Harassing Missouri Landlord Sued by Feds
SPRINGFIELD, MO – The Justice Department has initiated legal action against Jimmie Bell, a Springfield, Missouri landlord, accusing him of sexually harassing female tenants, a violation of the Fair Housing Act. Filed…
Judge sentences former St. Ann Police Officer to six years in prison
ST. LOUIS – Ellis C. Brown, III, 32, of High Ridge, Missouri, appeared before United States District Court Judge Audrey G. Fleissig on today’s date. Brown was sentenced to six years in…
Israeli Securities Trader Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison For Role In International Insider Trading Scheme
Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DOV MALNIK, an Israeli securities trader and finance professional, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his…
Moline Man Sentenced for Drug Conspiracy Committed while Incarcerated in Federal Bureau of Prisons
DAVENPORT, Iowa – A Moline, Illinois man, Luis Alberto Hernandez-Barajas, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced on Thursday, November 18, 2021 to 188 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute 50 Grams…
Government Contractor Agrees to Pay Nearly $3.5 Million to Resolve Allegations it Overcharged U.S. Navy
BOSTON – Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Draper), a Cambridge-based non-profit research company and defense contractor, has agreed to pay nearly $3.5 million to resolve allegations that it improperly overcharged U.S. Navy…
Felon Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Armed Carjacking’s
Memphis, TN – Cowan Hill, 44, has been sentenced to 151 months in federal prison for carjacking’s and for brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C.…
HSI, US State Department return stolen artifacts to Mali
HOUSTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), in conjunction with the U.S. Department of State, repatriated a trove of stolen artifacts to the Republic of Mali Nov.…
ICE HSI seizes record-setting illegal drug shipment at San Diego land port of entry
SAN DIEGO – Federal agents at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry seized a commercial truck carrying more than 17,000 pounds of illegal drugs. The discovery is one of the largest drug seizures…
Idaho Falls Man Pleads Guilty to Felon in Possession of a Firearm
POCATELLO – An Idaho Falls man pled guilty to felon in possession of a firearm. According to court records, on October 13, 2020, the Idaho State Police stopped a vehicle, which had…
Burley Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Drug Trafficking
POCATELLO – A Burley man was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. According to court records, on April 20, 2020, detectives with the Minidoka-Cassia Drug Task Force received…
California Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Selling Methamphetamine in Northeastern Oklahoma
A man who was arrested after a Mannford police officer discovered methamphetamine, fentanyl, and firearms in his vehicle was sentenced in federal court Monday, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. U.S. District…
Man Sentenced to a Year in Federal Prison for Selling Weight-Loss Product Containing Unapproved Additive
CHICAGO — A federal judge in Chicago has sentenced a man to a year in prison for manufacturing and selling a purported weight-loss product containing the unapproved additive 2,4-Dinitrophenol, known as DNP.…
Las Vegas Woman Sentenced For Distribution Of Methamphetamine
LAS VEGAS – On Friday, a Las Vegas woman was sentenced to 84 months in prison — to be followed by four years of supervised release — for distributing methamphetamine on multiple…
South Bend Man Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison
SOUTH BEND – Jason Cochran, 44 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after pleading guilty to possession with the intent…
Former Postal Employee Charged with Delay of U.S. Mail
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CHRISTOPHER WASHINGTON, age 28, of Houma, was charged on November 19, 2021 in a one-count indictment with delay of U.S. Mail matter…
Lakewood Man Arrested on Federal Complaint Alleging He Threatened to Bomb SBA Offices and Assault Agency Employees
LOS ANGELES – A Lakewood man was arrested on a federal criminal complaint filed today alleging he threatened to bomb Small Business Administration (SBA) offices and then, the following year, assault…
Fairbanks Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Stalking and Murder for Hire Plot
FAIRBANKS – A Fairbanks man was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison and three years of supervised release by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Ralph R. Beistline for stalking and attempting…
Iowa City Man Pleads Guilty to Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm
A felon who possessed a firearm pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Joshua Brown, age 49, from Iowa City was convicted of one count of being a felon…
California Man Admits Defrauding Victims in Cumberland County
CAMDEN, N.J. – A California man today admitted defrauding victims in Cumberland County, New Jersey, through a bogus investment scheme, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Christopher Glynn, 58, of Burbank,…
Former Springfield Man Sentenced for Charges Related to Sham Marraige
BOSTON – A former Springfield man was sentenced today in connection with entering into a sham marriage in order to obtain immigration benefits for another individual. Phu Thanh Huynh, 33, was sentenced…
Fort Walton Beach Man Pleads Guilty To A Scheme To Defraud
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Stephen M. Alford, 62, of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, pled guilty today to one count of wire fraud related to his attempt to illegally obtain $25 million, purportedly in…