Seigenthaler News Service

29/01/2013

Veteran apologizes for damage done in drug ring, gets 10 years

29/01/2013

Woman sentenced to prison in pot conspiracy case--by Emily Kubis

17/01/2013

Good luck to all the new Seigenthaler Scholars!

01/12/2012

Story by Richel Albright

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20121201/NEWS03/312010078/Nashville-woman-gets-21-months-witness-tampering?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|News|s

A Nashville woman connected with the Rollin’ ’90s Crips gang was sentenced Friday to 21 months in prison for conspiracy to tamper with a federal grand jury witness.

01/12/2012

Story by Richel Albright

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20121201/NEWS03/312010039/Former-Nashville-police-officer-faces-federal-child-po*******hy-charges?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|p

Former Metro police officer William J. Patterson has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of possession and receipt of child po*******hy.

28/11/2012

By Emily Kubis

Thomas Franklin was sentenced to five years after pleading guilty to the attempted robbery of a Clarksville Electronic Express in May.

28/11/2012

Story by Richel Albright

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20121128/NEWS03/311280114/Man-who-aided-jailed-gang-leader-gets-20-years?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s

Christopher 'Snooty' Conyers, 26, was sentenced after pleading guilty to six counts involving prison escape, robbery and weapons charges.

27/11/2012

By Emily Kubis

Investigators seized 132 domain names Monday after American agents, along with the European Police Office (Europol) and agencies from Belgium, Denmark, France, Romania and the United Kingdom, found those sites to be selling counterfeit merchandise.

21/11/2012

Story by Richel Albright

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20121121/NEWS03/311210101/Brentwood-developer-gets-45-months-fraud?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s

David E. Miller, who owns David E. Miller Development Co., was sentenced to 45 months in prison for aggravated identity theft and making false statements to a bank regarding a loan of more than $300,000.

18/11/2012

By Kylie Kolz

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20121117/NEWS03/311170023/TN-pharmacist-pleads-guilty-drug-case

William Lester Donaldson, a pharmacist in Celina, Tenn., pleaded guilty to five counts of possessing and distributing hydrocodone in federal court in Nashville on Wednesday.

18/11/2012

By Kylie Kolz

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20121117/NEWS03/311170032/Man-pleads-guilty-scamming-online-car-buyers

Aleksandar Kunkin pleaded guilty to a $550,000 conspiracy bank fraud and wire fraud case in federal court in Nashville on Thursday, four months after his arrest.

18/11/2012

By Kylie Kolz

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20121117/NEWS03/311170029/Hendersonville-woman-pleads-guilty-license-scheme

Anny Castillo pleaded guilty to charges of bribing a former Tennessee Department of Safety employee for driver's licenses, which she sold to undocumented immigrants.

17/11/2012

By Amanda Haggard

A retired Vanderbilt professor who admitted to routinely viewing child po*******hy in his Garland Hall office will avoid jail after being sentenced Friday, four years after he was first charged.

17/11/2012

Story by Richel Albright

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20121117/NEWS03/311170034/TN-brothers-other-man-convicted-drug-conspiracy?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|

Travis Gentry, Frank Randolph and Patrick Smith will have to forfeit $750,000 each and face prison after being found guilty Friday.

16/11/2012

By Emily Kubis

The jury foreman in a four-week federal drug conspiracy trial was excused Thursday by U.S. District Court Judge Aleta Trauger because of his alleged bullying and abuse of other jurors in the deliberation room.

14/11/2012

Story by Richel Albright

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20121114/NEWS03/311140139/After-4-week-trial-drug-conspiracy-case-goes-Nashville-jury

A drug conspiracy case against three men went to the jury Tuesday after nearly four weeks of trial in U.S. District Court in Nashville.

09/11/2012

Video by M. Kate Prince

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20121104/NEWS0201/311040058/Tennessee-foster-kids-face-new-hurdles-18?odyssey=tab

As more than 25,000 foster youths age out of custody each year nationwide, 45 percent drop out of high school, half don't find jobs, 25 percent end up homeless and even more than that end up jailed, the study found. Tennessee is trying to change that.

09/11/2012

Story by Emily Kubis

The prosecution rested in a federal drug conspiracy trial of three men after calling several witnesses to testify, including ex-girlfriends, family members, co-conspirators, an informant and law enforcement agents.

