Former Alabama Correctional Supervisor Convicted for Allowing Inmate Abuse

WASHINGTON – After a three-day trial, a federal jury convicted former Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) shift commander Willie M. Burks III, 42, of failing to stop an officer under his…

Former Pharmaceutical Sales Representative Indicted in Compounded Prescription Drug Scheme

NEWARK, N.J. – A former pharmaceutical sales representative was charged today for his role in a scheme to defraud a telecommunications company’s health care plan by billing for medically unnecessary compounded prescriptions,…

Virginia man admits to drug charge

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Terry William Jimenez Morales, of Strasburg, Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Morales, 26, pleaded guilty today to one count…

Trenton Woman Admits Distributing Fentanyl that Caused Death of Monmouth County Woman

NEWARK, N.J. – A Trenton, New Jersey woman today admitted distributing fentanyl that caused the death of a Monmouth county woman, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Tarashanna Blake, 33, pleaded…

Las Vegas Resident Sentenced For Robbing Two U.S. Postal Service Mail Carriers

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — A Las Vegas resident was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison for robbing two U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carriers while they were delivering the mail. According…

Two Newark Men Charged with Narcotics Distribution and Firearms Charges

NEWARK, N.J. – Two Newark men made their initial appearances today on gang-related narcotics distribution and firearms charges, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced. Ronnie Holley, 32, and Shadee Holley, 31, both…

United States Reaches Resolution Of ADA Complaint With RC Theatres Management LLLP

HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced a letter of resolution with RC Theatres Management LLLP, the owner and operator of Queensgate RC Theatres located…

Nine Individuals Charged in Superseding Indictment with Conspiring to Act as Illegal Agents of the People’s Republic of China

A superseding indictment was filed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging nine defendants with acting and conspiring to act in the United States as illegal agents of the People’s Republic of…

Three Individuals Charged in Bribery Scheme

RICHMOND, Va. –Three individuals made their initial appearances in federal court this afternoon on charges of participating in a bribery scheme. According to the indictment, Susan May Keim, 52, and Russell John…

Atlanta man sentenced for submitting fraudulent COVID-19 test to employer and for a separate bank fraud charge

ATLANTA – Santwon Antonio Davis has been sentenced for wire fraud related to a scheme to defraud his employer, and on a bank fraud charge related to a scheme to defraud a…

Cleveland man admits to drug charge

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Genghis Taylor, of Cleveland, Ohio, has admitted to a drug charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Taylor, also known as “G,” 38, pleaded guilty today to…

Biden admits China engaged in an aggressive global plot to steal to infectious disease research

It turns out China wasn’t just researching the deadly COVID-19 coronavirus in a lab in Wuhan, it was actively spying on researchers worldwide and trying to hack into computers and networks of…

Felon Sentenced For Selling Methamphetamine

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A Henderson man was sentenced on Thursday to six years in prison for distributing methamphetamine. According to court documents, between March 6 and April 3, 2018, Kenneth Hall,…

MS-13 Fugitive Extradited from Guatemala to Face Charges for Killing Four Young Men in a Long Island Park

Henry Edenilson Salmeron, a member of the violent transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the “MS-13,” and fugitive from justice, was extradited from Guatemala to the United States yesterday…

Three Men Arrested at Downtown Denver Hotel Charged with Being Prior Felons in Possession of a Firearm

DENVER – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Ricardo Rodriguez, age 44, Richard Platt, age 42, and Gabriel Rodriguez, age 48 (no relation), have each been charged…

Mineral County man admits to firearms charge

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Donald Mark Tillotson, of Burlington, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Tillotson, 24, pleaded guilty today to one count…

Former Cumberland County Solid Waste Director Indicted For Civil Rights Violations

Learn about the true impacts of prescription opioid misuse and heroin use. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) are working together to help…

Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Role in 2011 Reston Murder

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Beltsville, Maryland man and long-time fugitive pleaded guilty today to aiding and abetting a drug-related murder nearly a decade ago. According to court documents, Saul Pacheco Mejia, 55,…

Armed and barricaded subject in critical condition after being shot by deputy in Mikana

MIKANA, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is investigating an incident in Mikana, Wis. that occurred on the evening of Wednesday, July 14, 2021. The…

Failed carjacking ends in suicide in Franksville

FRANKSVILLE, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is investigating an officer-involved critical incident in Franksville, Racine County, Wis. that occurred on the morning of Tuesday,…

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