Honduran man with sex offense convictions arrested in Maryland by ICE
BALTIMORE, MD — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested a Honduran national previously convicted of a sex offense in Maryland, officials announced. Kelvin Emanuel Granados-Sorto, 30, was taken into ICE custody…
Venezuelan activists’ convictions, court moves alarm advocates as elections loom
By Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) – Before they were arrested and sentenced to 16 years in prison on conspiracy charges, the six Venezuelan activists marched peacefully to call for better salaries for…
Queens District Attorney Moves to Vacate Three Wrongful Convictions
QUEENS, NY – On Wednesday, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz filed motions to vacate three wrongful convictions, citing new evidence in each case. Earl Walters, who served 20 years for the abductions…
‘Get Bad Convictions’: Dershowitz Outlines Dem Strategy With Trump Indictments
‘Get Bad Convictions’: Dershowitz Outlines Dem Strategy With Trump Indictments Harold Hutchison on August 15, 2023 Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz said Tuesday that the strategy the Biden administration and liberal district…
Murdaugh indicted on fraud charges after South Carolina murder convictions
By Rich McKay (Reuters) – Disbarred South Carolina lawyer Richard “Alex” Murdaugh, already convicted of murdering his wife and son, on Wednesday was indicted by a federal grand jury on 22 counts…
Ukraine’s anti-graft prosecutor says rule of law trumps trophy convictions
By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s crackdown on corruption has raised eyebrows in recent months by going after respected former technocrats who helped repair the country after the political upheaval of…
Federal Court Tosses Parents’ Convictions For Role In ‘Varsity Blues’ College Admission Scandal
Federal Court Tosses Parents’ Convictions For Role In ‘Varsity Blues’ College Admission Scandal Alexa Schwerha on May 11, 2023 An appeals court on Wednesday overturned the conviction of two fathers who were…
Statement of U.S. Attorney Damian Williams On The Convictions Of Mohamed Tahlil Mohamed And Abdi Yusuf Hassan
You are here FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, February 24, 2023 “For 977 days, Michael Scott Moore, an American journalist, was held hostage in Somalia by pirates. Today, a unanimous jury found two…
Biological Males With Intact Genitalia, Sex Crime Convictions, No Longer Welcome In This Country’s Women’s Prisons
Biological Males With Intact Genitalia, Sex Crime Convictions, No Longer Welcome In This Country’s Women’s Prisons Laurel Duggan on January 26, 2023 The U.K. will no longer allow males who identify as…
Portland Man with 18 Prior Felony Convictions Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing a Firearm
PORTLAND, Ore.—On January 9, 2023, a Portland man with a criminal history spanning decades was sentenced to federal prison after he was arrested for discharging a firearm into the air outside a…
Bosque Farms man sentenced to four years and nine months in prison for assault and firearms convictions
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Everett Paquin was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison. Paquin, 59,…
Kodiak Man’s Murder Convictions Upheld by Court of Appeals
ANCHORAGE – The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld James Wells’ murder convictions which were handed down by a trial jury in October 2019 for the April 2012 murders of two…
Detroit Street Gang Leader Faces Mandatory Life Sentence Following Convictions at Trial for Racketeering and Murder
DETROIT – A federal jury convicted the leader of the “It’s Just Us” (IJU) street gang of racketeering and murder, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. These convictions conclude a two-week trial…
Serial Bank Robber Sentenced to 24 Years in Federal Prison for Bank Robbery and for Violating Supervised Release for Two Previous Federal Robbery Convictions
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte today sentenced Christopher Michael Cline, a/k/a “Carisa Cline,” age 46, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, to 24 years in federal prison, followed by three years…
Rensselaer County Man Sentenced to 130 Months for Drug and Firearm Convictions
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Justin Micheli, age 35, of Schodack, New York, was sentenced today to 130 months in prison for possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, possessing ammunition as…
Bridgeport Felon with 3 Prior Federal Convictions Admits Possessing Loaded Gun
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and James Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, today announced that RAHSHIM CARTER, 33, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty…
Homeless Yonkers man with 60 convictions charged for stabbing
YONKERS, NY – Police in Yonkers have arrested Samuel Areizaga for a stabbing incident that took place Saturday afternoon on Riverdale Avenue. Police arrived to find a 63-year-old man with a stab…
Brooklyn D.A. Dismisses 378 Convictions Related to 13 Officers Convicted of Misconduct
BROOKLYN, NY – 378 convicted criminals in New York City will have their convictions overturned by Progressive Brooklyn district attorney Eric Gonzalez. Included in the those overturned convictions are 47 felonies and…
New York City man with twenty prior convictions tased wife, threatened to shoot her
NEW YORK, NY – Police in Queens responded to a domestic disturbance call where a husband attempted to shoot his wife with a taser and threatened her with a gun. New York…
Prostitution Sting Arrest Results in Nine-Year Prison Sentence for Norman Man with Multiple Felony Convictions Found in Possession of Firearm
OKLAHOMA CITY – Earlier this week, EUGENE DESHON HALL, 41, of Norman, was sentenced to serve more than nine years in federal prison for illegal possession of a firearm after previously being…
Appeals Court Affirms Convictions and Sentences in Organized Crime Case
NEWARK, N.J. – A federal appeals court has upheld the convictions and sentences of a member and an associate of the Lucchese organized crime family and two Texas brothers on racketeering conspiracy…
Watertown Man Sentenced for Drug and Firearms Convictions
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – George D. Robinson, age 38, of Watertown, New York, was sentenced yesterday to serve 52 months in federal prison for his convictions for possession with intent to distribute…
New Orleans Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Firearms and Drug Distribution Convictions
NEW ORLEANS, LA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on June 23, 2022, QUENTRELL BERTHOLOTTE, age 29 of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced by the Honorable District Court Judge…
Enterprise Man Sentenced to 74 Months in Prison Following Federal Gun and Drug Convictions
Montgomery, Alabama – On Wednesday, June 22, 2022, Willie Frank Harvis, a 62-year-old from Enterprise, Alabama, was sentenced to 74 months in prison for possession of a…
Gang Member with a Dozen Prior Convictions Sentenced to 200 Months Imprisonment Resulting from Project Safe Neighborhoods Investigation
ALBANY, Ga. – A Southwest Georgia resident and gang member with an extensive criminal history was sentenced to serve 200 months in prison after a federal jury found him guilty on all…
Two Wilmington Men Sentenced to Decades in Prison For Federal Stalking and Kidnapping Convictions
WILMINGTON, Del. – David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that U.S. District Court Judge Joshua D. Wolson sentenced Ryan Bacon, 37, to thirty years in prison…
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