Armored truck heist in Chicago Loop ends with suspect shot and cash recovered
CHICAGO – A 23-year-old man was charged in federal court Friday after allegedly attacking an armored truck driver and stealing a bag of cash during a brazen daylight robbery in the Loop.…
Marshall County man indicted on firearms charge
WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Mitchell R. Arbogast, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was indicted today on a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Arbogast, 59, was indicted today on…
An inmate at FCI Hazelton indicted on assault and weapons charges
WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Mark Justin Daniels, an inmate at Federal Corrections Institute Hazelton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, was indicted today on assault and weapons charges, Acting United States Attorney Randolph…
Two Detained, Three Kilos of Fentanyl Pills Seized
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Two men have been ordered detained in federal custody following a Rhode Island DEA Drug Task Force investigation into the trafficking of fentanyl pills that resulted in the seizure…
Construction Company President Charged With Defrauding The State Department In Multimillion-Dollar Fraud Schemes
Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael Speckhardt, the Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of State, Office of Inspector General, announced…
Former Pilot Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge in Maryland and is Sentenced to One Year of Probation for Exposing Himself to a Female First Officer While the Plane Was In Flight
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Mark Coulson today sentenced Michael Haak, age 60, of Longwood, Florida, to one year of probation, after Haak admitted that he committed a lewd, indecent,…
11 indicted in international fentanyl distribution conspiracy
CINCINNATI – A federal grand jury has indicted 11 people, including seven from Cincinnati, for engaging in an international conspiracy to distribute the deadly drug fentanyl. “These charges disrupt an alleged fentanyl…
United States Obtains Stipulated Judgment against Washington Company and Maine Man for False Claims Act Violations
PORTLAND, Maine: North South Polar, Inc., located in Renton, Washington; and Luciano A. Sapienza, of Rockland, Maine; have agreed to pay $40,585 as a result of their violations of the False Claims…
Jefferson County Man Indicted For Theft From Papa’s Guns, Ammo, And Archery In Oldham County
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A federal grand jury returned an indictment against Andrew Wade Dunn, age 35, of Jefferson County, Kentucky, on May 25, 2021, for stealing firearms from a licensed dealer and…
Everly, Iowa Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Meth
A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced May 26, 2021, in federal court in Sioux City. Jimmy Crouch, 48, from Everly, Iowa, pled guilty on December 7, 2020, to one…
Sioux City Man Who Embezzled Money from Indian Tribal Organization Sentenced to Federal Prison
A Sioux City man who engaged in rebate schemes, fraudulent invoice schemes, and stole items belonging to the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska was sentenced on May 28, 2021, to 1 month in…
Florida Man Charged with Stealing Ventilators Intended for Critically Ill Covid-19 Patients in El Salvador Arrested in Texas
Miami, Fl. — Yoelvis Denis Hernandez, a/k/a “Guajiro,” 42, was arrested yesterday in Del Rio, Texas, on a South Florida indictment charging him with stealing 192 U.S. government-owned medical ventilators worth about…
Yorba Linda Man Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Operating Illegal ATM Network that Laundered Bitcoin and Cash for Criminals
SANTA ANA, California – An Orange County man was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison for operating an illegal virtual-currency money services business that exchanged up to $25 million…
Appellate Court Affirms Convictions of Lawyer and Coal Company Executive for Bribing State Legislator
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit yesterday affirmed the convictions of a Birmingham lawyer and an Alabama coal company executive in a scheme to bribe a state…
Zuni man sentenced to nine years in prison for assaulting a child in Indian Country
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alliah Jawaun Soseeah, 23, of Zuni, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Zuni Pueblo, was sentenced on May 26 in federal court to nine years in…
Informational: Federal Court arraignments
The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The…
Three Charged in Florida to Connecticut Gun Trafficking Scheme
Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced…
Four Charged in Conspiracy that Billed More Than $20 Million in False Claims to Medicare
Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that a federal grand jury returned a twenty-four-count indictment charging four individuals for their roles in health care fraud conspiracy that billed more than $20…
Bowie Man Sentenced to 12 Months and One Day In Federal Prison for Selling More Than $300,000 Worth of Counterfeit DVDs
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Olayinka Wahab, age 45, of Bowie, Maryland, on March 24, 2020 to 12 months and one day in federal prison, followed by three…
Georgia Man Sentenced to 135 Months’ Imprisonment for Role in Health Care Fraud Scheme Against Tricare
Miami, Florida — A Georgia man was sentenced yesterday to over 11 years in federal prison for defrauding Tricare of approximately $12 million through a South Florida compounding pharmacy fraud scheme. Tricare…
NDTX Round Up: May 21-27
SENTENCING – DIEGO GUTIERREZ PINALES On May 24, Diego Gutierrez Pinales, 54, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Pinales, a drug trafficking organizations source of…
Quebec Woman Arrested, Charged With Selling And Smuggling Wildlife Skulls
BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Vanessa Rondeau, 26, of Montreal, Quebec, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with Lacey Act Trafficking, Lacey Act False Labeling, and…
Hartford Man Involved in Shooting Last Year Sentenced to Prison for Violating Supervised Release
Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRANDON SPENCE, also known as “Spun,” 33, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Alvin W.…
Veronica Lewis Sentenced for Interference with Commerce by Robbery and Possession of a Stolen Firearm
WORCHESTER, VERMONT – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Veronica Lewis, 37, of Worchester, Vermont, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Christina…
Williamsville Doctor To Pay Fine For Failing To Safeguard Controlled Substance Prescribing Token And Password
CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dr. Nora Meaney-Elman, a Williamsville physician, has agreed to pay $60,000 to resolve allegations…
Alexandria Jury Convicts Armed Robbery Defendant
ALEXANDRIA, La. – Larcentursa Mayweather a.k.a. “Cent” a.k.a “Lacenturia,” 49, of Winnfield, Louisiana, has been convicted on armed bank robbery charges, Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced. United States…
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