DOJ Charged IRS Employees with $400k theft of COVID aid used to buy cars, fund Vegas trip

John Hugh DeMastri Five IRS employees allegedly received nearly $400,000 after fraudulently applying for more than $1.1 million in relief in government funding intended for small businesses damaged by the COVID-19 pandemic,…

Five Current or Former IRS Employees Charged with Defrauding Federal COVID-19 Relief Programs

Memphis, TN – Five current or former IRS employees have been charged with schemes to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Program, federal stimulus programs authorized as part…

Drug trafficker sentenced to 10 months in prison

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Andy Cordova was sentenced on Sept. 20 to 10 months in prison. Cordova, 33, of…

Seven Individuals Charged for Smuggling Kilogram Quantities of Cocaine Through the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a four count indictment charging four men and three women with drug trafficking through the Luis…

34 Meth Traffickers Sentenced to 360+ Years in Federal Prison

Thirty-four members of a methamphetamine ring that operated in the Dimmitt, Texas area have been sentenced to a combined 364 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of…

Memphis Area Man Found Guilty by Jury of Charges Related to Capitol Breach

WASHINGTON – A Memphis, Tennessee area man was found guilty today by a jury in the District of Columbia of felony and misdemeanor offenses for his…

Federal Indictment In Pensacola Shooting Case

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Quinton L. Pete, 33, of Ocala, Florida, was indicted by a federal grand jury charging him with attempted Hobbs Act robbery and being a felon in possession of a…

18-Year-Old Pleads Guilty to 8 Stealing Eight Cars

BUFFALO, NY – An 18-year-old from Buffalo has pleaded guilty to lesser charges after stealing at least eight cars over a two month period. Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn said18-year-old…

Pueblo Man Faces Federal Weapons Charges

Denver – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Leonard Cordova, age 43, has been charged by criminal complaint with two counts of prohibited person in possession…

Three Worcester Men Convicted of Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

BOSTON – Three Worcester men have been convicted by a federal jury in Worcester of trafficking cocaine. Junior Melendez, 41, Juan Rodriguez, 31 and Kevin Jean, 31, all of Worcester, were convicted…

Mississippi Murder Suspect Apprehended by U.S. Marshals in Memphis

Memphis, TN – U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the capture of Jacoris Drummer. He is wanted out of Bolivar County, Mississippi, for Murder, Aggravated Assault and Armed Robbery. He also has a…

Judge revokes bail for teen arrested eight times for stealing cars in two months

BUFFALO, NY – In a shining example of the failure and deficiency of America’s bail and police reform movement, a teen in Buffalo who was arrested eight times for stealing cars and…

U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller Announces the Arrest of Brandon K. Henderson and Argustas Travis

Memphis, TN – On September 13, 2021, Mario Moore and Courtney Riley were shot and killed at the 2200 block of Eldridge in Memphis, Tenn. On March 4, 2022, First Degree Murder…

Man from Santa Cruz pleads guilty to federal drug trafficking

ALBUQERQUE, N.M. – Andy Cordova, 32, of Santa Cruz, New Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court on Mar. 2 to possession with intent to distribute heroin. Cordova was indicted by a federal…

Father Andrew Kawecki Receives Prison Sentence For Assault Of Eleven-Year-Old Altar Boy

HARRISBURG—A Fayette County priest is heading to prison after being convicted for assaulting an alter boy. Attorney General Josh Shapiro today said in a press release that Father Andrew Kawecki was sentenced…

Alleged Police Shooter Arrested by Marshals Task Force

Memphis, TN – U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the arrest of Elliot Griham for Attempted First Degree Murder. On July 14, 2021, at approximately 1 P.M., a Memphis Police Officer observed Elliot…

Murder Suspect Arrested by U.S. Marshals

Memphis, TN – U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the arrest of Terrence Dale for Second Degree Murder. On February 24, 2022, arrest warrants were issued for the arrest of Terrence Dale out…

Fentanyl Dealers Sentenced To 12 And 8 Years In Federal Prison

Orlando, Florida – U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Bolivar Anibal Cordova, Jr. (42, Windermere) and Luis Manuel Cordero (40, Orlando) to 12 years and 7 months and 8 years…

Former employee at Sandia National Laboratories sentenced to 21 months in prison for mail fraud and theft

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Joshua Cordova, 39, of Albuquerque, was sentenced in federal court on Dec. 9 to a year and nine months in prison for mail…

Mammoth Lakes Man Indicted for 7 Bank Robberies in 5 Counties

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against John William Boland, 38, of Mammoth Lakes, charging him with five counts of bank robbery and two counts of attempted…

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