Drug trafficking ring leader sentenced to 14 years in federal prison
PHOENIX — Heriberto Lopez-Landeros, 44, of Avondale, Arizona, was sentenced last week to 14 years in prison for his role as the leader of a …
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Two Virginia men sentenced for selling methamphetamine and machineguns
RICHMOND, Va. — Two Virginia men were sentenced to federal prison after being convicted of selling methamphetamine and machinegun conversion devices (MCDs) to an undercover …
Nashua man indicted on robbery and interstate transportation of stolen vehicles, cash
CONCORD, N.H. — A Nashua man has been indicted on charges related to a robbery and the interstate transportation of stolen vehicles and money, U.S. …
Great Falls woman pleads guilty to meth trafficking conspiracy, faces at least 10 years in prison
GREAT FALLS, Mont. — A 55-year-old Great Falls woman admitted Monday to her role in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy that spanned over four years, U.S. …
Richmond man sentenced to over two years for illegal firearm possession
RICHMOND, Va. — A 27-year-old Richmond man was sentenced on Wednesday to two years and three months in federal prison for being a felon in …
Two arrested in large-scale marijuana cultivation operation in Cuba, New York
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Two residents of Cuba, New York, were arrested and charged with manufacturing and possessing over 100 marijuana plants with intent to distribute, …
Armed New Jersey man sentenced to nearly six years for drug trafficking and firearm offenses in North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. — A 45-year-old New Jersey man was sentenced on Wednesday to 68 months in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearm offenses connected …
Three active-duty soldiers charged in COVID-19 loan fraud scheme at Fort Gregg-Adams
RICHMOND, Va. — Two active-duty U.S. Army soldiers have pleaded guilty, and a third has been indicted, in connection with a scheme to obtain fraudulent …
8-Hour Armed Standoff Leads to 5+ Year Federal Sentence for Westbrook Man Who Illegally Possessed Gun
PORTLAND, Maine — A Westbrook man was sentenced Wednesday to five years and four months in federal prison for possession of a firearm by a …
U.S. Files Forfeiture Complaint Against $3.4 Million in Proceeds Linked to Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska
A civil forfeiture complaint has been filed to seize $3.4 million linked to the sale of a Burbank, California, music studio allegedly controlled by Russian …
School payroll director pleads guilty to $471,000 fraud scheme
OKLAHOMA CITY — Kim Weinrich, 67, of Mustang, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to wire fraud and filing a false tax return, admitting to embezzling …
Brooklyn jury convicts ex-postal worker of threats to kill government employees
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Quadri Garnes earlier today on charges of transmission of threats to injure after a five-day trial …
D.C. man sentenced to 26 years for robbery and shooting near elementary school
WASHINGTON — Travon Eliy, also known as Travon Jackson, 38, was sentenced to 26 years in prison on Monday for assault with intent to kill …
Wilkinsburg man pleads guilty to firearm charges after FBI raid
Pittsburgh, PA – A Wilkinsburg man admitted in federal court to illegally possessing firearms and trying to obstruct their seizure after investigators uncovered multiple weapons …
New York man pleads guilty to threatening flight attendants, forcing plane diversion to Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. — A 31-year-old New York man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to interfering with a flight crew after his threats and disruptive behavior aboard …
Two Mississippi women indicted in $65 million COVID-19 relief fraud scheme
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A federal grand jury has returned a 53-count indictment charging Renata Walton, 44, and Nicole Jones, 36, both of Olive Branch, Mississippi, …
Stockton man pleads guilty in major pill-manufacturing drug conspiracy
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Jamar Deontae Barnes, 42, of Stockton, admitted Tuesday to his role in a conspiracy to manufacture and distribute counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, methamphetamine, and …
U.S. Attorney’s Office Secures Second Conviction in Illegal Firearms Conversion Device Case
lbuquerque woman pleads guilty to selling illegal machine gun devices ALBUQUERQUE—An Albuquerque woman admitted in federal court to selling illegal machine gun conversion devices and …
Rochester man charged with interstate threats and stalking following officer confrontation
ROCHESTER, N.Y.—A Rochester man was arrested and charged with transmitting interstate threats and stalking after allegedly threatening a police officer involved in his earlier arrest, …
Nine charged in multi-state scheme to launder $20 million from internet fraud
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Federal prosecutors have unsealed an indictment charging nine individuals with operating a money laundering network responsible for laundering millions of dollars obtained from internet …
Florida man convicted of smuggling AR-15 kits to Costa Rica
MIAMI—A federal jury has convicted Gabriel Donato-Mendez, 48, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., on charges of conspiracy to export U.S. defense articles and attempted smuggling …
Rapid City man sentenced for failing to register as a sex offender
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Mason Neck, 35, of Rapid City, has been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for failing to …
New York business owner convicted of illegally selling unregistered pesticide and transporting hazardous material
BALTIMORE — Idrissa Bagayoko, 58, owner of Maliba Trading LLC, has been convicted in federal court of selling an unregistered pesticide and recklessly transporting a …
Mother and son plead guilty in $750,000 armed robbery of gold jewelry
MIAMI — Julian Flores, 25, and his mother, Lourdes Diaz, 56, both of Naples, Florida, have pleaded guilty to charges related to the violent armed …
Connecticut behavioral health provider settles ADA complaint over service animal discrimination
