Tag: Sentenced
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Former SDSU Football Player Sentenced for Possession of Child Porn Materials
Nowlin Ewaliko. Photo credit: Screen shot, CBS8 San Diego A former San Diego State football player who was previously investigated in connection with an alleged gang rape of a 17-year- old girl was sentenced Friday to six months in county jail and two years of probation for possession of child pornography. While prosecutors declined to…
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Former Navy Nurse Sentenced for Role in Military Insurance Fraud
A courtroom gavel. Photo via Wikimedia Commons A former Navy nurse who took part in a scheme to make false medical claims to a military insurance program in exchange for unearned benefits has been sentenced to one year in federal prison. Kelene Meyer, 47, pleaded guilty to conspiring with her then-husband, former chief petty officer…
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Vista Man Sentenced in Scripps Health Unemployment Fraud Scheme
Scripps Coastal in Solana Beach. Courtesy of the company A man who took part in a scheme to steal personal information from Scripps Health patients and use their identities to submit false claims for pandemic unemployment insurance benefits was sentenced Friday to nearly five years in federal prison. Konrad Piekos, 45, is one of four…
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Poway Man Sentenced to 2 Years for Taking Benefits of $830, 238 Intended for Dead Mother
A courtroom gavel. Photo via Wikimedia Commons A Poway man who hid his mother’s death for over three decades in order to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in government benefits was sentenced Friday to two years in federal prison. Donald Felix Zampach, 65, collected $830,238 meant for his mother following her death from pancreatic…
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Man Who Fled to South Dakota Following City Heights Shooting Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
Wendell Eddington, who was shot to death in 2022. Photo via Facebook A man who fatally shot another man in City Heights, and was arrested nearly two months later in South Dakota, was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in state prison. Bryan Parker, 43, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and a firearm allegation in the…
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Vanesa Gastellu, 31, Sentenced Over 10 Years for Friend’s Shooting Death in Chula Vista
Christine Garcia with her daughter. Photo via NBC Los Angeles Facebook A woman who pleaded guilty in the shooting death of her friend, whose body was found in a Chula Vista field, was sentenced Thursday to just over a decade in state prison. Vanesa Gastellu, 31, went to trial on a murder charge for the…
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Firearms Trafficker Who Supplied Sinaloa Cartel Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
Federal courthouse in downtown San Diego. Photo by Chris Stone A man described by prosecutors as a “prolific firearms trafficker” who supplied the Sinaloa Cartel with hundreds of weapons was sentenced in San Diego federal court Wednesday to 15 years in prison. Alfredo Lomas Navarrete, 33, of Culiacan, Mexico, was a gun runner for the…
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Ex-Babysitter, 23, from Poway Sentenced for Molesting Boys Under His Care
Photo via Pixabay A former San Diego-based babysitter arrested last year on allegations that he molested three boys he was hired to care for was sentenced Wednesday to 22 years in state prison. Zayne St. Julien, 23, of Poway, pleaded guilty earlier this year to three counts of lewd acts on a child. Along with…
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Alleged ‘Mastermind’ Sentenced for $5M Unemployment Fraud Scheme
Photo courtesy of the EDD A man who had a leading role in a scheme to take more than $5 million in state unemployment funds intended to help people during the COVID-19 pandemic was sentenced in San Diego federal court Monday to 40 months in prison. Constantin Sandu, 34, pleaded guilty to conspiring with over…