Providence Man Admits To Trafficking More Than A Kilo Of Cocaine
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man arrested shortly after law enforcement watched him take possession of a package that contained more than a kilogram of …
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3 Additional Members of Alleged Fraud Ring Based in San Fernando Valley Arrested on Charges of Exploiting COVID-Relief Programs
LOS ANGELES , CALIFORNIA – Expanding a case in which four people were indicted last year, federal authorities have charged four new defendants with participating …
Final Member of Wausau Methamphetamine Conspiracy Sentenced
MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Ger Moua, 32, Wausau, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty …
Indictment implicates Augusta woman in child exploitation investigation
AUGUSTA, GA: An Augusta woman has been charged with sex trafficking in a newly unsealed federal indictment that files additional charges against the man to …
Man Sentenced in Ft. Pierce to over 12 Years in Prison for Smuggling Migrants by Sea ahead of Hurricane
MIAMI, FLORIDA – Yesterday, a federal judge in Ft. Pierce sentenced a Bahamian man to 151 months in prison for trying to smuggle migrants into …
Dominican National Sentenced for Fentanyl Trafficking
BOSTON, MASS – A Dominican man previously residing in Lawrence was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with drug trafficking activities involving …
Maryland Woman Pleads Guilty In Rhode Island to Aggravated Identity Theft
PROVIDENCE , RI – An Abington, Maryland, woman appeared in U.S. District Court in Providence, RI, on Thursday and admitted that she used the stolen …
Mescalero man sentenced to two years in prison for assault
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Edmond Andrew Yahnahki Shanta, 23, of Mescalero, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, was sentenced on March …
Miami Man Charged with Multiple Bank Robberies
MIAMI, FLORIDA – Federal prosecutors have charged 43-year-old Christopher C. Pinkston of Miami with robbing two banks in South Florida last month. According to allegations …
Lexington Woman Gets 10 Years in Federal Prison on Drug Charges
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett Dehart announced today that Ashley Shay Cook, 38, of Lexington, was sentenced to ten years …
‘Black Lives Matter of Greater Atlanta’ Facebook page admin indicted for defrauding donors
TOLEDO, OHIO – Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland returned a four-count indictment charging Sir …
Ohio man sentenced for role in drug distribution operation
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Cory Davonta Smith, Jr., of Barberton, Ohio, was sentenced today to 57 months of incarceration for his role in a drug …
North Carolina Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Possessing Gun and Drugs in New Haven
NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT – Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JIMMIE WILLIAMSON, also known as “James …
Former Federal Prison Official and Factory manager at USP-Marion Sentenced to Prison
BENTON, ILL – Shawn E. Whitecotton, 50, of Herrin, Illinois, was sentenced to 16 months confinement today, consisting of 8 months in federal prison and …
Felon Sentenced for Possession of Firearm and Ammunition
BOSTON , MASS – A Lawrence man was sentenced yesterday for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Nathaniel Toribio, 22, was …
Detroit Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Fentanyl Distribution
BECKLEY, W.VA. – Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston announced that Honorable United States District Judge Frank W. Volk sentenced Cornelius Pope, 24, of …
Strongsville man accused of filing false tax returns
CLEVELAND, OHIO – A federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland has handed down an indictment charging Richard Gould, 65, of Strongsville, with two counts of …
Drug Trafficker from Ringgold, Louisiana Sentenced to Federal Prison
SHREVEPORT, LA. – Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that James Coleman, 44, of Ringgold, Louisiana, was sentenced by United States District Judge Elizabeth …
Child Predator and Cyberterrorist Sentenced to 75 years in Federal Prison
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – Acting U.S. Attorney John Childress announced today that Buster Hernandez, 29, of Bakersfield, California, was sentenced to 75 years in federal prison …
Everett Man Charged with Armed Bank Robbery
BOSTON, MASS – An Everett man has been charged in connection with committing armed bank robbery. Jamaine Howell, 35, was charged by criminal complaint with …
Convicted Felon, Drug User, and Domestic Abuser Heading Back to Prison
SIOUX CITY, IOWA – A man who possessed a loaded pistol was sentenced March 12, 2021, to more than one year in federal prison. David …
Crow Agency man admits stabbing man
BILLINGS , MT — A Crow Agency man today admitted stabbing another man last year on the Crow Indian Reservation, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson …
Orange Park Man Charged After Mailing Multiple Machinegun Conversion Devices
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the return of an indictment charging Kristopher Justinboyer Ervin (41, Orange Park) with possession of …
West Boylston Man Indicted on Illegal Ammunition Possession and Drug Offenses
BOSTON , MASS – A West Boylston man was indicted yesterday in federal court in Worcester in connection with illegal possession of ammunition and cocaine. …
Tucson man arrested with moving 20 kilos of cocaine through Ohio
TUSCON, ARIZONA – A federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland returned a one-count indictment on March 11 charging Benjamin Ortiz Ledezma, 38, of Tucson, Arizona, …
Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Debit Card Theft Scheme
TEXAS – A U.S. citizen who formerly resided in the Dominican Republic has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in …
Sex Offender Who Fled with Girlfriend to Mexico Sentenced for Violating Sex Offender Laws
CONNECTICUT – Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LESTER B. JOY, 40, formerly of Waterbury, was sentenced …
Former Rohnert Park Police Officers Charged for Extortion, Shaking down suspects of drugs, money
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California unsealed charges today in a criminal complaint charging former Rohnert …
California man pleads guilty to email compromise scheme that stole millions from Northwest maritime construction firms
SEATTLE, WA – A 44-year-old Inglewood, California, man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to an email compromise scheme that stole more …
Belizean National Convicted Of Using Fraudulent Immigration And Social Security Cards At Nevada DMV
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – A federal jury convicted a Belize citizen yesterday for using a fraudulent United States Permanent Resident Card and a fake Social …
Marana Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Assaulting Federal Agent, Weapons Crimes
TUCSON, ARIZONA – Chris Paul Snow, 68, of Marana, Arizona, was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to 144 months in …
Baton Rouge convict operated meth operation from prison
NEW ORLEANS, LA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that BRANDON SANDERS, age 30, a resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was sentenced on March 9, 2021 …
Florida Man Sentenced To Probation For Stealing school Grant money
HARRISBURG, PA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 12, 2021, Eliseo Sierra, age 43, of …
Caribou woman charged for distributing meth
BANGOR, MAINE – A Caribou woman was sentenced today in federal court for conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting …
Mexican National with Prior Felonies Pleads Guilty to Illegally Reentering the Country
BANGOR, MAINE – A Mexican national with an immigration history of prior removals and felony convictions pleaded guilty today in federal court to illegally reentering …
Three charged with 120 kilos of cocaine and $1,000,000 in drug money
NEW YORK – Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Raymond P. Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of …
Dutchess County Man Sentenced for Mailing White Powder Filled Envelopes to Terrorize Federal Employees
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Jason Pantone, age 36, of Hyde Park, New York, was sentenced today to time served (more than two years in jail) …
Founder of Dental Support Plus Gets 16 years for Fraud
NORFOLK, VA – An Arizona man was sentenced today to 16 years in prison for his participation in a nationwide investment fraud conspiracy that cost …
Las Vegas Felon Sentenced To Prison For Selling Oxycodone Pills, Gun Possession
LAS VEGAS, NEV – A convicted felon was sentenced last Monday (March 8, 2021) to eight years and six months in federal prison for unlawfully …
Nashua Man Sentenced to 120 Months for Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
CONCORD , NEW HAMPSHIRE – Terray Morrison, 32, of Nashua, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute, and possess with …
Marion County man admits to meth charge
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – James Charles Costello, of Fairmont, West Virginia, has admitted to distributing methamphetamine, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Costello, …
Georgia Man Sentenced to Three Years For Nationwide Bank Fraud and Identity Theft Scheme
PHILADELPHIA , PA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Sean Christopher Williams, 40, of Sandy Springs, GA, was sentenced to three …
Missoula man trafficked 5 pounds of methampehtamine
MISSOULA, MONTANA — A Missoula man suspected of trafficking large amounts of methamphetamine in the Flathead Valley and of having five pounds of meth at his shop …
31 Texas Minors Recovered in “Operation Missing in the Metroplex”
DALLAS, TEXAS – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas announced today that 31 DFW-area children have been located, recovered, or …
Pittsburgh Felon Admits Violating Federal Drug and Gun Laws
PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics and gun laws, Acting United States …
New Orleans Attorney Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud Charge
LAFAYETTE, LA – Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Robert Hjortsberg, 38, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today in United States District …
Tampa Gang Member Pleads Guilty To Firearms Offenses
TAMPA, FLORIDA – Gabriel Antonio Thompkins, II (25, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to making a false statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer in connection …
Detroit Heroin Dealer Sentenced to More Than 24 Years in Federal Prison
CHARLESTON, W.VA – Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston announced today that Curtis Watson, 52, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced to a total of …
COO of Soccer Club with ties to Phil Murphy’s Sky Blue team pleads guilty to visa fraud conspiracy
BOSTON, MA – A man with ties to Sky Blue FC, a soccer team owned by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and his wife Tammy …
Grand Jury Indicts Two in “Grandparent Scam”
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging two Providence men with allegedly running a so-called “grandparent scam” in two …