Philadelphia Man Sentenced to One Year in Jail for Shining Laser into Police Helicopter
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Raji Yusuf, 36, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to one year in prison and three years of supervised release, and was ordered…
Man Pleads Guilty to Delaware County Murder and Assault
A Jay man pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court for shooting and killing his mother and wounding a second victim, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. Christopher Weeley, 42, pleaded guilty to second…
U.S. Attorney Announces Arrests Of A Yakuza Leader And Affiliates For International Trafficking Of Narcotics And Weapons, Including Surface-To-Air Missiles
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Anne Milgram, the Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), announced today the arrests of TAKESHI EBISAWA,…
Florida Man Sentenced To Probation For Filing False Claims On U.S. Navy Contracts
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Raymond Lofthouse, age 59, of Florida, was sentenced on April 6, 2022, to one month of probation…
Convicted Felon Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Handgun in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking
WILMINGTON, Del. – David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that a Wilmington man was sentenced yesterday to 11 years in prison for possessing a firearm in furtherance…
Rocky Mount Gang Member Sentenced to Federal Prison
NEW BERN, N.C. – A Rocky Mount man was sentenced today to 52 months in prison for possessing a handgun as a convicted felon. On November 16, 2021, Raekwon Laderek Briggs pled…
National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Virtual Commemoration
National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) will be observed April 24–30, 2022. NCVRW is an opportunity to celebrate and acknowledge the hard and dedicated work of victim advocates, as well as to…
SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS WILL PRESENT SCIENTIFIC DATA AT THE SOCIETY OF HOSPITAL MEDICINE CONVERGE 2022
Featured Posters Will Include XIFAXAN® (rifaximin) and RELISTOR® (methylnaltrexone bromide) Research BRIDGEWATER, N.J., April 7, 2022 — Salix Pharmaceuticals (“Salix”), the gastroenterology business of Bausch Health Companies Inc. (NYSE/TSX: BHC) and one…
New York City Man Sentenced To Nearly Six Years In Federal Prison For Failing To Register As A Convicted Child Sex Offender
Jacksonville, Florida – United States District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Samuel Maldonado (48, New York City) to 5 years and 10 months in federal prison for failing to register as…
Five Smuggling Events Foiled in One Day
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents interdicted five migrant smuggling events resulting in 29 arrests. On the morning of April 5, agents working at the Falfurrias Border…
Law enforcement cooperation shuts down stash house with narcotics and undocumented individuals
LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo South Station, together with local law enforcement partners, shut down a stash house yielding the apprehension of several undocumented individuals and…
DEA Warns Law Enforcement To Prepare For A Surge In ‘Mass-Overdose Events’ From Fentanyl
DEA Warns Law Enforcement To Prepare For A Surge In ‘Mass-Overdose Events’ From Fentanyl Jennie Taer on April 6, 2022 Amid an epidemic of overdose deaths caused largely by fentanyl, the Drug…
Texas Gov Abbott Pledges To Give Biden A Taste Of His Own Medicine On Illegal Immigration
Texas Gov Abbott Pledges To Give Biden A Taste Of His Own Medicine On Illegal Immigration Jennie Taer on April 6, 2022 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that he would charter…
Passenger sentenced for groping nurse during flight
ATLANTA – Scott Russell Granden has been sentenced to federal prison for groping and inappropriately touching a female passenger seated next to him on a flight to Atlanta. “Passengers have the right…
San Fernando Valley Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Starting Fire in Santa Monica Restaurant During May 2020 Civil Unrest
LOS ANGELES – A West Hills man was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for starting a fire that caused substantial damage to a Santa Monica restaurant during the…
Claremore Man Pleads Guilty to Assault of a Dating Partner by Strangling
TULSA, Okla. – Jessy Pearson, 26, of Claremore, pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to assault of an intimate/dating partner by strangling and suffocating in Indian Country. “Jessy Pearson violently attacked his…
Inscription House Man Sentenced to 13 Years for Sexual Abuse of a Minor
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Oliver Lee Hurley, 48, of Inscription House, AZ, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Dominic W. Lanza to 156 months in prison. Hurley previously pleaded guilty to Sexual…
Boat Captain Pleads Guilty in Maritime Alien Smuggling Incident Resulting in Three Deaths
Assistant U. S. Attorneys C. Seth Askins (619) 546-6692 and Lyndzie M. Carter (619) 546-8780 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – April 6, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Antonio Hurtado pleaded guilty in federal court…
Convicted Felon Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Handgun in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking
WILMINGTON, Del. – David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that a Wilmington man was sentenced yesterday to 11 years in prison for possessing a firearm in furtherance…