Police Blotter

AUGUSTA, GA:  A Taliaferro County, Ga., man has admitted withholding information about his employment with the U.S. Postal Service when applying for and receiving pension benefits from the Veterans Benefits …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Jose Manuel Chavez Zepeda, 54, of Carmichael, and Denis Zacarias Ponce Castillo, 37, of Sacramento, charging them …

RICHMOND, Va. – A Henrico resident was sentenced today to 37 months in prison to be followed by 3 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to federal charges resulting …

An Albuquerque man suspected of committing a string of bank robberies across Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Mississippi, and California has been federally charged, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District …

PORTLAND Maine: A Waldoboro woman pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to Social Security fraud and Theft of Public Money, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced. According to court records, …

BANGOR, Maine: A Corinth man pleaded guilty in federal court today to being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced. According to court records, …

HOUSTON – Local critical infrastructure partners and area business owners have participated in a training session to increase cybersecurity posture and awareness on how to tackle such cyberattacks, announced U.S. …

BOSTON – The director of advanced research at a Massachusetts biotechnology firm was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for obstructing an investigation into his efforts to acquire the …

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Gregory Stump, of Moorefield, West Virginia, was found guilty today of a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. After a two-day trial, Stump, 52, …

LOUISVILLE, KY – A Louisville woman was sentenced on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, to 262 months in prison followed by a life term of supervised release for production and possession …

BANGOR, Maine:  An Aroostook County man was sentenced in federal court today for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced. U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker sentenced …

          SANTA ANA, California – A federal jury has found an Orange County real estate investor who successfully flipped foreclosed homes guilty of three federal criminal tax charges, the Justice …

BOSTON – The owner of a commercial and residential construction business in Dracut was sentenced yesterday for an income diversion and payroll tax scheme resulting in a tax loss that …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A former Puerto Rico legislator and two employees who worked in his office pleaded guilty this week to engaging in a bribery and kickback scheme. …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gabriel Arauza, 33, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 17 and a half years in prison for possession with intent to …

U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee today released the following statement in recognition of International Transgender Day of Visibility: “As I have had the opportunity to meet transgender Mainers throughout the …

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Robert Brennan, 83, of Perryville, MD, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Anita B. Brody to five years …

BENTON, Ill. – Eugene Falls, 42, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced on March 31, 2022, to 405 months’   imprisonment   for   Conspiracy   to   Distribute   …

Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Keechant L. Sewell, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), and Ricky J. Patel, Acting …

Jackson, Miss. –  A Jackson man pled guilty to brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby …

BILLINGS  — A Lodge Grass man who was convicted by a jury of sexually abusing two children in the 1990s on the Northern Cheyenne and the Crow Indian reservations was …

United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that JARED MATTHEW NOSEEP, 24, of Fort Washakie, Wyoming pleaded guilty to two counts of assault by strangulation on March 29, 2022, before …

            WASHINGTON — A Missouri man was arrested today for assaulting law enforcement officers during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, …

United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that TAYLON JEFFREY BAIN, 36, of Richey, Montana was charged with transporting a minor to engage in prohibited sexual conduct and commission of …

United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that SHANE DUANE BLACKBURN, age 33, of Fort Washakie, Wyoming pleaded guilty to carjacking and assaulting a federal officer during a change of …