Two More Defendants Plead Guilty in a Nationwide Racketeering Conspiracy Targeting the Elderly

Assistant U. S. Attorney Oleksandra “Sasha” Johnson (619) 546-9769 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – May 25, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Two more members of a nationwide “grandparent scam” network have pleaded guilty to…

May 25, 2022

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Sparks Man Sentenced To 13 Years In Prison For Fentanyl And Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

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RENO, Nev. – A Sparks resident was sentenced yesterday to 13 years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opioid. Jesse Arevalo, aka…

May 25, 2022

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Mobile County Woman Who Caused Death of Victim by Injecting Her with Fentanyl Sentenced to 15 Years Imprisonment

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MOBILE, AL—A Mobile County woman, Jessica Defloren Tubb, aka “Allie,” 37, was sentenced on May 12, 2022 to 15 years in prison for drug crimes, including actions that caused the overdose death…

May 25, 2022

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Meth Dealers Who Plotted to Kill DEA Agent Plead Guilty

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Two drug traffickers who plotted to assassinate a DEA task force office have plead guilty, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham. Manuel Gomez-Garcia, 35, and Jorge…

May 24, 2022

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Eighth And Final Defendant Pleads Guilty In New Buffalo Cocaine Ring

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GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced that Adrian Romero Antunez (35), a Mexican national in the United States on a tourist visa, pled guilty…

May 24, 2022

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Illegal Possession of Firearm Sends Convicted Felon to Federal Prison for 10 Years

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Memphis, TN- Amiri Johnson, 28, has been sentenced to serve 120 months in federal prison for possession of a stolen firearm. Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., United States Attorney, announced the sentence today.According…

May 24, 2022

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Salem Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing a Firearm in Relation to Fentanyl Pill Trafficking Conspiracy

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BOSTON – A Salem man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition in a case resulting from his role in…

May 20, 2022

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Missouri Man Charged with Murdering a Woman Whose Body Was Discovered in Mayes County

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A federal grand jury this week indicted a Missouri man for the first degree murder of a woman whose body was found in rural Mayes County in 2020, announced U.S. Attorney Clint…

May 20, 2022

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Iowa City Man Sentenced to Over Three Years in Federal Prison for Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm

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A felon who possessed a firearm was sentenced May 13, 2022, to 37 months in federal prison. Joshua Brown, age 49, of Iowa City received the sentence after a November 22, 2021…

May 16, 2022

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Wolf Point meth dealer sentenced to five years in prison for trafficking drugs on Fort Peck Indian Reservation

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GREAT FALLS — A Wolf Point woman who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine in the community and around the Fort Peck Indian Reservation was sentenced today to five years in prison, to be…

May 16, 2022

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Six men indicted for illegal firearms possession, drugs

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SAVANNAH, GA: Six defendants are among those facing federal charges including drug trafficking and illegal possession of firearms after separate indictments by a grand jury in the Southern District of Georgia, while…

May 16, 2022

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Five Defendants Plead Guilty to Witness Tampering in the Case of a Missouri Woman Found Dead in Mayes County

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Five defendants who threatened or harmed witnesses in attempts to thwart a federal investigation into the kidnapping and killing of a Joplin woman have pleaded guilty in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney…

May 13, 2022

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Informational: Federal Court arraignments

Department of Justice Press Releases

The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The…

May 13, 2022

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Defendants Plead Guilty in Two Unrelated Homicides

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Two men have pleaded guilty this week in federal court in two unrelated murder cases that occurred in Mayes and Craig Counties, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. On Wednesday, Daren Gilson Puffinbarger,…

May 11, 2022

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Jury Finds Sand Springs Man Guilty for Attempting to Coerce a 13-Year-Old into a Sexual Relationship

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A federal jury found a Sand Springs man guilty Friday for sending hundreds of sexually explicit messages to a male minor and for touching the child in a sexual manner, announced U.S.…

May 6, 2022

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Reno Felon Sentenced To Prison For Methamphetamine Drug Trafficking

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RENO – A convicted felon was sentenced yesterday to 11 years and three months in prison for selling methamphetamine. Richard Nelson, 33, of Reno, pleaded guilty on January 25, 2022 to one count…

May 4, 2022

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Federal Grand Jury A Indictments Announced- May 2022

Department of Justice Press Releases

United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the May 2022 Federal Grand Jury A. The following individuals have been charged with violations of United States law in indictments returned…

May 4, 2022

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Ottawa County Man Sentenced for Sexually Abusing of a Minor

Department of Justice Press Releases

TULSA, Okla. – A man who contacted Ottawa County authorities to report that he sexually abused a minor was sentenced Monday in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. Jeremy Brandon Lawhorn,…

May 2, 2022

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Informational: Federal Court arraignments

Department of Justice Press Releases

The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The…

April 29, 2022

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Department of Justice Press Releases

A 33-count federal grand jury indictment unsealed today charges 31 members and associates of the Orange County Mexican Mafia with racketeering offenses, two murders and six attempted murders, and related drug and…

April 27, 2022

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