenses, according to an announcement from Leonard Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, on Tuesday, Oct. 19. Lawhorn is detained pending a hearing scheduled for Friday, Oct. 22, Boyle said. He has been in state custody since Tuesday, Oct. 5, when he was arrested on related state charges. According to a cr…
Former CT Resident Sentenced For Trafficking Cocaine Through US Mail Former CT Resident Sentenced For Trafficking Cocaine Through US Mail
Former CT Resident Sentenced For Trafficking Cocaine Through US Mail A former Connecticut resident has been sentenced for trafficking kilograms of cocaine through the United States mail. Marcos Mendez, age 31, of Florida, was sentenced on Monday, Oct. 18, to 72 months in prison and four years of supervised release for trafficking cocaine through the mail from Puerto Rico to Connecticut and Massachusetts, according to Leonard Boyle, acting United States attorney for the District of Connecticut. Between July and December 2018, authorities seized five parcels that were mailed to addresses in Bristol, Meriden and Burlington, Connecticut, and in Worcest…
Man Admits To Shootings For Fairfield County Gang That Posted On Social Media, Feds Say Man Admits To Shootings For Fairfield County Gang That Posted On Social Media, Feds Say
Man Admits To Shootings For Fairfield County Gang That Posted On Social Media, Feds Say A 24-year-old Fairfield County man has admitted to participating in gang-related shootings, including a shooting in front of a state courthouse. Diomie Blackwell, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty on Monday, Oct. 4, to one count of conspiracy to engage in a pattern of racketeering activity, according to Leonard Boyle, acting United States attorney for the District of Connecticut. The US Attorney's Office said Blackwell was a member of the "Greene Homes Boyz" gang based in the Charles F. Greene Homes Housing Complex in Bridgeport’s North End. The gang members and associates distribute…
Man Sentenced For Robbing CT Bank While On Supervised Release Man Sentenced For Robbing CT Bank While On Supervised Release
Man Sentenced For Robbing CT Bank While On Supervised Release A 60-year-old Connecticut man has been sentenced for robbing a bank while on supervised release for a prior federal bank robbery conviction. New London County resident Anthony Hall, of Montville, was sentenced on Tuesday, Sept. 14, to 52 months in prison and three years of supervised release for robbing the bank in Norwich, according to the Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut Leonard Boyle. In April of 2011, Hall was sentenced to 87 months of prison and five years of supervised release for robbing four Connecticut banks in 2008 and 2009, the US Attorney's Offi…
Man Admits To Posing As Teen To Receive Explicit Videos Of Fairfield County Girl Man Admits To Posing As Teen To Receive Explicit Videos Of Fairfield County Girl
Man Admits To Posing As Teen To Receive Explicit Videos Of Fairfield County Girl This story has been updated. A 36-year-old out-of-state man has pleaded guilty to the distribution of child pornography in connection with a Fairfield County case. Brian Grinnell, of Lakewood, Ohio (near Cleveland), pleaded guilty on Monday, April 19 in Hartford for posting nude videos of a 12-year-old New Canaan girl on a popular video-sharing service, said Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. According to court documents and statements made in court, in March 2020, Grinnell posed as a 15-year-old girl and met a New Canaan girl, who at the time w…
CT Woman Admits Lying To Grand Jury About Kidnapping, Triple Homicide CT Woman Admits Lying To Grand Jury About Kidnapping, Triple Homicide
CT Woman Admits Lying To Grand Jury About Kidnapping, Triple Homicide A 26-year-old Connecticut woman has admitted to making false statements before a federal grand jury in connection with an investigation into the kidnapping and murder of two individuals, and the related murder of a third individual, in November 2015, authorities announced. According to court documents and statements made in Bridgeport Court,  On Nov. 16, 2015, Laquasia Samms, also known as “Quasia,” 26, of New Haven, was present when an illegal firearm transaction was occurring in her apartment on Shelton Avenue in New Haven. Damian Connor and Tamar Lawrence were also pr…
CT USPS Employee Sentenced For Stealing $40K In Money Orders CT USPS Employee Sentenced For Stealing $40K In Money Orders
