Ex-NASA employees admit to luxury home mortgage fraud scheme
HOUSTON – A Missouri City couple who once worked at NASA admitted Friday to running a years-long mortgage fraud scheme tied to the financing of their luxury home, federal prosecutors said. Noreen…
Eldridge, Iowa, Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – An Eldridge, Iowa, man, Marius Avant, 26, of the 0-100 block of Manor Drive, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on December 14, 2021, for possessing a firearm…
Luzerne County Man Charged With Drug Trafficking And Firearms Offenses
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Rasjon Walters, age 26, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was indicted on December 15, 2021, by a federal grand…
Moline, Illinois, Woman Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Theft of Public Money
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – A Moline, Illinois woman, Michelle Crowell, 48, of the 200 block of 31st Avenue, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment on December 14, 2021, for stealing public money,…
Massachusetts Man Admits to Attempting to Entice a Minor, Traveling to Engage in Illicit Sex, Attempting to Transfer Obscene Material to a Minor
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Massachusetts man faces between 10 years to life in federal prison when he is sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence after pleading guilty on Wednesday to an…
Previously Deported Alien Charged With Illegal Re-Entry
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jose Sanchez-Flores, age 33, of Mexico, was indicted on December 15, 2021, by a federal grand jury…
Lancaster County Man Charged With Drug Trafficking
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jose Alvarez-Carrillo, age 65, of Columbia, Pennsylvania, was indicted on December 15, 2021 by a federal grand…
Floyd County Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Drug Trafficking
PIKEVILLE, Ky. – A Prestonsburg, Ky., man, James A. Newsome, 46, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, before U.S. District Judge Robert Wier, to distribution of methamphetamine and a mixture of heroin and fentanyl,…
Three Middlesex County Individuals Charged with $2.1 Million in Paycheck Protection Program Fraud and Economic Injury Disaster Loan Fraud Schemes
NEWARK, N.J. – Three Middlesex County, New Jersey, residents were arrested today for their roles in fraudulently obtaining over $2.1 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster…
St. Louis man pleads guilty to conspiracy to possess and discharge a firearm
ST. LOUIS – United States District Court Judge E. Richard Webber accepted a plea of guilty from Deronte McDaniels on today’s date. McDaniels pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess and discharge a…
Manchester Man Faces Additional Drug Trafficking and Firearms Charges
CONCORD –Michael Francis, 34, of Manchester, was indicted on Monday by a federal grand jury and charged in a superseding indictment with conspiracy to distribute, and…
Former U.S. Postal Service Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Government Property
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – An Ohio man pleaded guilty today to theft of government property. According to court documents and statements made during the plea hearing, Teddy Wayne Hale, Jr., 55, is a…
New Bedford Man Pleads Guilty to Firearm and Cocaine Offenses
BOSTON – A New Bedford man pleaded guilty on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, in federal court in Boston to illegally possessing a firearm and selling cocaine. Khyron Thompson, 32, pleaded guilty to…
Felon Sentenced to More than Eight Years in Prison for Possessing a Firearm
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Ravenna, Ohio man was sentenced today to eight years and four months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to court documents, Omarr…
New Bedford Man Pleads Guilty to Firearm and Cocaine Offenses
BOSTON – A New Bedford man pleaded guilty on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, in federal court in Boston to illegally possessing a firearm and selling cocaine. Khyron Thompson, 32, pleaded guilty to…
Judge sentences previously convicted bank robber to 30 years in prison
ST. LOUIS – Briran Blake, 30, of St. Clair County, Illinois appeared before United States District Court Judge John A. Ross on today’s date and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. …
Absconded human smuggler receives more time for possessing firearms
McALLEN, Texas – A 30-year-old Rio Grande City resident has been ordered to federal prison for possessing multiple firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.…
Additional defendants charged with trafficking young girls for sex
HOUSTON – Three more people have been indicted and additional charges filed in human trafficking conspiracy involving young runaway girls on what it known as the “Blade,” announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer…
Detroit Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Detroit, Michigan man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime. According to court documents and statements made in court, on July 28, 2021, law enforcement officers were…
East St. Louis man enters guilty plea for deadly carjacking and is sentenced to 25 years in federal prison
ST. LOUIS – Demario Hunter of East St. Louis, Illinois, appeared before United States District Court Judge John A. Ross today. Hunter pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in federal…
New Orleans Company Sentenced for Making False Statements to The U.S. Department of Labor
United States District Court Judge Martin L.C. Feldman ordered B-XPRESS to pay $50,000 in restitution as well as the forfeiture of $29,068. In November 2015, Homeland Security Investigations received information that an…
