By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: ASHEVILLE, NC - U.S. Attorney Dena J. King announced today that Benjamin Dann Owens, 36, of Hayesville, N.C., was sentenced to 312 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, Oxycodone, and other narcotics as well as conspiracy to manufacture marijuana, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Earlier today, a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Quandel Smothers on both counts of an indictment charging him with racketeering conspiracy and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime in connection with his leadership of the East New York-based Elite Assassin Millas (E.A.M.)...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 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 3, 2023
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Michael James Peters, 42, of Concord, North Carolina, was sentenced today to one year in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for lying to the United States Department of Agriculture regarding the Nicholas County coal he pledged as collateral for a $9 million USDA-backed business loan. Peters must also pay $1,375,000 in restitution and a $25,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.B U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Hugh Mahoney, 50, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to robbing the ESL Federal Credit Union on Merchants Road in Rochester. The charge carries a maximum possible penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Stephen Jerome Brinson, 47, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced to just under twenty years (239 months) in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to multiple counts of distribution of fentanyl, offenses committed while Brinson was under federal supervision after his release from federal prison for his 2005 federal narcotics conviction. The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to violation of federal narcotics, firearms, and money laundering laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man has been charged in federal court with illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Tyler Collins, 27, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to assaulting a federal officer and causing a bodily injury. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
The US Justice Department published a one page proposed rule on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Nine Texas individuals were arrested this week in Houston on criminal charges related to their alleged involvement in the unlawful distribution of 1.5 million opioid pills and other controlled substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Defendant Accused of Assaulting Officers. WASHINGTON - A Vermont man has been arrested on felony charges, including assaulting several law enforcement officers 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Defendant Accused of Assaulting Officer and Throwing Object at Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 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 3, 2023
News Release: Defendant Accused of Multiple Assaults on Officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - Garret Allen Horgdal, age 39, of Henderson, was sentenced on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, to 84 months in prison following his plea of guilty to being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. After he is released from prison, Horgdal will serve three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ONEKEY, LLC, a New Jersey construction company, and its principal, FINBAR O’NEILL, pled guilty to willfully violating Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA") regulations, resulting in...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JULIO MARQUEZ ALEJANDRO, a/k/a “Chino," was sentenced to life in prison, and LUIS BLONDET was sentenced to 50 years in prison, each for their leading roles in a brutal drug cartel that is responsible...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: ASHEVILLE, NC - Brandon Todd O’Dell, 34, of Hiawassee, Georgia, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for trafficking methamphetamine, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2023
News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Bruce Holder, age 57, of Grand Junction, was sentenced to life in federal prison. Holder was convicted of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and counterfeit substances, distribution of fentanyl resulting in death, distribution of fentanyl, and distribution of a counterfeit substance, after an 11 day trial in April 2021.
