Jersey Cyberstalker and gets 7 years for targeting three Rhode Island girls

PROVIDENCE – A New Jersey man who befriended three Rhode Island minor females and a fourth in Indiana on social media, persuading them to send him sexually explicit photographs of themselves, and…

Oxy dealer pleads guilty to selling pills in connection with his role in drug trafficking ring

CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY – A Camden County, New Jersey, man today admitted conspiring to distribute and selling oxycodone pills in connection with his role in a drug trafficking ring, U.S. Attorney Craig…

Heroin trafficker gets 7 years in prison

TULSA, OKLAHOMA- A man who acted as a redistributor in a heroin trafficking operation with ties to the New Generation Cartel was sentenced in federal court today, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.…

4 sentenced for roles in illegally harboring over 100 immigrants

McALLEN, TEXAS – Four Starr County residents have been handed significant sentences following their respective convictions involving the harboring of 104 illegal aliens in harsh conditions, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.…

Armed with cheese grater and hammer, fake cop calls 9-1-1 for backup, ends up in jail

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FL – A painter, armed with a cheese grater and hammer, posing as an undercover Florida Fish and Wildlife officer called the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office for backup…

Louisville Man Charged Federally After Shooting Officers During Civil Unrest

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A Louisville man who shot two police officers and fired multiple rounds at other officers during civil unrest in Louisville, Kentucky, has been charged with civil disorder, announced United…

Yes, people still buy DVD’s and yes, people still sell pirated DVD’s

BANGOR, ME – The 1990’s called and they want their crime back. A man in Maine was caught illegally copying and selling DVD’s and got caught. Not knowing what the internet is…

New York heroin dealer gets 5 years in prison

PORTLAND, MAINE – A Brooklyn, New York man was sentenced today in federal court for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base and heroin, U.S. Attorney Halsey B.…

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Rochester man exploited homeless teens for commercial sex acts on the internet

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Marcus Brown, 25, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to two counts of sex…

Politician who threatened to kill Obama caught with missing 12-year-old girl in Denver

FRESNO, CA – Nathan Daniel Larson of Catlett, Virginia ran for office in 2017 as an independent, seeking to become a member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing District 31. He…

Company used promise of COVID-19 treatment to scam, defraud people on the internet

BALTIMORE, MD – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland has seized “mordernatx.com” and “regeneronmedicals.com,” which purported to be the websites of actual biotechnology companies developing treatments for the COVID-19…

Three criminal indictments delivered in Tulsa

TULSA, OK – Grand juries in Tulsa have handed down three criminal indictments this week involving guns, drugs and robberies. Makita Auie McClish Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition; Possession of…

Pennsylvania man smuggled endangered parrots into the US

VERMONT – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Jafet Rodriguez, 40, of Hazleton Pennsylvania, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William K. Sessions…

Alburgh man asked mom to have sex with 10 year old online, found out she was undercover cop

ALBURGH, VERMONT – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Randy Sheltra, 58, of Alburgh, Vermont, was convicted on December 11, 2020, in United States…

Camden man admits dealing oxy pills

CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY – A Camden man today admitted conspiring to distribute and selling high-dose oxycodone pills in connection with his role in a drug trafficking ring, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.…

Bronx Gang Member Charged With Racketeering And Firearms Offenses

Defendant Charged in Connection with April 2017 Shooting in Which 12-Year-Old Child Was Struck by Gunfire BRONX, NY – Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New…

Illegal alien from Dominican Republic charged for theft

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETS – A Dominican national was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in Boston in connection with fraudulently using the identity of a U.S. citizen. Alexander Villalona Diaz, 34, a…

Keene drug dealer pleads guilty to conspiracy

CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE – Roland Farnsworth, 37, of Keene, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in federal court to conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, fentanyl and crack cocaine, United States…

Illegal alien smuggler gets 15 years in prison for assaulting a officer

JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI– Vicente Lopez-Sanchez, 41, an illegal alien from Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to 180 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release,…

Drug bust in Hampden puts huge dent in Western Massachusetts drug trade

CHICOPEE, MA – A long-running investigation into a substantial drug trafficking organization culminated this week with the arrest of five suspects, and the seizure of over two kilograms of Fentanyl, two kilograms…

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