Two Pennsylvania Men Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms for Attempting to Solicit Sex with Minors
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — Two Pennsylvania men were handed significant prison sentences last week for attempting to engage in sexual activities with minors, only to be apprehended by the Lancaster County Human…
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 of bank robbery and attempted bank robbery,…
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 15 years of supervised release, for attempting…
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 in the Persian Gulf is funneling goods…
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 falsely indicating she had been diagnosed with…
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 unlawful sexual activity. The announcement was made by…
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 a federal grand jury on Monday and…
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 attempting to murder U.S. service members, providing…
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, 54, was indicted on two counts of…
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 Springfield, Vermont, were indicted by the federal…
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 California on Monday seized enough fentanyl to…
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 Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents,…
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 a lifetime of supervised release, for attempting…
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 was announced by United States Attorney for…
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 4.65 kilograms of fentanyl, announced U.S. Attorney…
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 knowingly making a false statement to a…
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 to engage in sexual acts with him.…
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 woman he briefly dated and who repeatedly…
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 Maryland. Today, Sheriff Mike Lewis said Deputy…
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 through Los Angeles International Airport in exchange…
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”). According to court documents, Charles Asher, 62,…
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 count of using a minor child to…
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 attempted enticement of a minor and possession…
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 federal court today to 60 months 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 attempting to possess with the intent to…
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 Atlanta”), a federal prison. “Introducing contraband into…
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