By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2022
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A Mexican national man and his wife, both residing in San Antonio, were sentenced in federal court today for a scheme to defraud business investors of over $1 million and failing to properly declare their income to the Internal Revenue Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Oct. 25, 2022, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Edwin Francisco Cubillas, 27, of Mexico, for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl and Importation of Fentanyl into the United States from Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2022
BJA FY 22 Extreme Risk Protective Order and Firearm Crisis Intervention Training and Technical Assistance Initiative grant opened on Nov. 10.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2022
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Butler, Pennsylvania, has pled guilty on a charge of possessing 10 grams or more of a mixture containing fluorofentanyl and fentanyl, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2022
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Debra Hackstadt, age 68, of Albany, was sentenced today to 16 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining 32 government-backed loans meant for businesses struggling with the financial effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Danise Maurice Fortune, 41, of St. Albans, was sentenced today to seven years and three months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Kansas man pleaded guilty today to a felony charge 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 2020 presidential election.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2022
News Release: DETROIT - A Pontiac man was convicted yesterday by a federal jury in Detroit on charges of possessing cocaine and marijuana with the intent to distribute those drugs, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a person who is unlawfully in the United States, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2022
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest and filing of a criminal complaint charging James John Hall (34, Zephyrhills) with one count of unlicensed distribution of explosive materials, one count of possession of an unregistered destructive device, and one count of unlawful making of a destructive device. If convicted, Hall faces up to 10 years in federal prison on each count.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2022
News Release: SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that a Huron, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on November 7, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2022
News Release: A former employee of the U.S. Embassy in the Republic of Moldova pleaded guilty yesterday in a domestic violence case involving his wife, a U.S. diplomat working at the Embassy.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2022
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - The former manager of a Morgantown construction company admitted to stealing millions of dollars from the business, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2022
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Camden, NJ pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2022
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS -Nathan Robinson, 31, of Indianapolis was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to distribution of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2022
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander today sentenced Billy Wesson, age 20, of Baltimore, Maryland, late yesterday to 125 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Wesson also participated in a series of armed robberies of convenience stores.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2022
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that OSHANE STEWART, 30, of Shelton, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to a charge stemming from his fraud against Amazon.com, Inc. (“Amazon").
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2022
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Demetrius Sanchez Mitchell (38, Tampa) with illegally possessing a firearm. If convicted, Mitchell faces a mandatory minimum term of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Mitchell that the United States intends to forfeit the firearm traceable to his offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Celestine Coletta Strong, 46, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced Oct. 31, 2022, by United States District Court Judge Susan M. Brnovich to five years in prison. The court also ordered Strong to pay $327,448 in restitution and surrender her 2016 Mercedes-Benz E400 and 2018 Dodge Challenger. Strong previously pleaded guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2022
News Release: FAYETTEVILLE - A Bentonville man was sentenced today to 96 months in prison without the possibility of parole on one count of Transportation of Child Pornography. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the U.S. District Court in Fayetteville.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2022
News Release: HAMMOND- Rashawn Curtis, 23 years old, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Court Senior Judge James T. Moody after pleading guilty to selling a firearm to a felon, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
