Important and urgent – U.P. Breaking News Bulletin “The Ice Man Cometh and Goeth to Prison” 12-22-16 5:15 p.m. ET
Slammed Federal Judge Robert Holmes Bell gives a long sentence to a man charged in a large methamphetamine ring downstate. You can down load and read everything about this case – interesting meth operation One of numerous U.P. And west Michigan cases paid for by U.P. Breaking News – so you can read it or download for free – and many of the cases have never been covered by the media.
URGENT – A mixture of U.P. And downstate news that hasn’t been reported – including a $22 million dollar IRS settlement; Lawsuit over medical conditions at Marquette Branch Prison. Others: Man charged with sexual exploitation of children; Federal prisoner who had served almost his entire 111 month sentence and did something very stupid
U.P. Breaking News spends a fortune on federal records.
Often we pay for stuff that has not been reported downstate but is not from U.P.
A few examples – and we are providing links to record you can download for more information. One case mentions being the “taxpayers alter ego.”
What do you do when you owe the IRS over $22 million dollars =- you let the government take over operation of your business (scroll down).
Sometimes the criminal cases are interesting and – and so are the federal civil cases – including one that revealed a whopper of a story last week – but no one covered it – now we do. Here are 4 of many examples I could post. We have to be thorough and that means keeping watch.
Important and urgent - U.P. Breaking News Bulletin “The Ice Man Cometh and Goeth to Prison” 12-22-16 5:15 p.m. ET Slammed Federal Judge Robert Holmes Bell gives a long sentence to a man charged in a large methamphetamine ring downstate. You can down load and read everything about this case – interesting meth operation One of numerous U.P. And west Michigan cases paid for by U.P. Breaking News – so you can read it or download for free – and many of the cases have never been covered by the media. (Grand Rapids, MI) - Sentencing this week for “The Ice Man” - the main defendant in a huge methamphetamine ring. The Ice Man received a long prison term (300 months) in federal court for a meth conspiracy in Kalamazoo County and elsewhere Johnny Wayne Ratliff was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison on Mon, Dec. 20, 2016 by U.S. District Court Judge Robert Holmes Bell in Grand Rapids. There is no parole or early release in the federal prison system. Once release, Ratliff will be under 5 years supervised release.
JOHNNY WAYNE RATLIFF,
a/k/a “Iceman,”
a/k/a “Memphis,”
and
BRANDON D. JORDAN
Download The Iceman – or just read the pdf. (no cost at all ever):
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Under a plea agreement Ratliff, entered a guilty plea to the charge of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine
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Office: Southern Division (1) Filed: 11/18/2015
County: Kalamazoo Terminated: 12/20/2016 Reopened:
Magistrate Case: 1:15-mj-00231-ESC
Count: 1 Citation: 21:846=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:846, 21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(A)(viii) CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; methamphetamine conspiracy
Count: 3 Citation: 21:841B=CP.F Offense Level: 4
21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(C) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine
Count: 4 Citation: 21:841A=NP.F Offense Level: 4
21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(C) NARCOTICS - POSSESSION; possession with intent to distribute heroin
Count: 5 Citation: 18:922G.F Offense Level: 4
18:922(g)(1), 18:921(a), 18:924(a)(2) UNLAWFUL TRANSPORT OF FIREARMS, ETC.; felon in possession of a firearm
Count: 1s Citation: 21:846=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:846, 21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(A)(viii) and 841(b)(1)(C) CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; methamphetamine conspiracy
Count: 3s Citation: 21:841B=CP.F Offense Level: 4
21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(C) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine
Count: 4s Citation: 21:841B=NP.F Offense Level: 4
21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(C) NARCOTICS - POSSESSION; possession with intent to distribute heroin
Count: 5s Citation: 18:922G.F Offense Level: 4
18:922(g)(1), 18:921(a), 18:924(a)(2) UNLAWFUL TRANSPORT OF FIREARMS, ETC.; felon in possession of a firearm
Count: 1ss Citation: 21:846=CD.F Offense Level: 4
21:846, 21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(A)(viii) and 841(b)(1)(C) CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; methamphetamine conspiracy
Count: 2ss Citation: 21:841B=CP.F Offense Level: 4
21:841(a)(1), 21:841(b)(1)(C) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine
Count: 3ss Citation: 18:922G.F Offense Level: 4
18:922(g)(1), 18:921(A), 18:924(a)(2) UNLAWFUL TRANSPORT OF FIREARMS, ETC.; felon in possession of a firearm
Defendant Custody Status: Custody This Court
Flag: FORFEITURE
plaintiff: USA Federal Prosecutor
Assistant U.S. Attorney Heath M. Lynch
Phone: (616) 456-2404
Email: heath.lynch at usdoj.gov
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Bank robber sentenced yesterday, Dec. 21, 2016 – 12-21-16
Admitted bank robber Durand Quentin Lee received nearly six years (70 months) in federal prison yesterday by a federal judge Paul L. Maloney
Lee was indicted for the May 2016 holdup at the Huntington Bank in Kent County.
He used a pistol. Lee pleaded/pled guilty to armed bank robbery Lee will be on three years supervised released after prison.
