Jury Convicts Springfield Man for Attempted Child Enticement

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS – A federal jury convicted a Springfield, Ill., man, Rafael Mercado Berrios, aka Jose Berrios, 42, of the 1200 block of N. 4th St., on June 4, of attempted enticement…

Illinois News

Former Olympic Figure Skater Arrested For Role In Defrauding U.S. Small Business Administration Of Over $1.5 Million

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the…

New York News

Saraland Man Sentenced to More Than Twenty Years in Methamphetamine and Firearms Case

SARALAND, ALABAMA – United States Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama announced that William Thomas Carver II, 44, of Saraland, was sentenced today for his participation in a…

New Haven Heroin and Fentanyl Dealer Charged

NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT – Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England,…

Connecticut News

California Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia – A Los Angeles, California man pleaded guilty today to federal drug charges. According to court documents and statement made in court, Troyvon Lewis, also known as “B.C.,” 32,…

California News

Drug Dealer pleads guilty to distributing Meth and possessing firearm

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia – An Akron, Ohio man pleaded guilty today to distributing methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. According to court documents, Lamark Glover, 22,…

McKees Rocks Woman Sentenced for Role in Crack Cocaine Trafficking Ring

PITTSBURGH, PA – A local woman has been sentenced in federal court to time served and five years’ supervised release on her conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and…

Pennsylvania News

Harrison County man admits to bank robbery

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Clint Monroe Utter, of West Milford, West Virginia, has admitted to the robbery of Summit Community Bank in November 2020, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Utter,…

Michigan Heroin Dealer gets 15 years

HUNTINGTON, WEST VIGINIA – A Michigan man caught selling drugs in Huntington last year was sentenced today to 15 months in federal prison for aiding and abetting the distribution of heroin. According…

Chiropractor agrees to pay $2.6M to resolve Allegations of Fraudulent Billing

HOUSTON, TEXAS – A 46-year-old chiropractor and her medical group have agreed to pay in order to resolve allegations of fraudulent billing, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Suhyun An owns…

Virginia man sentenced for role in drug trafficking operation

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Charles Jackson, of Winchester, Virginia, was sentenced today to 30 months of incarceration for his role in a drug distribution operation, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.…

Virginia News

Lawrence County Attorney Indicted for Wire Fraud

LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY – In a newly unsealed federal indictment, the County Attorney for Lawrence County and his legal secretary have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud,…

Kentucky News

Guatemalan Drug Trafficker Sentenced for Importing Cocaine into US

PLANO, Texas – A Guatemalan man was sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today. Jose Ramon Reyes…

Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced for Straw Purchasing Firearms Smuggled to Mexico

SAN ANTONIO – A federal judge sentenced Former Karnes County Sheriff’s Deputy Oswaldo Bernal today to 32 months in federal prison for straw purchasing approximately 40 firearms that were subsequently trafficked to…

Erie Man Indicted on Fentanyl Charge

ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA – A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of violating federal drug laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R.…

Pennsylvania News

Career St. Paul Criminal convicted in drive-by shooting case

MINNEAPOLIS – A federal jury today convicted a St. Paul man on charges of illegally possessing a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk. Following a five-day trial, Darnell Andre Dunn,…

Two Dominican nationals in Miami plead guilty to mail fraud, identity theft

EL PASO, TEXAS – Wilver Jose Polanco-Alvarez, a 26-year-old Dominican Republic citizen residing in Miami, and Jose Eduardo Gomez Salas, a 25-year-old Dominican Republic citizen residing in New York, admitted in federal…

Florida News

Alabama Felon Sentenced to 5 years for possession of firearm

Montgomery, Alabama – On Thursday, June 3, 2021, Trajazman L. Farmer, a 31-year-old man from Dothan, Alabama, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a…

Moore County Man Sentenced for Immigration Fraud

RALEIGH, N.C. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that today, in federal court, Antonio C. Paz, age 70, a naturalized citizen of the United…

North Carolina News

Hershey Road Restaurant owner charged for bank fraud, PPP loan fraud

HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Scott Levy, age 58, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was charged on June 7, 2021, in a criminal…

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