Bail denied for South Florida cocaine trafficker

Miami, Florida – On July 16, 2021, a South Florida federal magistrate judge ordered pre-trial detention for 37- year-old Lazaro Alfredo Ramirez-Alvarado, finding that he presents a risk of flight and danger…

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Taylors meth dealer gets 22 years in prison

Greenville, South Carolina—- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart stated today that Lazarus Floyd, 44, of Taylors, has been sentenced to more than 22 years in federal prison, after pleading guilty…

Police Blotter·South Carolina News

Feds say Chinese government agents hacked American corporations to steal infectious disease research

A federal grand jury in San Diego, California, returned an indictment in May charging four nationals and residents of the People’s Republic of China with a campaign to hack into the computer…

Government News

Rahway kidnapper charged with murder is now facing life in prison

RAHWAY, NJ – The man charged with kidnapping his own son in an incident that resulted in a widely broadcasted Amber Alert late last week has now also been charged with killing…

New Jersey News·Police Blotter

Lewiston Men Sentenced for Million-Dollar Health Care Fraud

PORTLAND, Maine— Two Lewiston men were sentenced today in U.S District Court in Portland for health care fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced. U.S. District Judge Jon D. Levy sentenced…

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…

Man Sentenced To 13 Years For Child Exploitation

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – U.S. District Court Judge Francisco A. Besosa sentenced Marcos Rivera-Ramos to 156 months (13 years) in prison and 10 years of supervised release for sexual enticement of…

Laurel meth trafficker sentenced to more than 14 years in prison

BILLINGS – A Laurel man who admitted meth trafficking and firearms crimes after investigators found seven pounds of the drug along with firearms in a search of his residence was sentenced today…

Doctor Selling COVID-19 “Cure” Pleads Guilty

Assistant U. S. Attorneys Nicholas Pilchak (619) 546-9709 and Jaclyn Stahl (619) 546-8456 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – July 16, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Jennings Ryan Staley, a physician who attempted to profit…

Two Charged with Conspiracy in Scheme to Attack Democratic Headquarters in Sacramento

WASHINGTON – Today, the federal court in San Francisco unsealed an indictment charging two California men with conspiracy to destroy a building affecting interstate commerce, and related crimes, in a scheme to…

Three Individuals Facing Federal Charges for Participating in a Healthcare Fraud Scheme to Sell Fraudulent Nursing Degrees

Baltimore, Maryland – A criminal complaint has been filed charging Patrick Nwaokwu, age 50, of Laurel, Maryland; Musa Bangura, age 62, of Manassas, Virginia; and Johanah Napoleon, age 45, of Wellington, Florida…

Violent felon convicted for crime spree that included a carjacking, attempted robbery, and firearm offenses

SAVANNAH, GA: A U.S. District Court jury found a previously convicted felon guilty on all charges for a violent 2019 crime spree across south Georgia. Alfred Wisher, 39, faces a minimum sentence…

Federal Inmate Found Guilty of Mailing Suspicious Letters to United States Senate

LAFAYETTE, La. – Clifton Lamar Dodd, 49, a federal inmate, has been found guilty by a jury in Lafayette of mailing a number of hoax letters to United States Senate post office…

Treasurer Of Law Enforcement Union Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion And Lying To Federal Officers

Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that STEVEN WHITTICK, the former treasurer of the Law Enforcement Employees Benevolent Association (“LEEBA”) and an officer with the…

Remaining Defendants Sentenced to Federal Prison for Felony Lane Gang-Type Criminal Activity in Baton Rouge and Across Louisiana

Acting United States Attorney Ellison C. Travis announced that Chief U.S. Judge Shelly D. Dick has sentenced the final two defendants to federal prison following their convictions for conspiracy to commit bank…

Two Men Convicted for Roles in $4.5 Million International Telemarketing Scheme

A federal jury convicted two men Wednesday for their roles in a $4.5 million telemarketing scheme that defrauded victims in the United States from a call center in Costa Rica. According to…

Cherokee Citizen Charged for Robbing a Sand Springs Gas Station and Assaulting the Owner

A Cherokee citizen was charged by Criminal Complaint today for robbing a gas station owner in Sand Springs, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. Camaran Blake Breazeale, 29, of Sand Springs, was…

Riverside County Man Who Attempted to Enter Federal Facility in Downtown L.A. with Several Firearms Named in Criminal Complaint

LOS ANGELES – A Riverside County man who drove to a federal facility in downtown Los Angeles and attempted to enter with three firearms was charged late this afternoon with a…

Albuquerque couple sentenced to federal prison in Ayudando Guardians case

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Susan K. Harris, 74, and William S. Harris, 60, both of Albuquerque, were sentenced today in federal court for conspiracy to defraud the United States and other financial crimes…

Columbus man who led online car sales scam sentenced to more than 14 years in prison

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The leader of an online car sales scam that cheated hundreds of victims around the country out of more than $10.6 million total was sentenced in federal court today…

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