By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Nathaniel Blayn Becker, 43, of Marietta, Ohio was sentenced today to eight years and one month in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, in connection with pipe bombs found on tugboats on the Ohio River.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A former U.S. Army service member has admitted his involvement in a plot that led to the stabbing death of a former fellow soldier whose body was found in his Fort Stewart barracks room in June 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Woodbridge man pleaded guilty to conspiring to engage in dogfighting, and a Camp Springs, Maryland, man pleaded guilty today to advertising a dogfight on the internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that CARY YAN, a/k/a “Hong Hui Yan," a/k/a “Chen Hong," and GINA ZHOU, a/k/a “Chaoting Zhou," a/k/a “Angel Zhou," pled guilty to conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA") in connection...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KENNEY COTTO, 25, of New Britain, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for firearm offenses stemming from his participation in the burglary of a Portland firearms dealer in December 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced that a federal jury has found Justin Kelly (35, New Port Richey) guilty of conspiracy to distribute 40 grams of fentanyl resulting in death, distribution of fentanyl resulting in death, three counts of possession/distribution of fentanyl, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Pennsylvania man was arrested for sexually exploiting and attempting to entice a minor victim, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-A former employee of the Burns Paiute Tribe was sentenced to federal probation today after she stole and crashed a vehicle owned by the Tribe used to transport students to and from school events.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: TAYLOR DZICZEK, 30, of Chicopee, Massachusetts, was arrested today on federal criminal complaint charging him with robbing a Connecticut bank earlier this year. As alleged in the complaint, Dziczek is also a suspect is several additional bank robberies that have occurred in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire since September 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: MIAMI - Anton Peck, 29, of Boca Raton, Fla., has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks to 16 years in prison for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. Peck previously pled guilty to one count of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Lenexa, Kansas, man and woman have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a $2.9 million conspiracy to defraud Medicare.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man admitted participating in a conspiracy to commit multiple armed robberies from August 2018 to February 2019, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas man who has prior felony convictions was sentenced on Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Ann R. Traum to 57 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for unlawful possession of six firearms. The firearms included a machine gun, a short-barreled rifle, and unserialized privately made firearms (PMF), sometimes referred to as “ghost guns.".
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to 120 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for making threats against Hennepin County employees and illegally possessing a firearm as a felon, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Nathaniel Blayn Becker, 43, of Marietta, Ohio was sentenced today to eight years and one month in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, in connection with pipe bombs found on tugboats on the Ohio River.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A downtown Los Angeles man was found guilty today by a jury of federal criminal charges for fraudulently obtaining more than $150,000 - and attempted to obtain an additional $1.85 million - in COVID-relief loans for several companies he claimed to own and operate.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Jacob Deandre Byrd (20, Lake City) has pleaded guilty to wire fraud involving COVID Relief Fraud through the Paycheck Protection Program. Byrd faces up to 20 years in federal prison and payment of restitution to the United States government. Byrd has agreed to forfeit $20,833, representing the proceeds of the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Shawn Money Jones, 33, of Lancaster, PA, was sentenced to 15 years in prison and five years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Joseph F. Leeson, Jr., for being convicted of possession with intent to distribute a variety of illegal narcotics, and illegally possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: HOUSTON - A 47-year-old Colorado man has been sent to federal prison following his conviction of stalking and threatening a woman with releasing sexually-explicit images unless she moved with him across the country, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the unsealing of an Indictment charging JAMES ROBINSON and DAVID KENNEDY, both citizens of the United Kingdom, with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud for engaging in a scheme to defraud victims by...
