Elkhart child sex trafficker convicted on multiple charges

SOUTH BEND – Khalil Jackson, age 25, of Elkhart, Indiana, was convicted following a jury trial in the South Bend District Court announced Acting United States Attorney Bell. U.S. District Court Judge…

Phil Murphy: America is a nation with epidemic level of hate, racism and gun violence

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy this weekend responded to the mass shooting in Indianapolis that killed eight people. Four of those victims were Sikh Americans. Murphy says New Jersey…

Meth and Cocaine Distribution Leader known as “Picasso” Sentenced

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – Acting U.S. Attorney John E. Childress announced today that Kenyatta Ray, 43, Indianapolis, was sentenced to 278 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge James R. Sweeney for…

Radicalized African American terrorist killed cop in D.C. border wall attack

WASHINGTON, D.C. – An African American man from Indiana and a devout follower of Louis Farrakhan and a self-described member of the Nation of Islam crashed his vehicle into the U.S. Capitol…

Floridian Pleads in Cross-Country Marijuana Trafficking Conspiracy at Western PA College Campuses

PITTSBURGH, PA – A Florida resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute marijuana, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. Ryan Hendrix, age 32, of…

Echo Housing Corp’s Executive Director Stole $102,000 from the organization

EVANSVILLE, INDIANA – The executive director of Echo Housing, a non-profit that helps underserved people find affordable housing is going to jail for stealing $102,000 from the organization. Acting United States Attorney…

Convicted felon sentenced to over nineteen years for selling meth Sold methamphetamine to a federal agent

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – Acting United States Attorney John E. Childress announced today that Leon Perry Jr., 37, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 235 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge James…

Gary crack dealer gets 5 years in prison

HAMMOND, INDIANA – Yahtzee Harris, 42, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon to 228 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release following…

Hammond man gets 26 years for violent crimes

HAMMOND, INDIANA – Gregory Smith, 28 years old, of Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Senior Judge James T. Moody upon entry of a guilty plea, announced Acting United States…

Homicide detectives charge son for father’s disappearance

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – On February 10, 2021, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) detectives arrested 35-year-old Jeremy Farmer for his alleged involvement in the disappearance and death of his father, 58-year-old Roger F.…

Violent felon heading back to prison

EVANSVILLE, INDIANA – Acting United States Attorney John Childress announced today that Cameron M. King, 25, of Evansville, Indiana was sentenced to 90 months imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Richard L.…

151 pounds of meth worth $7 million seized in one of largest drug busts in Kentucky history

OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY – An Owensboro Drug Trafficking Organization is behind bars and charged with multiple felonies after being caught with 151 pounds of methamphetamine, 3.5 pounds of counterfeit pills with suspected deadly…

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…

New York man used SnapChat, took 16-year-old Jersey girl to New York City for sex, found guilty

CAMDEN, N.J. – A New York man today admitted to enticing a minor and transporting the minor across state lines to engage in sexual activity, and to receiving images of child sexual…

Armed bank robber gets 8 years in jail

PITTSBURGH , PENNSYLVANIA – A resident of Youngstown, Ohio, was sentenced to 8 years in prison on charges of Armed Bank Robbery and Using and Brandishing a Firearm During and in Relation…

Feds Say Owner of India-Based Call Centers Scammed U.S. Victims out of Millions of Dollars

DALLAS, TX – An Indian national was sentenced today to 20 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release in the Southern District of Texas for his role in operating…

Former Purdue Professor Sentenced for Scheme to Defraud the National Science Foundation

HAMMOND, IN – Dr. Qingyou Han, 62, of West Lafayette, Indiana, formerly a Purdue University professor and the Director of its Center for Materials Processing Research, was sentenced today to 2 years’…

President Trump Questions Election Integrity in Latest Public Address

WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald J. Trump is bringing into question the integrity of the mail-in ballot election process. From the White House this evening, here’s what the President had to say:…

U.S. Marshals Service Locates 27 Missing Children in Virginia

Alexandria, VA – The U.S. Marshals in the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia conducted a significant five-day law enforcement effort, dubbed “Operation Find Our Children,” throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia that resulted…

Feds: University of Michigan Professor Transported Young Girl for Sex

DETROIT, MI – An indictment was unsealed today charging a former University of Michigan professor with two counts of transporting a minor girl across state lines with the intent to engage in…

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