Cincinnati Man Sentenced to 174 Months for Carjacking
COVINGTON, Ky. – A Cincinnati man, Sammie Green, 25, was sentenced to 174 months in federal prison on Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning, after previously pleading guilty to carjacking and…
Florida drug trafficker caught with 78 pounds of meth in a traffic stop near Columbus
BILLINGS, MONTANA – A Florida man who admitted trafficking methamphetamine after the Montana Highway Patrol found 78 pounds of the drug during a traffic stop in one of the state’s largest seizures…
Man from Smith Lake charged with murder in Indian Country
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Eric Garcia, 40, of Smith Lake, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was charged on March 15 in federal court with murder committed in Indian…
Accused Iraqi gun smuggler arraigned in Savannah
SAVANNAH, GA – An Iraqi national has appeared in U.S. District Court in Savannah after his indictment on charges related to the attempted smuggling of firearms to Iraq. Nihad Al Jaberi, 41,…
Cheraw Man Sentenced to Nearly Seven Years for Transferring Obscene Material to Minor After Multi-State Operation
FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA – Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Nathan Branham, 40, of Cheraw, was sentenced to nearly seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to…
Reno Man Convicted Of Robbing Two Stores At Gunpoint
RENO, NEVADA – A Reno man was convicted by a federal jury yesterday for robbing a liquor store and a convenience store at gunpoint, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher Chiou for the…
Pennsylvania Man Charged with Obstruction of Justice Relating to Attempts to Acquire Ricin
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETS – A Pennsylvania man was charged today with obstructing an investigation into his efforts to acquire the deadly toxin, ricin. Dr. Ishtiaq Ali Saaem, 37, of Allentown, Penn., was charged…
Hazleton Man Sentenced To 84 Months’ Imprisonment For Heroin And Fentanyl Trafficking
SCRANTON, PA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced Yilber Rosario, age 32, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 84 months’ imprisonment followed by a four-year…
New Yorker drove to Atlantic City to have sex with child he sextorted online
CAMDEN, N.J. – A New York man was charged with traveling to Atlantic County, New Jersey, to have sex with a minor, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today. Zachary Williams…
Orange Park Man Sentenced To Eight Years For Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Images And Videos
FORT MEYERS, FLORIDA – A man has been sentenced to 8 years in federal prison for the possession of videos depicting child [censored]ography. U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Andrew…
Echo Housing Corp’s Executive Director Stole $102,000 from the organization
EVANSVILLE, INDIANA – The executive director of Echo Housing, a non-profit that helps underserved people find affordable housing is going to jail for stealing $102,000 from the organization. Acting United States Attorney…
Baltimore Felon Gets 10 Years for Dealing Heroin, Fentanyl
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – A Baltimore felon is heading to prison for 10 years for his role in dealing heroin and fentanyl in the city. The U.S. Department of Justice reports: U.S. District…
Manhattan Chiropractor Arrested for Healthcare Fraud
NEW YORK, NY – A New York Chiropractor is facing up to 10 years in federal prison for engaging in healthcare fraud. Melissa Kaines was able to defraud insurance carriers for over…
Man used U.S. Postal Service to move Fentanyl into Jacksonsville
JACKSONVILLE, FL – A Florida man is heading to federal prison for 10 years for moving fentanyl throughout the Jacksonville area using the U.S. Postal Service and “Trap Houses”. U.S. District Judge…
Gunrunner and his accomplices sentenced for trafficking more than 100 firearms from Georgia to Maryland
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – Warren Vernell Robertson, III, a prolific gun trafficker, along with two of his accomplices, has been sentenced for a variety of federal offenses involving the illicit resale of Georgia-sourced…
Providence Man Admits To Trafficking More Than A Kilo Of Cocaine
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man arrested shortly after law enforcement watched him take possession of a package that contained more than a kilogram of cocaine shipped from Puerto Rico pleaded guilty…
3 Additional Members of Alleged Fraud Ring Based in San Fernando Valley Arrested on Charges of Exploiting COVID-Relief Programs
LOS ANGELES , CALIFORNIA – Expanding a case in which four people were indicted last year, federal authorities have charged four new defendants with participating in a scheme that allegedly submitted more…
Final Member of Wausau Methamphetamine Conspiracy Sentenced
MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Ger Moua, 32, Wausau, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty and was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S.…
Indictment implicates Augusta woman in child exploitation investigation
AUGUSTA, GA: An Augusta woman has been charged with sex trafficking in a newly unsealed federal indictment that files additional charges against the man to whom she was married at the time…
Man Sentenced in Ft. Pierce to over 12 Years in Prison for Smuggling Migrants by Sea ahead of Hurricane
MIAMI, FLORIDA – Yesterday, a federal judge in Ft. Pierce sentenced a Bahamian man to 151 months in prison for trying to smuggle migrants into the United States on a poorly-equipped and…
Dominican National Sentenced for Fentanyl Trafficking
BOSTON, MASS – A Dominican man previously residing in Lawrence was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with drug trafficking activities involving fentanyl. Cecilio Guzman, 28, was sentenced by…
Maryland Woman Pleads Guilty In Rhode Island to Aggravated Identity Theft
PROVIDENCE , RI – An Abington, Maryland, woman appeared in U.S. District Court in Providence, RI, on Thursday and admitted that she used the stolen identity of a customer of a Maryland…
Mescalero man sentenced to two years in prison for assault
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Edmond Andrew Yahnahki Shanta, 23, of Mescalero, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, was sentenced on March 3 in federal court to two years…
Miami Man Charged with Multiple Bank Robberies
MIAMI, FLORIDA – Federal prosecutors have charged 43-year-old Christopher C. Pinkston of Miami with robbing two banks in South Florida last month. According to allegations in the criminal complaint affidavit, at about…
Lexington Woman Gets 10 Years in Federal Prison on Drug Charges
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett Dehart announced today that Ashley Shay Cook, 38, of Lexington, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison after pleading guilty to…
‘Black Lives Matter of Greater Atlanta’ Facebook page admin indicted for defrauding donors
TOLEDO, OHIO – Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland returned a four-count indictment charging Sir Maejor Page, a.k.a. Tyree Conyers-Page, age 32,…
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