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Child Support Enforcement

Historic child support enforcement actions prior to 2016. We publish more recent child support fugitives and actions in the Fraud section.

SENTENCED: Kenneth Gaither

DOB: 07-09-1984
Height: 6'00"
Weight: 150 lbs.
Amount of Arrears: $17,399
Warrant or Indictment Date: 05-14-2013
Warrant or Indictment: Southern District of New York
Arrest Date: 05-29-2013
Whereabouts: Framingham, Massachusetts
Gaither pleaded guilty and was sentenced on December 18, 2013, to conditional discharge and ordered to pay $18,059 in restitution.

SENTENCED: Michael Diviesti

DOB: 01-13-1958
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 155 lbs.
Amount of Arrears: $48,623
Warrant or Indictment Date: 05-14-2013
Warrant or Indictment: Southern District of New York
Arrest Date: 06-05-2013
Whereabouts: Pennsylvania
Diviesti pleaded guilty and was sentenced on December 18, 2013, to conditional discharge and ordered to pay $48,623 in restitution.

SENTENCED: Hector Miranda Martinez

aka Hector M. Martin, Hector M. Miranda, Hector M. Miada
DOB: 05-01-1961
Height: 5'5
Weight: 150 lbs.
Amount of Arrears: over $18,000
Warrant or Indictment Date: 05-21-2013
Arrest Date: 07-31-2014
Martinez pleaded guilty and was sentenced on February 9, 2015, to 5 years of probation and ordered to pay $17,734 in restitution.

SENTENCED: Thomas Sweeten

DOB: 03-06-1966
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 145 lbs.
Amount of Arrears: $24,761
Warrant or Indictment Date: 03-07-2012
Warrant or Indictment: District of South Dakota, Western Division
Thomas Sweeten was arrested on August 21, 2013 in Carlsbad, California. On March 14, 2014, Sweeten pleaded guilty to failure to pay legal child support obligations and was sentenced to $689 in restitution and time served in jail. Sweeten paid $42,449 toward his outstanding arrears prior to his sentencing.
Sweeten paid $42,449 towards his outstanding arrears subsequent to his arrest and prior to sentencing. Sweeten pleaded guilty and was sentenced on March 14, 2014, to pay $689 in restitution.

SENTENCED: Jon McClendon

DOB: 06-20-1957
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 145 lbs.
Amount of Arrears: $40,559
Warrant of Indictment Date: 05-08-2010
Warrant or Indictment: District of South Dakota, Western Division
Arrest Date: 05-06-2015
Jon McClendon was arrested in Roseburg Oregon by Oregon State Police.
McClendon pleaded guilty and was sentenced on April 15, 2016, to 2 years of probation and ordered to pay $53,014 in restitution.

SENTENCED: John Crosslin

DOB: 03-20-1967
Height: 6'2"
Weight: Unknown
Amount of Arrears: Approximately $10 4,000
Warrant or Indictment: March 5, 2014
Location of Warrant: Rhode Island
Arrest Date: 03-11-2014
Status: Crosslin was sentenced on March 9, 2015, to 2-and-a-half years of probation and ordered to pay $70,795 in restitution.

SENTENCED: Edward Morrill

DOB: 03-16-1951
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 200 lbs.
Amount of Arrears: $59,800
Warrant or Indictment: August 2003, North Carolina
On October 8, 2014, Edward Morrill was sentenced to 7-and-a-half months in jail and ordered to pay $46,200 in restitution for his failure to pay a court ordered child support obligation. Morrill was arrested on March 25,2014, in El Paso, Texas, by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents after attempting to cross the Mexico/U.S. Border.

SENTENCED: Randy Lee Essary

DOB: 06-10-1953
Height: 5'8"
Weight: Unknown
Amount of Arrears: $164,891
Warrant or Indictment: March 16, 2010, Kansas City, MO
Arrest Date: 02-22-2012
Status: On Feb. 11, 2014, Essary pleaded guilty to fleeing the United States in 2007 to avoid paying child support. Essary was sentenced to 1 year and 9 months in prison and ordered to pay $170,891 in restitution after pleading guilty to willful failure to pay child support.