CT USPS Employee Sentenced For Stealing $40K In Money Orders A Litchfield County postal worker was sentenced to five years of probation for embezzling nearly $40,000 in postal money orders, according to the office of United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham.  Keith Sanford of Litchfield, 33, allegedly issued 139 postal money orders worth $39,937.02 in total to himself and his associates between April and December of 2018.  Between July of 2017 and December of 2018, Sanford was employed by USPS and cycled between post offices in West Granby, Granby and East Hartland.  Probation was extended to Sanford on th…
Former CT Postal Worker Admits To Stealing Cash, Gift Cards In Mail Former CT Postal Worker Admits To Stealing Cash, Gift Cards In Mail
Former CT Postal Worker Admits To Stealing Cash, Gift Cards In Mail A mail carrier pleaded guilty on Sept. 8 to stealing over 100 pieces of mail and pocketing any cash or gift cards inside. Elizabeth Urbani, a 42-year-old West Haven resident who was employed in New Haven, was released on a $50,000 bond after pleading guilty to the felony of theft of mail by a USPS employee, waiving her right to be indicted. She could face a maximum sentence of five years.  The theft was discovered after multiple complaints in December of 2019 established a pattern of mail missing from individuals on Urbani's route.  An investigation conducted by USPS, according t…
Bookkeeper In Fairfield County Sentenced For $418K Embezzlement Scheme Bookkeeper In Fairfield County Sentenced For $418K Embezzlement Scheme
Bookkeeper In Fairfield County Sentenced For $418K Embezzlement Scheme A bookkeeper in Fairfield County has been sentenced to prison for fraud and tax offenses stemming from an embezzlement scheme. Penni Sherman, also known as Penni Parker, 53, of Norwalk, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to eight months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release on Friday, Aug. 14.  Shea ordered Sherman to spend the first two months of supervised release in home confinement. According to court documents and statements made in court, Sherman operated PSP Accounting & Bookkeeping, and provided bookkeeping services to ar…
Man Sentenced For Distributing Child Porn In Connecticut Man Sentenced For Distributing Child Porn In Connecticut
Man Sentenced For Distributing Child Porn In Connecticut A 25-year-old man will spend years behind bars after admitting to disseminating child porn to a person in Connecticut. Wakeman, Ohio resident Robert Dudukovich has been sentenced in New Haven district court to 60 months in prison followed by seven years of supervised release after pleading guilty to one count of distribution of child pornography over the summer. Between July 10 and Oct. 4, 2017, Dudukovich managed a chat group on “Kik,” a messaging app that allowed he and a group of others to “communicate about their sexual interest in young boys and to share and trade child pornography pri…
CT Business Owner Involved In Kickback Scheme Sentenced For Tax Evasion CT Business Owner Involved In Kickback Scheme Sentenced For Tax Evasion
CT Business Owner Involved In Kickback Scheme Sentenced For Tax Evasion A former business owner in Connecticut will spend more than a year behind bars after pleading guilty to accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks by utilizing his company’s presence overseas and overbilling his employer. Serafino Canino of Torrington, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty in Bridgeport federal court to one count of tax evasion for his role in a four-year scheme that saw him improperly receive more than $600,000 in misappropriated income while he was working at Innovative Concept Corporation (ICC) and had an ownership interest in t…
Felon Sentenced After Discovery Of .38-Caliber Gun In Traffic Stop, Foot Chase Felon Sentenced After Discovery Of .38-Caliber Gun In Traffic Stop, Foot Chase
Felon Sentenced After Discovery Of .38-Caliber Gun In Traffic Stop, Foot Chase A 24-year-old convicted felon in Connecticut who took police on a brief foot chase before being apprehended has been sentenced to more time behind bars after admitting to having an illegal handgun. Adrian “A.B.” Bell, of New Haven, has been sentenced to a term of 65 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty in Hartford Federal Court to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, dating back to an incident earlier this year in March. On March 18, Belle was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped by New Haven police officers. J…