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Shane M. Jones Category: Person Description: Community Outreach Coordinator and Public Information Officer for the U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana. Page Sections: Article Index |
| Date | Article | Details |
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| 26 February 2024 | New Orleans Woman Guilty of Staged Automobile Accident Conspiracy Shirley Harris and Antoine Clark made false police reports, filed fraudulent lawsuits, lied during deposition testimony, and sought unnecessary medical treatment to further their fraudulent claims. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane M. Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana  |
| 27 February 2024 | South Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Carjacking Louisiana State Police and the New Orleans Police Department tracked and located the vehicle, but it refused to stop. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane M. Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 18 March 2024 | Slidell Man Charged with Making False Statements to The United States Small Business Administration In his Economic Impact Disaster Loan applications, among other things, Dean Meilleur falsely represented that he was the owner of a trucking business that was formed in 2017 and that he was eligible for EIDL funds. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana Topic: Dean Meilleur |
| 26 March 2024 | New Orleans Man Indicted for Armed Bank Robbery and Attempted Carjacking Joseph Carsice is also alleged to have attempted to carjack three separate vehicles, a 2016 Toyota Prius, 2010 Toyota Camry, and a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane M. Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 2 May 2024 | New Orleans Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking and Possessing Car Stolen from Norfolk Southern Railyard According to court documents, Derrin Riley was captured on surveillance video occupying a Ford Explorer Timberline that had been stolen from the railyard a week earlier. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana Topic: Ford Explorer |
| 7 May 2024 | Five Count Indictment Unsealed Charging Local Pair with Conspiracy to Commit Murder of Federal Witness in Connection with the Staging of Automobile Collisions in the New Orleans Area According to the Indictment, Ryan J. Harris, Jovanna R. Gardner, Cornelius Garrison, and others participated in a scheme in which they intentionally caused staged automobile collisions with other vehicles in the New Orleans metropolitan area. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 15 May 2024 | Jury Convicts New Orleans Man of Carjacking and Federal Firearms Offenses Jurors heard evidence that Shampain Poole carjacked a car from an eighty-year-old woman at gunpoint in front of her home. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 30 May 2024 | Honduran Man Charged with Transporting Aliens According to the bill of information, Wilfredo Garcia-Hernandez was encountered during a traffic stop, knowing that the passengers he was transporting were in the United States illegally. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 30 May 2024 | Slidell Man Guilty for Making False Statements to Small Business Administration In his Economic Impact Disaster Loan applications, among other things, Dean Meilleur falsely represented that he was the owner of a trucking business that was formed in 2017 and that he was eligible for EIDL funds. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana Byline: Shane Jones Topic: Dean Meilleur |
| 27 June 2024 | Orleans Parish Man Sentenced for Theft from Interstate Shipment According to court records, on March 29, 2023, Malik Mack, along with three other individuals, entered the Norfolk Southern Railyard, a facility that houses interstate shipments, to steal Ford F-150 Rapture trucks. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana Topic: Ford F-150 |
| 3 July 2024 | South Carolina Man Sentenced to 180 Months for Carjacking On January 2, 2022, in the 1000 block of Carondelet Street, Onis Washington and his co-defendant forcefully stole a car from the victim and fled in the stolen vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 19 July 2024 | New Orleans Man Sentenced After Trial Conviction for Carjacking and Federal Firearms Offenses According to court records, Shampain Poole carjacked a car at gunpoint from an eighty-year-old woman, in front of her home. She immediately reported the crime. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane M. Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 26 July 2024 | New Orleans Man Sentenced for Carjacking and Gun Offenses Court documents reveal that on April 10, 2023, FRITH carjacked a vehicle in the Central City area of New Orleans. He was wearing a ski mask and gloves and pointed a loaded Glock Model 26 handgun at the victim while demanding the keys to her car. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 28 October 2024 | Mexican National Indicted For Illegal Use of Social Security Number to Obtain Louisiana Driver’s License U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans reiterated that an indictment is merely a charge and that the guilt of the defendant must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane M. Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 9 December 2024 | Ten Count Indictment Unsealed Charging Eight Individuals and Two Law Firms with Offenses in Connection with Staged Automobile Collisions in the New Orleans Area According to the superseding indictment, defendants Harris, Alfortish, Motta, Motta Law, Giles, The King Firm, Morgan, Parker, Stalbert, and Lawrence were members of a conspiracy that engaged in a fraud scheme, obstruction of justice, witness tampering, witness tampering through murder, and retaliation against a witness through murder. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane M. Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 16 January 2025 | New Orleans Man Guilty of Murder in Connection with Staged Automobile Collisions in the New Orleans Area According to court filings, Ryan J. Harris admitted to acting as a “slammer” in a scheme in which he and his co-conspirators intentionally staged automobile collisions in the New Orleans metropolitan area. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana Byline: Shane M. Jones Dateline: New Orleans, Louisiana |