SENTENCED: Glen K. Sheppard

DOB: 02-08-1960
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 220 lbs.
Amount of Arrears: $164,000
Warrant or Indictment: March 25, 2009, St. Louis, MO
Arrest Date: 12-31-2011
Status: On June 6, 2014, Glenn Sheppard pleaded guilty to a charge of Interstate Failure to Pay Child Support and was sentenced to 5 years of probation and ordered to pay $297,814 in restitution.

SENTENCED: Richard Wade

DOB: 12-22-1970
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 175 lbs.
Amount of Arrears: $21,000
Warrant or Indictment Date: 07-07-2011
Warrant or Indictment: District of South Dakota, Southern Division
Status: On April 14, 2014, Richard Wade pleaded guilty to a charge of Failure to Pay Legal Child Support and was sentenced to 5 years of probation and ordered to pay $21,726 in restitution.

SENTENCED: Raihan Chowdhury

DOB: 02-10-1961
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: Unknown
Amount of Arrears: $1.04 million
Warrant or Indictment Date: October 11, 2012
Warrant or Indictment: Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn)
Arrest Date: October 12, 2012
Status: On May 16, 2014, Raihan Chowdhury was sentenced to 5 years of probation and ordered to pay $1.5 million in restitution.

SENTENCED: George Ely

DOB: 07-22-1966
Height: 6'
Weight: 230 lbs.
Amount of Arrears: Approximately $10,000
Warrant or Indictment: June 8, 2011
Location of Warrant: Northern District of New York
Whereabouts: Bayonne, NJ
Arrest Date: March 28, 2013
On July 12, 2013, Ely was sentenced to 1 year and 1 day and ordered to pay $8,934 in restitution after pleading guilty to charges of failure to pay lawful child support obligation and failure to appear for court proceeding.

SENTENCED: Julio Antonio Garcia Encarnacion

DOB: 09-15-1962
Height: 5'0"
Weight: Unknown
Amount of Arrears: Approximately $174,000
Warrant or Indictment Date: June 20, 2012
Warrant or Indictment Issued: Puerto Rico
Arrest Date: July 2, 2012
Status: On March 21, 2013, Garcia was sentenced to five years of probation and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $180,150.12.

SENTENCED: Rusty Donnie Gene Haile

DOB: 02-05-1964
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 165 lbs.
Amount of Arrears: $116,727.20
Warrant or Indictment Date: January 10, 2006
Warrant or Indictment: Idaho
Arrest Date: March 16, 2011
Sentencing Date: February 21, 2012
Status: Sentenced to 5 years probation and ordered to pay restitution of $119,700.44.

SENTENCED: Michael Larson

DOB: 02-23-1967
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 195 lbs.
Amount of Arrears: $32,000
Warrant or Indictment Date: 02-07-2012

SENTENCED: Andrew John Long

DOB: 04-27-1965
Height: 5'9
Weight: 200 lbs.
Amount of Arrears: $55,835.50
Warrant or Indictment Date: November 18, 2009
Warrant Issued: Nashville, TN
Arrest Date: June 2, 2010
Sentencing Date: March 9, 2012
Status: Sentenced to 5 years probation and ordered to pay restitution of $30,397.50

SENTENCED: Andre Previn Rison

DOB: 03-18-1967
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 200 lbs.
Amount of Arrears: $322,992.78
Warrant or Indictment Date: August 30, 2011
Warrant or Indictment Issued: Arizona
Date of Plea: April 25, 2012
Sentencing Date: July 9, 2012
Status: Sentenced to 5 years probation and ordered to pay $322,992.78 in restitution, with a minimum of $1,000.00 to be paid per month; plus current support payments of $2,358.86 per month.

