By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EDWARD F. ZIEGLER II, 63, of Bridgton, Maine, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to fraud and tax offenses stemming from a 15-year embezzlement scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2022
News Release: Hoax threats disrupt school, waste law enforcement resources, and put first responders in unnecessary danger while causing emotional distress to entire communities, including students, school personnel, and parents. It's also a serious federal crime. Those who post or send these threats can receive time in federal prison and could also face state or local charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2022
News Release: MACON, Ga. - The leader of a Middle Georgia methamphetamine trafficking network responsible for the distribution of approximately 16 kilograms of the drug pleaded guilty in federal court today resulting from an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation centered in Warner Robins, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2022
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Yesterday, JOSHUA DECKER, 37, of Bixby, Oklahoma, was sentenced to serve 60 months in federal prison for conspiracy to steal trade secrets, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2022
News Release: A Michigan man was charged, in an indictment unsealed today in the Eastern District of Michigan, with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, aka ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization, and for being a felon in possession of a destructive device.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Derek Luch, age 50, of Troy, New York, was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography, announced 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).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Vashawn Watkins, age 22, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to nine years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for federal charges of illegal possession of a firearm in a school zone and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2022
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN.- A Kansas businessman was sentenced to one year and a day in prison for his involvement in falsifying his company’s financial statements.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2022
News Release: CHARLES TOWN, WEST VIRGINIA - A new partnership between state and federal prosecutors has been formed to enhance public safety in the Eastern Panhandle.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2022
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that a grand jury returned a superseding indictment on November 4, 2022 against GLENN E. DIAZ, age 71, of Arabi; PETER J. “PETE" JENEVEIN, age 57, of Panama City, Florida; and MARK S. GRELLE, age 67, of Chalmette, for bank fraud and money laundering charges related to defrauding First NBC Bank, the New Orleans-based bank that failed in April 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2022
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JONATHAN WEISS, a/k/a “Ian_Jameson," was sentenced to 25 years in prison by United States District Judge Philip M. Halpern for his enticement of seven minors to engage in sexual activity. The sentencing today followed WEISS’s guilty plea on December 9, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2022
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Lionel Vallo, 39, of Albuquerque, pleaded guilty on Nov. 14 to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition and failure to update his sex offender registration. Vallo will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2022
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging an East Texas law enforcement official with federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2022
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Samantha Shader was sentenced by United States District Judge Dora L. Irizarry to 72 months’ imprisonment for using an improvised incendiary device, commonly known as a “Molotov cocktail," in an attempt to set fire to a New York City Police Department (NYPD) van occupied by four police officers in Brooklyn on the night of May 29, 2020. Shader pleaded guilty to the charge in April 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2022
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Frederick Bush, 44, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced on Monday to 37 months in federal prison after being convicted of escaping from custody at a Tallahassee halfway house, following a jury trial on Aug. 30, 2022. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2022
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Joseph Swansbrough, age 33, of Willseyville, New York, pled guilty today to attempted enticement and coercion of a minor, announced 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).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Dubois, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to violation of federal narcotics laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced today the completion of prosecutions of 20 defendants in a series of DMV corruption cases charged in the Eastern District of California. Charges against the defendants included bribery of public officials, identity fraud, unauthorized access...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2022
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that the following three individuals received prison sentences related to an overdose death in Green Bay and a vehicle arson on the Menominee Indian Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2022
News Release: LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kent J. Dawson to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession with the intent to distribute heroin and felon in possession of a firearm.
