San Jose Residents Plead Guilty To Wire Fraud Conspiracy In Craigslist Automobile Resale Fraud Scheme

SAN FRANCISCO –Ramil Heydarov and Orkhan Aliyev pleaded guilty today to conspiracy charges related to a scheme to defraud purchasers of vehicles on the Craigslist website by rolling back the odometers on…

Convicted Felon Sentenced To More Than 21 Years In Federal Prison For Possessing Ammunition, Obstructing Justice, And Attempted Witness Tampering

Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell has sentenced Sergio Antonio Hood (37, Tampa) to 21 years and 10 months in federal prison for possessing ammunition as a convicted felon,…

TWO DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS INDICTED FOR BRIBERY AND BRIBERY CONSPIRACY

DETROIT – A federal indictment was unsealed today charging two Detroit police officers—one of whom was a lieutenant who had been in command of the Detroit Police Department’s Integrity Unit—with bribery and…

Erie Man Pleads to Cocaine Possession Charge

ERIE, Pa. – A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal drugs laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today. Joel Nicholas…

CBP Officers Nab Man Wanted for 2018 Homicide of Teenager

EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers working at the El Paso Port of Entry arrested a man being sought for the killing of a Horizon City teenager whose…

Rock Island Man Sentenced to 96 Months in Prison for Possession and Distribution of a Controlled Substance

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – A Rock Island, Illinois, man, Michael Tyrone Drummond, Jr., 30, of the 3000 block of 4th Street, was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison, to be followed…

Chief Executive Officer Pleads Guilty to Submitting Hundreds of False Monitoring Reports

Memphis, TN – A Tennessee woman pleaded guilty today to fabricating discharge monitoring reports required under the Clean Water Act and submitting those fraudulent documents to state regulators in Tennessee and…

Chicago Tech Executive Guilty of Illegally Exporting Computer Equipment to Pakistan

CHICAGO —A Chicago technology executive pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge and admitted illegally exporting computer equipment from the United States to a nuclear research agency of the Pakistani government.…

Schenectady County Man Charged with Sexually Exploiting a Child

ALBANY, NEW YORK – John H. Ruthosky, age 36, of Schenectady, New York, appeared in federal court yesterday on charges that he sexually exploited a child. The announcement was made by United…

Albany Man Indicted on Drug Trafficking Charge

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Khalif Crawford, age 28, was ordered detained today pending trial on a charge that he possessed cocaine base with the intent to distribute it. The announcement was made…

Michigan Man Pleads Guilty to Traveling to the Binghamton Area Intending to Engage in Sexual Conduct with a Child

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Robert Hardin, age 76, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, pled guilty today to traveling to New York from Michigan for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with an…

Wanted Vero Beach sex offender captured

VERO BEACH, FL – On October 14, 2021, the Vero Beach Police Department issued a be-on-the-look-out reference Thomas Melton. Melton had an active warrant for violation of an injunction for protection. Melton…

Repeat Gun Offender Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Federal Prison

Memphis, TN – Tavious Richards, 30, has been sentenced to 123 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr.,…

Chippewa Falls Man Sentenced to 6 Years for Possessing Methamphetamine for Distribution

MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Justin Barnard, 36, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge…

10 Foreign Nationals Charged In Years-Long, Multimillion-Dollar Investment And Impersonation Scheme

Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector in Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), Thomas Fattorusso,…

Bloods Gang Member Is Sentenced To More Than 13 Years For Drug Trafficking

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Today, U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney ordered Robert Allen McClinton, 32, of Charlotte, to serve 135 months in prison and eight years of supervised release on drug trafficking…

University Allegedly Attempting To Fire Professor For Saying Hurt Feelings Are ‘No Big Deal’

Coastal Carolina University theater professor Steven Earnest says his employer is trying to fire him after he wrote in September that students’ feelings were hurt too easily over a campus incident. “Sorry…

Virginia University Orders College Republicans To Stop Promoting Glenn Youngkin Campaign Materials

Washington & Lee University’s College Republicans group was told to remove materials from its activities booth in September which advocated for Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin ahead of Virginia’s gubernatorial election on Nov.…

Study Coordinator Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Falsify Clinical Drug Trial Data

A Colorado man pleaded guilty today in connection with his participation in a scheme to falsify clinical drug trial data. Duniel Tejeda, 35, of Canon City, Colorado, and formerly of Miami, Florida,…

Ex-Postal Service supervisor sent to prison for stealing marijuana from confiscated package

BRUNSWICK, GA: A U.S. Postal Service supervisor who admitted stealing marijuana from a confiscated package has been sentenced to federal prison. Howard Kerns, 53, of Dearing, Ga., was sentenced to two months…

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