A Montana man has pleaded guilty to three federal charges for taking millions of dollars in down payments from customers to build steel buildings and instead using the money for his personal benefit. Jonathan Lee Oliver of Missoula solicited payments …
An Oklahoma City man has pleaded guilty to federal charges for his participation in the biggest jewelry store robbery ever in San Antonio, Texas. Johnny Lewan Kirk now faces up to 20 years in prison for the March 2010 holdup …
A former executive with a construction firm that specialized in recovery from natural disasters has pleaded guilty in Texas to securities and commodities fraud. Federal prosecutors in Dallas on Monday announced the plea by Brian Marshall of Tampa, Fla., in …
A northern Indiana woman has pleaded guilty to mail fraud and admitted taking part in a scheme to collect insurance payouts by staging fake car accidents. Thirty-year-old Shanise Kelley of Michigan City says in her plea agreement on one felony …
Keith G. Dorr Sr., owner of Dorr’s Automotive in Slidell, La., has plead guilty to willfully failing to provide workers’ compensation coverage for his employees, some of whom suffered job-related injuries for which they were not covered by a workers’ …
A former Halliburton manager pleaded guilty on Oct. 15 to destroying evidence in the aftermath of the deadly rig explosion that spawned BP’s massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Anthony Badalamenti, 62, of Katy, Texas, faces a …
An Oregon man has pleaded guilty to fraud in connection with the deadliest helicopter crash involving working firefighters in U.S. history. Levi Phillips, 46, of Grants Pass faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced in April. …
A man has pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of dollars in copper from farm irrigation pivots in Mississippi and selling it in Arkansas. Mark Tigues, Curtis Tigues and Ernest Calvin were indicted last year. Indictments in their cases say the …
An eastern Missouri businessman has pleaded guilty in federal court to setting fire to his livestock auction barn and horse trailers. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 65-year-old Gregory Michael Cromer of Cedar Hill, Mo., admitted in his plea on …
A former insurance claims adjuster faces sentencing in May after admitting to filing false insurance claims to divert more than $400,000 to himself. Thirty-three-year-old Brian Behl of St. Louis County pleaded guilty Friday to mail fraud. He worked for Allianz …