Over $600 in cosmetics swiped from Kohl’s as Stafford County reports back-to-back thefts
Stafford, VA – Stafford County deputies responded to two separate larceny incidents on Tuesday evening, including a high-value theft from a Kohl’s store and a missing wallet reported after a visit to…
Eight More Merchant Mariners Charged in Test-Score Fixing Scheme
NEW ORLEANS – U.S Attorney Duane A. Evans announced the indictment on November 18, 2021 of the following eight current and former merchant mariners related to a test score-fixing scheme at a…
Man Sentenced to More Than 16 Years’ Imprisonment for Attempting to Provide Material Support to Terrorists
A New York man was sentenced today to 200 months, more than 16 years, in prison for attempting to provide material support and resources to the designated foreign terrorist organizations the Islamic…
Long Island Man Sentenced to 200 Months’ Imprisonment for Attempting to Provide Material Support to Terrorists
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY — Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Elvis Redzepagic was sentenced by United States District Judge Denis R. Hurley to 200 months’ imprisonment for attempting to…
Lafourche Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Firearms Charges
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on November 18, 2021, MICHAEL LEWIS, age 33, a resident of Edgard, Louisiana, pled guilty to being a felon in possession…
Boston Man Sentenced for Illegal Possession of Loaded Firearm
BOSTON – A Boston man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition. The defendant led police on a car chase before he was apprehended…
Former Kay County Oklahoma Supervisory Corrections Officer Indicted for Civil Rights Violations
OKLAHOMA CITY—A federal grand jury has returned a three-count indictment charging a former Kay County Oklahoma supervisory corrections officer with federal civil rights violations, announced Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the…
Colombian National Extradited From Costa Rica To Face Drug Charges In The United States
Tampa, Florida – Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the unsealing of a 2019 indictment charging Piero Antonio Lubo-Barros, a/k/a “Nostradamus,” (41, Colombia, South America) with conspiracy to distribute large amounts…
Worcester Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Purchasing MBTA Passes Using Others’ Identities
BOSTON – A Worcester man was sentenced today in connection with using stolen identities to fraudulently purchase over $150,000 in MBTA passes. Kokou Kuakumensah, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge…
Parkersburg Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Parkersburg man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime. According to court documents and statements made in court, in July 2020, Benjamin Michael Nash, 37, traveled from…
Ohio man admits to selling methamphetamine
WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Myron Henderson, of Euclid, Ohio, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. Henderson, also known as “Charlie,” age 40, pled guilty…
Justice Department Announces $139 Million for Law Enforcement Hiring to Advance Community Policing
BOSTON – The Department of Justice has awarded $139 million in grants to provide direct funding to 183 law enforcement agencies across the nation to hire 1,066 additional full-time law enforcement professionals.…
Maryland man admits to firearms charge
MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Alexander Michael Ryan Myers, of Hagerstown, Maryland, has admitted to his role in a firearms trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. Myers, 23, pleaded…
South Windsor Woman Admits Defrauding Immigrant Clients, USCIS
Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KHATIJA KHAN, 40, of South Windsor, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport…
Zion, Illinois Man Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison
SOUTH BEND – Andre Neal, 44 years old, of Zion, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty after pleading guilty to interstate travel in aid of racketeering,…
Omaha Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Sex Traffic a Minor
Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Thomas Holbert, 32, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for Conspiracy to Sex Traffic a Minor. United States District…
Owner of a Tanker Company Sentenced to Prison for Lying to OSHA, Violating DOT Safety Standards
An Idaho man was sentenced to a month in prison, five months’ home confinement, three years’ supervised release, and a $15,000 fine today for lying to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration…
Jefferson County man admits to government theft
MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Joseph Phillip Downes, of Ranson, West Virginia, has admitted to a theft charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. Downes, 44, pleaded guilty today to one…
Perpetrator of Domestic Violence Sentenced for Unlawfully Reentering the United States
The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announced that Jorge Velazquez-Cordova, 33, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Burlington for reentering the…
Dalton Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Sexual Exploitation of Children
BOSTON – A Dalton man was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield for sexual exploitation offenses. James LaFrance, 65, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to 16…
Woman Sentenced to One Year Probation For Lying on Passport Application
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