U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects $6,637,580.30 in Civil and Criminal Actions in Fiscal Year 2021

HAMMOND – U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson announced today that the Northern District of Indiana collected $6,637,580.30 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2021. Of this amount, $5,174,664.80 was collected…

Woman Pleads Guilty to Interfering with a Southwest Airlines Flight Attendant

Assistant U. S. Attorneys Jaclyn Stahl (619) 546-8456 and Megan Rossi (619) 546-9661 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – December 22, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Vyvianna M. Quinonez, a Sacramento resident, pleaded guilty in…

Federal Grand Jury B Indictments Announced- December

Acting United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the December 2021 Federal Grand Jury B. The following individuals have been charged with violations of United States law in indictments…

Department of Justice Awards More Than $125 Million in Grants Under The Stop School Violence Act

The Department of Justice today announced nearly $126 million in funding to advance school safety under the STOP School Violence Act. The grants, awarded by the Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of…

Dominican Drug Lord extradited to the United States from Colombia to Face Drug Trafficking Charges

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Today, Colombian authorities extradited Dominican drug lord Cesar Emilio Peralta-Adamez, also known as “El Abusador,” to the United States to face drug trafficking charges filed in the…

Texan resentenced following terrorism conviction and appeal

HOUSTON – The 27-year-old Spring man convicted of providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization has been ordered to prison for 12 years following reversal of original sentence, announced Acting…

Dayton man pleads guilty to kidnapping conspiracy that resulted in victim’s death

DAYTON – A Dayton man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today for his role in the summer 2019 kidnapping and subsequent death of Kwasi Casey, whose body was later found in…

Flathead Valley construction company owner admits wire fraud scheme

MISSOULA – A Flathead Valley construction company owner accused in a scheme to defraud customers by spending money intended for projects on unrelated business and personal expenses admitted to a wire fraud…

School District’s Equity Summit Includes Privilege Checklist, Encourages Political Activism

A Michigan public school district held a “21 Day Equity Challenge” that encouraged student activism, along with a list of microaggressions and a privilege checklist, according to a report from the Young…

Fort Worth Man Named Coconspirator in Agent’s ‘Secret Probation’ Fraud Scheme

A Fort Worth man has been named a co-conspirator in retired FBI agent William Stone’s alleged scheme to con a local mother out of more than $700,000 by convincing her she was…

French First Lady Brigitte Macron Sues Over Conspiracy Theory That She Is Transgender

Brigitte Macron, the French first lady, will take legal action in response to a conspiracy theory on the internet that she is a transgender woman, BBC News reported. The rumors, which began…

Rape suspect charged for trying to influence jury, tampering

MORRISTOWN, NJ – Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Chief of Detectives Christoph Kimker, and Morris County Sheriff James Gannon announce that a jury has found Andrew Pena, 54, guilty of third…

Winner Man Indicted on Firearm Charges

Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Winner, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm. Cameron Fanning,…

Indictment Charges Former Morris Resident with Child Exploitation Offenses

Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Matthew B. Millhollin, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Boston, today announced that a federal grand jury…

Found Guilty of Wire Fraud, Bank Fraud, and Money Laundering Bear Man Sentenced to Three Years in Federal Prison

WILMINGTON, Del. – David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that a resident of Bear, Delaware was sentenced on Tuesday to 36 months in prison for committing…

Corey F. Ellis Appointed as Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina

Columbia, South Carolina — Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Corey F. Ellis as Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina today, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 546. As U.S. Attorney,…

10 Years in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Importer

WILMINGTON, Del. – A New Castle County man was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents and…

Former U.S. Navy Sailor Sentenced to 2.5 Years for Selling Export-Controlled Military Equipment to China

Assistant U. S. Attorney Alexandra F. Foster (619) 546-6735 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – December 21, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Ye Sang “Ivy” Wang, a former U.S. Navy sailor who was a Logistics…

US Attorney’s Office Collects Over $6.2 Million in Civil & Criminal Actions in Fiscal Year 2021

More than 200 law enforcement officers died by suicide in 2019. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline may be reached at 1-800-273-8255 and provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress. We…

Over 160 Migrants Drowned From Shipwrecks In One Week: REPORT

Two shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea resulted in more than 160 Europe-bound immigrants drowning over the weekend, according to the U.N.’s International Organization for Migration, the Associated Press reported. At least 102…

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