Robert Snell

Detroit

Federal Courts Reporter at Detroit News

Federal courts reporter @detroitnews. Covering crime, slime and the dark side of business. Three-time Detroit SPJ Journalist of the Year.

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Feds in Detroit crack $63 million caper involving alleged mail thieves

2 weeks ago | gazettextra.com | Robert Snell

DETROIT - A band of alleged mail thieves stole $63 million worth of checks from the U.S. Postal Service and sold them on the black market, federal prosecutors said Friday. Federal court records describe an inside job from October 2022 through December 2023 that involved four people, including a popular Metro Detroit rapper and two U.S. Postal Service employees accused of stealing checks as well as other "negotiable instruments" deposited in the mail.
Feds in Detroit crack $63 million caper involving alleged mail thieves

2 weeks ago | thederrick.com | Robert Snell

DETROIT — A band of alleged mail thieves stole $63 million worth of checks from the U.S. Postal Service and sold them on the black market, federal prosecutors said Friday. Federal court records describe an inside job from October 2022 through December 2023 that involved four people, including a popular Metro Detroit rapper and two U.S. Postal Service employees accused of stealing checks as well as other "negotiable instruments" deposited in the mail.
Feds in Detroit crack $63 million caper involving alleged mail thieves

2 weeks ago | swoknews.com | Robert Snell

DETROIT — A band of alleged mail thieves stole $63 million worth of checks from the U.S. Postal Service and sold them on the black market, federal prosecutors said Friday. Federal court records describe an inside job from October 2022 through December 2023 that involved four people, including a popular Metro Detroit rapper and two U.S. Postal Service employees accused of stealing checks as well as other "negotiable instruments" deposited in the mail.
Feds in Detroit crack $63 million caper involving alleged mail thieves

2 weeks ago | arcamax.com | Robert Snell

DETROIT — A band of alleged mail thieves stole $63 million worth of checks from the U.S. Postal Service and sold them on the black market, federal prosecutors said Friday. Federal court records describe an inside job from October 2022 through December 2023 that involved four people, including a popular Metro Detroit rapper and two U.S. Postal Service employees accused of stealing checks as well as other "negotiable instruments" deposited in the mail.
Feds in Detroit crack $63 million caper involving alleged mail thieves

2 weeks ago | dailygazette.com | Robert Snell

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Feds in Detroit crack $63 million caper involving alleged mail thieves

2 weeks ago | dailyitem.com | Robert Snell

DETROIT — A band of alleged mail thieves stole $63 million worth of checks from the U.S. Postal Service and sold them on the black market, federal prosecutors said Friday. Federal court records describe an inside job from October 2022 through December 2023 that involved four people, including a popular Metro Detroit rapper and two U.S. Postal Service employees accused of stealing checks as well as other "negotiable instruments" deposited in the mail.
Birmingham asphalt exec Dan Israel sentenced for role in federal bid-rigging scandal

2 weeks ago | detroitnews.com | Robert Snell

MICHIGAN Robert SnellThe Detroit NewsView Comments A former asphalt paving company owner was sentenced to six months in federal prison Thursday for rigging bids, one of the most severe punishments issued in a rare federal antitrust prosecution that has led to the convictions of seven people and almost $10 million in fines.
NY man threatened Dana Nessel, faces federal prison after guilty plea

2 weeks ago | detroitnews.com | Robert Snell

MICHIGAN Robert SnellThe Detroit NewsView Comments A New York man faces up to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty Monday to threatening Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Kevin Delgado, 40, of Bayside leveled the hate crime threat on X, formerly Twitter, in October 2023 after Nessel posted a photo of her and a friend, slain Jewish community leader Samantha Woll. Woll was stabbed to death one month earlier.
Drug kingpin convicted in case involving cocaine-smuggling submarine

3 weeks ago | gazettextra.com | Robert Snell

DETROIT - An Albanian man who prosecutors said was building a submarine to smuggle cocaine to Europe faces up to life in federal prison after jurors Friday convicted him of heading an international drug ring bankrolled by a Grosse Pointe Park businessman, a conspiracy that placed the kingpin among Metro Detroit's most prolific and innovative criminals in recent history.
Drug kingpin convicted in case involving cocaine-smuggling submarine

3 weeks ago | dailygazette.com | Robert Snell

DETROIT — An Albanian man who prosecutors said was building a submarine to smuggle cocaine to Europe faces up to life in federal prison after jurors Friday convicted him of heading an international drug ring bankrolled by a Grosse Pointe Park businessman, a conspiracy that placed the kingpin among Metro Detroit's most prolific and innovative criminals in recent history.