SENTENCED: William Robson, a.k.a. Rick Albrecht

DOB: 06-13-1958
Height: 5'10"
Weight: Unknown
Amount of Arrears: $151,191.51
Warrant or Indictment Date: January 11, 2011, Connecticut
Arrest Date: January 11, 2011
Sentence: Robson was sentenced on August 24, 2012, to one year and a day. He will serve 6 months of his sentence incarcerated and 6 months in home confinement with electronic monitoring; he will then have one year of supervised release. Robson was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $147,060.00. He voluntarily surrendered himself to a Bureau of Prisons facility on September 26, 2012.
Press Release

SENTENCED: Joe Romero

DOB: 09-25-1970
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 130 lbs.
Amount of Arrears: $33,601
Warrant or Indictment Date: January 9, 2013
Warrant or Indictment: District of South Dakota, Southern Division
Arrest Date: May 20, 2013
Possible Whereabouts: Joe Romero self-surrendered to the Adams County Sheriff's Department in Colorado on May 20, 2013 based on HHS OIG warrant for failure to pay child support.
On October 21, 2013, Romero was sentenced to 5 years of probation and ordered to pay $33,601 in restitution.

SENTENCED: Robert Sand

DOB: 04-09-1962
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 160 lbs.
Amount of Arrears: $1.2 million
Warrant or Indictment Date: February 17, 2010
Warrant or Indictment: New York
Arrest Date: December 17, 2012
Status: On May 21, 2013, Sand was sentenced to 31 months in prison followed by one year of supervised release. He previously pleaded guilty to two counts of traveling in interstate and foreign commerce with the intent to evade child support obligations totaling over $1 million including interest and penalties. Sand was previously OIG's Most Wanted Deadbeat.
Press Release of Sand Arrest
Press Release of Sand Pleading Guilty
Press Release of Sand Sentencing

SENTENCED: Glenn H. Sherman

DOB: 07-23-1969
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 215 lbs.
Amount of Arrears: $122,443
Warrant or Indictment Date: January 12, 2012
Warrant or Indictment Issued: Virginia - Western District
Arrest Date: February 7, 2012
Status: Sentenced July 16, 2012 to 5 years probation and $122,443 in restitution; payment of an additional $600 each month for a total of $1,600 in monthly child support; Sherman paid a lump sum of $4,000 at the guilty plea hearing.

SENTENCED: Stephen Swallow

DOB: 07-17-1964
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 160 lbs.
Amount of Arrears: $323,569.67
Warrant or Indictment Date: January 12, 2012
Warrant or Indictment Location: Rhode Island
Arrested: February 1, 2012
Sentenced: January 4, 2013
Status: Sentenced to 6 months in prison and supervised release for 1 year. Ordered to pay over $320,000 in child support at a minimum payment of $300 a month and to pay a $100 special assessment.

SENTENCED: Donald K. Tatro

DOB: 04-29-1969
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 160 lbs.
Amount of Arrears: $46,710.87
Warrant or Indictment Date: July 12, 2010
Arrest Date: May 16, 2011
Sentencing Date: February 13, 2012
Status: Sentenced to 5 years probation, 6 months home detention, and ordered to pay restitution of $46,710.87.

SENTENCED: Dennis Thomas

DOB: 09-21-1965
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 140 lbs.
Amount of Arrears: $68,400
Warrant or Indictment Date: December 1, 2009
Warrant or Indictment: Sioux Falls, SD
Arrest Date: January 30, 2013
Status: On December 30, 2013, Thomas was sentenced to 5 years of probation and ordered to pay $67,122 in restitution after being found guilty on a charge of failure to pay legal child support. He had been arrested on January 30, 2013, in Great Falls, Montana.

SENTENCED: Martin Zaic

DOB: 05-20-1952
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 150 lbs.
Amount of Arrears: $43,622.40
Warrant or Indictment Date: February 2009
Warrant or Indictment Location: South Dakota
Arrested: July 12, 2012
Sentenced: December 21, 2012
Status: Sentenced to 1 year in prison with work release, 5 years of probation, restitution of over $43,000, and a $100 special assessment.