By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Luis Manuel Quesada Rodriguez, age 32, Alex Rivera Ramos, age 30, and Pedro Diaz, age 27, all from York, Pennsylvania, were each sentenced by United States District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson to 120 months’ imprisonment for trafficking cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Lester Taylor Barnhouse, 43, of Craigsville, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Orange County man pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for defrauding 19 victims - some of whom he developed romantic relationships with - and then laundering the proceeds of his scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Rodriguez-Chavez had convictions for aggravated assault, domestic abuse, and attempted robbery while illegally in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Jesus Enriquez Pimentel (41, Mexico) to five years and six months in prison and Tomas Borjas Mendez (38, Texas) to four years and six months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine internationally. Pimentel and Mendez had pleaded guilty on June 28, 2022, and July 5, 2022, respectively.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of Ammunition by a Prohibited Person and Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - A Colorado Springs, Colorado, woman, Monica Renee Wright, 39, of the 1600 block of Auburn Drive, was sentenced on Oct. 12, 2022, to 22 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute at least 50 grams of actual methamphetamine and at least 500 grams of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that seven persons were arrested near Morses Line on Oct. 12, 2022 in connection with what is believed to be an attempt to smuggle individuals without legal status into the United States. Manuel Molina-Romero, 29, a Honduran national...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Ivan Lee Burton, 47, of Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge Gregory A. Presnell has sentenced James Clay Bexley (35, Center Hill) to three years in federal prison for possessing unregistered destructive devices and firearm silencers and for possessing firearms in violation of a domestic violence injunction. Bexley had pleaded guilty on July 28, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment on October 4, 2022, charging Ashantae S. Corruthers, 28, of the 5000 block of Port Hope Drive in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Regina Lewis, 27, of the 1200 block of Major Street in Normal, Illinois, with conspiracy to illegally purchase and transfer a firearm and conspiracy to engage in misleading conduct. The indictment and a related complaint were unsealed on Oct. 14, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: BAY CITY - A 21-year-old Saginaw man, Cortiyah Moore, was convicted yesterday of several drug and gun offenses by a federal jury in Bay City following a 3-day trial before the Hon. Thomas L. Ludington, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Tariq Arrhamann Majid, 44, of Vallejo, was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for two counts of sexual exploitation of children, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: MIAMI - Today, a federal district judge in Miami sentenced three tax preparers-Nixon Cyrius Cherfils, 47, Kerline Pierre, 43, and Jonas Augustin, 49, for conspiracy to file false tax returns. Cherfils, the leader of this conspiracy and owner of the tax preparation business, Cherfils Enterprises, was sentenced to a prison term of 48 months. Pierre was sentenced to 28 months in prison and Augustin was sentenced to 8 months in prison and 9 months of house arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - Ronald Bell was arraigned before Magistrate Judge Regina Cannon on charges arising from a conspiracy to extort the Georgia Institute of Technology by falsely claiming an individual associated with its basketball program committed sexual assault. Bell and co-defendant Jennifer Pendley were indicted on these charges by a federal grand jury on Aug. 24, 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - U.S. Attorney Gary M. Restaino announced today that the Department of Justice has awarded $369,000 to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods Program in the District of Arizona. Funding will support community efforts to address the epidemic of gun crime and serious violence in the district.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - Illinois Bell Telephone Company, LLC, which does business as AT&T Illinois, today agreed to pay $23 million to resolve a federal criminal investigation into alleged misconduct involving the company’s efforts to unlawfully influence former Illinois Speaker of the House Michael J. Madigan.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Russell announced that Spencer Lile, 42, formerly of Exeter, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, by Judge John M. Gerrard for receipt of child pornography. Lile 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. Liles was additionally ordered to pay $15,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Levi Bagne, 31, Buckeye, Arizona, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 16 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and money laundering. Bagne pleaded guilty to these charges on May 24, 2022.
