Longmeadow Man Sentenced for Tobacco Tax Fraud and Illegal Check-Cashing Business

BOSTON – A Longmeadow man was sentenced on Sept. 15, 2022 in federal court in Springfield for two cases in connection with evading payment of tobacco sales tax and operating an illegal…

Brockton Woman Sentenced for Role in Conspiracy to Operate a Prostitution Business

BOSTON – A Brockton woman was sentenced on Sept. 15, 2022 in federal court in Boston for her involvement in a conspiracy that involved coercing young women to engage in prostitution. Natashia…

Former Hinsdale Man Pleads Guilty to Crack Cocaine Conspiracy Charges

CONCORD – Michael Racine, 50, formerly of Hinsdale, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday to one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances,…

Hialeah Armed Hostage-Taking Ring Busted for Ransoming Cuban Migrants and Human Smuggling Offenses

MIAMI – On September 15, 2022, Didier Perez Perez, Lester Leyniel Soca Diaz, and Yoandy Alonso were indicted by a Miami Southern District of Florida Grand Jury for transporting Cuban nationals into…

Leader of large drug distribution organization sentenced to ten years in prison for bringing fentanyl, heroin, meth, and cocaine to Western Washington

Seattle – The drug supplier to multiple members of a drug trafficking group distributing fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine throughout the Puget Sound region was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in…

Connecticut Man Sentenced to 11+ Years for Traveling to Maine to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct with 13-Year-Old

PORTLAND, Maine: A Connecticut man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Portland for traveling to Maine to have sex with a minor, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced. U.S. District Judge…

California Man Used Nevada Post Offices to Mail 250 Pounds of Oregon Marijuana to Western Pennsylvania

PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Seiad Valley, California, pleaded guilty in federal court to violation of federal narcotics laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in…

La Crosse Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Child Exploitation Crimes

MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Harry L. Euler, 46, of La Crosse, Wisconsin was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge…

23 Members of a Violent Gang Charged with Drug Trafficking and Firearms Violations in Yauco, Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On September 14, 2022, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging 23 violent gang members from the municipality of Yauco…

Michigan City Man Sentenced to 210 Months in Prison

SOUTH BEND – Ashley D. Harper, 49 years old, of Michigan City, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio on his plea of guilty to production…

Citizen of Jamaica Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Medicaid

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARVEL JOHNSON, 50, a citizen of Jamaica residing in Derby, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A.…

Manchester Man Sentenced for Possession of Child Sex Abuse Material

CONCORD, N.H. – Michael Dukette, 31, of Manchester, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for possession of child sex abuse material, United States…

Gang Member and Accomplice Sentenced for Robbery of Illegal Game Room in Waianae

HONOLULU – Senior United States District Judge Susan Oki Mollway today sentenced two defendants, Makoa K.F. Wilson, 27, and Jessica R. Lorrin 31, both of Oahu, for their role in the robbery…

Rochester Man Going To Prison For More Than 15 Years For Fatal Fentanyl Overdose

CONTACT: Barbara BurnsPHONE: (716) 843-5817FAX #: (716) 551-3051 ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Jacob Daniel Pimentel-Hernandez, 22, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to…

Operation Hard Pressed Results in Charges Against Seven Defendants for Selling Fentanyl, Cocaine and Fake Xanax Pills

Seven suspects were arrested Tuesday in Tulsa for allegedly taking part in a drug trafficking organization operating in the Tulsa metro area that distributed counterfeit Xanax pills, cocaine, and fentanyl. “The U.S. Attorney’s…

Joe Biden Owns A Pricey Beachfront Mansion Despite His Sea Level Alarmism. He’s Not The Only One

Joe Biden Owns A Pricey Beachfront Mansion Despite His Sea Level Alarmism. He’s Not The Only One Jack McEvoy on September 14, 2022 President Joe Biden and other climate activists like Bill…

California Man Pleads to Supplying 160 Pounds of Meth to Western PA Drug Ring

PITTSBURGH, PA – A former resident of Stockton, California, pleaded guilty in federal court to violation of federal narcotics and money laundering laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into…

Jefferson County Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Methamphetamine

PITTSBURGH – A resident of Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to violation of federal narcotics laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around…

Washington man admits trafficking meth, fentanyl to Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation

GREAT FALLS — A Washington man suspected of bringing methamphetamine and fentanyl pills to the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation for distribution admitted to a trafficking crime today, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.…

Iowa Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Conspiracy

A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine pleaded guilty on September 13, 2022, in federal court in Sioux City. Dustin Coates, 36, from Cherokee, Iowa, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. …

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