Florida Man Sentenced to Prison for Traveling to Sexually Abuse Minors
Tampa, FL – A Florida man was sentenced today to life in prison for traveling from Florida to Vietnam to engage in sex acts with numerous Vietnamese minors he had met and…
Grant County man admits to drug charge
ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Austin Blake Conrad, of Petersburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a methamphetamine charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Conrad, 23, pleaded guilty today to one count of…
Prince George Man Pleads Guilty to Multimillion Dollar Fraud Scheme
RICHMOND, Va. – A Prince George man pleaded guilty yesterday to tax fraud and executing a conspiracy to defraud individual lenders, financial institutions, and his employer out of almost $9 million. According…
From Russia with Love, Check Out Ocean County’s New Russian ATV
If you have seen Ocean County’s newest rescue vehicle and it looks a bit foreign to you, that’s because it is. The new ATV purchased by the Ocean County Board of Commissioners…
Florida Tax Preparers Indicted
Tampa, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Jamica Nelms, Capriesha Cummings, Camille Harper, and Ashley Flournoy with conspiracy to commit tax fraud and aiding…
South Florida Man Found Guilty Of International Money Laundering
Tampa – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Cornelius “Neal” Singleton (60, Miramar) guilty of two counts of international money laundering. Singleton faces up to…
Tampa Bay Man Sentenced To More Than Four Years In Federal Prison For Defrauding Bank Of $20 Million
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington has sentenced Loyd Tomlinson, I (St. Petersburg, 79) to four years and four months in federal prison for defrauding a federally insured financial…
Career Criminal Sentenced To More Than 21 Years In Prison For Possessing Ammunition
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Victor Ricardo Grant (40, Brandon) to 21 years and 10 months in federal prison for possessing ammunition as convicted felon. A…
Grant County man sentenced for drug charge
ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – William Glenn Vance, of Petersburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to three years of probation for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Vance, 44, pleaded…
Grant County woman sentenced for drug charge
ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Carrie A. Aughtry, of Petersburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to five years of probation for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Aughtry, also known…
Grant County man sentenced for firearms charge
ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Jeremiah Lincoln Seib, of Petersburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to five years of probation for a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Seib, 42, pleaded…
Trafficker Of Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Fentanyl, And Marijuana Sentenced To Federal Prison
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle has sentenced Raymond Malara (38, Tampa) to nine years in federal prison for trafficking cocaine, fentanyl, and marijuana. The Court also ordered Malara…
Grant County man sentenced for drug and firearms charges
ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Jay Dean Hall, of Petersburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 106 months of incarceration for drug and firearms charges, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Hall, 56,…
Florida Fugitive Wanted for Drive-by Murder of Mother of Two Captured by U.S. Marshals
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – A man who has been a fugitive wanted for murder since November of 2020 has been captured by the U.S. Marshals Service. Tyree Lamons Bell, 26, was arrested…
Inmate Sentenced to 15 Months for Conspiring to Launder Drug Trafficking Proceeds
PITTSBURGH – Mario Allen was sentenced to 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to launder drug-trafficking proceeds between 2017 and 2019, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.…
Grant County man admits to drug charge
ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Randall Aaron Koontz, Jr., of Petersburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Koontz, 41, pleaded guilty today to one count…
Toms River-based fitness chain acquires 13 Planet Fitness locations
TOMS RIVER, N.J. – Grand Fitness Partners, one of the largest franchisees within the Planet Fitness system, today announced that it has acquired a portfolio of 13 Planet Fitness locations across Virginia from the Asbell…
Lakeland woman charged for selling lewd photos of children online
LAKELAND, FL- 38-year-old Erica Larrow of Lakeland was arrested for 22 counts of transmission of child [censored]ography (F2), 17 counts of possession of child [censored]ography – enhanced* (F2), and 11 counts of…
Russian National Extradited for Role in Hacking and Illegal Trading Scheme
BOSTON—A Russian national has been extradited to the United States from Switzerland to face charges relating to his alleged involvement in a global scheme to trade on non-public information stolen from U.S.…