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…
Man Facing Federal Charges for Selling Fraudulent Covid-19 Vaccination Cards and Distributing Them Through a Mail Service
Baltimore, Maryland – A criminal complaint has been filed charging Amar Salim Shabazz, age 23, of Owings Mills, Maryland, for the federal charges of mail fraud and obstruction of justice in connection…
Nevada Man Arrested for Assault on Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
WASHINGTON — A Nevada man has been arrested for assaulting law enforcement with a dangerous weapon and other crimes related to the breach of the U.S.…
Kansas Men Sentenced to Prison for Bank Robberies
KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A Kansas man was sentenced to prison for his participation in a pair of armed bank robberies in which he fired several shots, including one at a customer…
Former governor of the Laguna Pueblo sentenced to four years in federal prison for sexual abuse in Indian Country
ALBUQERQUE, N.M. – Conrad Lucero, 71, of Mesita, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo, was sentenced in federal court on Oct. 28 to four years in…
SNM gang member sentenced to life in prison for murder, racketeering and firearm possession
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. –Jody Rufino “Mono” Martinez, 42, of Truchas, New Mexico, was sentenced on Dec. 2 to life in prison for murder, participation in a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations…
Isleta man sentenced to three years in prison for domestic assault in Indian Country
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Anthony Lucero, 36, of Isleta, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Isleta, was sentenced today in federal court to three years and one…
Rocky Mount Man Arrested for Allegedly Buying and Selling Guns to Felons
GREENVILLE, N.C. – A Rocky Mount man was arrested yesterday on charges of selling firearms to felons and making false statements to federally licensed firearms dealers to purchase the firearms. According to…
Suring Teacher Pleads Guilty to Federal Child Sexual Abuse Charges
Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on December 3, 2021, John E. Fredenburgh (age: 37) of the Village of Suring, Wisconsin, pled guilty…
Monmouth County Man Admits Role in Gun Trafficking Conspiracy and Distribution of Cocaine
TRENTON, N.J. – A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man today admitted distributing cocaine in Monmouth County and conspiring to illegally sell firearms, including multiple handguns and a semi-automatic rifle, in and around…
Thirty Members of a Multi-State Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Trafficking Ring Arrested
EVANSVILLE – A federal grand jury in Evansville returned indictments charging 30 men and women with several federal crimes, including conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, illegal possession of a…
Leader of Bayshore Area Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 200 Months in Prison
TRENTON, N.J. – A Monroe County, Pennsylvania man was sentenced today to 200 months in prison for his role in distributing large quantities of heroin and cocaine in the Bayshore area of…
Member of Southwest Baltimore “NFL” Gang Pleads Guilty to a Federal Racketeering Conspiracy Charge, Including Two Murders and an Attempted Murder
Greenbelt, Maryland – Bobby Cannon, a/k/a Freaky, age 24 of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to participating in a violent racketeering conspiracy, specifically, the NFL Criminal Enterprise, including committing two murders. The term…
California Man Sentenced to More Than Six Years In Prison For Federal Hate Crime Conviction
SAN JOSE –Ole Hougen was sentenced to 82 months in prison for committing a federal hate crime in connection with attacking a Black man with a knife on a street in Santa…
Repeat Violent Offender Caught Trespassing with a Weapon Sentenced to Prison
MACON, Ga. – A convicted felon with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced to serve more than six years in prison for illegally possessing a firearm after U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officers…
United States Attorney Damian Williams Announces Investigation Of The Mount Vernon Police Department
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), along with Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, announced today that the…
District of Columbia Man Found Guilty of First-Degree Murder in 2017 Shooting in Southeast Washington
WASHINGTON – A District of Columbia man has been found guilty of first-degree (felony) murder while armed, with aggravating circumstances, and attempted robbery while armed in…
Judge Sentences Mercer County Woman to 9 Years for Distributing Sexual Images of a Minor
PITTSBURGH – A former Mercer County resident has been sentenced in federal court to nine years’ imprisonment and five years’ supervised release on her conviction of Distribution of Material Depicting the Sexual…
Two Men Indicted for Dumping Oily Substance in Chugach National Forest
ANCHORAGE – A federal grand jury in Anchorage returned an indictment charging two men from Seward, Alaska, with disposing of fifteen 55-gallon drums of an oily substance at the Granite Creek Recreation…
International Drug Trafficking Organization Member Sentenced for Trafficking Over a Thousand Kilograms of Cocaine
RICHMOND, Va. – A Guatemalan national was sentenced today to 172 months in prison for his role as a maritime transportation manager in a large-scale Guatemalan drug trafficking organization (DTO). According to…
Man Indicted on Drug Trafficking and Firearms Charges
WICHITA, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Wichita, Kansas, returned an indictment against a Kansas man on charges related to drug trafficking and firearms. According to court documents, Joshua Heartfield, 32,…
