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BOISE – Jennifer Niemann, 34, of Boise, pleaded guilty to importation of a controlled substance, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez, Jr. announced today. Niemann was indicted by a federal grand jury…

Acting United States Attorney Richard Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that following a jury trial concluding on July 30, 2021, Royel Page, age 31, was convicted of conspiracy to…

      LITTLE ROCK—The week of July 26, 2021, brought three guilty verdicts in separate federal trials. A combination of pandemic-related delays and a significant increase in caseload resulted in four…

NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted illegally possessing a firearm and conspiring to defraud two banks of $250,000 using stolen credit cards and blank checks, Acting U.S.…

NEWARK, N.J. – An Indian national was arrested today in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain at least $2.3 million from elderly victims by impersonating fraud prevention representatives from United States…

DAVENPORT, IOWA – On Wednesday, July 28, 2021, a Burlington man was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 20 years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine.…

Tampa, FL – U.S. District Judge William Jung has sentenced David Burkes (52, Safety Harbor) to 20 years’ imprisonment for distributing narcotics, resulting in death to one individual and seriously bodily injury…

Tampa, FL – U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Jared Collins (28, Pasco County) to 20 years’ imprisonment for distributing narcotics, resulting in death. Collins had pleaded guilty on April…

Miami, Florida – On Friday, a Miami federal judge sentenced a 38-year-old Arizona resident to 76 months in federal prison for his role in a sophisticated fraud scheme involving millions of dollars…

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – RONALD JACOBS, age 38, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before the Honorable Jay C. Zainey to an indictment charging him with violating the Federal Controlled Substances…

PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced today that Ivan Durasevic, 31, and Nenad Ilic, 41, both of Montenegro, were sentenced by United States District Court Judge Harvey Bartle…

AUGUSTA, GA:  A Georgia man has been sentenced in federal court in connection with a dog-fighting ring broken up in 2018 in Dodge County. Benjaman Shinhoster III, a/k/a “Benji,” 41, of Louisville,…

NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MARTIN ALMEDA-PINEDA, age 37, of Mexico, pled guilty as charged on July 28, 2021 to a three-count indictment.  He was charged in…

LAREDO, Texas – A total of 16 Laredoans are now in custody following the return of two separate, but related indictments related to the distribution of large quantities of marijuana, announced Acting…

ATLANTA – North Georgia Healthcare Center, Inc. (“NGHC”), a Ringgold, Georgia, based nonprofit corporation and healthcare provider, as well as its CEO, Delaine Hunter, have agreed to pay $130,000.00 dollars to settle…

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Four Syracuse men were indicted yesterday and charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, and possessing controlled substances with the intent to distribute.  The announcement was made by Acting…

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Alisha Obey, age 35, of Fulton, New York, pled guilty yesterday to unlawfully possessing with the intent to distribute eutylone, a Schedule I controlled substance.  The announcement was…