Police Blotter

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Augustine Amechi, 24, a Nigerian national, was sentenced today to one year and a day in federal prison for receipt of stolen money.  Amechi pleaded guilty to …

GREAT FALLS — A Box Elder man accused of trafficking both methamphetamine and fentanyl pills on and around the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation admitted to a drug crime today, U.S. …

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. –  A Huntington man pleaded guilty today to a federal fentanyl charge. According to court documents and statements made during the hearing, Ian Wyatt Justice, 20, admitted that …

Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NELIOBET DeJESUS, 44, of Orlando, Florida, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in …

Baltimore, Maryland – Devin Cunningham, age 26, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and possession with intent to …

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A Burbank, Illinois, woman, Tarnavis Lee, 42, of the 6000 block of 80th Street, was sentenced on March 2, 2022, to 36 months’ imprisonment, to be followed …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Lionel Ornelas, 62, of Vallejo, was sentenced today to 15 years and eight months in prison by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller sentenced for conspiracy to …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Juan Carlos Cortez-Gomez, 44, of Riverbank, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to 70 months in prison for possession with intent …

BOSTON – A Worcester man pleaded guilty today in connection with cocaine trafficking, firearms, money laundering and fraudulent tax return charges. William Hoey, 41, pleaded guilty to three counts of …

BOSTON – A Lowell man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for drug and firearm offenses. Pablo L. Rivera, 55, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy …

PORTLAND, Ore.—A Gresham, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for stealing financial and identification documents from more than 100 people in and around Portland. Robert Loren Finanders, 41, …

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Naquor Berry, 28, of Philadelphia, PA, was arrested and charged by Indictment with possession of ammunition by a felon, possession of …

NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County, New Jersey, man with a previous felony conviction made his initial appearance today on a criminal complaint charging him with two counts of illegally …

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA –Ian Andre Carr, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 151 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Carr, 50, …

A Norfolk man was sentenced today to 460 months in prison for sex trafficking, fraud, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and other drugs, and being a felon in possession of a …

WILMINGTON, N.C. – A Harrisburg, Pennsylvania man was sentenced today to 40 months in prison and three years of supervised release for robbing a bank in Ayden, North Carolina.  On …

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Brooke Janine Hayes, of Moundsville, West Virginia, has admitted to methamphetamine charges, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Hayes, 39, pleaded guilty today to one count …

BOSTON – The former Chief of Staff to the now-convicted former Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia III was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for making false statements in …

RALEIGH, N.C. – A Fayetteville woman was captured and arrested by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft charges on Monday, February 28, 2022. …

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Samantha Frost, of Wheeling, West Virginia, has admitted to her involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Frost, age 38, pleaded …

Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Morris Barnard, a medical doctor practicing in Great Neck, New York, pleaded guilty to health care fraud in connection with billing Medicare …

BOSTON – A former U.S. Postal employee was sentenced today in connection with stealing mail believed to contain controlled substances.  Shawn M. Herron, 47, of Whitman, was sentenced by U.S. …

DAVENPORT, Iowa – Mario Herrera, age 31, of Davenport, was sentenced on March 4,2022, to 20 years and 10 months in federal prison for his role in a drug and …

LOUISVILLE, KY – A Louisville man was sentenced last week to 50 years in prison followed by a life term of supervised release for production and possession of child [censored]ography.  …

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – A federal judge on Friday sentenced a Huntsville man for carjacking, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Johnnie …