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Peckham Murder: Jesse Lloyd-Smith, 20, Shot Dead in East Surrey Grove; Police Hunt for Killer

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Detectives investigating the murder of a man who died following a shooting in Peckham continue to appeal for witnesses and information.

Jesse Lloyd-Smith, 20, was shot in East Surrey Grove, SE15, shortly before 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 10. Emergency services rushed to the scene, and Jesse was taken to hospital – however, despite the best efforts of medical staff, he died the following day.

Jesse’s family continue to be supported by specially trained officers as the investigation into his murder continues.

Detective Chief Inspector Alex Gammampila from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command said, “Our investigation into Jesse’s murder continues at pace as we piece together the events leading up to, and following, the shooting.

“I am appealing to anyone who has information, whether as a witness to the shooting or who knows who is responsible for this terrible crime, to come forward. I am grateful to all those who have come forward so far but would ask anyone with information – no matter how insignificant you think it might be – to get in contact as this could prove to be crucial.

“The impact gun crime has on communities is horrific; it instils fear and distrust. I understand it can be difficult for some people to speak to police but I would urge you to do the right thing.

“Jesse’s family are devastated and need to know who was responsible for his murder. If you can help, please do so – if you don’t want to speak directly to police you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously.”

There has been no arrest and enquiries continue.

Indian Country Murder: Sapulpa Man Arnold Dean Howell Jailed 360 Months for Fatally Stabbing Michael Mondier 90 Times with Two Knives

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U.S. District Judge John F. Heil, III, has sentenced Arnold Dean Howell, Jr., 31, of Sapulpa, to 360 months imprisonment for second degree murder in Indian Country.

Howell is ordered to serve five years of supervised release following release from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.

“Howell will serve 30 years in prison for the harm he has caused,” said U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. “My office remains steadfast in its commitment to seek justice for victims affected by criminal violence.”

According to court documents, in April 2015, Howell was at the home of Michael Mondier, Sr. In a fit of rage, Howell stabbed Michael more than 90 times using two separate knives. After brutally killing Michael, Howell took Michael’s vehicle and several valuable possessions.  

Howell is a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. He will remain in custody pending transfer to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.

The FBI, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, and Creek County Sheriff’s Department investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Aaron Jolly and Timothy L. Faerber prosecuted the case.

Police Seek Arrest of Man on CCTV for Homophobic, Transphobic Hate Crime, Vandalising Painted Pride Flags in Forest Gate

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Police are appealing to anyone with information to come forward following homophobic and transphobic hate crime in Forest Gate.

Police were alerted by London Borough of Newham colleagues early on the morning of Friday, July 19, to three large painted Pride flags on the pavement outside Forest Gate railway station being vandalised. This follows previous incidents of damage on June 23 and 26.

Officers have so far trawled CCTV in the area, made house-to-house enquiries and conducted forensic investigations, and made an earlier appeal to the public.

Enquiries are ongoing, but the incidents are being treated as linked. No arrests have been made at this early stage.

Following the latest incident, officers are asking anyone with information to come forward so the perpetrator can be brought to justice.

Detective Inspector James Rush from the North East Public Protection Unit, who is leading efforts to identify the offender, said, “We stand with the local LGBTQ+ community and will not tolerate these disgusting, inexcusable hate crimes in Forest Gate.

“We are committed to continuing our thorough investigation and attempting to identify the offender, who we believe is the same person who committed the damage in June at the same location. The Met is clear that there is no place for hate in London, and my team are already working at pace to complete all lines of enquiry.

“I want to directly address the local community in Forest Gate. Someone knows who this person is. Do the right thing, and tell police, or to remain anonymous contact Crimestoppers.”

Caron Harrison, co-founder of Forest Gayte Pride, said, “Once again, the LGBTQI+ community in Forest Gate and further afield is appalled at the defacing of our flags. We have had an amazing amount of love and support from our many allies and are hopeful that this person will be caught and dealt with.

“There is far too much hate and we will continue to fight for our rights. They can try to intimidate us and paint over our flags, but they cannot paint over our pride.”

Ohio Medical Doctor Ankita Singh Sentenced to Prison for Health Care Fraud Scheme

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Ankita Singh, 42, formerly of Maumee, Ohio, was sentenced to 26 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Jack Zouhary for her role in a durable medical equipment scheme that defrauded the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicare Program.

She was also ordered to pay restitution for $4,470,931.02, serve two years of supervised release, and pay a special assessment fee of $600.

On February 29, 2024, a jury found Singh guilty of six counts of healthcare fraud for signing false orders for orthotic braces that patients never requested and did not need as part of a DME scheme.

Beginning in 2019, Singh worked as an independent contractor for at least two companies to purportedly provide “telehealth services” and was paid a fee to conduct patient consultations. The consultations never took place.

