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News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Leonard C. Woodrum, Jr., 57, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced on Sept. 21, 2022, in federal court in Lincoln. United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Woodrum, Jr. to 240 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute...


Ponca Man Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Interstate Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct with a Minor

News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Russell announced that Timothy S. Daly, 49, of Ponca, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, by Judge John M. Gerrard for interstate travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. Daly was sentenced to 7 years in prison, 5 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. There is no parole in the federal system.


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - The former director of a local Islamic center pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to embezzling funds from the mosque, defrauding public housing, and filing for fraudulent COVID assistance funds.


Former Detroit Resident Sentenced for Role in Drug Trafficking Network

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced on a charge of violating federal narcotics trafficking laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: ATLANTA - Daniel Kaye has been arraigned on charges of access device fraud and money laundering conspiracy. Kaye’s charges arise from his alleged operation of The Real Deal, a Dark Web market that sold, among other things, hacking tools and stolen login credentials, and his laundering of funds he received from that market.


News Release: A Rowlett man was sentenced Thursday to 60 years in federal prison for filming himself molesting a 7-year-old child, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.



Inmate Charged with Assault of a Butler County Prison Corrections Officer

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA.- An inmate at Allegheny County Jail has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge related to his assault of a corrections officer while in federal custody, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Rudy Tafoya, 54, of West Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: The Justice Department has announced that as part of its continuing efforts to protect older adults and to bring perpetrators of fraud schemes to justice, it is expanding its Transnational Elder Fraud Strike Force, adding 14 additional U.S. Attorney’s Offices, including the Northern District of Texas.


News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Darnell L. Polite, 43, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine. United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Polite to 180 months’ imprisonment. Following his release, Polite will begin a 5-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.


Iowa Man Sentenced to 86 Months in Prison for Assaulting Law Enforcement Officer During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

News Release: Defendant Joined in Attack on MPD Officer Who Was Dragged Into Mob of Rioters.


News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Dominican national previously deported in 2004 following his conviction and incarceration on drug trafficking charges was sentenced to ten years in federal prison on illegal reentry, drug trafficking, and firearm charges, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


News Release: CLEVELAND - Kindell Smith, 32, of Cleveland, was sentenced today to more than 12 years - or 146 months - in prison by U.S. District Judge Pamela A. Barker. Judge Barker pronounced the sentence after Smith, a member of the “8Ave" street gang known to operate in the city of Cleveland’s 5th District, was convicted of participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, crack cocaine and illegal possession of a firearm.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Arthur Rowland, 42, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 40 years in prison, and five years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Gerald J. Pappert for his role in a scheme to import significant amounts of methamphetamine from California for distribution in and around Philadelphia.


Three Remaining Defendants Sentenced for Their Roles in Extensive Health Care Fraud Conspiracy to Defraud Medicaid Home Care Program

News Release: A Total of Fifteen Defendants Have Been Convicted in Connection with the Conspiracy.


Heroin Drug Courier Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

News Release: MOBILE, AL - A Birmingham, Alabama, man was sentenced in federal court on Aug. 25, 2022, for his participation in a drug distribution organization operating in Baldwin County. Quantis Mandel Clark, 45, pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances in June of 2019.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - Maurice Brooks was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for firearm and drug trafficking crimes, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.



New Haven Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Federal Prison for Distributing Crack

News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on Oct. 21, 2022, ALEXIS VIERA, 34, of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.