Two Arrested with Illegal Guns After Attempting to Flee Police in Atlantic City
ATLANTIC CTY, NJ (POLICE BLOTTER) – On July 18, 2022, officers arrested a man for possession of two handguns after a foot pursuit. You can …
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Rensselaer County Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Entice a Minor
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Brian Botsford, age 26, of Troy, New York, pled guilty today to attempting to coerce and entice a 13-year-old child to …
Houston Man Indicted for Attempting to Use Drone to Drop Contraband into Beaumont Federal Prison Complex
BEAUMONT, Texas – A Houston man has been indicted for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Davien …
Three Former Hawaii Correctional Officers Convicted of Civil Rights Violations for Assaulting an Inmate and Attempting to Cover it Up
WASHINGTON – On July 8, after a three-week trial, a federal jury convicted three former correctional officers at the Hawaii Community Correctional Center — Jason …
Liverpool Man Going To Prison For Robbing Banks In Brighton And Buffalo, And Attempting To Rob A Third Bank In Niagara Falls
CONTACT: Barbara BurnsPHONE: (716) 843-5817FAX #: (716) 551-3051 ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Michael Tyo, 34, of Liverpool, NY, who was convicted …
Man Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Attempting To Provide Material Support To ISIS
Jacksonville, FL – United States Attorney Roger Handberg announces today that a Florida man was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison, followed by …
Biden Admin Says It’s ‘On The Same Page’ As Ally Attempting To Help Iran Avoid Sanctions
Biden Admin Says It’s ‘On The Same Page’ As Ally Attempting To Help Iran Avoid Sanctions Micaela Burrow on July 6, 2022 A U.S. ally …
Chula Vista Woman Sentenced for Attempting to Avoid Prison for Fraud Conviction by Faking Cancer
SAN DIEGO – This morning, Ashleigh Lynn Chavez was sentenced to serve 24 additional months in prison for obstruction of justice by forging doctors’ notes …
Michigan Man Charged with Attempting to Entice a Minor to Engage in Sexual Activity
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Daniel Higgs, age 39, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, was arrested yesterday and charged with attempting to entice a minor to engage in …
California and New Hampshire Men Indicted for Attempting to Fraudulently Obtain $5 Million in CARES Act Funds
CONCORD – Pierre Rogers, 43, of Irvine, California, and Joshua Leavitt, 40, of Northwood, New Hampshire were indicted by …
U.S. Army Soldier Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Murder Fellow Service Members In Deadly Ambush
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ETHAN PHELAN MELZER, a/k/a “Etil Reggad,” pled guilty to …
Somerville Attorney Indicted for Attempting to Bribe Medford Police Chief
BOSTON – A Somerville attorney was arrested today on charges that he engaged in a scheme to bribe the Medford Chief of Police. Sean O’Donovan, …
Westminster Man and Springfield Woman Charged with Conspiring and Attempting to Commit Robbery
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Daniel King, 41, of Westminster, Vermont, and Jacquelyn Fougere, 29, of …
Border Agents Stop Driver Attempting To Smuggle Enough Fentanyl To Kill Around 2 Million People
Border Agents Stop Driver Attempting To Smuggle Enough Fentanyl To Kill Around 2 Million People Jennie Taer on June 23, 2022 Border Patrol agents in …
Federal Prison Inmate Charged with Attempting to Obtain Contraband
MINNEAPOLIS – An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution (“FCI”) in Sandstone has been indicted for attempting to obtain contraband in prison, announced U.S. Attorney …
Sex Offender Sentenced in South Florida to Over 29 Years for Attempting to Sexually Entice Minor
Miami, Florida – A federal district judge in Fort Pierce, Florida this week sentenced a 47-year-old Orlando man to 355 months in prison, followed by …
Felon Faces 20 Years in Federal Prison After Attempting to Rob a Baltimore Convenience Store While on Supervised Release for a Previous Federal Conviction
Baltimore, Maryland – Larry Haynes, age 25, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to attempt to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery. The guilty plea …
Houston resident sentenced for attempting to bring kilos of deadly fentanyl to Galleria Mall
LAREDO, Texas – A 22-year-old man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute approximately …
Duval Felon Indicted For Attempting To Purchase Firearm
Jacksonville, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Thomas Oliver Morrison (62, Jacksonville) with …
Greene County Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Entice and Transfer Obscene Material to a Minor
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Thomas “Tommy” Squires, age 37, of Cairo, New York, pled guilty today to attempting to coerce and entice a 14-year-old child …
Beverly Hills Man Pleads Guilty to Charge for Attempting to Hire Hitman to Murder a Woman He Briefly Dated but Later Rebuffed Him
LOS ANGELES – A Beverly Hills man pleaded guilty today to a federal murder-for-hire charge for attempting to hire a hitman to kill a …
Maryland Police Officer Shot While Attempting to Arrest Fugitive
PITTSVILLE, MD – A 16-year veteran law enforcement officer was shot and killed while trying to apprehend a known fugitive inside an apartment complex in …
Former TSA Officer Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charge for Attempting to Smuggle Methamphetamine Through LAX
LOS ANGELES – A former Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for smuggling what he believed was methamphetamine …
Inmate Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Escape From Federal Prison
RALEIGH, N.C. – A federal inmate pled guilty on Thursday to attempting to escape from the Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, North Carolina (“FCI Butner”). …
Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officer Charged With Using And Attempting To Use A Minor To Produce Sexually Explicit Images
Jacksonville, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment against Alejandro Carmona-Fonseca (47, Green Cove Springs) charging him with one …
Illinois Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Attempting To Entice A Child To Engage In Sexually Explicit Conduct
