Two Philadelphia Men Indicted following an Investigation by DEA and the Butler County Anti-Drug Task Force

PITTSBURGH, PA – Two former residents of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Cindy…

Ocala Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty To Multiple Federal Firearm Offenses

Ocala, FL – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Benjamin Townsel (23, Ocala) has pleaded guilty to three counts of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and one count…

Tampa Woman Charged With Access Device Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft Related To COVID Unemployment Insurance Benefits

Tampa, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Rolanda Wingfield (39, Tampa) with two counts of access device fraud, one count of possession of 15…

Slidell Woman Pleads Guilty to Concealment of Material Facts in Connection with Her Receipt of Social Security Benefits

NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that BRENDA PROVOST, age 69, of Slidell, pleaded guilty on February 17, 2022 before U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon with concealment of…

Supreme Court To Hear Case Of Woman Forced To Create Websites For LGBT Causes Against Religious Beliefs

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of a web designer fighting a Colorado law that forces her to promote messages against her religious beliefs, the court announced Tuesday. Lorie…

Covington Woman Pleads Guilty to Theft of Social Security Funds

NEW ORLEANS – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that HAYDEE ARMAS SANTANA (“SANTANA”), age 58, of Covington, Louisiana, pled guilty on February 17, 2022 to Theft of Government Funds, in…

Central Florida Man Charged With Almost $20 Million In Fraud

Orlando, FL –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Nikesh Ajay Patel (38, formerly from Orlando) has been arraigned on charges related to almost $20 million in fraud that he perpetrated…

Suspect pleads guilty to assaulting New York State Trooper while attempting to flee arrest

Saratoga County District Attorney Karen A. Heggen announces that Duane D. McEwan, of Halfmoon, New York pleaded guilty today in Saratoga County Court before Saratoga County Court Judge James A. Murphy, III,…

St. Thomas Man Arrested at the Cyril E. Airport for Possessing Approximately 5.5 Kilograms of Cocaine

St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that a St. Thomas man was arrested on February 19, 2022, in St. Thomas, USVI on a criminal charge…

Eagle Butte Man Charged with Failure to Appear

United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Appear. Cheyene Michael Thompson, age 30, was…

Anti-cop? Phil Murphy administration renews order to keep cops from bullying and intimidating voters

TRENTON – There are no cases of it on record in New Jersey. There have been no threats made or any indication of it happening in New Jersey in 2022. It’s almost as if…

Three men face multiple charges after shots were fired at an officer from an eluding vehicle.

PORTLAND, OR – On Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 10:37p.m., officers with the Portland Police Focused Intervention Team were patrolling near Northeast Sandy Boulevard and Interstate-205 as there has been recent gun…

Nobody’s Happy With The Biden Administration’s Nearly Five Months-Delayed Border Patrol ‘Whipping’ Report

Groups on opposing sides of the debate surrounding the possible conclusions of the investigation into an incident in which border agents on horseback allegedly “whipped” Haitian migrants in Del Rio, Texas in…

Georgetown Teens Charged with Weapons Charges During Routine Traffic Stop

Georgetown- Delaware State Police arrested a 17-year-old male of Georgetown, DE, for drug and weapon charges following a traffic stop early Saturday morning. On Saturday, February 19, 2022, at approximately 1:46 a.m., a…

Los Angeles Mayor Says He Regrets Unmasking at Super Bowl, but Here’s Why

Los Angeles, CA – Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is now wishing he never took his face mask off for a photo op with Magic Johnson at the big game held in…

A Pennsylvania man was arrested yesterday on charges alleging that he tortured a victim in the Kurdistan region of Iraq in 2015. A superseding indictment returned Tuesday in the Middle District of…

Former Philadelphia Man Conspired to Deal a Cocaine and Meth Mixture

PITTSBURGH, PA – A former resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics law, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. Terry…

Charleston Felon Involved in Drive-by Shooting Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A man involved in a drive-by shooting on Charleston’s West Side in February 2020 was sentenced to seven years in prison on a federal firearm charge. Ronald Edward Tinsley,…

California Man Alleged to Have Jumped into the Providence River to Flee East Providence Police Now Facing Federal Firearms Charge

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A California man arrested after he allegedly attempted to flee from East Providence Police on Wednesday by jumping off a bridge and into the Providence River made an initial…

Armed Career Criminal Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Illegal Firearm Possession

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A federal judge today sentenced an armed career criminal to 15 years in prison for illegal possession a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,…

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