Police Blotter

Gulfport, Miss.  – A Lucedale man pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge David Denton …

MONROE, La. – United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Operation dubbed “Operation Kutt Off” has resulted in the conviction of …

Hattiesburg, Miss. – A former Hattiesburg resident was sentenced to 13 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and …

DENVER – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Adam George Redmon, age 38, of Austin, Texas, was sentenced to a year and a day in …

POCATELLO – A Fort Hall man was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison for assault with a dangerous weapon. According to court records, on October 18, 2019, Fort Hall …

Assistant U. S. Attorney Oleksandra “Sasha” Johnson (619) 546-9769 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – March 9, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Two defendants charged in a nationwide “grandparent scam” have pleaded guilty …

RALEIGH, N.C. – Herman Felton, 52, of Wendell, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for possessing a stolen firearm.  Felton pled guilty to a single-count criminal information on …

The United States filed a complaint to stop a seafood processor in Monroe, Washington, from processing and selling adulterated seafood products, the Justice Department announced today. In a civil complaint …

SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a former Postal contractor, Rachele Ostrowe, age 39, of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a …

GREAT FALLS — A Whitehall man, a convicted felon who was on state supervision, was sentenced today to 20 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised …

Baltimore, Maryland – Idowu Raji, age 40, of Baltimore County, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit access device fraud, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft in relation …

A 10-count superseding indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Robert Rodriguez with Hobbs Act robbery, Hobbs Act robbery conspiracy, and related firearms crimes for planning and …

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt ARD LLC (previously Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc., “Questcor,” and collectively “Mallinckrodt”), has agreed to pay $260 million as …

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A Birmingham man plead guilty this week to the charges of sex trafficking of a minor and production of child [censored]ography, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona …

CINCINNATI – A federal grand jury has charged a previously convicted felon with possessing ammunition during a shoot-out with another man.   Charles Stacey Brooks, 40, of Wilmington, Ohio, was …

EL PASO – A Cuban national living in Fort Hancock was sentenced today to 460 months in prison for drugs, firearms and immigration crimes. On July 23, 2021, Gilberto Morales, …

SALT LAKE CITY – Colin Andrew Shapard, 21, of Las Vegas, Nevada, has been charged in federal court by the United States Attorney’s Office in Utah with six counts related …

BOSTON – Twin brothers from Hyannis were sentenced today in federal court in Boston on gun and drug offenses. Di’lon Smith, a/k/a Dilon Smith, and Denzel Smith, 29, were each …

MACON, Ga. – The 13th member of Macon’s “Get Dat Money” (GDM) methamphetamine drug trafficking organization was sentenced to serve more than 17 years in prison resulting from a lengthy investigation …

ST. LOUIS –On March 9, 2022, Steven Huffman, age 52, pleaded guilty in front of District Court Judge Audrey G. Fleissig to being a felon in possession of a firearm.  …

A Sapulpa man, who was arrested after a young child ran away from him and reported his sex abuse crimes to a federal agent in a restaurant parking lot, was …

BALTIMORE, MD – Two pedestrians were struck and killed by a vehicle traveling along Baltimore’s Pulaski Highway on Sunday. According to the Baltimore Police Department, “On Sunday, March 6, at …

The Marine Mammal Stranding Center not only saves marine mammals such as seals from dangerous situations at the Jersey Shore, sometimes they save the seals from ourselves. While seal sightings …

BUFFALO, NY – A convicted murderer has pleaded guilty to a second killing, this time a victim he shot on Buffalo’s East Side. 29-year-old Kenyatta Austin of Buffalo pleaded guilty …

CONTACT: Barbara Burns   PHONE:       (716) 843-5817 FAX #:          (716) 551-3051   ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Dkeidron Dublin, 40, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent …