Wrong-Way Driver Gets 16 Years for Deadly Route 80 Head-On Crash
Victor Peters was sentenced to 16 years in state prison for a fatal wrong-way crash on Route 80 in Rockaway Township.…
Two Airlifted After Head-On Crash Injures Three in Lacey Township
Three people were injured in a head-on crash on Route 539 in Lacey Township Sunday night, with two flown to trauma centers and one hospitalized.…
Westfield Police Free Child Trapped Between Concrete Columns at Mindowaskin Park
Westfield police rescued a child whose head became stuck between concrete columns at Mindowaskin Park, freeing the youngster without injury Wednesday.…
Bapchule Man Sentenced for Accessory After the Fact to Second Degree Murder
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Kyle Andrew Jose, 27, of Bapchule, Arizona, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to nearly 8 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised…
New Britain Man Arrested in Manchester Pleads Guilty to Firearm and Drug Charges
Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that HILARY ANTHONY BROWNE, 31, of New Britain, pleaded guilty today to firearm possession and drug distribution offenses. Pursuant…
Former FIFA Official Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy
Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Reynaldo Vasquez, the former president of the El Salvadorean soccer federation (the “Federation”), pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy in connection with his participation in schemes…
Three South Lake Tahoe Residents Charged with Drug Trafficking and Texas Man Charged with Trafficking Firearms
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned three indictments on Aug. 19, charging four individuals with drug and gun crimes committed in and around South Lake Tahoe, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip…
Oklahoma City Man Sentenced to Serve More Than 21 Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl and Firearms Offenses
OKLAHOMA CITY – Yesterday, DANIEL DEWAYNE COWNS, 46, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced to serve more than 21 years in federal prison for his involvement in fentanyl distribution and his possession of seven…
Casey Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine and Firearm Offenses
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA – A Casey man, Dale Lee Waldroupe, age 36, was sentenced on August 19, 2021, by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 150 months in prison…
Boscawen Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Charges
CONCORD – Adam Beck, 26, of Boscawen, pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to four drug trafficking charges related to the distribution of methamphetamine and…
Des Moines Woman Sentenced to Prison for Making a False Statement During the Purchase of a Firearm
DES MOINES, IOWA – On Thursday, August 19, 2021, a federal judge sentenced Jennifer Elizabeth Shorter, age 23, of Des Moines, to 33 months in prison for making a false statement during…
Kansas City Man Sentenced to Prison for Drug and Gun Charges
DAVENPORT, Iowa – A Kansas City, Missouri man, Andre Emmanuel Sanders, age 53, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 100 months in prison for…
Richlands Man Sentenced to 57 Months for Possessing Sawed-off Shotgun
ABINGDON, Va. – A Richlands, Va., man, who was previously convicted of several felonies making him ineligible to possess a firearm, was sentenced last week to 57 months in federal prison for…
Laurens Man Sentenced to Prison for Gun Offenses
DAVENPORT, IOWA – A Laurens man, Colton Eugene Cope, age 25, was sentenced on August 19, 2021, by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 46 months in prison…
Cocaine Supplier Pleads Guilty and is Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Participating in Conspiracy to Sell Cocaine and Crack Cocaine in Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Kevin Purnell Johnson, age 36, of Elkton, Maryland, to eight years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, after…
Nigerian National Sentenced to 51 Months for Laundering Proceeds of Online Elder Exploitation
LEXINGTON, Ky. – A Nigerian National residing in Indianapolis, Ismaila Fafunmi, was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison on Friday, by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, for charges related to a…
Illinois Jury Convicts Iowa Men of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – A federal jury returned a guilty verdict on August 19, 2021, against Michael James Grommet, 36, of Marshalltown, Iowa, and Buddy Hal Gunter, 45, of Waterloo, Iowa, for…
Ridgeland Woman Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Insurance Benefits Fraud
Jackson, Miss. – A Ridgeland woman pleaded guilty to theft of government funds involving unemployment insurance benefits fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and U.S. Secret Service Resident Agent in…
Madera and Fresno Men Sentenced for Interstate Drug Shipments
FRESNO, Calif. — Patrick Maldonado, 45, of Madera, and Elias Zambrano Jr., 41, of Fresno, have been sentenced to eight years in prison and two years and three months in prison, respectively,…
Gulfport Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Possess Hydrocodone with Intent to Distribute
Gulfport, Miss. – A Gulfport man was sentenced to “time served” (72 days) in prison, and one-year of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute, announced…
Former correctional employee sentenced for sexual contact with inmate
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Heather D. Obrad, a former correctional employee at Federal Corrections Institution Hazelton, was sentenced today to three years of probation for having inappropriate contact with an inmate, Acting…
Georgia man sentenced for his role in a drug distribution operation
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Joel Jimenez, of Cartersville, Georgia, was sentenced today to 65 months of incarceration for his role in a drug distribution operation, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.…
Twice Convicted Drug Dealer Sentenced to 168 Months Imprisonment
Hagatña, Guam – SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant Jesse Reyes Babauta, age 43, was sentenced in the United States…