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North Carolina Man Sentenced to 6½ Years for Gunpoint Robbery of Puppies From Lancaster County Breeder

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Christopher Lamont Stimpson, Jr., 24, of Greensboro, North Carolina, was sentenced to six years and six months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $1,660 in restitution by United States District Court Judge Edward G. Smith for robbing a Lancaster County puppy breeder and his family at gunpoint in order to steal five French Bulldog puppies in October 2020.


News Release: PIERRE - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.


News Release: INDIANAPOLIS- Daniel Fruits, 47, of Greenwood, Indiana, was sentenced to six years in federal prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud and money laundering.


Virginia man pleads guilty to defrauding the United States

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Jerry Shrock, 47, of Meadowview, Virginia, pleaded guilty on Nov. 28 to conspiracy to defraud the United States. Shrock will remain on conditions of release pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.


Former Police Officer Sentenced to 25 Years of Imprisonment for Stealing 125 Firearms from the Puerto Rico Police Bureau Shooting Range at Isla De Cabra

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - United States District Court Judge Silvia Carreño Coll sentenced José Padilla-Galarza to a total of 25 years’ imprisonment and five years of supervised release for the theft of 125 firearms. Specifically, the defendant will be serving 20 years of imprisonment for his conviction...


Sioux Falls Man Sentenced for Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography

News Release: SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography was sentenced on Nov. 28, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


Man Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Customers Who Bought Cryptocurrency-Mining Computers And Miner Hosting Services

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CHET STOJANOVICH, a/k/a “Chester J. Stojanovich," pled guilty today to wire fraud for defrauding more than a dozen victims of more than $2 million through fraudulent misrepresentations that he would provide...


Troy Man Sentenced for Possessing Firearms as a Felon

News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Justin Smith, age 22, of Troy, New York, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for possessing firearms as a previously convicted felon. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHRISTOPHER JARDINE, 55, of Guilford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 15 months of imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release, for failing to pay business and personal taxes. Judge Dooley also ordered Jardine to pay a $10,000 fine.


Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Customers Who Bought Cryptocurrency-Mining Computers and Miner Hosting Services

News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CHET STOJANOVICH, a/k/a “Chester J. Stojanovich," pled guilty today to wire fraud for defrauding more than a dozen victims of more than $2 million through fraudulent misrepresentations that he would provide...


Brooklyn, New York Man Sentenced to 36 Months’ Imprisonment for Fentanyl Distribution in Rutland Area

News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Olayinka Babatunde (a.k.a. “Tom"), 23, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William K. Sessions III to 36 months of imprisonment to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release after previously pleading guilty to fentanyl distribution.


Sacramento Attorney and Filer of ADA Lawsuits Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Return

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Sacramento attorney and filer of thousands of disability discrimination lawsuits pleaded guilty today to filing a false tax return on which he underreported the income he earned from many of those lawsuits. U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division made the announcement.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Leslie O’Quinn, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced today to 100 months of incarceration for her role in methamphetamine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin drug distribution operation, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican man has been charged with illegally reentering the United States after deportation.


News Release: A Jay man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court for shooting and killing his mother and wounding a second family member.


Owner of Trucking Companies Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Conspiracy in Fatal Tanker Explosion, Tax Evasion and COVID Fraud

News Release: LOS ANGELES - The owner of several Inland Empire-based trucking companies was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison for ordering the illegal repair of a tanker that resulted in an explosion and the death of one his employees - the second time one of his welders was killed.


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.


Two Owners of New Jersey Pharmaceutical Marketing Company Admit Role in $38 Million Compounding Fraud Scheme

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two owners of a New Jersey pharmaceutical marketing company admitted their roles in a $38 million compounded medication health care fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


Indiana Man Arrested on Felony Charges for Actions During January 6 Capitol Breach

News Release: WASHINGTON - An Indiana man has been arrested on felony charges, including assaulting law enforcement officers with a dangerous weapon, for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.


Woodstock Man Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Joleen D. Simpson, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that MARIUSZ KALINOWSKI, 47, of Woodstock, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to a tax fraud offense.