Florida Man Sentenced to 155 Days in Jail On Destruction of Property, Firearms Charges

WASHINGTON – Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, 37, of Miami, Fla., was sentenced today to a total of 155 days of incarceration on charges stemming from two cases,…

Hudson Man Admits to Cocaine Base, Fentanyl Distribution

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Micah Hines, a/k/a “Water,” age 42, pled guilty today to distributing more than 28 grams of cocaine base, and also admitted to distributing fentanyl, in January 2021. The…

Michigan and Tennessee Men Arrested for Assault on Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

A Michigan man and Tennessee man were arrested today for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that…

New Jersey Man Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison for Embezzling Money from Law Firm

WASHINGTON – Andrew Robertson, 54, of Harrison, N.J., formerly of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for embezzling hundreds…

North Carolina Man and Woman Charged with Child Sex Trafficking in Myrtle Beach Area

Columbia, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart, announced today that Johnny Thomas, 34, of Durham, NC, and Becca Mills, 25, of Whispering Pines, NC, have been charged in…

Weed, booze, cash, and other wacky COVID-19 vaccination incentives

State leaders introduced a variety of creative incentives to promote the coronavirus vaccine, including material goods, cash, travel perks, free food, drinks, and even weed — but some experts are unsure that…

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Maryland Man Sentenced to 7 ½-Year Prison Term For Fraud, Money Laundering, and Identity Theft Scheme

WASHINGTON – Kelvin Otunyo, 37, of Hyattsville, Md., was sentenced today to 90 months in prison on federal charges stemming from his role in at least…

Former CEO Of Publicly Traded Houston Company Pleads Guilty To Accounting Fraud Scheme

Ilan Graff, Attorney for the United States, Acting under Authority Conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515, announced today the guilty plea of JEFFREY HASTINGS, the former chief executive officer and chairman of the…

Felon Pleads Guilty to Illegally Possessing Firearms on Two Occasions, Including One When He Attempted to Run from the Police

Greenbelt, Maryland – Anthony Dwayne White, age 29, of Suitland, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The guilty plea was announced by…

District Woman Pleads Guilty to Two Assaults, Including One Prosecuted as Hate Crime

WASHINGTON – Nicole Gogan, 41, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty this week to charges stemming from two assaults that took place this spring, including one that…

Former USDA Official Sentenced in Bribery Case

WASHINGTON – Richard Holman, the former Chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Coordination, Physical Security Division, was sentenced…

Texas Man Arrested for Assault on Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

A Texas man was arrested today for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the…

Four Individuals Charged with Long-Running Global Pump-and-Dump Scheme

BOSTON – Three Canadian nationals and one former California attorney, who is believed to be residing in Mexico, have been charged in connection with a long-running international securities fraud scheme in which…

Amherst Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening Members of Congress and New Hampshire State Representative

CONCORD –Ryder Winegar, 34, of Amherst, pleaded guilty on Friday in federal court to six counts of threatening members of Congress and one count of transmitting…

District Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Firearms Offenses

WASHINGTON – Clark Calloway, 47, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to seven years in prison for possession of a firearm and to acquiring that firearm…

Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Federal Firearm Charge

Columbia, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Raekwon Cortez Ford, 24, of Columbia, pleaded guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of…

Multiple defendants federally indicted for illegal firearms possession

SAVANNAH, GA: Three men face felony firearms charges in separate indictments by a U.S. District Court grand jury in the Southern District of Georgia, while nine others have admitted to gun charges. …

Maryland Woman Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Embezzling Money from Law Firm

WASHINGTON – Katherine Emma Ross, 30, of Millersville, Md., formerly of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for embezzling hundreds of thousands…

Man Sentenced for the Sexual Exploitation of Two Children

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Mexican national was sentenced today to 22 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for production of child [censored]ography. According to court documents, in March 2018,…

Police seeking robbery and assault suspects from Spring Road home invasion

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Fourth District seek the public’s assistance in identifying suspects in reference to a Robbery (Force and Violence) offense that occurred on Sunday, August 1, 2021, in…

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