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Our next robbery case:
Case Summary
1:16-cr-00090-PLM All
Defendants USA v. Lee
Date filed: 05/03/2016
Date terminated: 12/20/2016
Date of last filing: 12/20/2016
Durand Quentin Lee
Office: Southern Division (1) Filed: 05/03/2016
County: Kent
Sentencing/Terminated: 12/20/2016
Count: 1
Citation: 18:2113A.F
Offense Level: 4
18:2113(a) and (d) BANK ROBBERY BY FORCE OR VIOLENCE; armed bank robbery
Defendant Custody Status: Custody This Court
Asst. U.S. Attorney Daniel Y. Mekaru
Phone: (616) 456-2404
Email: daniel.mekaruat usdoj.gov
plaintiff: USA Federal Prosecutor
Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexis M. Sanford
Phone: (616) 456-2404
Email: alexis.sanford at usdoj.gov
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Alleged bank robber busted for a June 2016 stickup at a bank in Cass County.
William Randall Sexton allegedly used “intimidation” when he is accused of robbing over $1,600 from a Chemical Bank Employee.
Read the criminal charges and more:
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Date of last filing: 12/20/2016
Office: Southern Division
Filed: 12/20/2016
County: Kent
Magistrate Case: 1:16-mj-00161-ESC
Count: 1
Citation: 18:2113A.F
Offense Level: 4
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BANK ROBBERY BY FORCE OR VIOLENCE; bank robbery
Defendant in Custody
Defendant: Designation Assistant U.S. Attorney)
Plaintiff: USA Federal Prosecutor
Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexis M. Sanford
Phone: (616) 456-2404
Email: alexis.sanford@usdoj.gov
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Jesus Jose Garcia-Orozco
Office: Southern Division
Filed: 12/21/2016
County: Kent
Reopened: Other Court Case: Complaint
Offense Level: 4
8:1326(a)(b)(2) Unlawful reentry of a removed alien having been convicted of an aggravated felony; 42:408(a)(7)(B)
False representation of a Social Security number Defendant Custody Status:
Defendant: Jesus Jose Garcia-Orozco
plaintiff: USA Federal Prosecutor
Assistant U.S Attorney Donald Daniels
Phone: (616) 456-2404
Email: Donald.Daniels@usdoj.gov
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Jorge Solorio-Lopez
Office: Southern Division (1) Filed: 12/21/2016
County: Berrien Terminated: Reopened:
Magistrate Case: 1:16-mj-00312-ESC
Count: 1
Citation: 18:1028A.F
ffense Level: 4
18:1028(a)(3
FRAUD WITH IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS; possession of five or more false identification documents
Defendant Custody Status: Custody This Court
Flags: FORFEITURE,INTERPRETER
Defendant: Jorge Solorio-Lopez
Represented by Kenneth P. Tableman(Designation CJA Appointment)
Phone: (616) 233-0455
Fax: (616) 776-3905
Email: tablemank@sbcglobal.net
plaintiff: USA Federal Prosecutor
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer S. Murnahan
Phone: (616) 456-2404
Email: jennifer.murnahan@usdoj.gov
The government is now in the recycling business after cracking down on a Nebraska business that apparently operated in several locations.
Check out this – a $22 million dollar IRS settlement revealed.
The case is:
Southern Division CP Recycling Of Nebraska, Inc;
CP Recycling, Inc; And
CP Bio Energy, Inc.
Plaintiffs,
V.
The United States of America,
Defendant
The fantastic $22 million dollar settlement was revealed last week in federal paperwork at the United States District Court Western District of Michigan Southern Division.
The case started as the company’s complaint against the IRS – but soon auditors turned the books on the case:
2004: Plaintiffs, CP Recycling of Nebraska, Inc., CP Recycling, Inc., and CP Bio Energy, Inc.
The IRS has assessed tax liability of $22,847,407.42 against CP Renewable Energy Marketers, LLC, a now-dissolved Michigan limited liability company (the “Taxpayer”) for unpaid taxes, not including interest and penalties. The IRS levied that assessment against the bank accounts of Plaintiffs, on the theory that Plaintiffs are the alter egos of Taxpayer. Each Plaintiff is a separate and distinct legal entity from the Taxpayer and not Taxpayer’s alter ego.
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Meanwhile read this lawsuit brought by inmate Timothy Daniel Finley against the Marquette Branch Prison and others.
The federal civil lawsuit filed last month talks about about medical conditions and the staff at the Lots of lawsuits have been filed and we decided to include this because of Marquette Branch Prison:
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An alleged escapee from a federal release center has been arrested by U.S. Marshals on a felony criminal complaint charging escape.
He was declared an U.S. Marshals escapee on Dec. 12, 2016 – after several days of not returning phone calls from the center.
Michael Cornelius Sterling, 26, had just about completed a 111 month sentence – when he allegedly fled in Kent County on Dec. 9, 2016:
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Meanwhile in Calhoun County, MI on Dec. 16, 2016 a felony criminal complaint charging sexual exploitation of children was filed by FBI agents and approved by U.S. Magistrate Judge Ray Kent in Grand Rapids.
Read more about the alleged sicko exploits – allegedly by Matthew Andaluz:
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Upper Peninsula Breaking News by Greg Peterson 