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle has sentenced Robert W. Rice (56, Westville, Illinois) to 10 years in federal prison for the …
Man Sentenced to 60 months in Prison for Attempting to Use Two Molotov Cocktails on an Occupied National City Residence
Assistant U. S. Attorney Shital H. Thakkar (619) 546-8785 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – May 23, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Sylvester Andrews Jr. was sentenced in …
Correctional Officer Sentenced For Attempting To Smuggle Drugs Into Fort Myers Facility
Fort Myers, Florida – United States District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Leslie Spencer (49, Port Charlotte) to 30 months in federal prison for …
Federal inmate and Alabama correctional officer sentenced for attempting to smuggle methamphetamine into federal prison
ATLANTA – Julius Stoudemire and Jennifer Deramus have each been sentenced after their convictions for attempting to smuggle methamphetamine into United States Penitentiary Atlanta (“USP …
U.S. Citizen Arrested Attempting to Smuggle Two Undocumented Individuals
CALEXICO, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents conducting anti-smuggling operations arrested a United States citizen and two undocumented individuals, Sunday afternoon. At approximately …
Former Union County Postal Employee Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Conspiring to Commit Bank Fraud and Fraudulently Attempting to Obtain SBA Loans
NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for stealing checkbooks and credit cards from the …
Oshkosh Sex Offender Arrested for Attempting to Meet a 13 year-old for Sexual Activity
Richard G. Frohling, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that Kevin J. Mueller (age: 60) of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was charged via …
USP Canaan Inmate Sentenced To 24 Months’ Imprisonment For Attempting To Smuggle Suboxone Into Federal Prison
SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that United States District Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced Devro Hebron, age …
Arizona man faces charge for attempting to entice a minor
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Jonathan John James, 58, of Tsaile, Arizona, appeared in federal court today for a preliminary and detention hearing where he was charged …
Chicago Man Sentenced to 48 Months for Attempting to Possess Fentanyl for Distribution
MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jeffrey Kemp, 55, Chicago, Illinois was sentenced on …
Jury Finds Sand Springs Man Guilty for Attempting to Coerce a 13-Year-Old into a Sexual Relationship
A federal jury found a Sand Springs man guilty Friday for sending hundreds of sexually explicit messages to a male minor and for touching the …
Two Federal Prison Inmates Charged with Possessing and Attempting to Possess Controlled Substances
PITTSBURGH – Ross Landfried and David Curran were indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for prison contraband crimes, United States Attorney Cindy K. …
New York Man Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison for Attempting to Entice Minor to Have Sex
CAMDEN, N.J. – A New York man was sentenced today to 24 years in prison for attempting to entice a minor and traveling from New …
Worcester Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Purchase Jeep with Counterfeit Check
BOSTON – A Worcester man pleaded guilty on Monday, April 25, 2022, to attempting to purchase a $56,000 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon with a counterfeit check. …
Jacksonville Man Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Use A 9-Year-Old Child To Produce Photos Of Sexual Abuse
Jacksonville, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Tadd Andrew Melton (33, Jacksonville) today pleaded guilty to attempted production of child sex abuse …
Michigan Man Charged with Hate Crimes for Attempting to Intimidate Protestors from Supporting Black Lives Matter
FLINT – The Justice Department announced that Kenneth Pilon, 61, has been charged by information in federal district court with willfully intimidating and attempting to …
Charlotte County Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Smuggle Drugs Into Prison
Fort Myers, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Troy Alexander Cole (28, Fort Myers) has pleaded guilty to attempted distribution of …
Central Illinois Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Federal Prison for Attempting to Traffic Cocaine in Chicago
CHICAGO — A central Illinois man has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for attempting to traffic cocaine in Chicago. A jury last …
Pittsburgh Man Pleads to Producing and Attempting to Produce Child Sexual Exploitation Materials
PITTSBURGH – A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of production and attempted production of material depicting the …
“Bored Dude” indicted for attempting to sexually assault nine-year-old
McALLEN, Texas – A 19-year-old man residing in San Juan has been indicted on charges of attempted coercion and enticement of a child, announced U.S. …
Gang Member Arrested Attempting Illegal Entry in the Mountains
OCOTILLO, Calif. – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Sector arrested a gang member early Saturday morning in the Jacumba Wilderness Region. …
Fort Mccoy Man Indicted For Attempting To Entice A 12-Year-Old Child To Engage In Sexual Activity
Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a grand jury has returned an indictment charging Jorge Mojocoa (69, Fort McCoy) with …
Laredo man sentenced for attempting to smuggle assault rifles into Mexico
LAREDO, Texas – A 29-year-old local man has been sent to prison following his conviction of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced …
Worcester Man Pleads Guilty to Opening Bank Accounts and Attempting to Purchase $83,000 Sports Car Using Stolen Identities
BOSTON – A Worcester man pleaded guilty today to using two victims’ identities to open bank accounts and attempting to purchase an $83,000 Chevrolet Camaro. …
Kentucky Man Indicted for Shooting at and Attempting to Kill a Political Candidate
WASHINGTON – A federal court in Louisville, Kentucky, unsealed an indictment today charging a Louisville man for interfering with a federally protected right, and using …