New York Man Indicted for Fentanyl Trafficking
BOSTON – A New York man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking charges involving fentanyl. Chanty Reynoso Vasquez, 27, of Bronx, N.Y., was indicted on possession with…
CEO Of Private Equity Fund Sentenced To 97 Months For $133 Million Bank And Securities Fraud Scheme
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that defendant ELLIOT SMERLING was sentenced to 97 months in prison for a multi-year bank and securities fraud…
California Man Sentenced to Four Months in Prison For Destroying Property During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
WASHINGTON – A California man was sentenced today to four months in prison on a felony charge of destruction of government property for crimes related to…
MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to Life in Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Multiple Violent Murders
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Milton Portillo Rodriguez, a/k/a “Little Gangster”, a/k/a “Seco”, age 26, to life in federal prison for a racketeering conspiracy, racketeering, attempted murder,…
Two Face Federal Drug Charges After Multi-Agency Enforcement Operation in Washington, Vermont
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Nicole LeClair, 34, of Washington, Vermont, and Christopher Emmons, 51, of Washington, Vermont, were arrested today during search…
Man Pleads Guilty to Multimillion Dollar Tax Fraud Scheme Involving Professional Athletes and PPP Loan Fraud
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A California man pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and to conspiring with others in a scheme to prepare false tax returns seeking millions of dollars of tax refunds…
Man Indicted for Sending Threatening Communications
BOSTON – A man has been indicted in connection with sending threatening communications to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Drummond Neil Smithson, 30, was indicted on one count of use of interstate…
Guatemalan Man Pleads Guilty to Marijuana Cultivation Operation in Sequoia National Forest
FRESNO, Calif. — Oscar Alfredo Castanaza Ortega, 37, a native of Guatemala, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to cultivate with intent to distribute 2,864 marijuana plants in the Twin Springs area of the…
Man Charged With December 2021 Broad Daylight Murder In Bronx Park
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Keechant L. Sewell, Police Commissioner for the City of New York (“NYPD”), announced today that RICARDO FERGUSON, a/k/a…
Former Dubuque Woman Pleads Guilty to Distributing Heroin and Fentanyl Near a Local College and Park
A woman who distributed heroin and fentanyl in Dubuque, Iowa, plead guilty on May 12, 2022. Nicole L. Jarvis, age 35, formerly of Dubuque, Iowa, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute heroin…
SAINT LOUIS MAN SENTENCED TO 26 YEARS FOR ARMED ROBBERY SPREE
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill.– Jalon J. Moore, 25, of Saint Louis, Missouri, was sentenced on Thursday, May 12, 2022, to a total of 26 years in prison for a string of robberies he…
Council Bluffs Men Sentenced for Firearm Offenses
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – Dalton Theodore Holland, age 30, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced Tuesday, May 10, 2022, to 51 months in prison for Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm. His…
Former Muncie Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Assaulting an Arrestee and Falsifying a Report to Cover up the Offense
INDIANAPOLIS – Jeremy Gibson, 31, a former officer with the Muncie Police Department, pleaded guilty today to assaulting an arrestee in violation of his civil rights, and to an obstruction of justice…
Council Bluffs Man Sentenced for Firearm Offense
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – Cole Jacob Bergantzel, age 20, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced Thursday, May 12, 2022, to 48 months in federal prison for Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm.…
New York Man Convicted of Threatening Government Officials
RICHMOND, Va. – A federal jury convicted a New York man yesterday on three counts of mailing threatening letters to a federal law enforcement officer with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and…
Norwalk Man Charged for Lewd Imagery
NORWALK, CT – A Norwalk man has been charged by the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation after investigators found lewd and provocative images of juveniles on his computer…
Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Posing as a 16-Year-Old Boy to Persuade, Induce, and Entice at Least Three Minor Victims to Engage in Sexually Explicit Conduct in Order to Produce Images and Videos of Such Conduct
Greenbelt, Maryland – Derrell Lamar Hooker Orange (“Hooker Orange”) age 37, of Brandywine, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to enticement of a minor to produce child [censored]ography and to possession of child [censored]ography. …
Informational: Federal Court arraignments
The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The…
Court Orders Washington, D.C. Man and His Two Companies to Cease and Desist From Engaging in Fraudulent N95 Mask Scheme
A Washington, D.C. man and his two companies have been ordered to stop engaging in fraud and transferring fraud proceeds in an N95 mask scheme. He must also return over $2.4 million…
California Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Law Enforcement Officers During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
WASHINGTON – A California man pleaded guilty today to assaulting law enforcement officers during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His and…