Department of Justice Press Releases

ROANOKE, Va. – A member of a Romanian criminal organization who traveled to the United States to conduct ATM skimming pleaded guilty last week in federal court. Catalin Puscasu, 38, …

You are here FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, September 12, 2022 COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – Eric Jimenez Del Carmen, age 39, a Mexican citizen who resided in Denison, was sentenced on …

Alicia Loraine Robinson, 36, from Sioux City, Iowa, pled guilty September 6, 2022, in federal court in Sioux City.  Robinson was convicted of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and …

Viktor Zelinger, also known as “Vitya” and “Vityok,” the alleged leader of an Eastern European organized crime syndicate that operated in the Brighton Beach, Sheepshead Bay and Coney Island neighborhoods …

BANGOR, Maine: A Kingfield man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor today for production and possession of child sexual abuse material, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced. U.S. …

            WASHINGTON – Jerome Alexander, 28, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a prison term of 11 ½ years for killing a man in …

Miami, Florida – After more than 10 years on the run from authorities, Christopher Jones and Alison Gracey were sentenced in Miami federal court today for their role in the …

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today the indictment of SHARNAE EVERY (“EVERY”), age 27, of Houston, Texas, who was charged with one (1) count …

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Friday sentenced a woman from St. Charles who fraudulently obtained prescription drugs for herself and her children and then sold …

Miami, Florida – A South Florida federal grand jury has charged Mirosis Gonzalez, 58, and her daughter Berioska Sosa, 32, with paying kickbacks in exchange for referrals of Medicare beneficiaries …

Tyler Maus, age 29, of Marion, Iowa, has been charged with being a felon in possession of firearms.  The charge is contained in an Indictment unsealed on August 29, 2022, …

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Last week, Kelly Pichardo, 32, of Bronx, New York, was sentenced by United States District Judge Dominic W. Lanza to four months in prison followed by 36 …

SOUTH BEND — Valo Neely, 48, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty on his plea of guilty to being a felon …

Spokane, Washington – Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Michael Ryan Shoemaker, 35, of Yakima, Washington, was sentenced in federal …

Indictments Allege that Defendants Collectively Received More Than $800,000 in Fraudulently-Obtained COVID-19 Relief Funding, Seek Forfeiture of West Richland Residence Purchased with Fraudulently-Obtained Funds   Richland, Washington – Today, Vanessa …

Jackson, Miss. – A Jefferson County felon was found guilty in U.S. District Court following a four-day jury trial of three counts of possession of methamphetamine with the intent to …

Assistant U. S. Attorneys Nicholas Pilchak (619) 546-9709 or Andrew Haden (619) 546-6961 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – September 9, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Giovanni “Gio” Tilotta, the proprietor of local …

BOSTON – A Brockton man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a highly sophisticated drug trafficking operation that manufactured and distributed a multitude of …

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Michael Garrison, 43, of Croydon, PA, was charged by Information with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one …

            WASHINGTON – Kirkland Shipley, 48, a former teacher and girls’ rowing coach at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland, was sentenced today to …

You are here FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, September 9, 2022             CONCORD –Tyler Townsend, 28, of Dover pled guilty in federal court on Friday to …

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig on Friday sentenced a couple from St. Louis County for falsely claiming to have provided home care to elderly Medicaid recipients. …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two Mexican nationals and a St. Joseph man were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a $2.1 million conspiracy that distributed more than …

            WASHINGTON –Tyrone Williams, 52, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 31 years in prison for first-degree felony murder of a senior citizen and …

SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that James J. Peperno, Jr., age 57, of Old Forge, Pennsylvania, was convicted following a jury …