U.S. Postal Service Mail Carrier Pleads Guilty to Stealing from Customers

Assistant U. S. Attorney Andrew Sherwood (619) 546-9690 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – November 9, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier Breanna Wares pleaded guilty in federal court, admitting…

Thayer Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearms

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Thayer, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing methamphetamine to distribute and illegally possessing firearms. Jamie K. Hutcherson, 50, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge…

Former Firefighter Sentenced for Two Bank Robberies

A Bixby man was sentenced Wednesday in federal court for robbing two Oklahoma banks of nearly $320,000, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. “Jerry Brown’s string of criminal acts included two bank robberies…

South Florida Man Charged with COVID-19 Relief Fraud Allegedly Spends Loan Money on Exotic Sport Cars

MIAMI — Andre Lorquet, 38, of Miami made his first appearance today in federal magistrate court and was charged with fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief loans and grants under the Paycheck Protection Program,…

Fugitive Bookkeeper Apprehended in Utah After 8 Years on the Run Sentenced to 90 Months in Prison for Embezzling More than $2.2 Million

INDIANAPOLIS– Jody Russell Trapp, 58, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison for wire fraud, money laundering and tax evasion. According to court documents, from July 2009 through December 2011, Trapp was a bookkeeper…

Grand Junction Woman Sentenced to 37 Months for Wire Fraud and Filing False Tax Returns

Denver – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Debra Campbell, age 66, of Grand Junction, Colorado, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison and ordered to…

Fredericksburg Man Pleads Guilty to Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Scheme

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Fredericksburg man pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to obtain pandemic unemployment benefits. His family members were also indicted for their roles in the scheme, along with a separate…

Testa blames Phil Murphy, Democrats’ soft-on-crime policy for rising New Jersey crime wave

TRENTON – New Jersey State Senator Michael Testa has had enough of out-of-control crime in the Garden State, where criminals are being coddled by Governor Phil Murphy and Democrat lawmakers. New Jersey…

CZERNEJEWSKI: Is Democracy On The Ballot?

CZERNEJEWSKI: Is Democracy On The Ballot? Christine Czernejewski on November 7, 2022 On Wednesday, President Joe Biden used the waning days before the midterm elections to lecture Americans on what’s at stake…

Michigan Man Sentenced to 3½ Years in Prison for Role in ‘SIM Swapping’ that Led to Account Takeovers and $122,000 in Losses

LOS ANGELES – A Clarkston, Michigan man was sentenced today to 42 months in federal prison for his role in a series of “SIM swapping” schemes that allowed him and his…

Former bank teller sentenced for taking nearly $100,000 from bank

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – David Paul Ritter, a former bank teller at Summit Community Bank in Salem, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for taking nearly $100,000 from…

Atlanta man convicted of laundering over $12 million in stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme

ATLANTA – A federal jury has found Thomas Addaquay guilty of 29 counts of fraud-related offenses in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud,…

Sioux City Man With Lengthy Criminal History Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison for Possession of Ammunition

A Sioux City, Iowa man with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced November 4, 2022, to more than 7 years in federal prison. Michael Mace, age 20, from Sioux City, Iowa received…

Delaware Man Charged with Interstate Transportation of Stolen Goods

TRENTON, N.J. – A Delaware man was arrested for transporting stolen goods obtained through a string of jewelry store thefts in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Michael Larbi,…

Long Island Man Pleads Guilty to $3 Million Bank Loan Scheme

Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Gary Confredo, also known as “Gary Conte,” the former operator of Goldstar Financial Management Corp. (Goldstar), a financial services business based in Commack, New…

Long Island Woman Sentenced to Prison for Unemployment Insurance Fraud

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Rhasha Wright, age 30, of Roosevelt, New York, was sentenced today to 24 months and a day in prison for scheming with New York State prisoners to defraud…

Man Who Kidnapped Son And Took Him To Lebanon Sentenced To Federal Prison

Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington today sentenced Ali Hussein Salamey (40, Dearborn, Michigan) to two years in federal prison for passport fraud and aggravated identity theft. Salamey had…

Serial Burglar Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison

MADISON, WIS. – Chief Judge James D. Peterson of the Western District of Wisconsin sentenced Ahmeeshadye Curtis, 36, Madison, Wisconsin to 42 months in federal prison for conspiring to transport and transporting…

Ponte Vedra Beach Man Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion And Agrees To Pay IRS More Than $1.9 Million In Restitution

Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Patrick Brian Hines has pleaded guilty to willful evasion of the payment of taxes. Hines faces a maximum penalty of 5…

North Carolina Felon Arrested for Trafficking More than a Dozen Firearms to New York for Sale

Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Dwayne Pickett, also known as “Waynehead,” was arraigned before Judge James R. Cho on a three-count indictment charging him with unlawful firearms trafficking and being…

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