NEW LONDON, Conn. — Sound Community Services, Inc., a behavioral health provider based in New London, has reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s …
Ramsey County man pleads guilty to carjacking and illegal firearm possession
MINNEAPOLIS — Ricardo Rydell Walker, Jr., 21, of Ramsey County, has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of carjacking and illegal possession of a …
D.C. pharmacist convicted in drug trafficking conspiracy involving firearms and opioids
WASHINGTON — Kenneth Josiah Hampton, 26, of Washington, D.C., has been found guilty of drug trafficking and firearms offenses following a six-day jury trial in …
Two men sentenced in fentanyl trafficking conspiracy between California and Virginia
NORFOLK, Va. — Two men have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a scheme to distribute fentanyl and other drugs by mail …
California man sentenced to 15 years for $22.5 million investor fraud scheme
URBANA, Ill. — Brett Michael Bartlett, 37, of Fountain Valley, California, has been sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for orchestrating a $22.5 million …
Connecticut man sentenced to 2 years in prison for $2 million embezzlement scheme
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Evan Bobzin, 39, of Chester, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison Wednesday for stealing nearly $2 million from his employer, …
Jacksonville roofing business owners plead guilty to $10 million fraud scheme
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Travis Morgan Slaughter and Tripp Charles Slaughter, owners of multiple Jacksonville roofing businesses, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and …
Former CEO pleads guilty to misusing $200,000 in federal research grant funds
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Arkady Malakhov, 52, of New York City, has pleaded guilty to unlawfully converting government funds, admitting to misusing $200,000 from a federal …
Baltimore attorney convicted of attempted extortion in $25 million scheme
BALTIMORE — Stephen L. Snyder, a prominent medical malpractice attorney from Baltimore, was found guilty by a federal jury of attempted extortion and seven counts …
Ames man pleads guilty to 15 counts of sex trafficking by fraud and coercion
DES MOINES, Iowa — Carl Dale Markley, a former nurse practitioner and business owner from Ames, pleaded guilty to 15 counts of sex trafficking by …
Corrupt Bahamian officials charged in massive U.S.-bound cocaine trafficking conspiracy
NEW YORK — Thirteen individuals, including high-ranking officials in the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) and Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF), have been charged with …
Texas neurosurgeon to pay $2 million in false Medicare billing settlement
HOUSTON — Dr. Rajesh Bindal, a 53-year-old neurosurgeon from Sugar Land, has agreed to pay $2,095,946 to settle allegations that he submitted false claims to …
Orlando man pleads guilty to smuggling firearms to Canada
ORLANDO, Fla. — Jonen Castillo, 24, of Orlando, has pleaded guilty to smuggling goods out of the United States after attempting to conceal firearms and …
Holiday shopping spree fuels surge in firearm thefts from vehicles in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO — Amid the hustle of holiday shopping, officials are urging residents to secure their firearms after nearly 2,300 guns were stolen from vehicles …
King County man charged with possession of explosives after slow-speed chase
SEATTLE — Sokphana Soeung, 42, of King County, appeared in federal court after being charged with unlawful possession of a destructive device following a slow-speed …
Lynn man pleads guilty to fentanyl trafficking amid North Shore investigation
BOSTON – A Lynn man pleaded guilty Monday to multiple drug trafficking charges as part of an ongoing federal investigation into fentanyl distribution across the …
Mesa man sentenced to eight years for drug trafficking, weapons charges
TUCSON, Ariz. – A 27-year-old man from Mesa was sentenced last week to eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to drug trafficking and …
Illinois man faces federal charges in armed carjacking and shooting in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS – A 20-year-old man from Venice, Illinois, appeared in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on Monday, pleading not guilty to federal charges …
Largest Baltimore crime takedown in decades targets drug and firearm trafficking
BALTIMORE – Federal, state, and local law enforcement officials announced Wednesday the dismantling of four criminal organizations involved in drug trafficking, firearm offenses, and violent …
Tampa dentist pleads guilty to sending over 100 violent threats to public figures and election official
TAMPA, Fla. – A Florida dentist admitted Monday to sending more than 100 violent threats to public figures and an election official over a span …
Columbia man sentenced to more than five years after shooting himself in leg with illegal firearm
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Contaurus Dermont Smith, 46, of Columbia, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in …
Wyoming man sentenced to 40 months in prison for flagpole assault on officer during Jan. 6 Capitol riot
WASHINGTON – A Wyoming man was sentenced Wednesday to 40 months in prison for assaulting law enforcement officers with a flagpole during the January 6, …
Two sentenced for defacing U.S. Constitution and National Gallery exhibits in climate protest
WASHINGTON – Donald Zepeda, 35, of Maryland, and Jackson Green, 27, of Utah, were sentenced to federal prison for their February 14, 2024, attack on …
Texas man sentenced to 23 years for $179 million foreign currency fraud scheme
DENVER – Bryant Edwin Sewall, 57, formerly of Little Elm, Texas, was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison after being convicted of 14 counts …
Ohio man indicted in South Carolina on charges of child exploitation and cyberstalking
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal grand jury has indicted a 21-year-old Ohio man on six counts, including coercion and enticement of minors, production and distribution …
Former paralegal turned attorney convicted of embezzling from Orlando law firm
ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal jury has convicted Amaris Marie Delapena, 50, of Windermere, on 15 counts of wire fraud and 22 counts of bank …