Latin Kings operated hit squad inside New Jersey’s prison system

TRENTON – Open gang warfare is no longer limited to the streets of New Jersey’s cities like Trenton, Newark, Camden and Paterson. Now, gang leaders are taking the rising rate of gang…

Web Designer Forced To Publish Messages Countering Her Religious Faith Asks Supreme Court To Hear Case

A Colorado web designer asked the Supreme Court to take up her case challenging a state law forcing her to publish websites with messages counter to her religious beliefs. Lorie Smith filed…

Informational: Federal Court arraignments

The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The…

California Tobacco Executive Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Evade Federal Excise Taxes on Dominican Cigars

Miami, Florida – A California tobacco company executive on Thursday admitted his participation in a fraudulent scheme to avoid the payment of millions of dollars in excise taxes on imported tobacco products.…

Butler Contracting Company Pleads Guilty to OSHA Violation that Resulted in a Worker’s Death

PITTSBURGH – A Butler County-based company pleaded guilty in federal court to willfully violating an OSHA regulation that resulted in the death of a worker, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman…

Kasilof Man Indicted for Making Interstate Death Threats

ANCHORAGE – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging a Kasilof, Alaska, man with five counts of making interstate threats and one count of cyberstalking for making death threats…

West Virginia Man Convicted After Two Day Jury Trial

FORT WAYNE- Kevin Hartleroad, 64, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, was convicted on the sole count of an Indictment charging him with attempted production of child [censored]ography following a two day jury trial…

Convicted Felon Sentenced for Illegal Firearm Possession

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A federal judge today sentenced a convicted felon for illegally possessing a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr. U.S.…

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Criminal And Civil Charges Against CEO Of Apparel Company For Engaging In Customs Fraud

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Peter C. Fitzhugh, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Department of Homeland…

Individual Charged with Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl, Heroin, and Marihuana

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On September 22, 2021, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a four-count indictment charging Israel Hernández with Conspiracy to Possess with Intent…

Elkhart Man Sentenced To 40 Years in Prison

SOUTH BEND – Khalil Jackson, age 25, of Elkhart, Indiana was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after being convicted following a four-day trial in June 2021, announced…

Virginia Doctor Pleads Guilty to $1.8 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Virginia doctor pleaded guilty today to his role in a $1.8 million health care fraud scheme to prescribe medically unnecessary compounded pain and scar creams and other expensive…

Convicted Felon Sentenced for Narcotics Trafficking and Manufacturing “Ghost Guns”

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A District Heights, Maryland man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for distributing heroin and cocaine, and for his involvement in manufacturing untraceable “ghost guns” from the…

Coffee County Nonprofit Receives $549,500 In Federal Funding To Aid Safe Families Project

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The nonprofit Coffee County Drug Court Foundation will receive $549,500 from the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) to support its Safe Families Project, announced Acting…

Convicted Felon Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Kidnapping and Possessing Firearms

Assistant U. S. Attorney Joseph J.M. Orabona (619) 546-7951 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – September 24, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Joseph Anthony Martino, a convicted felon with a long criminal history that prevents…

Jackson Man Sentenced to Over 4 Years in Prison for Possessing a Firearm as a Convicted Felon

Jackson, Miss – A Jackson man was sentenced to 50 months in prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in…

Vicksburg Man Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Bank Robbery

Jackson, Miss – A Vicksburg man was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for bank robbery, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of…

Catoosa Woman Halts Jury Trial and Instead Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Applying for $1M in Loans

A Catoosa woman halted her own jury trial and pleaded guilty Wednesday to a 28-count indictment charging her, in part, with submitting false loan applications totaling $1 million, announced Acting U.S. Attorney…

Maryland Man Sentenced for Credit Card Fraud Offenses

PORTLAND, Maine: A Maryland man was sentenced today in federal court for using counterfeit credit cards, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced. U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr., sentenced Charles…

EDTX Indicts Two Dozen Defendants in International Multi-Scheme Fraud Conspiracy

SHERMAN, Texas – A federal grand jury in Sherman has returned a two-count indictment charging 23 individuals in a fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas…

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