FBI probe ends in prison term for hacker forum mastermind
Founder of major hacker forum BreachForums resentenced to three years in prison Alexandria, VA – A New York man who created and operated one of the world’s largest online marketplaces for stolen…
Undocumented Mexican Citizen Sentenced To Two Years In Federal Prison For Aggravated Identity Theft
Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis today sentenced Armando Amaya-Lopez (36, Vera Cruz, Mexico) to two years in federal prison for aggravated identity theft. Amaya-Lopez had pleaded guilty on…
Kanawha County Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in Multi-State Methamphetamine Conspiracy
CHARLESTON, W.Va. –A Kanawha County man was sentenced today to seven years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for intent to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon…
Camden Man Papa Smurf Heading to Prison for 10 Years for Illegal Gun Possession
CAMDEN, N.J. – A Camden man known on the streets as “Papa Smurf” is heading to prison. Anthony D. Parker, aka “Papa Smurf,” 38, of Camden, was convicted at trial in March…
Virginia Beach Man Who USed Machine Gun During Norfolk Shootout Gets 7 Year Prison Term
NORFOLK, Va. – A man who used a machine gun in a shootout in Norfolk last July is going to prison for 7 years, according to the Department of Justice. According to…
Migrant Gets 20 Years for Scallop Boat Murder
BOSTON – It was murder on the high seas aboard a Massachusetts based scallop boat in 2018 and today, four years later, the Virginia man who committed the crime is finally heading…
Vine Co-Founder, Mike’s Candy Shop Ringleader to Spend More than Two Decades in Federal Prison
NEW YORK, NY – Ariel Tavarez, also known as Mike, is going to prison for 264 months for the death of Vine co-founder Colin Kroll. Tavarez, also a founding member of the…
Jealous Baltimore Man Gets 12 Years for Setting House on Fire With Three Others Inside
BALTIMORE, MD – A Baltimore man is heading to prison for 12 years after setting a house on fire knowing there were three people inside the home. Before U.S. District Judge Ellen…
Virginia Cop Heading to Federal Prison for Role in January 6th Capitol Riot
WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice has announced an off-duty police officer from Virginia was sentenced today to 87 months in prison for his actions during…
Rochester Man Heading to Prison After Coercing 13-Year-Old in Juvenile on SnapChat
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A Rochester man is going away for a long time after he was sentenced to prison for 17 years. Roger Roberts, 50, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of…
Waterbury Gang Member Sentenced to More Than 5 Years in Federal Prison for Firearm and Drug Offenses
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RALPH ERNEST, 19, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to…
Final Defendants, Including Former Correctional Officer, Sentenced for Prison Corruption Scheme at Jessup Correctional Institution
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced a former Correctional Officer, an inmate, and an outside “facilitator” this week in connection with a federal racketeering conspiracy at the Jessup…
Tarboro Man Sentenced to More Than Seven Years in Prison for Firearm Offense
WILMINGTON, N.C. – A Tarboro man was sentenced today to 90 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On April 21, 2022, Marquavis Keyon Jones pled guilty…
Kern County Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Illegally Cultivating Marijuana in the Sequoia National Forest
FRESNO, Calif. — David Moreno Florez, 28, of Taft, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston to 12 years in prison for illegally cultivating marijuana in a national forest…
Texas Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Anabolic Steroids through the Mail
ROCKFORD — A Texas man has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for distributing anabolic steroids through the mail. DAVID E. HUTCHINSON, 47, of Georgetown, Texas, pleaded guilty earlier this…
Putnam County Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking Crime
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – James Michael Pritt, 40, of Buffalo, Putnam County, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, for attempted sex trafficking…
Butte woman sentenced to prison for stealing more than $600,000 from elderly, blind victim under her guardianship
MISSOULA — A Butte woman who admitted to stealing more than $600,000 from an elderly and blind woman, now deceased, who was under her care, and spending the money instead on lake…
Two Methamphetamine Traffickers Are Sentenced To Prison
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Today, U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell sentenced Da Lee, 38, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, and Paul Mark James, 52, of Gastonia, North Carolina, to 168 months and 54 months…
Tri-Cities Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking
Spokane, Washington – Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Aurelio James Gonzalez, 30, of Kennewick Washington was sentenced in federal court in…
Maryland Men Sentenced to Prison Terms for Membership in Computer Fraud and Identity Theft Ring That Targeted State Governments
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Guy Cuomo a/k/a “John Monaco,” age 54, of Frederick, Maryland, was sentenced today to 45 months in prison for computer fraud, misuse of a social security number, aggravated…
Nashville Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Drug & Firearms Violations
NASHVILLE – A Nashville, Tennessee man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison today for drug and firearms violations, announced U.S. Attorney Mark H. Wildasin. Anthony Ussery, 40, pleaded guilty in…