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…
Mason City Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Possessing and Distributing Methamphetamine
A Mason City man who distributed large quantities of methamphetamine around the Mason City area was sentenced November 19, 2021 to 10 years in federal prison. Jacinto Barrientes, age 56, from Mason…
Las Vegas Man Sentenced To Prison For Using Skimming Devices At Gas Pumps To Steal Credit And Debit Card Information
LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas man was sentenced today to 61 months in prison for his role in a fraud scheme to steal thousands of credit and debit card numbers from…
Armed Career Criminal to Federal Prison for Meth and Firearm Convictions
A man who distributed methamphetamine while illegally possessing firearms was sentenced November 18, 2021, in federal court in Sioux City. Melvin Cloud, Jr. 44, from Sioux City, Iowa, pled guilty on June…
Former President of Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Prison for Stealing $7.8 Million from the Company
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Caesar DiCrecchio, 60, of Voorhees, NJ, was sentenced to ten years and one month in prison, three years of supervised release and…
Federal Grand Jury Indicts New Orleans Man for Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that STEPHONE BRIDGES, age 32, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged on November 19, 2021 in a one-count indictment…
New York Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Cyberstalking And Sextortion
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Christopher Buonocore (35, Hicksville, NY) to 15 years in federal prison for cyberstalking multiple victims. As part of his sentence, the…
Narcotics Dealer Sentenced to Ten and a Half Years in Federal Prison for Federal Drug Trafficking Charges and Assault on a Federal Officer
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Andrew Joseph Trimmer, age 32, of Bowie, Maryland to ten and a half years in federal prison, followed by three years of…
Minnesota Man Sentenced to 5 Years on Methamphetamine Charge
MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Zakaree Stelzer, 25, Lakeville, Minnesota, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M.…
Burlington County Man Admits Role in Conspiracy to Defraud Internet Donors
CAMDEN, N.J. – A Burlington County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a GoFundMe scheme that collected money from donors on the internet, purportedly to benefit a homeless man, Acting…
San Bernardino County Man Found Guilty of Federal Charges for Paying for Sex from Underage Girl He Met on Internet
RIVERSIDE, California – A San Bernardino County man has been found guilty of criminal charges for paying a teenager he met on the internet to have sex with him on two…
Edgerton Doctor Sentenced to 54 Months for $13 Million Scheme to Defraud Medicare
MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Dr. Ravi Murali, 39, formerly of Edgerton, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S.…
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Woman for Gun and Drug Offenses
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – A federal grand jury in New Orleans, Louisiana returned a four-count indictment on November 19, 2021 charging a woman for violations of the Federal Gun Control Act and…
South Carolina Chiropractor Pleads Guilty and Agrees to $9 Million False Claims Act Consent Judgment
On Nov. 8, the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina entered a $9 million civil consent judgment for the United States against South Carolina chiropractor Daniel McCollum under the…
Hanford Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Manufacturing and Distributing Machine Guns
FRESNO, Calif. — Jose Moreno, 26, of Hanford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to three years and one month in prison for illegally distributing a machine gun,…
Mercer County Man Sentenced to 408 Months for Drug Trafficking and Possession of Firearm by Convicted Felon
LEXINGTON, Ky.— A Harrodsburg, Ky., man, John Michael Essex, 58,was sentenced to 408 months in federal prison on Friday, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, after being convicted of possession…
Fort Dodge Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Dealing
A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine pled guilty on November 18, 2021, in federal court in Sioux City. Demarcus Foy, 31, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, was convicted of one count of…
Former Memphis Attorney Sentenced in Scheme to Defraud Clients
Memphis, TN – Former Memphis Attorney George E. Skouteris, Jr. 59, was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment in a scheme to defraud clients. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., announced the…
Superseding Indictments Charge Three Bank Employees and Eight Others in Alleged Counterfeit Checks and Bank Fraud Schemes
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Acting United State Attorney Richard B. Myrus announced today that a pair of superseding indictments unsealed in federal court in Providence charge eleven individuals, including three bank employees, with…
Convicted Felon Sentenced to Federal Prison for Firearms Possession
Memphis, TN – Joshua Whitfield, 30, has been sentenced to 103 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Acting United States Attorney Joseph C. Murphy, Jr.,…
Pennsylvania’s United States Attorney’s Offices and the Pennsylvania Sheriffs’ Association Join Forces to Educate the Traveling Public About Safe Firearms Transport
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Sheriffs’ Association and the United States Attorney’s Offices for the Western, Middle, and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania are joining forces this holiday season to educate airline travelers…