Project Safe Childhood- Page 162

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Holts Summit, Missouri, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for the armed robbery of a Dollar General store in Jefferson City, Mo. Tyler Steven…

WILMINGTON, Del. – David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment yesterday charging a Millsboro man with possession of four…

Ocala, Florida – Michael Edward Burr, Jr. (29, Homosassa) has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of possessing images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of children. Burr faces a minimum mandatory…

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Sparta, Missouri, man has been sentenced in federal court for failing to pay more than $600,000 in federal taxes. Jeffrey Scott Allen, 52, was sentenced by U.S. District…

HOT SPRINGS, Ark.—A Hot Springs Village business owner pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of willfully failing to pay over employment taxes and one count of failing to file a tax return.…

            CONCORD – Winfred Pimentel, 25, of Lowell, Massachusetts was sentenced on Monday to 144 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute fentanyl and distributing fentanyl,…

COLUMBUS, Ga. – A Columbus resident with several prior felony convictions pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm resulting from a Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) investigation. Charleston Magee, aka Chopp, 33, of Columbus,…

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A federal jury convicted a Minneapolis man for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition after a shooting incident that took place in broad daylight, announced Acting U.S.…

BILLINGS – Two Montana men were arraigned recently on charges in connection with a scheme to defraud a bank of approximately $1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and to use…

            ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A federal jury on July 30 found Zechariah Freemen, 45, guilty of sexual abuse. Freemen will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has…

            ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Russell Wheeler, 49, of Los Lunas, New Mexico, appeared in federal court today for a detention hearing, charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and…

          ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Copey Ferlin Henderson, 27, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced in federal court on Aug. 2 to twelve years in prison…

            ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Richard “Fat Jesus” Wheeler, 38, of Albuquerque, made an initial appearance in federal court on July 29 on charges of distribution of methamphetamine and carrying a firearm in…

Acting United States Attorney Ellison C. Travis announced that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced Brian Spears, age 43, of Baker, Louisiana, to 112 months in federal prison following his convictions…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — On Monday, a federal jury found James Christopher Castle, 57, formerly of Petaluma, guilty of 35 counts in a bank fraud scheme that sought to fraudulently eliminate home mortgages…

Peoria, Ill. – A Peoria, Ill. man, Jimmy Deffenbaugh, 71, has been sentenced to 240 months in prison, to be followed by lifetime supervised release, for attempted enticement of a minor. According…

Columbia, South Carolina —- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart stated that Kenneth Bryant Evans, a/k/a “Country,” 38, of Aiken County, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Hopelyn Rhiannon Ausk, 25, of Stockton, pleaded guilty today to mail fraud, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents,…

PITTSBURGH, PA – A former resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court to serve 84 months of imprisonment for a violation of the federal narcotics laws, Acting…

MACON, Ga. – A former Georgia Sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to prison for possessing unregistered firearms resulting from an FBI-led investigation into a violent extremist group. Cody Richard Griggers, 28, of Montrose,…