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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.