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Four Men Indicted for Fentanyl Conspiracy That Resulted in Overdose Death

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Four Kansas City, Missouri-area men have been indicted for their role in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, which resulted in an overdose death. Dmitry Cattell, 22, Joseph Burgess, 21, and Jordon Simmer, 20, all of Kansas City, Mo., and Kelton Hill, 22, of Parkville, Mo., were charged in a nine-count indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo., on Tuesday, April 5. That indictment was unsealed and made public following the arrests of all four defendants on Thursday, April 7. They remain in federal custody pending a detention hearing on April

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Two Men Indicted For Conspiring To Commit A Drug Related Robbery That Resulted In The Murder Of Two Men

Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Jy’Quale Samari Grable (20, Tampa) and Aquavious Smith (19, Palmetto) with conspiracy and interference with commerce by robbery. Grable was also charged with using a firearm in relation to a crime of violence causing the death of two victims. If convicted on all counts, Grable faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison, and Smith faces a maximum penalty of 20 years’ imprisonment. According to court documents, on December 22, 2020, Grable and Smith committed an armed robbery at an apartment complex in Valrico.

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Jury Convicts Man for a Shooting that Resulted in a Woman Being Struck by a Bullet

A federal jury today convicted a Tulsa man for taking part in a shooting that resulted in a woman being struck in the back of the head while she was driving, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. Michael Sam, 21, was found guilty of Assault with Intent to Commit Murder in Indian Country, Assault With a Dangerous Weapon in Indian Country, Assault Resulting in  serious bodily injury in Indian Country, and two counts of Carrying and Using a Firearm during and in Relation to a Crime of Violence. “Sam sought to settle a score when he recklessly shot into a car,

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Colorado Springs Woman Charged with Distributing Fentanyl Which Resulted in the Death of a Juvenile Girl at School

DENVER – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Alexis Nicole Wilkins has been charged by criminal complaint with distributing fentanyl resulting in death, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C).  According to court documents, Wilkins allegedly distributed a fentanyl pill to two juvenile females in the parking lot of the Citadel Mall in Colorado Springs, on or about December 2, 2021. The two juvenile girls to whom Wilkins allegedly dealt the fentanyl pill took the pill to school the next morning, where they shared it with a third juvenile female

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Woman Sentenced for Taking Part in a Robbery that Resulted in the Victim being Stabbed

A 24-year-old Sand Springs woman who aided her boyfriend in a 2018 robbery was sentenced Tuesday in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. “Tori Lasley knowingly took part in a planned robbery and consequently will be incarcerated for seven years,” said U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. “Federal prosecutors and our partners at the FBI and Tulsa Police Department will vigorously pursue and hold accountable individuals who commit violent crime within our community.” U.S. District Judge Claire V. Eagan sentenced Tori Lynn Lasley to seven years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release. Lasley pleaded guilty on Nov.

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Las Vegas Man Admits Guilt in Counterfeit Credit Card Scheme that Resulted in $382K Loss in One Month

PITTSBURGH, PA – A former resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to commit access device fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. Yoandy Pou Torres, 38, pleaded guilty yesterday to one count before United States District Judge Cathy Bissoon. In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that Pou Torres used counterfeit credit cards encoded with stolen bank account information to purchase MasterCard gift cards at Sam’s Club stores in the Pittsburgh area, as well as in Florida and California. During the month of December 2017, Pou

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Teen Charged with Attempted Murder for His Alleged Involvement in the Fight That Resulted in the Stabbing of a Student Outside of McKinley High School

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that a 17-year-old male from Buffalo was arraigned shortly after midnight this morning before Buffalo City Court Judge Andrew C. LoTempio, a designated Youth Part judge, on one count of Attempted Murder in the Second Degree and one count of Assault in the First Degree (Class “B” violent felonies). It is alleged that on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at approximately 3:45 p.m., the adolescent offender was involved in a physical altercation in a parking lot outside of McKinley High School in the City of Buffalo. A 14-year-old male student was stabbed multiple

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Indiana Native Sentenced For 2019 Attempted Armed Robbery of Uptown CVS Pharmacy That Resulted in Shooting of NOPD Officer

