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Winston-Salem Man Sentenced to 151 Months for Trafficking Meth

News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - Israel Ramos Ponce, 24, of Winston Salem was sentenced to yesterday 151 months in prison for trafficking methamphetamine. On May 18, Ponce pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute 50 grams or more of Methamphetamine and Distribution of 50 grams or more of Methamphetamine.


Colombian Kingpin and Paramilitary Leader Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison

News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Daniel Rendon Herrera, also known as “Don Mario," a citizen of Colombia, was sentenced by United States District Judge Dora L. Irizarry to 35 years’ imprisonment for engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise as a leader of the paramilitary, ...


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PEDRO LUIS RIVERA-RODRIGUEZ, also known as “Cano," 39, of Deltona, Florida, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 66 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.


News Release: Richland, Washington - Vanessa R. Waldref, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, today announced that a fully-staffed branch of the United States Attorney’s Office will be opening in Richland, Washington. At a press event earlier today, U.S. Attorney Waldref stated, “The number...


News Release: Drugs, White-Collar Crime, Domestic Terrorism are Thompson’s Priorities.


News Release: Former San Diego Resident Sentenced to 20 Years for Funding ISIS Terrorist Activities in Syria.


News Release: Over $300,000 awarded for projects in the District of Massachusetts.


Wausau Man Sentenced to 72 Months for Methamphetamine Distribution

News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Lucas Ellwart, 28, Wausau, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 72 months in federal prison for distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. This prison term will be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Ellwart pleaded guilty to this charge on July 20, 2022.


U.S. ATTORNEY DAWN N. ISON ANNOUNCES $348,836.00 IN JUSTICE DEPARTMENT GRANTS TO SUPPORT PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS

News Release: SAGINAW - U.S. Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today that the Department of Justice has awarded $348,836.00 to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods Program in the Eastern District of Michigan. Funding will support community efforts to address the epidemic of gun crime and serious violence in the district.


Omaha Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine and Firearm Convictions

News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Dontevis Morrow, 31, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on Oct. 12, 2022, in federal court in Omaha for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and felon in possession of a firearm. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Morrow to 130 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Morrow will begin a four-year term of supervised release.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Greene County, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing methamphetamine to distribute and illegally possessing five firearms along with several high-capacity magazines.


Rhode Island Man Pleads Guilty to Cyberstalking Maine Woman

News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Rhode Island man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to cyberstalking, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.


Lamar Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Illegal Firearms, Meth Trafficking

News Release: Southwest Honkeys Gang Member Led Deputies on High-Speed Chase.


News Release: ST. LOUIS - A man from St. Louis appeared in court Tuesday to face a federal carjacking charge connected to a fatal shooting in St. Louis earlier this month.


U.S. Attorney’s Office Announces Over $1 Million in Justice Department Grants to Ute Mountain Ute Tribe 

News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced grant awards of $1,194,246.00 to the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe in Towaoc, Colorado, to fund community projects and improve services for victims of crimes. The awards are administered through the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) at the Department of Justice.


News Release: A federal indictment has been unsealed charging 10 defendants with drug conspiracy.


News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Marcus Purnell, of Oxon Hill, Maryland, was sentenced today to 15 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Convicted Fugitive Who Escaped Justice for 30 Years Extradited From Singapore to United States to Serve Sentence for Bank Fraud, Embezzlement

News Release: A man who fled to Taiwan to escape a 33-month prison sentence has been returned to the U.S. after 30 years as a fugitive, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.


Harrisburg Men Charged With Failing To Pay Employment Taxes

News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Huong Van Thai, age 60, and Tim Duong, age 51, both of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, were indicted on October 5, 2022, by a federal grand jury for conspiring to defraud the United States by failing to withhold and pay employment taxes, as well as other related offenses. The case was unsealed following the arrest of Thai and Duong.


Former lawyer for Mexico’s attorney general sentenced for drug trafficking

News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 56-year-old man who illegally resided in Mission has been ordered to federal prison for his role in conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 32 kilograms of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.