By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A Charlotte federal jury has convicted Lance Richardson Pagan, 52, of Gastonia, N.C., of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and powder cocaine and possession of a firearm by convicted felon, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr. presided over the two-day trial, which ended on Tuesday.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Justice Department announced today the results of its efforts over the past year to protect older adults from fraud and exploitation. During the past year, the Department and its law enforcement partners tackled matters that ranged from mass-marketing scams that impacted thousands...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Betty Arlene Chapman, of Cabins, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 41 months of incarceration for her role in a methamphetamine and fentanyl distribution operation, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS- Joseph Yantiss, 35, of Greensburg, Indiana, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to transportation of child sexual abuse material.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Phillip D. Goetz, 45, of Grand Island, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Goetz to 70 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, he will begin a three- year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - Lamarious Brown, 25, of Fayetteville was sentenced today to 90 months imprisonment followed by 60 months of supervised release for armed drug trafficking after a security check at a Fayetteville club uncovered multiple loaded firearms, ammunition, and quantities of narcotics in Brown’s car.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Two men have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions of kidnapping and holding four victims for ransom, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: In South Florida, we are blessed to live in an amazing environment full of natural beauty and the weather to enjoy it year-round. This combination makes South Florida one of the premiere areas of our country within which to live, work, and raise our families. Ensuring our parks, natural resources, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: CAPE GIRARDEAU - The United States Attorney's Office announced that David A. Rodgers, 41, of Sikeston, Missouri, was sentenced to serve 240 months (20 years) in federal prison for firearm and methamphetamine-trafficking offenses. Rodgers appeared for his sentencing hearing today before United States District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. at the federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Steve E. Eggiman, 62, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for transportation of child pornography. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Eggiman to 78 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: MOBILE, AL - Jason Carl Pears of Fairhope, Alabama, pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering before United States District Judge Terry F. Moorer on Aug. 26, 2022. The guilty plea arises from Pears’ abuse of assistance programs provided under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Nathan Joel Arledge (29, Melbourne) has pleaded guilty to a two-count Information. Count One charged Arledge with possession of two machine guns, an unregistered short-barrel rifle, and three unregistered silencers. Count Two...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: MISSOULA - A California man suspected of shipping methamphetamine into the Butte community for redistribution admitted to a trafficking charge today, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS- Devonte Bailey, 24, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to robbery, brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: SEATTLE - Three significant drug trafficking groups responsible for trafficking more than 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine and hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills are facing federal charges tonight.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal jury convicted an Alexandria man today on charges of assault resulting in serious bodily injury, reckless driving, and speeding.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: ANNISTON, Ala. - A federal jury this week convicted a New York resident on drug and gun charges, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Mickey French.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man was sentenced yesterday for the unlawful possession of firearms stemming from his illegal dealing of rifles and handguns.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - Former City of Atlanta Director of Human Services, Mitzi L. Bickers, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for accepting approximately $3 million in bribe money to influence government contracts, money laundering, lying to the City of Atlanta to maintain her salary and cabinet-level position, and failing to disclose more than $600,000 in income on her federal tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2022
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Paul Piskorski, 53, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on Sept. 12, 2022, in federal court in Omaha for possessing child pornography. Senior United States District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Piskorski to five years of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After completing his term of imprisonment, Piskorski will begin a 5-year term of supervised release.
