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…
Marble City Resident Found Guilty Of Two Counts Of Murder In Indian Country And One Count Of Arson In Indian Country
MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that Joseph Allen Hernandez, age 34, of Marble City, Oklahoma was found guilty by a federal…
Jury Finds Little Eagle Man Guilty of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child and Related Charges
Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that Kimo Little Bird, Sr., age 40, of Little Eagle, South Dakota, was found guilty of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child, Felony Sex…
Bullhead City Man Convicted for Threatening to Kill Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Yesterday, Steven Arthur Martis, 77, of Bullhead City, Arizona, was found guilty by a jury of one count of communicating an interstate threat to kill or harm Speaker of…
Drug User Sentenced to Over Two Years in Federal Prison for Unlawfully Possessing a Gun
A South Sioux City, Nebraska, man who illegally possessed a firearm was sentenced November 18, 2021, to more than two years in federal prison. Joseph Haack, 23, from South Sioux City, Nebraska,…
San Diego Man Sentenced to 156 Months’ Custody in Fentanyl Overdose Death
NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – November 19, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Tony Davis was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo to 156 months’ custody for supplying the…
Dominican National Sentenced for Social Security Misuse and Making a False Statement
BOSTON – A Dominican national previously residing in Taunton was sentenced today for false representation of a Social Security number and making a false statement relating to health care matters. Reynold Pereyra…
Eight More Merchant Mariners Charged in Test-Score Fixing Scheme
NEW ORLEANS – U.S Attorney Duane A. Evans announced the indictment on November 18, 2021 of the following eight current and former merchant mariners related to a test score-fixing scheme at a…
Man Sentenced to More Than 16 Years’ Imprisonment for Attempting to Provide Material Support to Terrorists
A New York man was sentenced today to 200 months, more than 16 years, in prison for attempting to provide material support and resources to the designated foreign terrorist organizations the Islamic…
Long Island Man Sentenced to 200 Months’ Imprisonment for Attempting to Provide Material Support to Terrorists
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY — Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Elvis Redzepagic was sentenced by United States District Judge Denis R. Hurley to 200 months’ imprisonment for attempting to…
Lafourche Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Firearms Charges
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on November 18, 2021, MICHAEL LEWIS, age 33, a resident of Edgard, Louisiana, pled guilty to being a felon in possession…
Boston Man Sentenced for Illegal Possession of Loaded Firearm
BOSTON – A Boston man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition. The defendant led police on a car chase before he was apprehended…
Former Kay County Oklahoma Supervisory Corrections Officer Indicted for Civil Rights Violations
OKLAHOMA CITY—A federal grand jury has returned a three-count indictment charging a former Kay County Oklahoma supervisory corrections officer with federal civil rights violations, announced Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the…
Colombian National Extradited From Costa Rica To Face Drug Charges In The United States
Tampa, Florida – Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the unsealing of a 2019 indictment charging Piero Antonio Lubo-Barros, a/k/a “Nostradamus,” (41, Colombia, South America) with conspiracy to distribute large amounts…
Worcester Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Purchasing MBTA Passes Using Others’ Identities
BOSTON – A Worcester man was sentenced today in connection with using stolen identities to fraudulently purchase over $150,000 in MBTA passes. Kokou Kuakumensah, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge…
Parkersburg Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Parkersburg man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime. According to court documents and statements made in court, in July 2020, Benjamin Michael Nash, 37, traveled from…
Ohio man admits to selling methamphetamine
WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Myron Henderson, of Euclid, Ohio, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. Henderson, also known as “Charlie,” age 40, pled guilty…
Justice Department Announces $139 Million for Law Enforcement Hiring to Advance Community Policing
BOSTON – The Department of Justice has awarded $139 million in grants to provide direct funding to 183 law enforcement agencies across the nation to hire 1,066 additional full-time law enforcement professionals.…
Maryland man admits to firearms charge
MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Alexander Michael Ryan Myers, of Hagerstown, Maryland, has admitted to his role in a firearms trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. Myers, 23, pleaded…
South Windsor Woman Admits Defrauding Immigrant Clients, USCIS
Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KHATIJA KHAN, 40, of South Windsor, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport…
Zion, Illinois Man Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison
SOUTH BEND – Andre Neal, 44 years old, of Zion, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after pleading guilty to interstate travel in aid of racketeering,…