08/11/2012

By Amanda Haggard

Deaunte Carter, one of three Nashville men convicted of assaulting two officers with a deadly weapon in 2010 during an attempted robbery of Hyatt Place Hotel in Brentwood, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison.

05/11/2012

By Kylie Kolz
from Saturday

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20121103/NEWS03/311030038/Man-found-guilty-health-care-fraud-other-charges?nclick_check=1

A man was found guilty of health care fraud, money laundering and identity theft Friday after a weeklong trial in U.S. District Court in Nashville.

02/11/2012

By Kylie Kolz

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20121102/NEWS03/311020078/Defendant-TN-health-fraud-case-says-he-didn-t-submit-claims?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|News|p

Yennier Capote Gonzalez, the defendant in a $220,000 health care fraud case, took the stand Thursday to say that the paperwork submitted by his company for payment was composed and submitted by someone else.

01/11/2012

Story by Alex Harris.

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20121030/NEWS03/310300050/Nashville-man-pleads-guilty-producing-child-p**n

A North Nashville man who pleaded guilty to two counts of producing child po*******hy was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

01/11/2012

Story by Alex Harris.

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20121026/NEWS0201/310260099/Occupy-Nashville-protesters-sue-Haslam-over-arrests/

Members of Occupy Nashville filed a lawsuit against Gov. Bill Haslam and other government officials over their October 2011 arrests and the new rules governing the use of Legislative Plaza.

01/11/2012

Story by Richel Albright

http://www.tennessean.com/comments/article/20121101/NEWS03/311010059/Agents-show-seized-guns-pot-cash

Dramatic introduction of evidence, including more than a half dozen weapons, almost 100 pounds of ma*****na and more than $100,000 in cash, dominated the proceedings in a federal drug conspiracy trial Wednesday.

01/11/2012

By Kylie Kolz

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20121101/NEWS03/311010061/Duped-doctor-testifies-he-never-heard-billing-company

Dr. Tidence Prince of Knoxville, who was listed as the treating physician in a Medicare fraud case, testified Wednesday that he knew nothing about the patients, the treatments, the medical services company or its owner.

31/10/2012

By Kylie Kolz

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20121031/NEWS03/310310125/Trial-starts-TN-man-accused-ID-theft-health-care-fraud?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s

The trial for Yennier Capote Gonzalez, a Cuban accused of setting up a false medical care online billing services company in Gainesboro, Tenn., began Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Nashville.

30/10/2012

Story by Richel Albright

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20121029/NEWS/310290081/Nashville-mother-testifies-ma*****na-trial?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s

A Nashville mother of two testified Monday in a federal drug conspiracy case against three men that she was a major supplier to them of about 400 pounds of ma*****na a month.

29/10/2012

By Christopher Merchant

A minute's worth of bad decisions could lead to eight years in federal prison for one Nashville man.

27/10/2012

From Friday, By Kylie Kolz

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20121026/NEWS03/310260101/Gang-member-gets-15-years-Clarksville-drug-operation

Dedric Shine, the 11th gang member of 28 who were arrested two years ago in a drug trafficking conspiracy in Clarksville, Tenn., was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in federal prison.

27/10/2012

Story by Amanda Haggard

James Lang, a Vanderbilt University professor slated to be sentenced for a child po*******hy conviction, had his case continued for an eighth time while he tried to receive a penalty below the federal sentencing guidelines.

26/10/2012

Story by Richel Albright

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20121026/NEWS03/310260105/Informant-says-ex-boyfriend-threatened-kill-her-she-snitched?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s

26/10/2012

Story by Richel Albright

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20121026/NEWS03/310260104/Child-p**n-hearing-former-Justice-Department-attorney-delayed?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s

Karl Gellert of Nashville, who has been charged with possession of child po*******hy, was granted a continuance to delay a preliminary hearing while his lawyers seek what they call a 'universal resolution.'

24/10/2012

Story by Richel Albright

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20121024/NEWS03/310240101/3-men-accused-big-money-drug-operation-Middle-TN?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|News|s

Three men are accused in federal court in Nashville of conspiring to launder money and operate a major illicit drug enterprise that included at least a quarter-million dollars' worth of co***ne, crack, ma*****na and Ecstasy.