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Man Sentenced to 78 Months for Money Laundering in Tobacco Smuggling Scheme Published: 22 May 2021 22 May 2021
Charlotte, North Carolina - A North Carolina man was sentenced Thursday to 78 months in prison for conspiring to commit money laundering and filing a false tax return.
According to court documents and other information presented in court, Phil Howard, 55, arranged on at least 221 different occasions for cut-rag tobacco to be transported by trucks from Wilson, North Carolina, to an area on or near the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation Reservation (Akwesasne Reservation) as part of a conspiracy to smuggle the tobacco into Canada without paying Canadian federal excise duties and provincial taxes. The Akwesasne Reservation straddles the U.S.-Canadian border on both banks of the St. Lawrence River. Co-conspirators then smuggled the cut-rag tobacco over the St. Lawrence River and transported it to the Kahnawake Mohawk Nation Reservation in Quebec. Ultimately, the cut-rag tobacco was
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Skyler Crouse is now charged with murder. That s according to NewsChannel 13 s Mark Mulholland.
Crouse is accused of causing the crash that killed Joseph Turcotte, a beloved Warren County boat builder.
Crouse, who lives on the Akwesasne Reservation and told police our laws don t apply to him, was arraigned on an indictment late Friday morning, which adds a charge of second-degree murder to the existing counts of manslaughter and assault.
Prosecutors say he was driving at speeds of more than 100 miles per hour, trying to get away from police when he crashed into Turcotte s truck on the Exit 25 on-ramp.