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…
State Senate Campaign Volunteer Admits Role in Scheme to Obtain Public Election Funds
Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced…
Eight Nigerians Charged with Conspiring to Engage in Internet Scams and Money Laundering from Cape Town, South Africa
NEWARK, N.J. – Seven leaders of the Cape Town Zone of the Neo Black Movement of Africa, also known as “Black Axe,” and an eighth man who conspired with a Black Axe…
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…
Former IRS Employee Charged with Tax Fraud
A federal grand jury in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, returned an indictment in July, which was unsealed yesterday, charging a South Carolina man with tax evasion and attempting to obstruct an IRS civil audit…
Suitland Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Coercion of a 14-Year-Old Child
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Sean Levan Henson, age 28, of Suitland, Maryland to 10 years in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for…
Barbour County man indicted on drug charge
ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Joseph Wayne Dadisman, of Philippi, West Virginia, was indicted today on a drug charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. Dadisman, 49, was indicted on one…
Jury Convicts Tulsa Man for the Assault and Attempted Kidnapping of an Intimate Partner
A federal jury today convicted a Tulsa man who assaulted and attempted to kidnap his wife then called her from jail trying to convince her to lie to authorities about the incident,…
Fayette County Man Charged with Drug Trafficking
PITTSBURGH, PA – A Fayette County man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman…
Columbus Man Sentenced to Statutory Maximum in Stolen Gun Case
COLUMBUS, Ga. – A Columbus resident who nearly ran over arresting police officers, leading them on a short chase before crashing his car into a tree, was sentenced to federal prison for possessing…
Federal Charges Against Former San Francisco PUC General Manager Expanded To Include Bank Fraud Conspiracy
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal indictment filed today charges Harlan Kelly, the former General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (PUC), and Victor Makras, a locally prominent San Francisco real…