Press releases from the U.S. Department of Justice
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Julie R. Rubin sentenced Edward Burton, age 38, of Jessup, Maryland, yesterday to 13 years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised …
RALEIGH, N.C. – Israel Ramos Ponce, 24, of Winston Salem was sentenced to yesterday 151 months in prison for trafficking methamphetamine. On May 18, Ponce pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to …
Wilmington, Del. – U.S. Attorney Weiss announced today that the Department of Justice has awarded $92,013 to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods Program in the District of Delaware. Funding will …
PITTSBURGH – Eliot Gentry, Daivahn Brown, Donald Jeter, William McCree, Teqwan Scott, Donald Snowden, and Kailin Stewart have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for narcotics trafficking, …
BOSTON – A Boston man pleaded guilty yesterday in connection with using others’ identities to fraudulently obtain over $65,000 in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits. Wilson Radhames Peguero Brea, 53, …
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – A Ruckersville, Virginia man, who dealt heroin, methamphetamine, and fentanyl even after being incarcerated for his crimes, pled guilty today to dealing a fatal dose of fentanyl …
CHICAGO — Illinois Bell Telephone Company, LLC, which does business as AT&T Illinois, today agreed to pay $23 million to resolve a federal criminal investigation into alleged misconduct involving the …
CHICAGO — The former president of Illinois Bell Telephone Company, which does business as AT&T Illinois, has been charged in federal court with participating in a conspiracy to unlawfully influence …
CHICAGO — A federal grand jury in Chicago has charged former Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives MICHAEL J. MADIGAN with corruptly arranging for payments to be made to …
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Melissa Waller, 45, of St. Albans, was ordered today to pay $84,509 in restitution and sentenced to probation for five years, with the first year to be …
MISSOULA — A Stevensville man admitted to drug trafficking, firearm and money laundering crimes after law enforcement seized thousands of fentanyl and methamphetamine pills from his vehicle in a Minnesota …
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that FREDY RENAN NAJERA MONTOYA was sentenced to 30 years in prison for conspiring to …
MISSOULA — A Butte nurse who admitted to stealing opiates while working at area medical centers was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison, to be followed …
PHOENIX, Ariz. – U.S. Attorney Gary M. Restaino announced today that the Department of Justice has awarded $369,000 to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods Program in the District of Arizona. …
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – William S. Thompson was formally sworn in today as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, and he pledged to continue the office’s …
GREAT FALLS — A Billings man who admitted trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl pills on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation after he tried to flee law enforcement on a dirt bike …
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – A Colorado Springs, Colorado, woman, Monica Renee Wright, 39, of the 1600 block of Auburn Drive, was sentenced on October 12, 2022, to 22 years in …
GREAT FALLS — A Box Elder man who admitted trafficking fentanyl on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation after fleeing law enforcement in a vehicle in which officers found a firearm …
URBANA, Ill. – A federal grand jury returned an indictment on October 4, 2022, charging the former elected Township Supervisor of Pembroke Township in Kankakee County, Illinois, Larry Dean Gibbs, …
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – A Rock Island, Illinois, man, Atoris Jaquez Slater, 28, of the 1700 block of 25th Street, was sentenced today to an aggregate 120 months in prison …
BILLINGS — A Glendive woman today admitted to defrauding a man of more than $119,000 in a scheme in which she managed his finances and used his money for her …
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – A Kewanee, Illinois, man, Wesley K. Jacobson, 41, of the 300 block of South Cottage Street, was sentenced today to 143 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to …
SIOUX FALLS – United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of Ammunition by …
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that RAYCHAEL DEPLAND, age 33, of New Orleans, plead guilty today to Identity Theft, in violation of Title 18, United …
CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Christopher M. …