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Mission Man Indicted on Firearm Charge

News Release: PIERRE - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm.


Yuba County Men Indicted on Drug Trafficking Charges

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 12-count indictment today against Darrell Anderson, 50, and Ricky Phienemanh, 35, both of Olivehurst, charging them with conspiracy to distribute heroin and methamphetamine, distribution of methamphetamine, distribution of heroin, and possession with intent to distribute heroin, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Tse Bonito Man Indicted for Sexual Abuse

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Tom Tso was arraigned on Nov. 15 on an indictment charging him with sexual abuse. Tso, 84, of Tse Bonito, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, will remain at a halfway house on conditions of release pending trial, which has not been scheduled.


Human Smuggler Sentenced Following Migrant Death

News Release: MIDLAND, Texas - A Guatemalan national man was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for immigration crimes.


Justice Department and Department of Education Announce a Fairer and More Accessible Bankruptcy Discharge Process for Student Loan Borrowers

News Release: The Department of Justice, in close coordination with the Department of Education, announced today a new process for handling cases in which individuals seek to discharge their federal student loans in bankruptcy. The new process will help ensure consistent treatment of the discharge of federal student ...


Maryland man admits to drug charge

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Thomas Moore, of Hagerstown, Maryland, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Felon Convicted of Possessing “Ghost” Gun

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Alexandria man pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.


Albany Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Drug Distribution Conspiracy

News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Wayne Myers, age 32, of Albany, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for distributing and conspiring to distribute cocaine, cocaine base, methamphetamine, and amphetamine.


Thibodaux Man Charged with Failure to Account for and Pay Taxes

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CORNEL MARTIN, SR. (“MARTIN"), age 61, of Thibodaux, Louisiana, was charged on Nov. 17, 2022, with failing to account for and pay over federal income taxes and Federal Insurance Contributions Act (“FICA") taxes, in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7202.


Wayne County Man Sentenced to 180 Months for Methamphetamine Trafficking

News Release: LONDON, Ky.- An Albany, Ky., man, Jeremy Lynch, 42, was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison on Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom, for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.


Michigan Personal Injury Attorney Convicted of Tax Crimes

News Release: A federal jury convicted Michigan attorney Carl L. Collins, III on Nov. 16 of willfully filing five false tax returns for himself and one of his businesses.


Michigan Man Sentenced for Scheme to Obtain COVID Relief Funds in a Dozen Different States

News Release: BOSTON - A Michigan man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his involvement in a fraudulent scheme to obtain COVID-19-related unemployment assistance and small business loans in 12 different states.


Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 45 Years for Years-Long Sexual Abuse of Eight-Year-Old Victim, Including Manufacturing Pornography

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Herbert Smith, 33, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 45 years in prison and lifetime supervised release by United States District Court Judge Eduardo C. Robreno for his extended sexual abuse of a child who was just eight years old when Smith began molesting her. Smith must also register as a convicted child sex offender under state law.


Thirty-Year-Old Mississippi Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Transfer Obscene Material to a Minor

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that COLBI TRENT DEFIORE, age 30, a resident of Carriere, Mississippi, pleaded guilty as charged on November 16. 2022 before United States District Judge Sarah S. Vance after previously being charged with attempted transfer of obscene matter to a minor, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1470.


One Defendant Sentenced, 2 More Plead Guilty in Large-Scale Sacramento-Area Cocaine and Heroin Trafficking Conspiracies

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - One defendant was sentenced and two others pleaded guilty today for their participation in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine, crack cocaine, and heroin in the Eastern District of California, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Rensselaer County Man Sentenced to 130 Months for Drug and Firearm Convictions

News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Justin Micheli, age 35, of Schodack, New York, was sentenced today to 130 months in prison for possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, possessing ammunition as a previously convicted felon, and possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine.


Virginia Man Convicted For Investment Scheme

News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A federal jury in Charlotte has convicted Michael Mandel Baldwin, 53, of Alexandria, Virginia, for orchestrating an investment scheme that defrauded victims of more than $800,000, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.


Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Cocaine Possession

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Brooklyn, New York, has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months imprisonment followed by 4 years of supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Williamsville Man Going to Prison on Child Pornography Charge

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Christopher D. Robbins, 61, of Williamsville, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 72 months in prison by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr.


Nashville Trio Facing Federal Human Trafficking & Drug Distribution Charges

News Release: NASHVILLE - A federal indictment unsealed today charges three Nashville individuals in a sex trafficking and drug distribution conspiracy that operated from a house in Antioch, Tennessee, announced U.S. Attorney Mark H. Wildasin for the Middle District of Tennessee.