Press releases from the U.S. Department of Justice
CHICAGO — A federal grand jury has charged a man with illegally possessing a loaded handgun, cocaine, and fentanyl on a Chicago Transit Authority train. The indictment in U.S. District …
CINCINNATI – Two Cincinnati-area men have been charged with federal crimes alleging they illegally flew drones over professional sporting events in Cincinnati. A federal grand jury has charged the …
Louisville, KY – A federal grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, returned an indictment on September 21, 2022, charging a local man with illegally possessing a machine gun. U.S. Attorney Michael …
ASHLAND, Ky. – A Catlettsburg, Ky., man, Jonathan Lee Smithers, 41, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, before U.S. District Judge David Bunning, to a federal kidnapping charge. According to Smithers’ plea …
INDIANAPOLIS – Kenyasia Edmond, 20, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to eighty-five months in federal prison after pleading guilty to robbery, carjacking, and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. According to court documents, …
NEWARK, N.J. – Two Brooklyn, New York men are charged with three gunpoint robberies of check cashing locations in different parts of New Jersey in 2021 and 2022 and with …
PITTSBURGH – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 12½ years (152 months) of imprisonment on his conviction of federal narcotics and firearms violations, United …
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Federal grand jury indictments have been unsealed charging five men, in separate and unrelated incidents, for possessing and/or distributing fentanyl, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and …
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — David Tillman Deloach, 39, from Kalamazoo, Michigan was sentenced to serve 58 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons for using …
SALT LAKE CITY – James Wolfgramm, aka Semisi Niu, aka James Vaka Niu, 43, of Spanish Fork, and two of his businesses, Bitex LLC (Bitex), and Ohana Capital Financial, Inc. …
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow of the District of Puerto Rico today urged the public to report suspected fraud schemes related to disaster relief …
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Christopher Neal Boram, II, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, has admitted to unlawfully possessing a firearm, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Boram, 35, pleaded guilty this …
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Charles Edward Bell, Jr., of Fairmont, West Virginia, has admitted to possessing fentanyl, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Bell, 25, pleaded guilty this week to …
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Laken N. Swiger, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, has admitted to conspiring with another individual to violate federal firearms laws, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Swiger, …
NASHVILLE – A Clarksville, Tennessee, man was convicted yesterday of attempting to persuade a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity; attempting to transfer obscene material to an individual under …
Jackson, Miss. – A former Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) official pleaded guilty today for conspiring to defraud the State of Mississippi of millions of dollars in federal funds. …
WASHINGTON – An indictment was returned today charging Gerald Brevard III with a total of 17 charges, including first-degree murder while armed, assault with …
PLANO, Texas – A Mexican national with dual citizenship has been extradited from Mexico to the United States to face drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced …
LOS ANGELES – A former San Gabriel Valley resident who ran Los Angeles County-based investment companies and was a frequent guest on financial television news programs was charged today …
Seattle – An Idaho man pleaded guilty today to hate crime and false statement charges in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Jason Stanley, 46, pleaded …
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Emilio Lara, 55, of American Canyon, pleaded guilty Tuesday to willfully aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false and fraudulent income tax returns, U.S. …
Spokane, Washington – Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Dondre Charles Jackson, age 29, of Moses Lake, Washington, pled guilty …
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Travis Aguilar was arraigned on an indictment charging him with assault on …
MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jacob Ring, 31, Wausau, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William …
Spokane – On September 21, 2022, U.S. District Judge Thomas O. Rice sentenced Kylie Ruby Flores, 31, of Spokane, to 23 years in prison for conspiracy to engage in the …