Beckley Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun Crime
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Beckley man pleaded guilty today to a federal gun crime. According to court documents and statements made in court, Zachary Ryan Allen, 28, admitted to using and carrying…
Barbour County man admits to meth charge
ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Jonathan Andrew Swiger, of Belington, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Swiger, 33, pleaded guilty today to one count of…
Harrison County man sentenced for firearms charge
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Chad Perkins, of Wallace, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 27 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Perkins, 34, pleaded guilty…
Cybercriminal Connected to Multimillion Dollar Ransomware Attacks Sentenced for Online Fraud Schemes
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – An Estonian man was sentenced today to 66 months in prison for his years-long role in furthering and facilitating computer intrusions, the movement of fraudulently obtained goods and funds,…
Bushkill Man Charged With Aggravated Assault By Vehicle Following Serious Motor Vehicle Collision On Federal Land
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 24, 2022, Fitzgerald C. Providence, age 49, of Bushkill, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal…
Boston Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Wholesale Quantities of Cocaine
BOSTON – A Boston man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to trafficking cocaine as part of a larger drug trafficking conspiracy. Russell Hankerson, 40 of Boston, pleaded guilty to…
Houston, Texas, Man Convicted of Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A federal jury returned a guilty verdict on March 23, 2022, against Muhammad Usama, 25, of the 13000 block of Bammel North Houston Road in Houston, Texas, for knowingly…
Luzerne County Man Indicted For Drug Trafficking And Firearms Offenses
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 22, 2022, Andre Johnson, Jr., age 28, a resident of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was indicted by…
Carlisle Man Indicted On Firearms Charges
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Craig Alan Hare, age 51, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was indicted on March 23, 2022, by a federal…
Boston Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Robbery of Brockton Cell Phone Store
BOSTON – A Boston man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with the January 2019 robbery of a T-Mobile store in Brockton and shooting at police officers as…
Five Members of Violent Criminal Enterprise Indicted in Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy
BOSTON – Five members of a violent criminal enterprise were indicted by a federal grand jury today in connection with a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed large amounts of cocaine and cocaine…
Providence Man Pleads Guilty in Fraudulent Checks, Bank Fraud Scheme
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man who participated in a scheme to use stolen banking information to create fraudulent business checks and obtain hundreds of thousands of dollars in bank proceeds today…
Bridgeport Gang Member Involved in Courthouse Shootings Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison
DIOMIE BLACKWELL, also known as “Yamo,” 25, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 180 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of…
New Orleans Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Stage Automobile Accident in Order to Defraud Insurance and Trucking Companies
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that on March 23, 2022 ISHAIS PRICE (“PRICE”), age 41, of New Orleans, Louisiana, entered a plea of guilty today…
South Side Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in DS44 Gang’s Drug Activity
PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 46 months’ imprisonment followed by a six-year term of supervised release on his conviction of violating federal…
Hartford Residents Charged with Trafficking Massive Quantity of Fentanyl
Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that a federal…
Fitchburg Man Pleads Guilty in Wide-Ranging Fentanyl, Heroin, Crack and Cocaine Conspiracy
BOSTON – A Fitchburg man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Worcester to his role in a wide-ranging fentanyl, heroin, crack and cocaine trafficking conspiracy. Kevin Martinez, 42, pleaded guilty to…
Carrick Meth Dealer Gets 10-Year Prison Sentence
PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 120 months of imprisonment to be followed by five years of supervised release on his conviction of…
Road Raged Driver Beat Father in Front of Wife, Children After Motor Vehicle Crash
NEW CASTLE, DE – A traffic collision on Springfield Boulevard in New Castle turned violent Sunday night when Brandon Norma, 29, of Bear, DE began assaulting the other driver involved in the…