Burlington County Drug Ring Sentenced as ‘Money Mike’ Gets Nearly 19 Years in Federal Prison
All eight defendants charged in a federal wiretap investigation have now been sentenced, with the alleged leader receiving 225 months in prison for trafficking fentanyl, cocaine, and firearms in Burlington County. Eight…
Tracy Resident Sentenced To Serve Home Confinement And Probation For Computer Attack On Discovery Bay Water Treatment Facility
Gallo, 53, of Tracy, Calif., was a full-time employee of a private Massachusetts-based company identified in the indictment as Company A, which contracted with Discovery Bay to operate the town’s wastewater treatment…
Missouri Resident Pleads Guilty to Attempted Attack on the White House with a Rented Truck
The plea agreement was announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, Special Agent in Charge Matthew Stohler of the U.S. Secret Service Washington Field Office, FBI…
Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division In Partnership With The United States Attorney’s Office For The District Of Maryland To Monitor Compliance With Federal Voting Rights Laws In Maryland
The department’s Civil Rights Division and the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland work in partnership to enforce the federal voting rights laws that protect the rights of all…
Defendants in Poland and Florida Indicted for Scheme to Import Used Airbags, Sold as New, into the United States
According to court documents, Pawel Pankow began shipping airbags into the United States no later than in 2008 and sold thousands of them through online sales, mostly through eBay. Pankow listed the…
Wheatland Man Pleads Guilty to Submitting False Claims Against the United States in Relation to COVID-19 Fraud Scheme
According to court documents, Toland attempted to obtain a total of over $13.4 million in COVID-19 pandemic relief, including by filing multiple false tax returns with the IRS seeking refunds for the…
Six Members of Violent Transnational Gang Convicted in Connection With Two Killings and Racketeering Activity
The convictions were announced today by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Scott of the Washington Field Office Criminal and…
Two Sacramento Men Sentenced to Years in Prison for Conspiracy, Bank Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft Tied to Postal Thefts
According to court documents, Aranda, Hunt, and others engaged in a conspiracy to steal postal locks, create postal keys, and steal mail, all in order to obtain stolen checks. The conspirators periodically…
Klamath Falls Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Methamphetamine
Andrew Miles Devos, 42, was sentenced to 75 months in federal prison and five years’ supervised release. MEDFORD, Ore.—A Klamath Falls, Oregon man with multiple previous drug- and firearm-related convictions was sentenced…
U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans Recognizes National Police Week
“This week our nation honors the noble contributions from our brave law enforcement professionals for their service to the public, especially in the Eastern District of Louisiana, said U.S. Attorney Evans. “We…
Georgia man pleads guilty to calling in threats days after Walmart shooting
According to court documents, on Nov. 25, 2022, DeAndre Tamir Murphy, aka DeAdre Murphy, 30, called two Walmart stores in Virginia Beach and threatened that he had gunmen in place prepared to…
Final Member of Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced for Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Trafficking
Crosswell-Cervantes’ two co-conspirators both also pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl and Methamphetamine and were sentenced by Judge Logan. On September 20, 2023, Carlos Alberto Castro-Ruiz, 26, of Phoenix, was sentenced…
Violent Armed Robbery in Oklahoma City Leads to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Mississippi Man
On May 3, 2023, a federal grand jury returned a five-count Indictment against Scott, charging him with interference with commerce by robbery, using, carrying, and discharging a firearm during and in relation…
Kingdom City Business Owner Sentenced for $673,000 CARES Act Fraud
Scott Allen Maples, 40, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes to 18 months in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Maples to pay $684,034 in restitution to…
Utah man sentenced to 21 months in prison for defrauding Montana employer, $700,000 restitution ordered
The defendant, Thomas Lynn Syddall, 50, of American Fork, Utah, who worked for a company owned by Anderson ZurMuehlen & Co., pleaded guilty in October 2023 to wire fraud and to money…
Hartford Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl
According to court documents and statements made in court, an investigation revealed that Issachamil Torres, also known as “Chamil,” was trafficking fentanyl from his residence on Crown Street in Hartford, and that…
Postal Service Supervisor Admits Misappropriation of Postal Funds
Austin T. Mahan, 44, of Cape May Court House, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Christine P. O’Hearn to an information charging him with misappropriating over $1,000 in postal funds.…
Former West Virginia Official Sentenced for Making False Statement
According to court documents and statements made in court, in the summer of 2021, a federal investigation was initiated to determine whether the State of West Virginia had been defrauded of federal…
Florida Man Convicted of Felony and Misdemeanor Charges for Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
A federal jury in the District of Columbia found Richard Cook, 38, of Boca Raton, Florida, guilty of civil disorder, a felony, and five misdemeanor offenses,…
New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug and Weapons Violations
According to court documents, New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) officers responded to an emergency call and found FRAZIER passed out in the driver’s seat of a vehicle. After becoming aware of NOPD’s…
Slidell Man Indicted for Manufacturing Explosive Materials Without a License and Unlawful Storage of Explosive Material
If convicted, JUNEAU faces up to 10 years of imprisonment, up to a $250,000 fine, and up to 3 years of supervised release for Counts 1, 2, and 3, and up to…