Ukraine and Russia Engage in Last-Minute Fighting Ahead of Expected Trump Peace Deal
Ukraine and Russia are intensifying their territorial offensives ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, anticipating his push for a negotiated peace deal. Both sides aim to gain strategic leverage, with Ukraine holding…
Loxley Man Sentenced to 235 Months for Attempting to Coerce a Child to Engage in Sexual Activity
United States Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama announced that United States District Judge Kristi DuBose sentenced defendant James Salac, 58, to 235 months in prison for Attempted…
U.S. regulators see deal with Beijing on audits as ‘premature,’ will continue to engage
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON – The U.S. public company accounting regulator said on Thursday that it continued to engage with Chinese regulators about getting access to their auditors’ records, but it remained unclear if the Chinese…
St. Johns County Teacher Arrested And Charged With Attempting To Entice And Meet A 14-Year-Old To Engage In Sexual Activity
Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced today that Matthew Christopher Yates (27, Hastings) has been arrested and charged with using the internet to attempt to entice a 14-year-old…
Pennsylvania Man Sentenced for Traveling to the New York Intending to Engage in Sexual Conduct with Two Children
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – James Obelkevich, age 52, of Carbondale, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 121 months (10 years and 1 month) for traveling to New York from Pennsylvania for the purpose…
Louisiana Man Convicted of Traveling Across State Line to Engage in Sex with a Minor
Oxford, MS – A federal jury convicted a Louisiana man this week of traveling from one state to another with the intent to engage in sexual conduct with a minor. According to…
Greece Man Going To Prison For 22 Years For Enticing A Minor To Engage In Sexual Activity
CONTACT: Barbara BurnsPHONE: (716) 843-5817FAX #: (716) 551-3051 ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Joseph McGrain, 50, of Greece, NY, who was convicted of enticement of a minor to engage…
New Mexico Man Sentenced for Travel With Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct With Minor
MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Matthew Engelhardt, 33, of Roswell, New Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James…
Uniontown Man Sentenced to More than 12 Years in Prison for Attempting to Engage in Sexual Conduct with a Minor
Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that Bradley Willem Beun, 42, of Uniontown, Ohio, was sentenced on Tuesday, March 7, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Sara Lioi to more than twelve…
Central Valley Man Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Federal Prison for Transporting Teenager Across State Lines to Engage in Prostitution
SANTA ANA, California – A Stockton man was sentenced today to 151 months in federal prison for transporting a teenage girl from Southern California to Nevada and Arizona so she could…
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Man Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison for Attempted Enticement of a Minor and Traveling with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – A Cedar Rapids, Iowa, man, Joseph Allen Wilcher, 40, of the 1800 block of Western Drive, was sentenced on February 24, 2022, to 120 months in prison for…
U.S. has ‘no intention’ to engage with China on Indo Pacific Economic Framework
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI – The United States has “no intention” of engaging with China in its forthcoming Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, but is talking to its partners who share the same vision…
St. Croix Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison and Fifteen Years of Supervised Release for Transporting a Minor Female to Engage in Illegal Sexual Activity
ST. Thomas, USVI – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that District Court Judge, Wilma A. Lewis, today sentenced Zayvon Acoy, 31, to 120 months in prison and 15 years of supervised…
Biden will engage ‘soon’ with France’s Macron over Russia -White House
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden plans to engage with French President Emmanuel Macron soon, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday. “We will continue to be in very close…
Federal charges filed against Chesterfield, Missouri man for crossing state lines with intent to engage in sexual conduct with a minor
ST. LOUIS – On January 27, 2022, several federal charges were filed against John K. Low. The 38-year-old Chesterfield resident is accused of coercion and enticement of a minor, transportation with intent…
Soldiers Engage In Mutiny, Detain President Of African Country After Battle At Palace
Soldiers in Burkina Faso staged a mutiny and said they detained the country’s president Monday after seizing a military barracks and engaging in shooting fights in the capital city, the Associated Press…
California Man Pleads Guilty to Traveling to Syracuse Intending to Engage in Sexual Conduct with a Child
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Edward Mercado, age 34, of Los Angeles, California, pled guilty yesterday to traveling to New York from California for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with…
Massachusetts Man Admits to Attempting to Entice a Minor, Traveling to Engage in Illicit Sex, Attempting to Transfer Obscene Material to a Minor
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Massachusetts man faces between 10 years to life in federal prison when he is sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence after pleading guilty on Wednesday to an…
Monroe County Man Sentenced To 10 Years’ Imprisonment For Attempted Online Enticement Of A Minor To Engage In Sexual Activity
SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Earnest Lee Pittman, Jr., age 46, of Cresco, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on December 14, 2021 to ten years’…
Pennsylvania man guilty of traveling across state lines to engage in sex with a minor
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Mark Sassak, Jr., of Monessen, Pennsylvania, was found guilty today of charges involving a minor, United States Attorney William J, Ihlenfeld, II announced. After a three-day trial, Sassak,…
Prospect Man Pleads guilty to Enticing Minor to Engage in Sexual Activity
Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DENNIS ANTHONY SZANTYR, JR., 47, of Prospect, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in…
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…
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…
Lost Creek Man Charged With Attempted Enticement Of A Minor To Engage In Prostitution And Sexual Activity
WILLIAMSPORT – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Frank A. Nork, age 47, of Lost Creek, Pennsylvania, was indicted today by a federal grand jury…
Judge sentences St. Louis man for enticement of a minor to engage in prostitution
ST. LOUIS – Tony K. Sanford, age 39, of St. Louis, Missouri, appeared before United States District Court Judge John A. Ross on October 27, 2021. Sanford was sentenced to 120 months in…
Michigan Man Pleads Guilty to Traveling to the Binghamton Area Intending to Engage in Sexual Conduct with a Child
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Robert Hardin, age 76, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, pled guilty today to traveling to New York from Michigan for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with an…
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