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Montana Man Sentenced to 38 Months in Prison for Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

News Release: WASHINGTON - A Montana man, who was charged along with his brother, was sentenced in the District of Columbia today to a prison term for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Joshua Calvin Hughes’s actions and the actions of others, including his brother, Jerod Wayne Hughes, disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.


Toledo Man Sentenced to More Than 21 Years in Prison for Receipt and Distribution of Thousands of Files of Child Pornography

News Release: TOLEDO - Thomas K. Tetreau, 48, of Toledo, Ohio, was sentenced on Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, to more than 21 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey J. Helmick after Tetreau pleaded guilty to two counts of receipt and distribution of child pornography.


Duo sentenced to 40 years in prison for carjacking resulting in death

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Stetson Shane Barnes, 30, of Loving, New Mexico, and Donald Alfred Busch, 34, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, were each sentenced to 40 years in prison following a conviction for their parts in a carjacking resulting in death.


News Release: Jacksonville, Florida -United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Jerry Cintron Colon (42, Jacksonville) with aggravated identity theft, false representation of a Social Security number (SSN), and fraud involving identification documents. If...


Two Estonian Citizens Arrested in $575 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme

News Release: Seattle - Two Estonian citizens were arrested in Tallinn, Estonia Nov. 20, 2022, on an 18-count indictment charging conspiracy, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The indictment was returned by a grand jury sitting in the Western District of Washington on October 27 and unsealed today following the arrests.


Sioux Falls Man Sentenced for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender

News Release: SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Nov. 21, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TATIANA DANIEL pled guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. DANIEL participated in a scheme to commit COVID-19 pandemic fraud by (1) defrauding New York City’s COVID-19 Hotel Room Isolation Program;...


News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A federal criminal complaint has been filed against a Woodbury man charging him with illegal possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


News Release: FBI Conducts Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Redstone Arsenal for the North Campus and Operations Building.


Waterbury Man On Supervised Release Charged with Gun Possession and Drug Distribution Offenses

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned a three-count indictment charging RAEKWON OVERSTREET, 27, of Waterbury, with firearm possession and drug distribution offenses.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Riverside County man was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for using hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for personal expenses such as luxury cars after he obtained a COVID-business relief loan for more than $7 million on behalf of his pothole-repair company.


Tonawanda Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Meth And A Gun Charge

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Jason Cartwright, 41, of Tonawanda, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, which carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of life and a $10,000,000 fine.


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Mercer County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 144 months in prison for his role in a string of armed robberies of businesses in New Jersey and Pennsylvania in May and June of 2019, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


Twin Brothers Plead Guilty to Illegal Possession of a Firearm, Ammunition

News Release: MINNEAPOLIS -Twin brothers Quantez Demarco Ward and Cortez Demario Ward, age 19, have pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a firearm and illegal possession of ammunition, respectively, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Scott P. Haines, 50, of Milton, Florida, was sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison, following his previous guilty plea on the charge of making material false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation during an elder exploitation investigation. United States Attorney Jason R. Coody announced the sentence.


News Release: NASHVILLE - Tennessee State Senator Brian Kelsey pleaded guilty today to violating campaign finance laws and conspiring to defraud the Federal Election Commission (FEC) as part of a scheme to benefit his 2016 campaign for U.S. Congress.


News Release: CONTACT: Barbara Burns. PHONE: (716) 843-5817. FAX #: (716) 551-3051. BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Steven Gasiorek, 37, of Cheektowaga, NY, who was convicted of receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography involving a prepubescent minor, was sentenced...


News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was arrested yesterday for a drug distribution offense involving fentanyl and a fentanyl analogue known as para-fluorofentanyl.


Former Amtrak Employee and Her Husband Plead Guilty to Charges for Fraudulently Obtaining Nearly $1 Million in COVID Jobless Relief

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former Amtrak employee pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for conspiring with her husband to steal nearly $1 million in COVID-19 pandemic-related unemployment insurance (UI) benefits and for fraudulently obtaining more than $63,000 in sickness benefits while she worked at Amtrak.