Major Seaside Heights Condo Project “In Limbo” Over Financing Problems, Mayor Says
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. — A long-promised redevelopment project in Seaside Heights remains stalled as other construction surges forward around it, leaving a prime piece of real estate in limbo more than three…
Coffee County Nonprofit Receives $549,500 In Federal Funding To Aid Safe Families Project
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The nonprofit Coffee County Drug Court Foundation will receive $549,500 from the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) to support its Safe Families Project, announced Acting…
Meriden Man Sentenced to More Than 6 Years in Prison for Trafficking Heroin from Bridgeport Markets
Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EDDY ANTONIO TORRES MOREL, 51, of Meriden, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in…
Convicted Felon Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Kidnapping and Possessing Firearms
Assistant U. S. Attorney Joseph J.M. Orabona (619) 546-7951 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – September 24, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Joseph Anthony Martino, a convicted felon with a long criminal history that prevents…
Three Individuals Sentenced in Southeast Idaho Methamphetamine Distribution Case
POCATELLO – Jesse Kirby, 45, Trevor Van Horn, 31, and Debra Trujillo, 63, all of Idaho Falls, were sentenced to federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S.…
Jackson Man Sentenced to Over 4 Years in Prison for Possessing a Firearm as a Convicted Felon
Jackson, Miss – A Jackson man was sentenced to 50 months in prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in…
Vicksburg Man Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Bank Robbery
Jackson, Miss – A Vicksburg man was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for bank robbery, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of…
Catoosa Woman Halts Jury Trial and Instead Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Applying for $1M in Loans
A Catoosa woman halted her own jury trial and pleaded guilty Wednesday to a 28-count indictment charging her, in part, with submitting false loan applications totaling $1 million, announced Acting U.S. Attorney…
Willamette Valley Grass Seed Company Pleads Guilty in Federal Court
PORTLAND, Ore.—A Willamette Valley wholesale grass seed distributor pleaded guilty today in federal court for knowingly concealing a scheme to defraud the Jacklin Seed Company, then a subsidiary of the J.R. Simplot…
Ex-Pastor of Orange County Church Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for Orchestrating $33 Million Con that Defrauded Investors
SANTA ANA, California – The former pastor of the Westminster-based Church of the Healthy Self was sentenced today to 168 months in federal prison for orchestrating a church-based investment scam that…
EDTX Indicts Two Dozen Defendants in International Multi-Scheme Fraud Conspiracy
SHERMAN, Texas – A federal grand jury in Sherman has returned a two-count indictment charging 23 individuals in a fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas…
Former Veterans Affairs Employee Sentenced To Serve Four Months In Jail For Video Voyeurism And Disorderly Conduct
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Robert Sampson, 52, of Gulf Breeze, Florida, was sentenced yesterday to serve four months in jail for the charges of Video Voyeurism and Disorderly Conduct. The sentence was announced…
Former Church Employee Sentenced to Over Two Years in Prison for Stealing from the Church
A former employee who stole more than $270,000 from the church that employed her was sentenced today to more two years in federal prison. Melissa Noland, age 47, from Polk City, Iowa,…
NC woman pleads guilty to Medicaid fraud in SC
(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that Bethena Jackson, 57 years old, of Burlington, NC, pleaded guilty in Richland County General Sessions Court on September 21, 2021. Jackson…
SC Victims’ Services Groups Awarded More Than $32 Million in Grants
(COLUMBIA, S.C.)–Groups that help crime victims across South Carolina will soon be getting more than $32 million in federal and state grants. The S.C. Public Safety Coordinating Council formally approved the grants…
Darlington man gets 8 years in prison for sexual conduct with a minor
(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that a Darlington man is going to prison for sexual conduct with a minor and sexually exploiting a minor. On Tuesday, September 21, 2021,…
AG investigating after police in Auburn shoot and kill woman who fired at them from inside home
NEW YORK – The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) has opened an investigation into the death of Brandi Baida, who died on September 21, 2021, following an encounter…
Gulfport Man Sentenced to Over 6 Years in Prison for Firearm Offense
Gulfport, Miss. – A Gulfport man was sentenced today to 74 months in prison for being an unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney…
Minneapolis Man Sentenced to 19 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Minneapolis man was sentenced today to 228 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for trafficking thousands of fentanyl-laced pills. According to court documents,…
Two Men Plead Guilty to Federal Firearm and Drug Trafficking Charges Stemming from Their Participation in a Winter Shootout at a New Orleans Hotel
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today, that CHRIS ROSS, age 20 from Slidell and TREJON HOWARD, age 20 from New Orleans pled guilty on September 22, 2021…
Shipping Company Fined $2M in a Multi-District Case for Concealing Illegal Discharges of Oily Water into the Atlantic Ocean
WASHINGTON – Diana Wilhelmsen Management Limited (DWM), a Cyprus-based company that operates several commercial vessels, was sentenced today in federal court before U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Beach Smith in Norfolk, Virginia,…