Final “Calicartel” Defendant Pleads Guilty to Dark Web Heroin, Methamphetamine, and Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy
According to court documents, Shanahan worked with his coconspirators to create narcotics vendor accounts on various dark web marketplaces in 2018 and 2019, including accounts known as “BuxomBrunette,” “CaliCartel,” and “Playground.” Shanahan…
Sixth defendant in scuba fraud investigation admits filing false claims with the Department of Veterans Affairs
BRUNSWICK, GA: The training director of a Camden County dive shop has admitted participating in the submission of false claims to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for scuba classes targeting military…
Federal Jury finds Defendant Guilty of Assault on Federal Law Enforcement Officer
Jackson, Miss. – Following a three-day trial, a federal jury in Jackson returned a guilty verdict against a Jackson man for assault on a law enforcement officer and discharging a firearm in…
Defendant Charged with Trafficking Firearms from Arkansas to All Five Boroughs of New York City
An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Kyler Booker with conspiring to deal in firearms and making false statements to acquire firearms. According to public filings, Booker was…
Additional Defendant Charged in Nationwide Identity Theft Fraud Scheme
BOSTON – A former Fall River resident was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston yesterday in connection with a nationwide conspiracy to open fraudulent driver accounts with rideshare and delivery…
Defendant in Yosemite National Park Sexual Assault Case Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison
FRESNO, Calif. — Charles Porter, 32, formerly of Pomona, was sentenced today to 12 years and four months in prison for attempted aggravated sexual abuse, abusive sexual contact, assault with intent to…
Final defendant pleads guilty to wrap up prosecution of Middle Georgia methamphetamine-trafficking conspiracy
DUBLIN, GA: With a final guilty plea to federal charges entered in U.S. District Court, all charges have been resolved against 30 defendants involved in a Laurens County methamphetamine-trafficking ring indicted just…
Final Defendant in Eight-Person Indictment Pleads Guilty to Gun Conspiracy
Gulfport, Miss. – A Biloxi man pled guilty to conspiracy to possess a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge…
Federal Witness Indicted For Obstruction Of Justice And For Soliciting A Bribe From A Defendant
Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Jolen Michael Ghorbani, a/k/a “Jay,” age 28, formerly of Fairfax, Virginia, for bribery of a witness and obstruction of justice,…
Final Defendant Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Defrauding the Social Security Administration
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Darron Dimitri Ross, 36, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced today to six years in prison and $696,912 in restitution for conspiracy to defraud the United States, wire fraud,…
Third Defendant in Double Armed Carjacking Case Arrested And Facing Federal Charges
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Jaheym Newsome, 19, of Philadelphia, PA, was arrested and charged by Superseding Indictment with carjacking, attempted carjacking, and carrying a firearm during…
Final Defendant Sentenced For Role In Conspiracy To Defraud U.S. Department Of Agriculture
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Ghasan Awad (60, Safety Harbor) to 27 months in federal prison for conspiracy to defraud and to make false statements to…
Defendant Who Failed To Appear in Court Before 2009 Drug Trial Arrested in Panama and Returned to United States
CHICAGO — A man who failed to appear in federal court in Chicago before his 2009 drug trial has been arrested in Panama and returned to the United States. COSME CHACON, 53,…
Second Defendant Sentenced For Role In Conspiracy To Defraud U.S. Department Of Agriculture
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Bassam Al Saleh (65, Tampa) to 18 months in federal prison for conspiracy to defraud and to make false statements to…
Last Defendant Sentenced in Large Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Richmond, Ky., man, Bud Hembree, 49, was sentenced on Tuesday to 230 months in prison, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves, for conspiracy to distribute 40 grams…
Fourth Defendant Sentenced in Farmington Tax Fraud Conspiracy
ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White on Thursday ordered the fourth of four defendants involved in a tax fraud conspiracy to pay $26,558 to the IRS. Tammy Flanagan, 56,…
Additional Defendant Pleads Guilty in Staged Automobile Collision Scheme
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that LARRY PICOU (“PICOU”), age 56, of Gibson, La.; has agreed to plead guilty on September 28, 2022 to count…
Defendant Convicted of Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in U.S. Marine’s Death
Assistant U. S. Attorneys Owen Roth and J’me K. Forrest NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY—September 28, 2022 SAN DIEGO— A jury convicted Nameer Mohammad Atta yesterday in federal court of distributing the fentanyl that led…
Defendant charged in Zuni shooting case
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Nicholas Pinto…
Defendant Admits to Killing a Woman and Attempting to Set a Fire to Conceal the Crime
A Tulsa woman admitted Friday to strangling a female victim, causing her death, then attempting to set the victim’s body and residence on fire to conceal the crime, announced U.S. Attorney Clint…
Defendant Sentenced in Drug Conspiracy Directed from Two Prisons
ALBANY, Ga. – A defendant involved in a heroin and methamphetamine trafficking network directed by himself and another co-defendant from two Georgia prisons was sentenced to federal prison today for his crimes.…
Seventh Defendant Sentenced in Murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry
TUCSON, Arizona – Jesus Rosario Favela-Astorga was sentenced in federal court today to 50 years in prison for the murder of United States Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry on December 14, 2010.…
Defendant Who Assaulted and Robbed a Man Sentenced to 90 Months in Prison
A 43-year-old Tulsa man was sentenced Friday in federal court for assaulting and threatening to kill a victim, robbing him of hundreds of dollars, and stealing his vehicle. “Merle Lancaster Sr. violently…
Defendant Sentenced To Over 19 Years In Prison For Participating In 11 Armed Robberies Of Luxury Watches
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that VICTOR RIVERA was sentenced yesterday to 235 months in prison in connection with his participation in a…
Eighth And Final Defendant Sentenced In New Buffalo Cocaine Ring
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced that on September 12, 2022, the Honorable Paul L. Maloney, United States District Judge for the Western District…
Lead defendant in Richmond County meth-trafficking conspiracy joins others in pleading guilty
AUGUSTA, GA: All four defendants in an Augusta methamphetamine-trafficking ring await sentencing now that the conspiracy’s lead defendant has admitted guilt. Magnum Jelani Neely, 38, of Millen, Ga., an inmate at Dooly…
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