Task Force Arrests Attempted Murder Suspect

Columbus, OH – United States Marshal Peter Tobin is pleased to announce that Juan McConnell was arrested March 31, 2021 in Columbus, OH. McConnell was wanted by the Zanesville Police Department on…

U.S. Marshals Task Force Arrests Shooting Suspects

Columbus, OH – United States Marshal Peter Tobin is pleased to announce Anthony Truss was arrested April 7, 2021 in Covington, Georgia. Levon Sommerville was also arrested on April 12, 2021 in…

Task Force Arrests Arson Suspect

Mason, OH – United States Marshal Peter Tobin is pleased to announce Kenneth Dawson was arrested on April 15, 2021 in Mason, Ohio. The Fairfield Common Pleas Court charged Dawson for Arson,…

Task Force Arrests Bank Robbery Suspect

Columbus, OH – United States Marshal Peter Tobin is pleased to announce Lloyd Christian was arrested on May 20, 2021 in Columbus, Ohio. The Jefferson County Municipal Court charged Christian with Aggravated…

Task Force Arrests Murder Fugitive

Columbus, OH – United States Marshal Peter Tobin is pleased to announce Michael Nichols was arrested August 17, 2021 in Baytown, Texas. Nichols was wanted by the Columbus Police Department (CPD) and…

Task Force Arrests Murder Suspect

Columbus, OH – United States Marshal Peter Tobin is pleased to announce Teona Brooks was arrested November 9, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois. Brooks was wanted by the Columbus Police Department on warrants…

U.S. Marshls Task Force Arrests Murder Suspect

Columbus, OH – The U.S. Marshals’ Florida/Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force (FCRFTF) arrested fugitive Frank D. Mitchell on November 18, 2021, on an outstanding arrest warrant from Franklin County, Ohio. Mitchell was…

Putnam County Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Federal Drug Crime

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Putnam County man was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin. According to court…

Leader of Youngstown Area Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that Korey K. Moody, 36, of Youngstown, Ohio, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent to 12 years in prison after Moody…

Eastern Ohio man sentenced to 14 years in prison for gun, drug & cyberstalking crimes

COLUMBUS, Ohio – An Eastern Ohio man was sentenced in U.S. District Court here today to 168 months in prison for discharging a firearm during a drug-trafficking robbery and for cyberstalking a…

Lead defendant sentenced to 12 years in prison for invading homes of Dayton-area drug dealers

DAYTON, Ohio – A Columbus, Ohio, man was sentenced in federal court today to 144 months in prison for his role in multiple home invasions that took place in the greater Dayton…

Three men pleaded guilty today to crimes related to a scheme to attack power grids in the United States in furtherance of white supremacist ideology. According to court documents, Christopher Brenner Cook,…

3 men plead guilty to domestic terrorism crime related to plans to attack power grids

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Three men pleaded guilty today to crimes related to conspiring to attack power grids throughout the United States in furtherance of racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism advocating for…

Two Huntington Men Involved in Multi-State Drug Ring Appear in Federal Court

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Two Huntington men who participated in a multi-state drug ring appeared today in federal court. Aaron Scott Midkiff, 36, was sentenced to six years and five months in federal…

Charleston Woman Pleads Guilty to Role in Multi-State Methamphetamine Conspiracy

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Charleston woman pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime. According to court documents and statements made in court, during the summer of 2021, Angie Lane Harbour, 40,…

New Castle Man Sentenced for Role in Drug Trafficking Organization

PITTSBURGH – A resident of New Castle, Pennsylvania has been sentenced in federal court to 30 months’ imprisonment followed by six years of supervised release on his conviction for conspiracy to distribute…

U.S. Attorney Parker announces district priorities, management team

CINCINNATI – Kenneth L. Parker, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, today announced priority areas and appointments to his management staff. “Every matter we handle is significant, and…

Teen shot simply for admiring gunman’s car

COLUMBUS, OH – A Columbus teenager was shot simply for admiring another person’s gold-painted vehicle. He was chased through the park and shot by the owner of the car. Columbus Police report…

Money Launderer Sentenced To 84 Months In Prison

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that VICTOR AHAIWE was sentenced to 84 months in prison today for participating in a multi-million-dollar conspiracy…

Former Ohio resident extradited from Ghana pleads guilty to laundering proceeds of online romance scams

Columbus, Ohio – Samuel Antwi, a citizen of Ghana and former Columbus resident, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to crimes resulting from his involvement in laundering money obtained through online romance…

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