Press releases from the U.S. Department of Justice
CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Richard LaFrance, 35, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty, before U.S. District…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sergey Tkachuk, 28, of North Highlands, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to five years in prison for distribution of fentanyl, Acting U.S.…
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Thomas Del Borrello, 42, of Sewell, NJ, was sentenced to one year in prison, two years of supervised release,…
FRESNO, Calif. — Jason Vertz, 51, of Fresno, and Alana Powers, 45, an inmate at the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla, were each sentenced today by U.S. District Judge…
Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the guilty plea today of NAIM ISMAIL relating to his participation in various investment schemes that defrauded…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Pedro Alvarez-Alcazar, 28, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to five years in prison for conspiracy to manufacture marijuana,…
LOS ANGELES – Two San Fernando Valley men who participated in an extensive scheme that produced and sold counterfeit identity documents – including United States passport cards, Social Security…
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Frederick Coleman, 32, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime. According to court documents and statements made in court, law enforcement officers executed a…
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that MATTHEW BARRA, 33, from Orleans Parish, pled guilty on July 8, 2021 to a one-count superseding indictment. The…
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Huntington man pleaded guilty today to an escape charge. Jeremy Midkiff, 39, pleaded guilty to walking away from a halfway house last year. Midkiff admitted that…
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A federal jury convicted a Hampton man today of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, theft of government funds, and failing to…
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Charleston woman who took part in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in 2019 was sentenced today to 10 months in federal prison and four years of…
McALLEN, Texas – A Border Patrol (BP) agent has been arrested on allegations he attempted to aid and abet smuggling cocaine through a BP checkpoint, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer…
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – A Ponchatoula man pleaded guilty on July 7, 2021, to distributing methamphetamine. According to court documents, AARON NAKEENEN WOMACK, 24, distributed methamphetamine from a residence in…
HOUSTON – A 51-year-old woman has been ordered to federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Elizabeth K. Fisher…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Two men were sentenced to federal prison today for federal gun crimes. Jalen Chapman, 28, of Charleston, was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for being…
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A Hampton man was sentenced on Friday to 30 years in prison for his role in a gang-related racketeering conspiracy, murder, and attempted murder. According to…
A Chicago felon who pretended to be a victim of the August 2020 derecho disaster in order to fraudulently obtain over $5,000 in FEMA disaster benefits was sentenced today to…
Assistant U. S. Attorney Melanie K. Pierson (619) 546-7976 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – July 9, 2021 SAN DIEGO – A San Diego-based effort to block the smuggling of dangerous Mexican…
BOSTON – A Boston man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for fentanyl trafficking. Andres Arias, 48, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A federal grand jury in San Juan, Puerto Rico returned the following indictments, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.…
LOS ANGELES – Two cargo handling company employees who worked at Los Angeles International Airport each pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for stealing four gold bars…
Miami, Florida. – A Palm Beach County resident has pled guilty to one count of hiring someone to murder a woman in her West Palm Beach home. During a hearing…
Jacksonville, Florida – Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announced today that Garrett Eric Weber (30, Green Cove Springs) has been arrested and indicted by a federal grand jury for…
A federal jury convicted Dallas area owners and operators of two durable medical equipment companies Thursday of one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and to pay and…