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…
Long Island Man Sentenced to 200 Months’ Imprisonment for Attempting to Provide Material Support to Terrorists
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY — Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Elvis Redzepagic was sentenced by United States District Judge Denis R. Hurley to 200 months’ imprisonment for attempting to…
Former Margate Police Officer Sentenced To More Than 18 Years For Attempting To Entice A 14-Year-Old Child To Engage In Sexual Activity And For Soliciting Production Of Child Sex Abuse Images
Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Andrew Christian Hammock (48, Boca Raton) to 18 years and 8 months in federal prison for attempting to entice a minor…
McAllen man sent to prison for attempting to entice minor through social media
McALLEN, Texas – A 27-year-old McAllen resident has been ordered to federal prison after admitting he intended to engage in sexual activity with a minor female, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B.…
Jacksonville Man Sentenced To More Than 22 Years In Federal Prison For Attempting To Entice A Child To Produce Photos Depicting Sexual Abuse
Jacksonville, Florida – Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Sean Corey McKenzie (31, Jacksonville) to more than 22 years and 6 months in federal prison for attempted production of…
Queens Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS and an Additional 100 Months for Slashing a Correctional Officer at a Federal Jail in Brooklyn
Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Ali Saleh, a U.S. citizen from Queens, New York, was sentenced by United States District Judge William F. Kuntz, II, to 30 years’ imprisonment…
Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS
A New York man was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, aka ISIS. The defendant…
Camden Man Sentenced to 200 Months in Prison for Robbing Two Banks, Attempting to Rob Third
CAMDEN, N.J. – A Camden man was sentenced today to 200 months in prison for robbing two banks, and attempting to rob a third bank over a 10-day period in July 2018,…
Yale Law Students Who Refused To Smear Their Professor Sue Administrators For ‘Attempting To Blackball Two Students Of Color’
Two students of color are suing Yale Law School administrators for retaliation resulting from the students’ refusal to tell lies to advance the administrators’ investigation of Professor Amy Chua. Yale Law School…
Colombian National Convicted After Attempting to Buy 20 Kilograms of Cocaine from Undercover Agents
BOSTON – A Colombian national, recently residing in Revere, was convicted by a federal jury today in connection with attempting to purchase 20 kilograms of cocaine from undercover agents. Jesus Arley Munera-Gomez,…
Jury convicts Chinese official of espionage crimes, attempting to steal trade secrets from Cincinnati company
CINCINNATI – The first Chinese intelligence agent ever to be extradited to the United States to stand trial was convicted today by a federal jury in Cincinnati. Yanjun Xu was found…
St. Croix Woman Sentenced for Attempting to Smuggle Marijuana from Florida Through the Cyril E. King Airport
St. Thomas, USVI – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that Raquel Rivera, from St. Croix, was sentenced for the federal crime of possession with intent to distribute 6 kilograms of marijuana.…
Woman Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking After Flying From Hawaii And Attempting To Smuggle Heroin Into High Desert State Prison
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —Arlene-Anela Kekoolani, 30, of Honolulu, Hawaii, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to…
Beavercreek man pleads guilty to attempting to travel overseas to join ISIS-K
DAYTON, Ohio – A Beavercreek man who was arrested by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force at John Glenn International Airport in 2018 while trying to travel to Afghanistan to join ISIS…
Repeat sex offender sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity following HSI probe
LOS ANGELES – A San Gabriel Valley man whose conviction on a previous sex offense ended his career in education was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison for attempting to…
Former Monroe Police Officer Indicted for Assaulting an Arrestee and Attempting to Cover it Up
MONROE, La. – Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and FBI New Orleans Special Agent in Charge Douglas…
Chinese National Sentenced to 14 Months in Federal Prison for Attempting to Bribe an Immigration Case Worker
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Zhiyang Yang, age 61, formerly of Silver Spring, Maryland, to 14 months in federal prison, which is time served, for making illegal…
Marion Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Possess Fentanyl with Intent to Distribute
ABINGDON, Va. – A Marion, Virginia man pleaded guilty last week to one count of possession with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. According to court documents, Anthony…
University Allegedly Attempting To Fire Professor For Saying Hurt Feelings Are ‘No Big Deal’
Coastal Carolina University theater professor Steven Earnest says his employer is trying to fire him after he wrote in September that students’ feelings were hurt too easily over a campus incident. “Sorry…
South Florida Resident Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to Terrorists
Miami, Florida – A 29-year-old man has pled guilty in federal district court in Miami to attempting to materially support terrorism, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2339A. According…
Man Residing in Bakersfield Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Attempting to Sell Large Amount of Fentanyl, Cocaine and Methamphetamine
FRESNO, Calif. — Jose Mario Quintero Beltran, 31, a citizen of Mexico unlawfully residing in Bakersfield, was sentenced today to nine years in prison for possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl,…
Fresno Man Charged with Unlawfully Possessing a Firearm After Attempting to Evade Police
FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Robbie Soto, 26, of Fresno, charging him with unlawfully possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony crime,…
Federal Jury Finds Cedar Park Man Guilty After Attempting to Make a Molotov Cocktail
AUSTIN – Today a federal jury convicted a Cedar Park man after he tried to make a Molotov cocktail during an evening protest in Austin on May 30, 2020. According to court…
Zephyrhills Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Attempting To Entice 11-Year-Old And 13-Year-Old Children To Engage In Sexual Activity
Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Lavern Lee Renninger (62, Zephyrhills) to 10 years in federal prison for attempted online enticement of a minor to engage in…
Defendant Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS and Al-Nusra Front
Dilshod Khusanov pleaded guilty today to attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and Al-Nusra Front (ANF). The proceeding was…
Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS and Al-Nusra Front
An Illinois man pleaded guilty today to attempting to provide material support to designated foreign terrorist organizations, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and Al-Nusra Front (ANF). As part of…
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