Telemarketers would cold call Medicare beneficiaries and tell them that orthotic braces would be provided at no cost. The beneficiaries were not previously Singh’s patients, and she had never spoken to them. Singh never saw them in person and did not conduct a telehealth visit.

The telemarketers would prepare orders with the beneficiaries’ names, Medicare numbers, and purported diagnoses to support a false diagnosis that the braces were medically necessary. Orders were then electronically sent to Singh to affix her signature, certify that she was treating the Medicare beneficiary, and affirm that the brace was medically necessary.

Singh signed more than 11,000 prescriptions for orthotic braces for approximately 3,000 Medicare beneficiaries with whom she had no patient-physician relationship and frequently ordered multiple braces for each patient without ever having examined them.

As a result of Singh’s false orders, Medicare was billed more than $8 million for orthotic devices that were not medically necessary. Medicare paid approximately $4.47 million in claims for the fraudulent prescriptions that Singh signed.

Adel Daoud Captured, Convicted, Jailed 27 Years for Attempting to Bomb Downtown Chicago with 1,000-pound Car Explosive

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A suburban Chicago man was sentenced Friday to 27 years in federal prison for attempting to detonate an explosive device at a bar in downtown Chicago.

Adel Daoud, 30, of Hillside, Ill., attempted to detonate what he thought was a 1,000-pound car bomb at a bar in the downtown Loop neighbourhood of Chicago on September 14, 2012. Before the attack, Daoud advocated for violent jihad and expressed an interest in working with operational terrorists. 

He researched and created a list of potential Chicago-area targets, which included movie theatres, bars, a suburban Chicago mall, and military recruiting centres. Unbeknownst to Daoud, the explosive device at the Loop bar was inert and had been constructed by the FBI, which was investigating Daoud in an undercover capacity. 

Daoud was arrested outside the bar after twice attempting to detonate the purported bomb. 

Daoud was originally sentenced in 2019 to 16 years in federal prison. The U.S. Attorney’s Office successfully appealed the original sentence to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which ordered the new sentencing hearing. 

On Friday, U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly sentenced Daoud to 27 years in prison and ordered that it be followed by a lifetime of court-supervised release.

The new sentence was announced by Morris Pasqual, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, Matthew G. Olsen, Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the Justice Department, and Lucas Rothaar, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the FBI. 

The attempted bombing was one of three cases against Daoud to be resolved Friday as part of the new sentencing order. While he was jailed for attempting to detonate the bomb, Daoud solicited his cellmate to arrange for a violent gang member to murder the FBI agent who had worked undercover to investigate Daoud. 

The murder-for-hire plot was not carried out, and the FBI agent was not injured. The third case against Daoud involved a violent assault on a fellow jail inmate in 2015. While incarcerated at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago, Daoud attacked an inmate who had drawn what Daoud felt was an insulting picture of the prophet Mohammad. 

The inmate suffered lacerations on his head and a bite mark on an arm.

Court Sentences California Men Zeshan Malik Fayyaz, Lener Daneski Jairon-Solis to 140 Months in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

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On June 17, 2024, United States District Court Judge Jeffrey U. Beaverstock sentenced Zeshan Malik Fayyaz and Lener Daneski Jairon-Solis, each to 70 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl.

Documents filed with the court established that on October 8, 2022, a cooperating source, along with a Mobile County Sheriff’s deputy acting in an undercover capacity, agreed to meet the two defendants in Mobile County to purchase two kilograms of fentanyl for $38,000 per kilogram.

When the men arrived at the meet location, Jairon-Solis got out of the vehicle, went into the back seat of the vehicle, opened a suitcase and removed two kilograms of fentanyl in exchange for the cash. Law enforcement had arranged for the cash to appear to contain $76,000 by putting $100 bills on the outside and mostly $1 bills on the inside, but in fact, it was less than $10,000.  

During the operation, law enforcement observed what appeared to be more drugs in the suitcase. The vehicle was followed from the location and later stopped by law enforcement, and officers recovered an additional three kilograms of fentanyl from the vehicle as well as the undercover buy money. The defendants were planning to deliver the additional three kilograms to Pensacola, Florida.  

United States Attorney Sean P. Costello commended the investigators for their hard work and dedication in removing five kilograms of the deadly drug fentanyl from the community.

Costello added that two milligrams of fentanyl are considered a lethal dose, and thus, this seizure surely saved many lives, given the fentanyl overdose epidemic facing the nation. 

Nine-time Convicted Immokalee Felon Javier Joel Perez Sentenced to Prison for Drug, Gun Offences

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U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber on Friday sentenced Javier Joel Perez (46, Immokalee) to eight years in federal prison for possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute it, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon.

The court also ordered Perez to forfeit the firearm involved in the offence. Perez entered a guilty plea on February 21, 2024.

According to court documents, during the execution of a search warrant at Perez’s residence, deputies from the Collier County Sheriff’s Office located marijuana, cocaine, and methamphetamine packaged for distribution in addition to a loaded firearm.

