Kitchen fire displaces two in Southeast DC apartment
Key Points WASHINGTON, DC – Flames erupted inside a Southeast Washington apartment Saturday morning, forcing two residents out of their home and prompting a quick response from the DC Fire and EMS…
Covington Woman Sentenced to 21 Months for Fake Investment Scheme
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RITCHEL MOREHEAD, age 41, a resident of Covington, Louisiana, was sentenced on April 7, 2022 to 21 months in prison for…
U.S. citizen arrested in Honduras convicted of federal fraud and conspiracy charges
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A federal jury on April 7 returned a guilty verdict on Bruce Beckner, 59, for one count of bank fraud, one count of wire fraud and one count of…
Former State Department Employee Sentenced To Prison For Honest Services Fraud
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MAY SALEHI, a former State Department employee, was sentenced today to 12 months in prison for conspiring…
Queens Man Sentenced to 55 Years in Prison for Sexually Exploiting Children
Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Orlando Lopez was sentenced by United States District Judge Eric R. Komitee to 55 years’ imprisonment for nine counts of child exploitation and one…
Boston Man Indicted for Sex Trafficking
BOSTON – A Boston man has been indicted on sex trafficking and cocaine charges stemming from his alleged maintenance of a drug and sex trafficking hub operating out of a tent at…
Butte man admits strangling woman on Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation
BILLINGS — A Butte man accused of strangling a woman on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation admitted charges today, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said. Isaiah Benjamin Antelope, 26, pleaded guilty to…
Galesburg Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Possession of a Firearm as a Felon
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – A Galesburg, Illinois, man, Ricky Dale Niswonger, Jr., 32, of the 1300 block of Grand Avenue, was sentenced on April 6, 2022, to 10 years’ imprisonment, to be…
Haitian National Charged with International Narcotics Conspiracy, Narcotics Distribution, and Firearms Offense
Richard G. Frohling, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Robert J. Bell, Special Agent in Charge, United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Chicago Field Division, and Renita D. Foster,…
Tucson Couple Convicted for Stealing $5 Million from Investors
TUCSON, Ariz. – Michael Feinberg, 73, and Betsy Feinberg, 80, both of Tucson, Arizona, were found guilty by a jury of all charges related to a scheme to defraud investors out of…
Police Investigating after Purse Snatched from MVCC Cafeteria
UTICA, NY – A man was caught stealing a purse from a woman inside the Mohawk Valley Community College cafeteria on Monday. Police worked with campush police to identify Martin Vereen age…
Mayor of Guayama Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes in Exchange for Executing Municipal Contracts and Approving Invoice Payments
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The mayor of Guayama, Puerto Rico, Eduardo Cintrón-Suárez, pleaded guilty today in Puerto Rico to engaging in a bribery scheme in which he received cash payments in…
Metairie Man Sentenced to Three Years of Probationfor Health Care Fraud Scheme
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, announced that MARIO DELUCA (“DELUCA”) has been sentenced on April 6, 2022 to 36 months of probation…
Bentonville Man Sentenced To Over 8 Years In Federal Prison For Firearms And Drug Possession
FAYETTEVILLE – A Bentonville man was sentenced on April 6, 2022, to 100 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release on one count of Possession of a Firearm in…
Connecticut man admits to role in firearms conspiracy
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – William Joseph Milot, of Waterbury, Connecticut, has admitted to his role in a firearms trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Milot, 32, pleaded guilty today to…
Barbour County man admits to firearms charge
ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Noah Jacob Graham, of Philippi, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Graham, 20, pleaded guilty today to one count of…
Former Trousdale Turner Supervisory Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty To Civil Rights Violations
NASHVILLE – A former supervisory corrections officer at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Facility in Hartsville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today to two counts of civil rights violations. Kenan Lister, 42, of Clarksville, Tennessee,…
Third Man in Multi-Kilogram Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – An Arlington man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute over seven kilograms of fentanyl. According to court documents, Taurean Venable,…
Magnolia Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking
HOT SPRINGS – A Magnolia man was sentenced yesterday to 120 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release on one count of Distribution of a Controlled Substance Methamphetamine. The…
Philadelphia-Based Fentanyl Distributor Sentenced
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania man was sentenced today to 148 months in prison for supplying over 1.2 kilograms of fentanyl to multiple redistributors in Prince William County. According to court…
Denver Man Sentenced to 20 years in Prison in Armed Carjacking Case
DENVER – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Joseph Wesley Avila, age 30, of Denver, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for carjacking and possession of a firearm by…
Eastern Shore Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of More Than 300 Grams of Crack Cocaine with Intent to Distribute
Baltimore, Maryland – Marcus Pitts, age 49, of Berlin, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for…
Alaska Man Sentenced to 32 Months in Prison for Threatening U.S. Senators
FAIRBANKS – A Delta Junction, Alaska, man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to 32 months in prison and a $5,000 fine after pleading guilty to two counts…
Pittsburgh Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Mid-Level Role in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
PITTSBURGH – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 77 months’ imprisonment and four years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws in connection…
“Midnite Da Nitemare” Convicted of Dealing Deadly Fentanyl after Federal Firearms Conviction
PITTSBURGH – A resident of McKees Rocks, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl, and possession with intent to distribute heroin…
Informational: Federal Court arraignments
The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The…
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