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Jeff Tims (shortened) is the SNN federal news press release curator. Stories published by Jeff Tims are not necessarily written by him, but obtained through government press releases.

Tragic Accidental Shooting Claims Life of 13-Year-Old in Nashville Home

NASHVILLE, TN — A devastating incident occurred Saturday night when a 13-year-old girl was fatally shot inside her family’s Edgehill Avenue residence. The girl’s mother has reported to authorities that the shooting was an accidental discharge of a firearm. The…

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 in the U.S. District Court for the Western…

Defendant Sentenced To 17 Years For Murder-For-Hire Scheme And Related Shooting In Poughkeepsie

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of…

Former New Yorker Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Defrauding Purchasers Of Cryptocurrency-Mining Computers And Miner-Hosting Services

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CHET STOJANOVICH, a/k/a “Chester J. Stojanovich,” was sentenced today to three years in prison. STOJANOVICH was sentenced…

Imperial Beach Man Sentenced for Threatening and Tricking Young Girls into Sending Him Sexually Explicit Material

Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Sherwood (619) 546-9690 or Assistant U.S. Attorney Mandy Griffith (619) 546-8970 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – October 20, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Kevin Brito of Imperial Beach was sentenced…

Human Smuggler Pleads Guilty to Operating Phoenix Stash House

TUCSON, Ariz. –Macario Ulises Barragan-Cisneros, 45, of Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday in connection with his role as the operator of a human smuggling stash house located in Phoenix, Arizona.…

Two Chicago Defendants Plead Guilty to Bank Fraud

BOISE – Two Chicago women pleaded guilty to bank fraud. According to court proceedings, Jakara B. Edwards, 23, and Tatyana A. Love, 21, both of Chicago, Illinois, traveled to Idaho with at…

14 Defendants Charged with Drug Trafficking Conspiracy and Related Crimes in Racine, Wisconsin, and Elsewhere

Richard G. Frohling, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on October 20, 2021, a federal indictment was unsealed that charged thirteen Racine-area individuals with conspiracy to…

Tulsa Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Investor and Banks of Millions of Dollars

A con artist who defrauded a man out of $4.5 million and defrauded banks out of $3.9 million pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. William…

New York Man Indicted For Armed Bank Robbery

SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on October 19, 2021, Michael Muse, age 43, of Brooklyn, New York, was indicted for armed bank…

Berks County Man Sentenced to Five Years for 2019 Lancaster-Area Armed Bank Robbery

PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Richard Garland Jones, 24, of Reading, PA, was sentenced to five years in prison, five years of supervised release by United…

Federal Jury Convicts Felon in Possession of a Firearm

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A federal jury convicted a Marion County man on Tuesday of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,…

Wando Man Sentenced to Fifteen Years in Federal Prison for Folly Road Bank Robbery

Charleston, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart, announced today that Quinton Allen Manigault, 26, of Wando, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to…

Valrico Man Charged With Cyberstalking

Tampa, Florida – Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the unsealing of a criminal complaint charging Dominique Jade Dragan (28, Valrico) with cyberstalking. If convicted, Dragan faces a maximum penalty of…

Zephyrhills Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Attempting To Entice 11-Year-Old And 13-Year-Old Children To Engage In Sexual Activity

Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Lavern Lee Renninger (62, Zephyrhills) to 10 years in federal prison for attempted online enticement of a minor to engage in…

DOJ Press

Tragic Accidental Shooting Claims Life of 13-Year-Old in Nashville Home

Harassing Missouri Landlord Sued by Feds

Defendant Sentenced To 17 Years For Murder-For-Hire Scheme And Related Shooting In Poughkeepsie

Former New Yorker Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Defrauding Purchasers Of Cryptocurrency-Mining Computers And Miner-Hosting Services

Imperial Beach Man Sentenced for Threatening and Tricking Young Girls into Sending Him Sexually Explicit Material

Human Smuggler Pleads Guilty to Operating Phoenix Stash House

Two Chicago Defendants Plead Guilty to Bank Fraud

14 Defendants Charged with Drug Trafficking Conspiracy and Related Crimes in Racine, Wisconsin, and Elsewhere

Tulsa Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Investor and Banks of Millions of Dollars

New York Man Indicted For Armed Bank Robbery

Berks County Man Sentenced to Five Years for 2019 Lancaster-Area Armed Bank Robbery

Federal Jury Convicts Felon in Possession of a Firearm

Wando Man Sentenced to Fifteen Years in Federal Prison for Folly Road Bank Robbery

Valrico Man Charged With Cyberstalking

Zephyrhills Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Attempting To Entice 11-Year-Old And 13-Year-Old Children To Engage In Sexual Activity

Former IRS Employee Charged with Tax Fraud

Suitland Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Coercion of a 14-Year-Old Child

Barbour County man indicted on drug charge

Jury Convicts Tulsa Man for the Assault and Attempted Kidnapping of an Intimate Partner

Fayette County Man Charged with Drug Trafficking

Columbus Man Sentenced to Statutory Maximum in Stolen Gun Case

Federal Charges Against Former San Francisco PUC General Manager Expanded To Include Bank Fraud Conspiracy

Jefferson County Man Sentenced to Nearly Two Decades in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Trafficking

Red Lake Man Pleads Guilty to Second Degree Murder

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