Police Blotter

LAREDO, Texas – A total of 10 Mexican nationals and associates of Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion have been ordered to federal prison for their roles in a conspiracy involving the importation …

HOUSTON – A  42-year-old Manvel resident has been ordered to prison following his conviction of wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Toan Tran pleaded guilty Jan. 4, 2021. …

Miami, Florida – A 34-year-old Palm Beach Gardens man who hurled a chair at, and threatened to kill, an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) after receiving an unfavorable jury verdict …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Faith Nicholle Sullivan, 27, of Shiprock, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was arraigned in federal court on April 1 on a charge …

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Michigan man pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to court documents, Terrell Jerome Greenlee, also known as Julian Johnson, …

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Huntington man pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of firearms. According to court documents and statements made in court, Marshall Lee Graves II, …

A Hampton, Iowa woman who received unemployment benefits in other people’s names pled guilty on March 24, 2022, in federal court in Sioux City. Stephanie Mendenhall, age 53, from Hampton, …

A Dickinson County couple who conspired to distribute meth were sentenced on March 31, 2022.  Meghan Renken, 29, from Spirit Lake, pled guilty on September 14, 2021, and Jared Wolthuis, …

A man who illegally possessed a firearm was sentenced April 1, 2022, to more than 2 years in federal prison. Jamaal Ferguson, 22, from Sioux City, Iowa, received the prison …

A man involved in methamphetamine and illegal possession of a firearm pled guilty on March 24, 2022, in federal court in Sioux City. Dustin Haynes, 38, from Onawa, Iowa, was …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Salina Nicole Sandoval, 29, of San Felipe, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the San Felipe Pueblo, was arraigned in federal court on April 1 on …

BEMIDJI, Minn. – A Ponemah man was sentenced today to 144 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for the murder of a woman on the Red …

            WASHINGTON – Herbert Smallwood, 41, of Suitland, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to a charge of second-degree murder while armed for stabbing an acquaintance last …

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Joseph Lee Shrout, of Independence, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 37 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Shrout, …

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Muhammad Coleman, age 42, of Schenectady, New York, pled guilty today to unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon, and to possessing and conspiring to distribute …

SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Walik Skeete, age 45, of Binghamton, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge …

          LOS ANGELES – A lawyer who formerly had a legal practice in Ontario was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison for receiving sexually explicit images and videos …

The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared during the week of March 28 through April 1 before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down …

Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT PORZIO, 48, of Westport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport …

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Last week, three men were sentenced following their guilty pleas to crimes involving the victimization of a child. George Williams, 44, of Perry, Florida, was sentenced to …

ANCHORAGE – An Anchorage man was charged by information today and immediately pleaded guilty to passport fraud, health care benefits fraud, false statements relating to health care benefits, Social Security …

The perpetrators of a $1.5 million Apple gift card scheme have been sentenced to a combined 13 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas …

            WASHINGTON – A former school principal pleaded guilty today to stealing at least $175,000 from an association that raises funds from parent contributions and …

TracFone Wireless Inc. (TracFone) has agreed to pay $13.4 million as part of a civil settlement to resolve allegations that TracFone violated the False Claims Act by signing up more …

Assistant U. S. Attorneys Amanda Griffith (619) 546-8970 and Katherine McGrath (610) 546- 9054 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – April 4, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Michael Hamby Jr., a former Marine, …