Former Brooksville Mayor And Retired Law Enforcement Officer Sentenced To 15 Years For Using A Hidden Camera To Produce Child Sexual Abuse Videos And Images

Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell has sentenced Kevin Hohn (66, Brooksville) to 15 years in federal prison for production of child [censored]ography. Hohn was also ordered to pay…

Kivalina Man Sentenced for Child Exploitation

FAIRBANKS – A former substitute teacher from Kivalina, Alaska, was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Ralph R. Beistline…

South Jordan Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Producing and Distributing Child Exploitation Materials

SALT LAKE CITY – Thomas Wallin, 23, of South Jordan, was sentenced to serve 18 years in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release, after pleading guilty to the production and…

Iraqi gun smuggler convicted in federal trial

DUBLIN, GA: An Iraqi national was convicted on charges of attempting to smuggle guns through the Port of Savannah after a three-day trial in federal court. Nihad Al Jaberi, 42, of Clarkston,…

A Pennsylvania man was arrested yesterday on charges alleging that he tortured a victim in the Kurdistan region of Iraq in 2015. A superseding indictment returned Tuesday in the Middle District of…

Toronto Man Extradited for Leadership Role in Racketeering Conspiracy, Operating Dozens of Illegal Asian Brothels in Three Countries

PORTLAND, Ore.—A Canadian man was extradited to the United States and arraigned in federal court today for his leadership role in an international sex trafficking organization operating illegal Asian brothels in the…

Seventeen Charged With Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering in St. George, Utah

ST. GEORGE, UTAH – A recently unsealed 24 count indictment issued by a grand jury in the District of Utah charges 17 individuals for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to distribute…

South Bay Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Creating Child Sexual Abuse Material of Young Children and Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise

LOS ANGELES – A Hawthorne man was sentenced today to life without parole in federal prison for engaging in a child exploitation enterprise, as well as creating child sexual abuse material…

Thomaston Man Faces Maximum 20 Years Imprisonment in Project Safe Childhood Investigation

MACON, Ga. – A Thomaston, Georgia, resident pleaded guilty to possessing child exploitation material of infants and toddlers resulting from a Project Safe Childhood investigation. John Wesley Mitchem, 31, of Thomaston, pleaded guilty…

Pennsylvania Man Charged with Torture

HARRISBURG – U.S. Attorney John C. Gurganus for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the Department of Justice announced today that a Pennsylvania man was arrested yesterday on charges alleging that he…

Nigerian Citizen Sentenced to Over 13 Years in Prison for Sweepstakes Scheme

AUSTIN – A Nigerian citizen and resident of Canada was sentenced today to nearly 14 years in prison for his role in a fraudulent “sweepstakes” scheme with a loss in excess of…

Guatemalan National is Extradited on International Cocaine Trafficking and Maritime Smuggling Charges

Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Mokhtari (619) 546-8402 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – February 17, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Suspected drug trafficker Rafael Orlando Ramirez Barillas, a Guatemalan national who was extradited to the United…

Three Guatemalans Extradited to the United States on International Cocaine Trafficking Charges

Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Mokhtari (619) 546-8402 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – February 17, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Three Guatemalan nationals who were extradited to the United States from Guatemala to face international cocaine…

Albuquerque man accused of robbing postal carrier

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Rayshawn Boyce, 26, of Albuquerque, made an initial appearance in federal court today facing charges of robbery of a postal employee, theft or receipt of stolen or reproduced keys…

Methamphetamine Dealer Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Kevin Lawrence Carter, age 40, of Faulkner Maryland, to five years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession…

North Dakota Man Sentenced to More Than 3 Years in Prison for Traveling to Connecticut for Sex with Minor

Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHRISTOPHER J. BRERETON, 35, of Fargo, North Dakota, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in…

Mexican National Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Illegal Re-entry into the United States

PECOS – On Tuesday, a Mexican national was sentenced to a total of 60 months in prison for unlawfully re-entering the United States after previously being removed by immigration authorities. According to…

Ithaca Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun and Drug Charges

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – William L. Marshall, 40, of Ithaca, New York, pled guilty yesterday to possessing a loaded semiautomatic handgun as a prior convicted felon, and possessing marihuana with intent to…

Rochester Man Pleads Guilty to Naturalization Fraud

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Simarjeet Singh, age 50, of Rochester, New York, pled guilty today to naturalization fraud for providing false identification information during efforts to avoid deportation and become a United…

Albany Woman Pleads Guilty to Unemployment Insurance Fraud

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Jamie Johnson, age 36, of Albany, pled guilty today to conspiring to commit mail fraud and aggravated identity theft. Johnson admitted to filing false unemployment insurance applications online…

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