Eight Defendants Indicted for Human Smuggling and Drug Conspiracy Offenses
WASHINGTON – Eight individuals were charged in an indictment, unsealed today in the Eastern District of Louisiana, for their involvement in an international scheme to smuggle 24 undocumented individuals from Honduras into…
Williamsport Man Sentenced To 144 Months’ Imprisonment For Drug Trafficking
WILLIAMSPORT – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Quran Geddy, age 26, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 144 months’ imprisonment to be followed by…
Maryland Man Found Guilty Of Murder For Hire, Robbery And Drug Trafficking
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Kevin Coles, age 36, of New York, NY and Hagerstown, Maryland, was found guilty yesterday of multiple…
Attorney General Moves to Revoke Bail of Somerset DA Thomas In Light of Disturbing New Allegations
SOMERSET COUNTY, PA – The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office is moving to revoke the bail of Somerset District Attorney Jeffrey Thomas in light of new charges in two separate incidents, both filed…
Two Harrisburg Men Indicted For Drug Trafficking
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Steven Seibert, age 42, and Dennis Banegas, age 46, both of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, were indicted on April…
New York Man Pleads Guilty To Armed Bank Robbery
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on April 27, 2022, Michael Muse, age 44, of Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District…
Three Men Convicted on Federal Charges Relating to a Kidnapping Resulting in Death
LEXINGTON, Ky.- Rosario Diaz Barraza, 32, of Phoenix, Ariz., and Ramon Camacho Zepeda, 54, of Lexington, were convicted by a federal court jury on Wednesday, of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and interstate…
Dubois Woman Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering for Drug Organization
PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Dubois, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to violation of a federal money laundering law related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking…
Two New Jersey Men Indicted For Drug Trafficking
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Kelvin Vazquez-Pagan, age 24, of Passaic, New Jersey, and Carlos Perez-Rivera, age 37, of West New…
Jamaican Wedding Trip Lands Felon Back in Prison
PITTSBURGH – A former resident of Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood and current resident of the suburb of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 24 months in prison for violating…
Dubois Man Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering for Drug Organization
PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Dubois, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to violation of a federal money laundering law related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking…
Towanda Youth Pastor Charged for Assaulting 14-Year-Old Member
TOWANDA, PA – Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced the charges against former youth pastor Robert Fenton for regularly assaulting a 14-year-old member of his religious community from 1996 to 1998.…
Aliquippa Man Pleads to Drug and Firearms Charges
PITTSBURGH – Dana Penney pled guilty to committing firearm and drug trafficking crimes in 2017 and 2018, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. Penney, age 41, of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, pled…
Philadelphia Felon Sentenced to Over Three Years for Illegally Possessing a Firearm Following Incident on I-76
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Bernard Giddings, 26, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was sentenced to three years and one month in prison, and three years of supervised release…
Jury Finds Gang Member Guilty of Firearms Offenses and Trafficking Large Quantities of Multiple Drugs
PITTSBURGH – After deliberating 9½ hours, a federal jury of four men and eight women found Duane Eugene Cash, Jr. guilty of four counts of various violations of federal narcotics and firearms…
Ohio Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Trafficking
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Gilroy Stewart, age 52, of Cleveland, Ohio, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D.…
Philadelphia Man Sentenced For Fentanyl Distribution
WILLIAMSPORT – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Ira Sims, age 24, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 100 months’ imprisonment to be followed…
Luzerne County Man Sentenced To 70 Months’ Imprisonment For Cocaine And Fentanyl Trafficking
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Ricardo Jimenez-Rodriguez, age 35, of Hazelton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on April 22, 2022, to 70 months’ imprisonment…
Warren County Man Charged with Violating Child Sexual Exploitation Laws
ERIE, Pa. – A former resident of Sheffield, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children,…