Press releases from the U.S. Department of Justice
SHREVEPORT, La. – Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Tory Deshawn Jackson, 42, of Shreveport, Louisiana, has been sentenced by United States District Judge Elizabeth E. …
Tampa, Florida – Tyee Spike II (18, Tampa) and Jeffrey L. Davis (22, Tampa) have pleaded guilty to committing a string of armed commercial robberies. Spike pleaded guilty to participating …
ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Bryan Edward Summerton, of Petersburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Summerton, 35, pleaded guilty today to …
NORFOLK, Va. – A Virginia Beach man pleaded guilty today to acquiring over 50,000 dosage units of prescription medications through fraudulent means. “Pharmacy technicians are entrusted with safeguarding and maintaining …
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Two New York State prison inmates and two others were indicted last week for conspiring to defraud COVID-19 pandemic-related unemployment insurance programs administered by the New …
RIVERSIDE, California – The former mayor of Adelanto was arrested today by special agents of the FBI on a federal grand jury indictment alleging he accepted more than $57,000 …
Ilan Graff, Attorney for the United States, Acting under Authority Conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515, announced today the guilty plea of JEFFREY HASTINGS, the former chief executive officer and chairman …
LOS ANGELES – A High Desert physician remains in federal custody today after his arrest Wednesday on charges of illegally dispensing prescriptions for often-abused controlled substances – including opioid-based …
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Daniel King, 25, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged by Superseding Indictment with three counts of bank robbery; four counts …
A five-count indictment was filed yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn charging Roman Nikoghosyan, a member of a violent, Brooklyn-based Eurasian organized crime syndicate that operated primarily in the Manhattan …
BOSTON – A Lowell man was sentenced on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021 for firearms trafficking related to five separate sales, including the sale of an illegal sawed-off shotgun. Rathsomnang Neth, …
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Amber Ramos, of Hepzibah, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 37 months of incarceration for a drug charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. …
MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Antonio Cortez Darden, of Maugansville, Maryland, has admitted to a drug charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Darden, 44, pleaded guilty this week …
SHERMAN, Texas – A Denton man has been indicted on federal sex offender registry violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today. Chad …
WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – James Matthew Hembree, of Snellville, Georgia, has admitted to a methamphetamine charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Hembree, 40, pleaded guilty today to one …
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Robert Duus, age 35, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on August 11, 2021, to 120 …
BOSTON – A Dracut man was arrested yesterday and charged in connection with the armed robbery of three convenience stores in Lowell and Tewksbury on Christmas Eve 2020. Michael Vangpa, …
RALEIGH, N.C. – A Fayetteville, North Carolina woman, Lakisha Victoria McDougald, was sentenced today to 30 months and three years of supervised release for theft of government funds. McDougald was …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Bates City, Missouri, man who was responsible for distributing nearly 100 kilograms of methamphetamine, has been sentenced in federal court after law enforcement officers seized …
A woman who laundered funds from her illegal business pled guilty August 9, 2021, in federal court in Sioux City. Yesenia Ledesma-Ledezma, age 23, from Albert City, Iowa, was convicted …
ABINGDON, Va. – A former employee of the United States Postal Service was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison for stealing mail containing medication intended for United States …
This morning the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals issued its decision in State ex rel. Matloff v. Wallace holding the United States Supreme Court’s ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma does …
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The former general manager of the hospital dining facility at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, pleaded guilty in federal court today to stealing more than $69,000 from the …
Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DERRICK STOKES, 29, of Middletown, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in …
Greenbelt, Maryland – Anthony Dwayne White, age 29, of Suitland, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The guilty plea was …