Kitchen fire displaces two in Southeast DC apartment
Key Points WASHINGTON, DC – Flames erupted inside a Southeast Washington apartment Saturday morning, forcing two residents out of their home and prompting a quick response from the DC Fire and EMS…
Former HP Planning Manager Pleads Guilty To $5+ Million Wire Fraud Scheme
OAKLAND – Shelbee Szeto pleaded guilty today to wire fraud, money laundering, and a relate tax charge in a scheme to defraud her former employer out of more than five million dollars,…
Jury Finds That Charlotte Man Previously Convicted Of Federal Crimes Violated The Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A federal jury in Charlotte has returned a verdict against Malcom Bynum, for fraudulently transferring a piece of property to a relative in violation of the Federal Debt Collection…
Two Plead Guilty in Nationwide Rideshare and Delivery Account Fraud Scheme
BOSTON – Two Brazilian nationals pleaded guilty today in connection with a nationwide conspiracy to open fraudulent driver accounts with rideshare and delivery service companies. Edvaldo Rocha Cabral, 42, of Lowell, Mass.…
El Paso Woman Indicted for Tax and Bank Fraud
EL PASO – A federal grand jury in El Paso returned an indictment today charging an El Paso woman for her role in preparing false tax returns and committing bank fraud. According…
Brockton Man Pleads Guilty to Firearm and Ammunition Offense
BOSTON – A Brockton man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. Nicholas Mendes, 40, pleaded guilty to one count of…
Franklin County Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking And Firearm Offenses
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that March 22, 2022, Adam Neftali Santana, age 37, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment…
Fayetteville Woman Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Multi-Million Dollar Contract Fraud Schemes
RALEIGH, N.C. – A Fayetteville woman was sentenced today to 108 months in prison. On September 30, 2021, Stephanie Dianna Elliott pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of wire fraud and…
Delaware County Attorney Sentenced To 36 Months’ Imprisonment For Bank Fraud And Identity Theft Offenses
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 22, 2022, Dory L. Sater, age 47, formerly of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to…
Correctional Officer At FCI Dublin Charged For Abusive Sexual Contact With Female Inmate
OAKLAND – Enrique Chavez appeared yesterday in federal court to face an indictment charging him with two counts of abusive sexual contact against a prison inmate at the Federal Correctional Institute Dublin…
Man Charged With Trafficking Fentanyl-Laced Fake Percocet
A Fort Worth man who allegedly sold fake Percocet pills laced with fentanyl has been charged with a federal drug crime, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E.…
Maine Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing Over $500,000 From New Hampshire Company
CONCORD – Jessica Pechtel, 35, of Springvale, Maine pleaded guilty in federal court to wire fraud, United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today. …
Toledo Business Owner Sentenced to Prison and Ordered to Pay More Than 1.1 Million in Restitution After Pleading Guilty to Evading Income Taxes
Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that Michael Meridieth, 41, of Toledo, Ohio, was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison and ordered to pay 1,125,268.84 in restitution…
Livingston man who possessed stolen firearm sentenced to two years in prison
BILLINGS — A Livingston man who admitted to possessing a stolen firearm after a traffic stop led to his arrest was sentenced today to two years in prison, to be followed by…
Sanford Foster Parent Indicted For Child Exploitation Offenses
Orlando, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Justin Dwayne Johnson, Sr. (47, Sanford) with 12 counts of production…
Serial Armed Bank Robber Sentenced to Over 25 Years after Attempting to Murder Pennsylvania State Trooper During Arrest
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Christopher Larue, 44, of Lansdale, PA, was sentenced to 25 years and one day in prison, five years of supervised release, and…
Bronx Man Charged with Conspiracy to Traffic Fentanyl and Cocaine
NEWARK, N.J. – A New York man was arrested today on charges of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. David Patrick Williams,…
Alleged Carroll County Drug Dealer Arrested on Federal Charges, Second Defendant Remains a Fugitive
Baltimore, Maryland – A federal criminal complaint has been filed charging two defendants in connection with a drug distribution conspiracy operating in the Westminster area of Carroll County, Maryland. Approximately 300 law…
Madison Resident Sentenced to 108 Months for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine and Illegally Possessing Firearms
MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Andre L. McClinton, 50, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D.…
Lawrence Man Sentenced for Fentanyl Trafficking
BOSTON – A Lawrence man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for drug trafficking activities involving fentanyl. Junior Turbis, 22, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns…
Essex County Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Role in Armed Carjacking
NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 108 months in prison for his role in a carjacking in which a firearm was brandished, U.S. Attorney Philip…
Rhode Island Man Pleads Guilty in Insider Trading Scheme
BOSTON – A Rhode Island man pleaded guilty today to trading on inside information about a Massachusetts company’s planned acquisition of a California semiconductor company. John Younis, 59, of Bristol, R.I., pleaded…
Montgomery Man Charged As Leader Of Organized Armed Robbery Conspiracy With Six Other Defendants
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”),…
FBI Foils Delaware Man’s Murder-for-Hire Plot
WILMINGTON, Del. – A Wilmington man was arrested today on charges of devising a plot to engage in interstate murder-for-hire. According to court documents, Javier A. Rodriguez, age 47, hired a hitman…
Peabody Construction Company Owner Sentenced for Tax and Workers’ Compensation Fraud
BOSTON – The former owner of a Peabody construction company was sentenced today in connection with a scheme to defraud the IRS of payroll taxes and to defraud his workers’ compensation insurance…
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