Perez told deputies that the items located in his home belonged to him. Perez is a nine-time convicted felon and is therefore prohibited under federal law from possessing firearms or ammunition.

This case was investigated by the Collier County Sheriff’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Mark Morgan.

Jamestown Man Richard Pearson Arrested on Multiple Drug, Gun Charges

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U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Richard Pearson, 47, of Jamestown, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute acetyl fentanyl, cocaine, crack cocaine, and methamphetamine, being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and aiding and abetting.

The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison and a maximum penalty of life.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua A. Violanti, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, late in the evening on June 25, 2024, investigators executed a search warrant on Newland Avenue in Jamestown, during which Pearson was present.

During the search, they seized suboxone strips, $200 in cash, a digital scale, quantities of acetyl fentanyl, crack cocaine, cocaine, methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, and a firearm and ammunition.

Pearson was previously convicted of three felony crimes and is legally prohibited from possessing firearms.

Randolph Postal Employee Melissa Olson Charged with Stealing Gift Cards from Mail

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U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced Friday that Melissa Olson, 45, of Randolph, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with theft of mail by officer or employee, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles M. Kruly, who is handling the case, stated Olson was hired by the United States Postal Service (USPS) in 2020 as a rural carrier associate assigned to the Randolph Post Office.

According to the complaint, in May 2023, the  USPS Office of Inspector General received information that a $200.00 Visa gift card was stolen from the mail.

At the time, USPS management believed Olson could be involved in the theft of the card, which was used at retail locations in the Randolph area. Subsequent investigation determined that Olson did, in fact, use the gift card to make purchases at the retail locations.

The complaint further states that in June 2023, Olson stole Walmart and Target gift cards included in a greeting card sent through the mail. 

F13 Gangsters Luis Alfredo de la Rosa Rios, Ernesto Cisneros Sentenced to 135 Years in Prison for Robbing, Killing LAPD Officer Fernando Arroyos

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Three members of a South Los Angeles street gang each were sentenced Friday to decades in prison for their roles in the robbery and fatal shooting in 2022 of Los Angeles Police Officer Fernando Arroyos.

In separate hearings today, United States District Judge Percy Anderson sentenced Luis Alfredo de la Rosa Rios, 30, a.k.a. “Lil J” and “Lil Malo,” to 50 years in federal prison and ordered him to pay $31,204.07 in restitution. Judge Anderson also sentenced Ernesto Cisneros, 25, a.k.a. “Gonzo” and “Spooky,” to 50 years in federal prison and ordered him to pay $28,604.07 in restitution. Finally, Jesse Contreras, 36, a.k.a. “Skinny Jack” and “Flaco,” was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $31,204.07 in restitution.

At Friday’s hearing, Judge Anderson said, “The senseless loss of life is all too frequent in our community. It is literally ripping apart the fabric of our society. The sentence imposed today must send a message, not only to this defendant but to everyone, that if you choose to endanger our community by murdering, robbing, and trafficking in narcotics, there will be significant consequences.”

Rios, Contreras, and Cisneros – all members of the South Los Angeles-based Florencia 13 (F13) street gang – pleaded guilty in July 2023 to one count of conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.

“Gangs bring death and destruction, most often upon the very communities they claim to represent,” said United States Attorney Martin Estrada. “These defendants coldly and callously murdered an innocent man who grew up in our community and returned home to give back to the city he loved.”

“Fernando Arroyos should be with us today, helping to protect a city he was ready and willing to give his life for. Yet he died in a way none of us could have imagined” said Akil Davis, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI Los Angeles Field Office.

“Gang violence tears at the very fabric of our communities, causing immeasurable harm and suffering,” said Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna.

On the night of January 10, 2022, the defendants were driving in Rios’ truck around F13’s “territory” in the Florence-Firestone area of South Los Angeles, looking for people to rob. The defendants decided to rob Officer Arroyos because he was wearing gold chains around his neck.

Arroyos was accompanied by his girlfriend – another victim who is identified in court documents as “A.M.” Contreras handed Rios a loaded gun. Cisneros, who accompanied Rios and Contreras in Rios’s truck, already possessed a loaded gun. Rios and Cisneros, both armed, then exited Rios’ truck.

Cisneros approached the off-duty officer, patted him down, and then took his chains and wallet, which contained Arroyos’ LAPD identification card. Rios approached A.M., patted her down and stole her property.

After robbing Arroyos, Rios and Cisneros opened fire. Arroyos was struck by a single bullet, which killed him.

Earlier the same day, Rios and Contreras committed armed robberies against two victims outside a bar within F13’s “territory” in the Florence-Firestone area.

Haylee Marie Grisham, 21, an F13 associate who was Rios’ girlfriend, pleaded guilty in April 2023 to one count of violent crime in aid of racketeering for participating in the fatal robbery of Arroyos.

Her sentencing hearing is scheduled for September 9, at which time she will face a statutory maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

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