FBI's Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending January 7, 2011

Washington, D.C. January 07, 2011

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Washington Field/St. Louis: Former CIA Officer Arrested for Alleged Unauthorized Disclosure of National Defense Information and Obstruction of Justice

Jeffrey Alexander Sterling, a former CIA officer, was arrested in St. Louis on charges that he illegally disclosed national defense information and obstructed justice. Sterling was charged with six counts of unauthorized disclosure of national defense information and one count each of unlawful retention of national defense information, mail fraud, unauthorized conveyance of government property, and obstruction of justice. Full Story
New York: Hijacker of Pan American Flight 281 Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to 15 Years in Prison

Luis Armando Peña Soltren was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his participation in the November 24, 1968 hijacking of Puerto Rico-bound Pan American flight 281 to Havana, Cuba. Full Story
Chicago: Self-Proclaimed White Supremacist William White Convicted of Soliciting Violence Against Hale Jury Foreman

William White, a self-proclaimed white supremacist, was convicted of soliciting violence against the foreman of a federal jury in Chicago that convicted another white supremacist, Matthew Hale, in 2004. Full Story
San Diego: Brothers Plead Guilty to Their Roles in Masterminding $30 Million Ponzi Scheme and Mortgage Fraud

Brothers Matthew "Beau" La Madrid and Lance La Madrid pled guilty to conspiracy and mail fraud charges in connection with their operation of the Plus Money Premium Return Funds and related real estate investment and mortgage fraud schemes. Full Story
New Haven: Joint Law Enforcement Investigation Takes Down Alleged Drug Trafficking Rings

Seventeen individuals were arrested and charged with various narcotics trafficking and firearms offenses related to the large-scale distribution of heroin, cocaine, and crack cocaine in Bridgeport and Hartford, Connecticut and Springfield, Massachusetts. Full Story
Miami: Fort Lauderdale Man Convicted on 1974 and 1977 Child Enticement and Transportation Charges

George England, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was found guilty on three counts of enticement of a minor and two counts of transportation of a minor from Asia to California in 1974 and from California to Florida in 1977 for the purpose of having the minor engage in sexual acts. England brought a 4-year-old girl from Vietnam to the U.S. in the early 1970s and repeatedly sexually assaulted her for more than two decades. Full Story
Headquarters/Los Angeles: Orange County RCFL Opens for Business

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III, along with local area law enforcement officials, opened the Orange County Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (OCRCFL) in a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Santa Ana, California. Full Story
Baltimore: Executive Director of the Havre De Grace Housing Authority Pleads Guilty to Bribery

George R. Robinson pled guilty to bribery of a public official. Robinson was the executive director of the Havre de Grace Housing Authority since 2002 and was responsible for managing a 60-unit public housing project when he asked a contractor for kickbacks. Full Story
Norfolk: Former Member of Virginia House of Delegates Charged with Bribery and Extortion

A jury returned an indictment charging Phillip A. Hamilton, a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, with allegedly soliciting employees of Old Dominion University for a paid position at the same time he was introducing legislation to fund the position. Full Story
Phoenix: Tuba City Man Sentenced to Seven Years for Selling Methamphetamine on Navajo Nation
JR Tom Webster was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five grams or more of actual methamphetamine. Full Story

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FBI's Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending January 7, 2011