Fitchburg Man Convicted for Trafficking Fentanyl
FITCHBURG, MA – A Fitchburg man was convicted today of trafficking fentanyl following a bench trial. Sebastian Batista, 26, was convicted of one count of possession with intent to distribute…
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FITCHBURG, MA – A Fitchburg man was convicted today of trafficking fentanyl following a bench trial. Sebastian Batista, 26, was convicted of one count of possession with intent to distribute…
BRONX, NY – Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the…
TULSA, OK – A Norman man pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court for his role as a money launderer in a Nigerian romance scam that defrauded multiple victims, including…
Memphis, TN – Joshua Beason, 26, has pleaded guilty to three (3) counts of Hobbs Act Robbery and three (3) counts of brandishing a firearm during those crimes of violence. D.…
TOMS RIVER, NJ – As Governor Phil Murphy continues his mass-release of incarcerated prisoners from state correctional facilities, today marks the day of one of the state’s largest prisoner releases. …
MENLO PARK, NJ – A confidential memo, allegedly being circulated by the New Jersey Department of Corrections that was made public today suggests the administration of Governor Phil Murphy is…
DAYTON, OH – Arland Mills, 42, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to hiring a man to illegally purchase firearms for him. As part of his scheme, Mills…
WEST HAVEN, CT- John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Matthew Modafferi, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Postal Service, Office of Inspector General,…
HOUSTON – A 39-year-old former Border Patrol (BP) agent has been ordered to prison following his conviction on multiple drug trafficking charges and threatening a federal agent with bodily harm,…
MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Three Berkeley County residents have admitted to their roles in a drug conspiracy that spanned several states, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced. Braheem Jamal Gilbert, of…
WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Quaison Maurice Harris, of Willoughby Hills, Ohio, has admitted to a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced. Harris, also known as “Action,” age 35, pled…
Orlando, FL – Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Jay James Fields, 38, pled guilty yesterday to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin. “State and local law…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Joplin, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a drug-trafficking conspiracy that distributed at least 12 pounds of methamphetamine in the…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Calvin Whiteside, 27, of Albuquerque, appeared in federal court on Oct. 29 on two counts of bank robbery. Whiteside will remain in custody pending trial. According to…
MILWAUKE, WI – Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on November 2, 2020, Maximino Vargas (age: 46) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was sentenced to…
BARRE CITY, VT – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Stuart Kurt Rollins, 59, of Barre City, Vermont, was sentenced to time…
TRENTON, NJ – When protestors and rioters looted New Jersey’s cities, set fires and damaged property, Governor Phil Murphy called it a peaceful protest, protected by the first amendment. When…
RICHMOND, VA —Governor Ralph Northam today announced the winners of the 2020 Governor’s Volunteerism and Community Service Awards. The annual program recognizes the outstanding contributions of individual volunteers and organizations…
WARRENTON, VA – The Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of a Grey 2006 Chevy Tahoe from the 10000-blk of James Madison Highway at Blue Ridge Auto Center.…
White Plains, NY – Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the…
HAMMOND, CA – Renato Salazar-Lopez, age 37, of San Ysidro, California, was convicted late yesterday, after a one-day jury trial in the Hammond District Court of possession with intent to…
LAFAYETTE, La. – Holden James Matthews, 23, of Opelousas, Louisiana, was sentenced today to 300 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for intentionally setting fire to three African-American…
ALLIANCE, NE – United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Alliance, Nebraska, man who pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on October 30, 2020,…
PIKEVILLE, Ky. – Christopher Francisco, 30, of Boyle County, Kentucky, was sentenced last week to 322 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge Robert Wier, for possession with the…