Columbus man charged with making bomb threat at abortion clinic
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A federal grand jury has charged a Columbus man with threatening a reproductive health services facility. Carlos Manuel Rodriguez Brime, 25, was arrested yesterday. He is scheduled for arraignment…
Pittsburgh man offers guilty plea to bank fraud, fabricating letter from former Secretary of State in his favor
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A Pittsburgh man pleaded guilty in federal court today to crimes related to stealing customers’ information and money from the banks at which he was employed. The defendant also…
Five local men charged federally with crimes connected to 3 murders
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A federal grand jury has charged five Columbus men with crimes related to three murders. An alleged narcotics conspiracy in 2018 to rob a local marijuana dealer of drugs…
All 19 defendants charged in T&A Crips case convicted of federal crimes
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The final of 19 defendants to be convicted in a Columbus gang-related racketeering conspiracy pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for his part in furthering the violence of the…
Dayton man sentenced to federal prison for fraudulently obtaining Social Security, COVID relief funding in his deceased father’s name
DAYTON, Ohio – A 55-year-old Dayton man was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 15 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining Social Security and COVID-19 relief funding in his deceased father’s…
T&A Crips member who killed rival gang member, shot at potential witness sentenced to 30 years in prison
COLUMBUS, Ohio – One of 19 defendants charged in a Columbus gang-related racketeering conspiracy was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 30 years in prison for his part in furthering the…
Cincinnati police officer charged with failing to report more than $50,000 in off-duty income
CINCINNATI – A federal grand jury has charged a Cincinnati police officer with failing to report tens of thousands of dollars earned from off-duty jobs at area nightclubs. Diondre Winstead, 44,…
Two Dayton residents plead guilty in identity & financial fraud scheme
DAYTON, Ohio – Two Daytonians pleaded guilty in federal court to crimes related to a conspiracy to steal checks, credit cards, debit cards, bank account information and Social Security numbers to enrich…
Cincinnati man pleads guilty to creating fake ID documents claiming he was federal employee & agent
CINCINNATI – A Cincinnati man pleaded guilty in federal court this morning to making fake IDs claiming he was a Special Agent with Homeland Security and an employee of the Defense Logistics…
Cincinnati pleads guilty of using identity of deceased friend to obtain Social Security benefits
CINCINNATI – Frank Morris, 73, of Cincinnati, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to using the identity of a deceased childhood friend to obtain more than $120,000 in Social Security and SNAP…
T&A Crips member sentenced to 30 years in prison
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A 26-year-old Columbus man was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 30 years in prison for participating in a local gang’s racketeering conspiracy. Charles Carson pleaded guilty…
Kentucky woman sentenced to federal prison for aiding and abetting witness tampering in case involving murder of her ex-son-in-law
DAYTON – A Burlington, Kentucky, woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 70 months in prison for aiding and abetting her daughter in intimidating a witness after the murder of her…
Organizer of fraud and identity theft schemes pleads guilty to 10 federal counts
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A Columbus man pleaded guilty in federal court today to a range of federal crimes, including fraud conspiracy, aggravated identity theft, money laundering, false claims to United States citizenship…
FirstEnergy charged federally, agrees to terms of deferred prosecution settlement
CINCINNATI – FirstEnergy Corp. has been charged federally with conspiring to commit honest services wire fraud and has agreed to pay a $230 million monetary penalty. The company signed a deferred prosecution…
Brown County, Ohio man sentenced to 17 years in prison for distributing images of child sexual abuse
CINCINNATI – Wayne Cusimano, 55, of Hamersville, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 204 months in prison for distributing child [censored]ography through Kik messenger chat groups. According to court documents,…
Columbus man who led online car sales scam sentenced to more than 14 years in prison
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The leader of an online car sales scam that cheated hundreds of victims around the country out of more than $10.6 million total was sentenced in federal court today…
Former bookkeeper of federally funded Washington Court House domestic violence shelter pleads guilty to misusing shelter funds for personal expenses
CINCINNATI – The former bookkeeper of My Sister’s House, a now-shuttered domestic violence shelter in Washington Court House, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to two counts related to stealing funds…
Columbus man pleads guilty to invading homes of Dayton-area drug dealers
DAYTON, Ohio – A Columbus, Ohio, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in multiple home invasions in the greater Dayton region. William Anthony-Lee Baylor, 28, pleaded guilty to…
Federal officials close review of fatal shooting of Samuel DuBose
CINCINNATI – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio, in consultation with the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, announced today they have concluded their review of the July 2015…
Man pleads guilty to hate crime that involved antisemitic threats to neighbors, breaking their window
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A Columbus man pleaded guilty in federal court to criminally interfering with the right to fair housing. The charges stem from antisemitic threats the defendant made to his neighbors.…
Jury convicts Westerville man of sexually exploiting a five-year old
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A United States District Court jury has convicted Christopher M. Sammons, 28, of four counts related to creating child [censored]ography of his sexual abuse of a five-year old. Sammons…
Ohio Haunted House Owner Pleads Guilty to Tax Crime
COLUMBUS, OHIO – David Fachman, 59, of New Albany, Ohio pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of willful failure to pay over tax to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). …
Local man sentenced to prison in chop shop conspiracy
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A Columbus man was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 12 months and one day in prison for his role in a conspiracy to steal at least 35 vehicles…
Dayton man charged with dealing fentanyl cocaine mixture that caused multiple fatal and nonfatal overdoses
DAYTON, Ohio – A federal grand jury has charged a Dayton man with distributing fentanyl and cocaine that resulted in five overdoses in the late hours of New Year’s Eve and into…
Lewis Center man pleads guilty to $2 million romance scam, PPP fraud
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A Lewis Center man pleaded guilty in federal court today for his role in conspiring to launder the proceeds of online romance scams for roughly two years. He also…
3 Cincinnati men plead guilty for dealing fentanyl
CINCINNATI – The lead of three defendants charged in a narcotics conspiracy punishable by at least 10 years and up to life in prison pleaded guilty in federal court in Cincinnati today.…
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