Your New Jersey teacher’s post mocking the assassination of Charlie Kirk could lead to a loss in federal school funding
TRENTON, NJ – Thousands of teachers across the country are publicly celebrating the public execution and school shooting of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk. Of all the people who should not be celebrating…
Knoxville YWCA Receives $450,000 In Federal Funding For Housing Assistance
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Young Woman’s Christian Association of Knoxville and the Tennessee Valley (YWCA) will receive $450,000 from the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) to support YWCA’s…
Milwaukee Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Firearm and Drug Trafficking Crimes
Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling has announced that on September 30, 2021, Ahmad R. Johnson (age 42, of Milwaukee) was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for narcotics trafficking…
Government Contractor Agrees to Pay More Than $1 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Lawsuit for Overbilling in Federal Contracts
Airbus U.S. Space & Defense Inc., formerly known as Airbus Defense and Space Inc. (ADSI), has agreed to pay to the United States $1,043,475 to resolve allegations that it violated the False…
Two South Louisiana Men Sentenced in Federal Court
LAFAYETTE, La. – Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that two men from South Louisiana have been sentenced by United States District Judge Robert R. Summerhays. Deondrick W. Brown,…
Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Federal Firearm Charges
Columbia, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart, announced today that Dashawn Terrell Swygert, age 27, of Columbia, pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of being a…
Bismarck Man Sentenced To 30 Years In Federal Prison For Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor
HOT SPRINGS, ARK. – Aaron Edward Briggs, 28, formerly of Morgan City, Louisiana, was sentenced yesterday to thirty (30) years in prison without the possibility of parole on one count of Sexual…
Belcourt, ND Man Sentenced to 36 ½ Years in Federal Prison for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Minor Child
FARGO – Acting United States Attorney Nicholas W. Chase announced that U.S. District Court Chief Judge Peter D. Welte sentenced Adam Jason Poitra, age 40, Belcourt, ND, to 36 ½ years in…
New Haven Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Gun Offense
Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ERICK E. GOMEZ, JR., 28, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley…
Chicago Man Charged in Federal Court With Engaging in Unauthorized Trading That Caused $30 Million in Losses
CHICAGO — A Chicago trader was charged today with securities fraud for allegedly engaging in unauthorized speculative bond trading that cost his employer and others more than $30 million. KEITH WAKEFIELD, 48,…
Co-defendants Sentenced to Federal Prison Resulting from Eisenhower Parkway Corridor Drug Trafficking Investigation
MACON, Ga. – Four co-defendants found guilty on various methamphetamine distribution charges were sentenced to prison this week as a result of an investigation centered on drug trafficking in and around motels located…
Child Sex Trafficker Sentenced to Serve Three Decades in Federal Prison
OKLAHOMA CITY – Earlier this week, GERMAINE COULTER, SR., 48, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced to serve 30 years in federal prison for child sex trafficking and conspiracy to commit child sex…
Alabama man sentenced for impersonating a federal officer
NEWNAN, Ga. – Jay Diamond, who has a criminal history with over 30 misdemeanor and traffic convictions, has been sentenced on two counts of false impersonation of a federal Air Marshal. “Flashing…
Federal Judge Sentences West Bank Drug Dealer to 140 Months Imprisonment
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – DAVID TRAN, age 42, of Bridge City, Louisiana, was sentenced on September 29, 2021 by the Honorable Jane Triche Milazzo to 140 months in the Bureau of Prisons…
Multiple Federal Indictments for Straw Purchases of Guns Allegedly Used in Violent Crimes in Chicago
INDIANAPOLIS – On July 22, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice launched five cross-jurisdictional strike forces to help reduce gun violence by disrupting illegal firearms trafficking in key regions across the country.…
Corrupt Department Head at Walter Reed Sentenced to Federal Prison for Accepting Cash, Event Tickets, and Other Gratuities from a Maryland Company That Received More Than $25 Million in Government Business
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced David Laufer, age 64, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, formerly of Bethesda, Maryland, today to eight months in federal prison, followed by one year…
SC AG Wilson’s statement on federal judge’s ruling blocking ban on K-12 mask mandates
(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – In response to a federal judge’s ruling blocking Proviso 1.108, which prohibits the use of state funds to enforce K-12 school mask mandates, Attorney General Alan Wilson said, “We…
Mid-level Drug Trafficker Convicted by a Federal Jury
A federal jury convicted a mid-level drug trafficker Wednesday for a drug conspiracy and for distributing methamphetamine and heroin. “Kamau Williams profited from others’ addiction when he distributed methamphetamine and heroin in…
Sacaton Man Sentenced to 6 Years for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine while on Federal Supervision
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Lawrence Antonio Jackson, 30, of Sacaton, Arizona, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 5 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.…
Federal Indictment in Chicago Charges Turkish National With Directing Cyber Attack on Multinational Hospitality Company
CHICAGO — An alleged cyber attacker from Turkey has been indicted in federal court in Chicago for allegedly orchestrating a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on a Chicago-based multinational hospitality company. In August…
Gang Members Plead Guilty to Federal Charges in Armed Robbery and Shooting at Beverly Hills Restaurant
LOS ANGELES – Two South Los Angeles men pleaded guilty today to federal charges stemming from an armed robbery earlier this year on the crowded patio of a Beverly Hills restaurant…