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Cabell County Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Child Pornography Crime

News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Jason Robert Henthorne, 47, of Milton, pleaded guilty today to possession of prepubescent child pornography.


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Douglas L. Parker, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, announced that earlier today the United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA") issued...


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Jose A Solis-Pizzaro, 43, and Mirelys Camacho Betancourt, 27, both of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to attempt to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.


Three Women Sentenced to Probation  for Interrupting Oral Arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court

News Release: WASHINGTON - Two Virginia women and an Arizona woman, who verbally interrupted oral arguments inside the United States Supreme Court, each pleaded guilty Jan. 13, 2023, to a single count of Speeches and Objectionable Language in the Supreme Court Building. The defendants were sentenced to one-year terms of probation with stay-away orders from the U.S. Supreme Court.


News Release: Four members of the Oath Keepers were found guilty today by a jury in the District of Columbia of seditious conspiracy and other charges for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election.


Repeat Sex Offender Sentenced to 10 Years for Possessing Child Pornography

News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Kelly M. Schultz, 45, of Antigo, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 10 years in prison for possessing child pornography. The prison term will be followed by 20 years of supervised release. Schultz pleaded guilty to this charge on Aug. 23, 2022.


Individual Sentenced to 262 Months in Prison for Sexual Exploitation of Minors Via the Internet and Social Media Applications

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Jan. 20, 2023, United States District Court Judge Pedro A. Delgado sentenced Ryan Yared Ortiz-Pérez to 21 years and 10 months in prison followed by six years of supervised release for production of child pornography and for soliciting and receiving the child exploitation material via the internet and social media applications. Ortiz-Pérez was charged in a federal Indictment on May 13, 2021 and plead guilty on Aug. 3, 2022.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. resident pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Former CEO of Los Angeles-Based Anti-Poverty Nonprofit Agrees to Plead Guilty to Embezzling and Misusing Funds and Tax Offense

News Release: LOS ANGELES - The former president and CEO of a Hollywood-based anti-poverty nonprofit agency has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges for embezzling money from the nonprofit for his personal benefit and intentionally misapplying more than $600,000 in grant money to pay for unauthorized expenses and lying on his tax returns, the Justice Department announced today.


Individual Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Laundering Unemployment Benefits and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Funds

News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Martín Scamaroni-Cintrón was sentenced on Jan. 18, 2023 by United States District Court Judge Aida Delgado-Colón to 30 months in prison for laundering Unemployment Benefits and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Funds from his bank account in Puerto Rico.


News Release: FBI Confirms Lazarus Group Cyber Actors Responsible for Harmony's Horizon Bridge Currency Theft.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander today sentenced Turrell Davis, age 25, of Baltimore, Maryland for possessing a firearm within 1,000 feet of a school. Davis has served more than 14 months and as part of his sentence Judge Hollander ordered that Davis be on federal supervised release for three years and participate in the Roca, Inc. - Baltimore’s community violence intervention and response services.


News Release: DPRK Businessman Accessed the U.S. Financial System and Deceived U.S. Banks to Circumvent Sanctions Against North Korea.


Federal Agent Arrested for Receiving Gratuity and Making False Statement

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment on Friday Jan. 13, 2023, charging Javier Delgado-Padín, a special agent of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security-Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security Investigations, with receiving and accepting something of value in exchange for him performing his official duties and making a false statement.


Man Charged with the First-Degree Murder of a Washington County Couple

News Release: A Bartlesville man was charged Monday in federal court for killing a Washington County couple, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


FBI Announces $10,000 Reward for Information About Ebenezer Baptist Church Vandalism

News Release: CLEVELAND, OH and ATLANTA, GA-FBI Cleveland and FBI Atlanta seek the public’s help about the recent vandalism at Ebenezer Baptist Church Heritage Sanctuary and seeking information about a group of 10 people captured on video vandalizing the outside of the Sanctuary. It is believed that one or more of the subjects in the pictures may have ties to Central or Northern Ohio.



Lakeland Woman Pleads Guilty to Education Loan Fraud

News Release: Memphis, TN - Kelli L. Pollard, 50, of Lakeland, Tennessee pled guilty to a criminal information, charging her with education loan fraud. United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the guilty plea today.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - The State of Maryland Governor’s Office on Service and Volunteerism (“GOSV"), a division within the Governor’s Office on Community Initiatives (“GOCI"), has agreed to pay the United States $639,916 and enter into a compliance agreement to resolve a civil False Claims Act investigation relating to the operation of its AmeriCorps program.


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Today a federal grand jury indicted Nalah T. Jackson, 24, of Columbus, on two counts of kidnapping of a minor.