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, that RICHARD SANSBURY, age 28, a resident of Indianapolis, Indiana, was sentenced for his participation in the June 17, 2019, robbery of the CVS pharmacy located at 4901 Prytania Street in New Orleans. United States District Court Judge Greg G. Guidry imposed a sentence for each count of the three-count indictment to which SANSBURY plead guilty. As to count one, SANSBURY was charged with conspiracy to commit a robbery involving a controlled substance, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2118.  For count

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Drug Dealer Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Selling the Fentanyl that Resulted in Death of User; Longest Sentence to Date

Assistant U. S. Attorneys Stephen H. Wong (619) 546-9464 and Mikaela L. Weber (619) 546-9734     NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – February 14, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Jahvaris Lamoun Springfield was sentenced in federal court today to 300 months in prison for selling the fentanyl pills that resulted in the fatal overdose of U.S. Army veteran Brendan James Gallagher on February 5, 2019. This is the longest sentence to date in this district for this crime. On August 27, 2021, following a three-day trial before U.S. District Judge Larry Alan Burns, a jury convicted Springfield of causing Gallagher’s death by distributing fentanyl

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Rochester Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Arson of Minneapolis Pawn Shop that Resulted in the Death of a Man

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Rochester man was sentenced to 120 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for the arson of a Minneapolis pawn shop that resulted in the death of a man. Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats made the announcement after U.S. District Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright sentenced the defendant. According to court documents, on May 28, 2020, Montez Terriel Lee, 26, along with others, broke into the Max It Pawn Shop on East Lake Street in Minneapolis. Surveillance video footage showed Lee pouring a fire accelerant around the pawn shop and lighting the

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KC Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Carjacking That Resulted in Police Pursuit, Fatal Collision

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Missouri, man has pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in an armed carjacking that led to a high-speed chase in which he collided with another vehicle and killed another motorist. Derrell M. Wade, 20, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough on Friday, Jan. 7, to one count of carjacking and one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. Co-defendants Michael A. Brown, 20, and Curtis R. Daniels, 19, both of Kansas City, Mo., also have pleaded guilty to carjacking. Brown and Daniels both have been

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San Diego Resident Indicted for Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in 15-Year-Old’s Death

Assistant U. S. Attorneys Vivian Sapthavee (619) 546-7696 and Adam Gordon (619) 546-6720 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY—December 28, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Kaylar Junior Tawan Beltranlap of San Diego appeared in federal court today in connection with a grand jury indictment charging him with selling the fentanyl that resulted in the death of a 15-year-old Coronado High School sophomore on May 12, 2021. Agents and Task Force officers with the Drug Enforcement Administration are leading the investigation into the death. The next court date is set for February 4, 2022 for a Motion Hearing/Trial Setting. “Every loss of life to opioids

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Dayton man pleads guilty to kidnapping conspiracy that resulted in victim’s death

DAYTON – A Dayton man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today for his role in the summer 2019 kidnapping and subsequent death of Kwasi Casey, whose body was later found in a detached garage on Fountain Ave. in Dayton.   Antoine Dye, 37, offered a guilty plea to conspiring to kidnapping resulting in death.   According to court documents, five co-conspirators kidnapped and abducted the victim at gunpoint on July 7, 2019.   Mr. Casey was taken to one of the defendant’s homes, where he was held against his will and beaten with a baseball bat. Another defendant made

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Grand Jury indicts St. Louis man in carjacking crime spree that resulted in the death of one victim

ST. LOUIS – A federal grand jury indicted Carmain Milton for three carjackings in the city of St. Louis that occurred in September 2021.  One of the three carjackings resulted in the death of a 72-year-old man.      According to the indictment, on or about September 21, 2021, in the City of St. Louis, within the Eastern District of Missouri, Milton with intent to cause death and serious bodily harm, took from the victim by force, violence, and intimidation a 1998 Toyota Camry.    On or about September 28, 2021, Milton with intent to cause death and serious bodily harm,

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International Hacking Group Members Sentenced for SIM Hijacking Conspiracy That Resulted in the Theft of Millions in Cryptocurrency

DETROIT – A sixth member of an international hacking group known to its members as “The Community” was sentenced yesterday in connection with a multi-million-dollar Sim Hijacking conspiracy, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Saima Mohsin for the Eastern District of Michigan.  This was the final defendant to be sentenced in the case, which was indicted in 2019. U.S. Attorney Mohsin was joined in the announcement by Acting Special Agent in Charge James C. Harris of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Detroit who oversees field offices in Michigan and Ohio. Sentenced before United States District Judge Denise Page

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Murphy admits prolonged business shutdown resulted in New Jersey having highest unemployment rate in U.S.

