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…
La Crosse Man Sentenced to 90 Months for Trafficking Methamphetamine
MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Christopher H. McCartney, 36, La Crosse, Wisconsin was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge…
Eleven men indicted for illegal firearms possession, drugs
SAVANNAH, GA: Eleven defendants face federal charges including illegal possession of firearms and drug possession after separate indictments by a grand jury in the Southern District of Georgia, while recent actions in…
Amarillo Man Charged With Threatening Jews, Girlfriend Charged With Assaulting Officers During Arrest
An Amarillo man who threatened to execute three prominent Jewish rabbis has been federally charged, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham. The defendant’s girlfriend, who pointed…
Trader Indicted for Commodities Insider Trading Scheme
A federal grand jury in Houston returned an indictment on Dec. 7 charging a natural gas trader for an insider trading scheme involving natural gas futures. According to court documents, Peter Miller,…
Man Sentenced to 365 Months in Prison
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO – On December 8, 2021, U.S. District Judge Francisco Besosa sentenced Jadiel Torres-Rijos to a term of 365 months (30 years and 5 months) in prison for his…
Iowa Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Misbranded Vitamin B12 Injectables
An Iowa man pleaded guilty today to a felony charge related to the sale of misbranded vitamin B12 injectable drugs, the Department of Justice announced. Brady Tomlinson, 46, of Des Moines, pleaded…
Former Albany Physician Pays $125,000 for Overprescribing Opioids
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Dr. James J. Cole, formerly a physician in Albany, is paying the United States $125,000 for overprescribing opioids and other controlled substances to patients, including one patient who…
Helena-West Helena Man Sentenced to 226 Months in Prison for Federal Firearm Offenses
LITTLE ROCK—A Helena-West Helena man is expected to remain in prison until at least 2053 after possessing of a firearm following a felony conviction and for brandishing a firearm during the armed…
Detroit Man Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Jewelry Store Robbery
ERIE, Pa. – A former resident of Detroit, Michigan, has been sentenced in federal court to 84 months in jail and ordered to pay $235,715 in restitution on his conviction of Hobbs…
Wading River Woman Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Narcotics and Firearm Possession
Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Amber Schatz was sentenced by United States District Judge Denis R. Hurley to 10 years in prison for conspiring to distribute controlled substances and…
Nicholas County Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud Charge
BECKLEY, W.Va. – James Woods, Jr., 48, of Craigsville, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud. At the plea hearing, Woods admitted that in May of 2016, he applied for a line of…
Dominican National Sentenced for Fentanyl Conspiracy
BOSTON – A Dominican national previously residing in Lawrence was sentenced today in connection with two fentanyl distribution conspiracies. Luis Aybar-Guerrero, 25, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns…
Ripley Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Pipe Bomb
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Ripley man pleaded guilty today to possessing a pipe bomb. According to statements made in court, on October 6, 2019, Nicholas Boggess, 26, was pulled over by a…
Beckley Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime
BECKLEY, W.Va. – A Beckley man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime. According to court documents, on June 17, 2021, Rashad Lewis Morris, 29, was contacted by a confidential informant…
Pennsylvania man guilty of traveling across state lines to engage in sex with a minor
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Mark Sassak, Jr., of Monessen, Pennsylvania, was found guilty today of charges involving a minor, United States Attorney William J, Ihlenfeld, II announced. After a three-day trial, Sassak,…
Charleston Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Gun Crime
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Charleston man was sentenced today to three years and two months in prison for a federal gun crime. According to court documents and statements made during the plea…
Abingdon Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Stolen Mail, Bank Fraud
ABINGDON, Va. – An Abingdon, Virginia man who stole hundreds of pieces of mail from over 100 different addresses in the Abingdon area, including a check he altered and cashed at a…
Abingdon Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Stolen Mail, Bank Fraud
ABINGDON, Va. – An Abingdon, Virginia man who stole hundreds of pieces of mail from over 100 different addresses in the Abingdon area, including a check he altered and cashed at a…
Renton, Washington man charged with possession of destructive devices for role in plot to burn Seattle Police Guild building in September 2020
Seattle – A 34-year-old Renton, Washington, man was arrested today in connection with the plot to burn the Seattle Police Officers Guild building in downtown Seattle in September 2020, announced U.S. Attorney…
Paterson Felon Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for Trafficking and Unlawfully Possessing 16 Firearms
NEWARK, N.J. – A Paterson man with prior felony convictions was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for illegally transporting and selling 16 firearms for over $8,000 on four occasions beginning…
