Dog found neglected in Absecon sparks animal cruelty investigation
ABSECON, NJ – A severely neglected dog was discovered Friday afternoon near Highland Boulevard and Chelsea Avenue, prompting an animal cruelty investigation by local police who are now asking for the public’s…
Pittsburgh Man Pleads to Drug and Gun Charges, Awaits Sentencing in Federal Custody
PITTSBURGH, PA — A resident of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal firearm and narcotic laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. Guy Wallar…
Former Accounting Manager Pleads Guilty To Stealing From Chickasaw Nation
MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Christopher Wallace Covington, age 41, of Ada, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to an Information charging…
Money Launderer For $3.5 Million Vehicle Sale Scam Extradited From Lithuania
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Ricky Patel, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”),…
Randolph County man sentenced for methamphetamine charge
ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Edwin Mack Taylor, of Elkins, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 86 months of incarceration for selling methamphetamine, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Taylor, 54, pleaded guilty…
Albuquerque man appears in court following arrest for a string of bank robberies
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Jason Smeltzer, 40, of Albuquerque, appeared in federal court on March 25 for a preliminary and detention hearing where he was charged with robbing four local banks. Smeltzer will…
Modesto Man Pleads Guilty to Burglarizing Post Office in Calaveras County
FRESNO, Calif. — Thomas Patrick Day, 41, of Modesto, pleaded guilty today to burglarizing a post office, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, on the night of July…
Convicted Terrorist Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Federal Prison for Selling Pounds of Methamphetamine While on Supervised Release
SANTA ANA, California – An Orange County man was sentenced today to 188 months in federal prison for selling nearly four pounds of methamphetamine while he was on supervised release following…
Illegal alien faces 50-year prison term after admitting multi-million-dollar conspiracy to harbor other illegals for labor
SAVANNAH, GA – An illegal alien has admitted to a scheme in which he and his co-conspirators fraudulently employed other illegals to work for a tree service, and then aided in the…
Las Cruces psychiatrist pleads guilty to unlawfully prescribing opioids
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Mark Beale, 75, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, pleaded guilty on March 25 in federal court to unlawful dispensing and distributing of a schedule II controlled substance. Beale will…
Woman Sentenced to over 4 Years in Prison for Mail Theft and Bank Fraud Scheme Committed throughout Northern California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Desiree Brianna Bello aka Desiree Sanchez, 28, of Contra Costa County, was sentenced today to four years and nine months in prison for bank fraud and possession of stolen…
Orlando Man Pleads Guilty In Conspiracy To Receiving $570,000 Cocaine Shipment
Orlando, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Luis Raul Perez Rodriguez (50, Orlando) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances. Perez…
Laplace Man Sentenced to 72 Months in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Cocaine Hydrochloride, Fentanyl, Cocaine Base, Heroin and Methamphetamine
NEW ORLEANS, LA – United States District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon sentenced ELLIS BATISTE SR., age 50, of LaPlace, Louisiana, on March 24, 2022, to 72 months in the Bureau of…
Kentucky Woman Sentenced to Prison for $4.3 Million Fraud Scheme
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – An Ashland, Kentucky woman was sentenced today to one year and three months in prison for her role in a $4.3 million fraud scheme against Toyota Motor Corporation. According…
Assault with a bat sends Wolf Point man to prison for 54 months
GREAT FALLS — A Fort Peck Indian Reservation man who admitted to aiding in attacking a man in the head with a bat was sentenced today to 54 months in prison, to…
Smith County Man Guilty of Child Exploitation Violations
TYLER, Texas – A Tyler man has pleaded guilty to federal child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Daniel Dylan Skipworth, 20, pleaded guilty…
St. Louis Man Sentenced to 45 Years for Providing Information that Led to Murders and Violence
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey sentenced Charles “Man Man” Thompson to 45 years in prison today. The 35-year-old St. Louis resident pleaded guilty in January 2020 to one…
Former Worcester Housing Official Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison for $2.3 Million Property Development Fraud Scheme
BOSTON – A former employee of the City of Worcester’s Housing Development Office and Executive Office of Economic Development was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for her role in a…
Driver Who Led Officers on High-Speed Chase Charged with Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearms
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A man who led police officers on a high-speed chase in a stolen car driving the wrong way on Interstate 70 was charged in federal court today with…
Honduran Man Charged with Illegally Using Social Security Number to Obtain Louisiana Identification Card
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that HENRY EDGARDO ORTIZ, age 42, a native of Honduras, was charged on March 25, 2022 in a one-count bill of…
Felon Indicted for Federal Firearms Offenses
NEW ORLEANS, LA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DAVID COULTER, age 33, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged on March 25, 2022 by a federal grand jury for…
Rockford Man Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearms
ROCKFORD — A Rockford man has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for illegally possessing loaded handguns. JAMES PETERSON, 41, last year illegally possessed a .380-caliber semi-automatic handgun and a .45-caliber handgun. As a…
Indiana Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Unregistered Destructive Devices During Portland Protests
PORTLAND, Ore.—An Indiana man pleaded guilty today in federal court after repeatedly and intentionally jeopardizing the lives of police officers, destroying public property, and encouraging others to commit violence during protests in…
La Crosse Man Sentenced to 7 Years for Trafficking Cocaine
MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Antjuano Green, 40, La Crosse, Wisconsin was sentenced on Friday, March 25, by Chief U.S.…
York Woman Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Melinda Bixler, age 49, of York, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty before Judge Sylvia H.…
Hardy County man sentenced for drug charge
ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Matthew Curtis Delawder, of Moorefield, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 80 months of incarceration for a methamphetamine charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Delawder, 38, pleaded…
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