TRENTON, NJ – Last week, we reported that New Jersey had the third highest unemployment rate in the country. As most of America digs out quickly from the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, in New Jersey, state offices remain closed and government-imposed COVID-19 mandates are still among the most strict in the nation. Businesses in New Jersey continue to compete with unemployment benefits from the state as thousands of businesses can’t find enough workers. That has led to many businesses closing early each day, limiting customers and some, even going out of business. The pre-pandemic policy of requiring unemployment recipients to maintain

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San Diego Resident Sentenced to Nearly 14 Years for Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in 18-Year-Old’s Death

Assistant U. S. Attorneys Owen Roth and Lawrence A. Casper (619) 546-7710 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY—November 22, 2021 SAN DIEGO—San Diego resident Brandon Jacob Shepherd was sentenced in federal court today to thirteen years and eleven months in prison for selling fentanyl that resulted in the death of an 18-year-old San Diego woman, identified in court records as P.E.R., in January of 2020. He received one month of custodial credit for time served in a local facility before being transferred to federal custody, for a total period of 168 months in custody. Shepherd previously admitted that on the evening of January

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Jury finds local man guilty of distributing fentanyl that resulted in the death of another

ST. LOUIS –Gerald E. Cardwell, Jr. of O’Fallon, Missouri was found guilty by a jury after deliberations yesterday at the conclusion of a four-day trial held at the Thomas Eagleton Federal Courthouse.     Cardwell was charged in 2019 for knowingly and intentionally distributing a controlled substance, that led to the death of an individual from the use of the controlled substance distributed by Cardwell.    Evidence presented at trial revealed that the victim had picked Cardwell up from the Hollywood Casino Hotel on the night of July 25, 2019.  In the early morning hours of July 26, 2019, Cardwell

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Defendant Sentenced to 45 Months for Smuggling Event that Resulted in Death

Assistant U. S. Attorney Amanda T. Muskat (619) 546-6495    NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – November 9, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Leobardo Soto-Toledo, a foot guide who led a group of 14 undocumented migrants into the United States through an underground drainage pipe during heavy rains, resulting in a death and a near-drowning, was sentenced in federal court yesterday to 45 months in prison. As reflected in the court records, on January 29, 2021, the group of migrants entered the United States near Chula Vista, California, by either climbing over the international boundary fence or traversing through a drainage pipe that runs

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Indiana Native Sentenced for 2019 Attempt Armed Robbery of Uptown CVS Which Resulted in Shooting of NOPD Officer

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced on October 19, 2021 that ALAN PARSON, age 21, a resident of Indianapolis, Indiana, was sentenced in the United States District Court for his participation in the June 17, 2019 robbery of the CVS pharmacy located at 4901 Prytania Street. United States District Court Judge Greg G. Guidry imposed a sentence to each count of the three-count Indictment to which PARSON plead guilty. In Count One, PARSON was charged with conspiracy to commit a robbery involving a controlled substance, in violation of Title 18, United States Section, 2118.  For Count

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U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Two Defendants Relating To Armed Robbery In Ossining That Resulted In The Death Of A Co-Conspirator

Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and Kevin Sylvester, Chief of the Village of Ossining Police Department (“Ossining PD”), announced the unsealing yesterday of a four‑count indictment charging MATTHEW DUSABLON, a/k/a “Mateo,” a/k/a “Murk,” and JAHAIRA MEJIA with robbery and obstruction of justice.  The defendants were arrested yesterday and presented before United States Magistrate Judge Judith C. McCarthy in White Plains federal court. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “As alleged in the Indictment, the defendants participated in

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Queens Man Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Kidnapping That Resulted In The Murder Of 24-Year-Old Woman

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JAVIER ENRIQUE DA SILVA ROJAS (the “defendant” or “DA SILVA”) was sentenced today to 360 months in prison for kidnapping Valerie Reyes (the “Victim”) in New Rochelle, New York and unlawfully transporting her to Connecticut, where her body was found approximately a week later.  DA SILVA, who was arrested in Flushing, Queens in February 2019, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Vincent Briccetti on February 4, 2020. U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss stated: “Javier Da Silva committed a horrific kidnapping that resulted in the death

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