Bibb County to Receive Ballistics Tank to Test Fire Guns Recovered from Crime Scenes

MACON, Ga. – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office has been approved to purchase a ballistics tank using money from a Department of Justice Project Safe Neighborhood’s (PSN) grant. Ballistics tanks are specially designed…

Chula Vista Couple Sentenced for Fraud Scheme Targeting Pregnant Women

Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lisa J. Sanniti (619) 546-8811 and Jeffrey D. Hill (619) 546-7924 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – October 26, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Melissa Alvarez Torres and Jose Luis Olmos Hernandez…

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…

Toms River Republicans slam “Sleazy Lawyers” Turnbach, Horn in election mailer

TOMS RIVER, NJ – In Toms River, politics has become a blood sport. Last week, Democrat lawyer Terrance Turnbach said he was upset over his opponent, David Ciccozzi’s letter connected Turnbach to…

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.,…

2 Men Plead Guilty to Carjacking

Memphis, TN – Kolonji Warren, 24, and Kristopher Harris, 23, have pled guilty to carjacking. Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., Acting U.S. Attorney announced the plea today. According to information provided in…

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…

Lawrenceburg Man Sentenced to 180 Months for Armed Methamphetamine Trafficking

FRANKFORT, Ky.— A Lawrenceburg, Ky., man, Denero Evans, 32, was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison on Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge Gregory VanTatenhove, after pleading guilty to possession with intent…

Sacramento Man Indicted for Drug Distribution Via the Darknet

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a 13-count indictment on Oct. 21 against Jonathan Patrick Turrentine, 39, of Sacramento, charging him with 11 counts of distribution of controlled substances, including…

Charlotte Tax Preparer Is Sentenced To More than Five Years For $3 Million Tax Fraud

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr. sentenced Andrivia Wells, 54, of Charlotte, today to 70 months in prison for tax fraud, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney…

Tennessee State Senator and Nashville Social Club Owner Indicted for Alleged Campaign Finance Scheme

IndictmentMEMPHIS – A federal grand jury in Nashville, Tennessee, returned an indictment Friday charging Tennessee State Senator Brian Kelsey and a Nashville social club owner with violating campaign finance laws as part…

Mexican National Convicted at Cocaine-Trafficking Trial

MOBILE, AL – A federal jury convicted a Mexican national last week for possessing with intent to distribute multiple kilograms of cocaine. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Gilberto…

Man Residing in Bakersfield Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Attempting to Sell Large Amount of Fentanyl, Cocaine and Methamphetamine

FRESNO, Calif. — Jose Mario Quintero Beltran, 31, a citizen of Mexico unlawfully residing in Bakersfield, was sentenced today to nine years in prison for possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl,…

Fresno Man Sentenced to over 2 Years in Prison for Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm

FRESNO, Calif. — Eugene Dajohn Marshall, 31, of Fresno, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to two years and eight months in prison, for being a felon in possession…

Man convinced young girl to send him nude pics, then threatened to burn down her house

FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County Grand Jury has returned an 18-count indictment against a man charged with soliciting illicit photos and videos from a teenage girl, then distributing them to members of…

Fresno Woman Pleads Guilty to Committing $100,000 in Credit Card Fraud

FRESNO, Calif. — Alena Nicole George, 43, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to access device fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, from February through April 2019,…

Southwest Georgian Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Operating High-Volume Open Air Illegal Drug “Market”

ALBANY, Ga. – The leader of a high-volume illegal drug trafficking operation located in a southwest Georgia city was sentenced to federal prison. Sherrod Winchester, 39, of Albany, was sentenced to serve…

Woodland Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Firearms and Drug Offenses

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Israel Covarrubias, 29, of Woodland, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 15 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and carrying a firearm…

Fresno Man Sentenced to over 10 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Smuggle Heroin and Methamphetamine into the Fresno County Jail

FRESNO, Calif. — Alfredo Garcia Jr., 27, of Fresno, was sentenced today to 10 years and eight months in prison for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute heroin…

Fresno Man Charged with Unlawfully Possessing a Firearm After Attempting to Evade Police

FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Robbie Soto, 26, of Fresno, charging him with unlawfully possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony crime,…

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