By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal jury convicted a Puerto Rican man today of extortion and obstruction of justice related to his involvement in a scheme to obtain money in exchange for preventing the release of chat messages involving senior officials in the Government of Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - David William McConnell, 39, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, to be followed by 25 years of supervised release, for traveling in interstate commerce to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. McConnell must also register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Texas man was sentenced for assaulting law enforcement officers with a dangerous weapon 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 presidential election.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: ANCHORAGE - A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging a Homer woman.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARIA MALDONADO, 50, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA -NELSON RAYMOND, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced on Jan. 31, 2023 by U.S. District Court Judge Wendy B. Vitter to seventy (70) months of incarceration after pleading guilty to a one-count indictment. Judge B. Vitter ordered that RAYMOND shall be on supervised release for a term of three (3) years following his release from imprisonment. RAYMOND was also ordered to pay a $100 mandatory special assessment fee.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - WAYNE HANDY, age 29, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Carl J. Barbier to violations of the Federal Gun Control Act and the Federal Controlled Substances Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: POCATELLO - Ernestine Delafuente and Simon Martinez, of Idaho Falls, were sentenced to federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill sentenced Delafuente to 309 months in federal prison, and Martinez to 264 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Jamie Vass, 45, of Beckley, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing 5 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - MORRIS SUMMERS, age 31, a resident of New Orleans, pleaded guilty on Jan. 31, 2023 before United States District Judge Susie Morgan to a one count indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of the Federal Gun Control Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Have You Seen the Sports Sweatshirt Swindler? He’s Wanted for an Albuquerque Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: A former Arkansas State Senator was sentenced today to 46 months in prison in the Eastern District of Arkansas for accepting multiple bribes and tax fraud in connection with a multi-district investigation spanning the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas and the Western District of Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
There were 34 notices published by the Justice Department in December, according to the Federal Register.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ALICE C. “SHANNON" CHABAUD, age 80, of New Orleans, pled guilty on Feb. 1, 2023 to access device fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1029(a)(2) and (c)(1)(A)(i), in relation to her theft from her former accounting client, a New Orleans-based band named as “Band A.".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: Gonzalo Ortiz was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn by United States District Judge William F. Kuntz II, to 30 months in prison for defrauding an investor of nearly $600,000 by making false representations about Ortiz’s trading expertise and the profitability of various investments. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Last week, Jordan Antonio Sullivan, 24, of Sacaton, Arizona, an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community, was sentenced by United States District Judge Michael T. Liburdi to a total of 25 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Sullivan previously pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder and Using a Firearm During a Crime of Violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: If convicted, WILLIAMS and LONG each face a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, up to 3 years of supervised release, and a mandatory special assessment fee of $100.00.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - Shaun Taylor Solem, age 27, of Des Moines, was sentenced on Feb. 1, 2023, to a total of 360 months in prison for multiple child exploitation offenses. Following his prison term, Solem will be on supervised release for ten years and required to register as a sex offender. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: Des Moines, IA - Russell Glenn Crane, age 44, of Urbandale, was sentenced today to 78 months in prison following his guilty plea to a charge of Possession of Child Pornography. Crane must also serve a five-year term of supervised release following his prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2023
News Release: Defendant Carried Flagpole Into Capitol, Joined in Confrontations With Officers.
