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…
Winamac Man Sentenced to 97 Months in Prison
SOUTH BEND – Terry Cottrell, 38 years old, of Winamac, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after pleading guilty to possession of child [censored]ography, announced United…
Sinaloa Cartel Drug Trafficker and Money Launderer Sentenced to 188 Months in Prison
Assistant U. S. Attorney Larry Casper (619) 546-6734 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – January 11, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Roberto Gallegos-Lechuga, a drug trafficker and money launderer for the Sinaloa Cartel, was sentenced…
Illegal Possession of Firearms Results in Federal Prison Time for Two South Louisiana Men
LAFAYETTE, La. – United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that two men from the south Louisiana area were sentenced today by Chief United States Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. for their…
Leader of multimillion-dollar tobacco tax fraud and money laundering conspiracy sentenced to prison
Seattle – A leader of a scheme to cheat Washington State out of more than $10 million in tobacco excise taxes was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 26…
Defendant Sentenced To Life In Prison For Double Murder On Indian Reservation
RENO, Nev. – A Fort McDermitt Shoshone Paiute Tribe member was sentenced today to a term of life in prison as to both counts to run consecutively to each other for murdering two…
Providence Man Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man who admitted to participating in two deliveries of around 50 grams of fentanyl each was sentenced today to six years in federal prison. Andre Monroe, 32,…
United States Attorney Announces a Rhame, ND Man Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for Sexual Abuse of a Child
BISMARCK – United States Attorney Nicholas W. Chase announced that U.S. District Court Judge Daniel M. Traynor sentenced Douglas James Schneider, Age 51 of Rhame, ND, to life in Federal Prison for…
Former Financial Controller Sentenced to Prison for Embezzling Almost Half a Million Dollars from Family-Owned San Diego Business
Assistant U. S. Attorney Rebecca S. Kanter (619) 546-7304 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – January 10, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Derick Jonathan Cameron of Vancouver, Washington, was sentenced in federal court today to…
Felon Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Firearms
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Kevan Curry, 49, of Huntington, was sentenced today to two years and 10 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon…
Princeton Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Distribution
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. – Charles Boyett Mitchell, Jr., 35, of Princeton, was sentenced today to three years and 10 months in federal prison for distribution of cocaine and methamphetamine. According to court documents,…
Third gang member sentenced to prison for series of truck stop ATM robberies, related assault
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A third Houston-area gang member was ordered to federal prison Wednesday for his role in a string of ATM robberies at truck stops in Texas and Louisiana and…
Peoria Man Sentenced to 190 Months in Prison for Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute
PEORIA, Ill. – A Peoria, Illinois, man, Dustin R. Test, 39, of the 1900 block of South Stanley Street, was sentenced on January 6, 2022, to 15 years and 10 months’ imprisonment,…
Serial Tax Fraudster Sentenced To More Than 19 Years In Federal Prison
Orlando, Florida – U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. today sentenced Michael Dexter Little to 19 years and 6 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to…
Second Former Inmate Admits Role in Scheme to Use Drones to Smuggle Contraband into Fort Dix Federal Prison
NEWARK, N.J. – A Union County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a scheme to use drones to smuggle contraband, including cell phones and tobacco, into the federal correctional facility…
Phil Murphy discusses new COVID-19 prison release policy as omicron continues to spread
TRENTON, NJ – After freeing more than two thousand convicted criminals in 2020, some who went on to commit new violent crimes after their release, Governor Phil Murphy today said he has…
Doctor Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Stealing More Than $500,000 from Former Employer
CAMDEN, N.J. – A doctor was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for defrauding his prior employer’s medical practice by stealing and forging the medical practice’s checks to pay personal expenses,…
East Chicago Man Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison
HAMMOND- Ernest Willis, 25, of East Chicago, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge James T. Moody after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms, announced United…
District Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Killing Woman in Burst of Gunfire in Southeast Washington
WASHINGTON – Nequan Carthens, 21, of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for opening fire with a handgun on a Southeast Washington…
Readington man pleads guilty to sexually assaulting child, gets 8 years in prison
READINGTON, NJ – A Readington Township man charged in February 2020 pleaded guilty this week to sexual assault, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée Robeson announced. Jose E. Vasquez, 25, of Readington Township pleaded…
Louisville Man Sentenced to Over 14 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking
Jackson, Miss.- A Louisville, Mississippi man was sentenced to 175 months in prison for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Vernon “Jeb”…