Killeen Couple Admit to Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme Involving Mass Transportation Benefit Program at Fort Hood
WACO – Today, 42-year-old Kevin Romulus Pelayo and 37-year-old Cristine Furio Fredericks admitted to conducting a multi-million-dollar scheme to defraud the U.S. Army with respect to a mass transportation benefit program at…
Crittenden County Felon Who Possessed Firearm Sentenced to 120 Months in Federal Prison
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS —Flando Selvy, a multi-convicted felon, will spend the next 10 years in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm. Jonathan D. Ross, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern…
Two Indicted for Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl following Investigation by PA State Police and Homeland Security Investigations
PITTSBURGH, PA – A Philadelphia woman and Dominican Republican man have been charged federally with violating federal drug laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today. The two-count Indictment named,…
Indiana Man Sentenced to 38 Years in Federal Prison for Kidnapping a Child in Chicago Suburb
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — A federal judge today sentenced an Indiana man to 38 years in federal prison for kidnapping a ten-year-old child as she walked home from school in Calumet City. On…
Feds Seek Tips from Public to Identify Smugglers of 13 who Died in Crash
SAN DIEGO, CA – Federal officials are asking for the public’s help in identifying the smugglers whose actions led to the deaths of 13 Mexican and Guatemalan nationals in a crash of…
Woman facing 15 years for sexually assaulting minor
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that India Tykeyah-Najee Cuyler, a/k/a “Lady Tank,” 26, of Columbia, was sentenced to more than 15 years in federal…
Former Evansville Mental Health Counselor Sentenced Submitted over 2,000 Fraudulent Healthcare Claims
EVANSVILLE, INDIANA – Acting U.S. Attorney John Childress announced today that Barbara B. Witte, 74, of Evansville, Indiana, was convicted of felony health care fraud and sentenced to two years of federal…
29 Penn North Drug Dealers Busted
BALTIMORE, MD – A 10-month investigation by the Baltimore OCDETF Strike Force into violence and drug dealing in the area of Pennsylvania and North Avenues in West Baltimore has led to six…
Clarence Man Going To Prison For Possessing Firearms In Furtherance Of Drug Trafficking Crimes
BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Anthony Gerace, 41, of Clarence, NY, who was convicted of possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes, was sentenced to…
Belle Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Dealing Methamphetamine
CHARLESTON, W.VA. – A Belle man was sentenced today to seven years in prison and three years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine. Justin Lee Davis, 27, was indicted by a…
Blount County Man Convicted Of Child Exploitation Charges
KNOXVILLE, TENN. – On March 17, 2021, a federal jury convicted a registered sex offender, Tywan Montrease Sykes, 45, of Louisville, Tennessee, of using a minor to produce child [censored]ography, enticement of…
Man Indicted for Attempted Murder of Gay Man and Plot to Kidnap, Murder Other Gay Men
LAFAYETTE, LA. – A federal grand jury in Lafayette, Louisiana, has returned a six-count indictment charging Chance J. Seneca, 19, of Lafayette, with hate crime, kidnapping, firearm, and obstruction charges based on…
Columbus man charged with hate crime for anti-Semitic threats, breaking neighbor’s windows
COLUMBUS, OHIO – A Columbus man has been charged by criminal complaint in federal district court with criminally interfering with the right to fair housing. Douglas G. Schifer, 65, allegedly used force…
Bergen County Man Admits Decade-Long $80 Million Fraud Scheme
NEWARK, N.J. – A Bergen County, New Jersey, man today admitted orchestrating a long-running bank and securities fraud scheme, which led to large-scale losses for financial institutions and investors, Acting U.S. Attorney…
Las Vegas Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty To Preparing False Tax Returns, Causing Nearly $3 Million In Tax Loss
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – A Las Vegas tax preparer pleaded guilty today to preparing fraudulent tax returns over a seven year span and causing nearly $3 million in tax loss to the…
Waterbury Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Fentanyl
WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT – Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ADRIAN FLEMMING, also known as “Gordo,” 25, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District…
Judge sentences St. Louis County man to 10 years for drug and firearm charges
ST. LOUIS, MO – United States District Judge Rodney W. Sippel sentenced Teran Martin to 120 months in prison today and ordered Martin to forfeit $23,488 and the several firearms law enforcement…
Two Mexican Nationals Residing in Bakersfield Plead Guilty to Selling 12 Pounds of Methamphetamine
FRESNO, CA — Cesar Larios-Ortega, 40, a Mexican national residing in Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, during…
Illegal Alien Sentenced for Armed Robber and Carjacking
GREENBELT, MD – U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Douglas Amilcar-Vasquez, age 35, of Mexico, to 100 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for the armed…
GPS Tracking Device Aids in Raleigh Man’s Prosecution
RALEIGH, N.C. – A Raleigh man was sentenced today to 71 months in federal prison for robbing the BP Gas station located at 4330 Louisburg Road in Raleigh. According to court documents,…
Floridian Pleads in Cross-Country Marijuana Trafficking Conspiracy at Western PA College Campuses
PITTSBURGH, PA – A Florida resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute marijuana, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. Ryan Hendrix, age 32, of…
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…
Final Defendant Sentenced to 284 Months in Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy
COVINGTON, KY – A Florence man, John P. Darnell, 65, was sentenced on Friday to 248 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning, for conspiring with others to distribute…
Jersey City Man Sentenced to Nearly 15 Years in Prison for Armed Robbery of Allentown Convenience Store
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Brandon Garcia, 22, of Jersey City, NJ, was sentenced to 14 years and nine months (or 177 months) in prison,…
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…
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