By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Nelson Argueta-Quintanilla, also known as “Mendigo”, a member of the violent transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the “MS-13,” was sentenced by United States District Judge Gary R. Brown to 327 months in prison for his role in the murder of Oscar Acosta, whose body was found on the grounds of an abandoned psychiatric hospital in Brentwood, and a subsequent attempt to shoot and kill rival gang members on Lukens Avenue in Brentwood.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
After a two-week jury trial, a federal jury in Honolulu, Hawaii, found defendants Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi, 32, and Levi Aki Jr., 33, guilty of a hate crime for their racially motivated attacks on C.K., a white man who was attempting to move into their Native Hawaiian neighborhood of Kahakuloa on Maui.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
An Iowa nurse who stole fentanyl from elderly patients pled guilty on November 21, 2022, in federal court in Sioux City. Ryan William Thornton, age 27, from Clear Lake, Iowa, was convicted of acquiring fentanyl by misrepresentation, fraud, deception, and subterfuge.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
A Cincinnati man, Tamar Pope, 36, was sentenced Tuesday to 262 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning, for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and 400 grams or more of fentanyl, as well as aiding and abetting the distribution of 50 grams of methamphetamine.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
Manning possessed more than a thousand of images of child pornography and attempted to destroy his cell phone during the execution of a search warrant at his home.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
A New York man pleaded guilty today to a felony charge for his actions 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 2020 presidential election.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
A California man was sentenced November 17, 2022, to 10 years in federal prison. Wesley Wood, age 43, from San Marcos, California, received the prison term after a May 26, 2022, guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg along with Special Agent in Charge Brian Payne, IRS-Criminal Investigation, Tampa Field Office, and Special Agent in Charge David Walker, FBI-Tampa Division, announces the arrest and extradition from Spain of Alexandru Habasescu (30, Moldova).
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
A Florida resident has pled guilty to wire fraud and money laundering charges, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced today.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Jerry Cintron Colon (42, Jacksonville) with aggravated identity theft, false representation of a Social Security number (SSN), and fraud involving identification documents.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Rachael Maia Winslow (55, Roswell, Georgia) guilty of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Jerome Bravo, age 39, of Denver, has pleaded guilty to ten counts of bank robbery and three counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KERVIN DIAZ, 39, of Meriden, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 95 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, resident pleaded guilty in federal court today to violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on November 18, 2022 after a four (4) day trial before United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon, GEORGE BENNETT, aka “G,” 39, from the greater New Orleans area, was convicted of three counts of drug trafficking charges.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
Defendants brutally beat victim to near death and put him in a metal dog kennel which they loaded into a person’s truck at gunpoint.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
Thomas K. Tetreau, 48, of Toledo, Ohio, was sentenced on Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, to more than 21 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey J. Helmick after Tetreau pleaded guilty to two counts of receipt and distribution of child pornography.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
Defendant was allegedly in possession of eight “ghost guns,” hundreds of rounds of ammunition and firearm parts
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
Derbie Michel, age 31, of Troy, New York, was charged by indictment today with illegally possessing ammunition as a convicted felon.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
A Riverside County man was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for using hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for personal expenses such as luxury cars after he obtained a COVID-business relief loan for more than $7 million on behalf of his pothole-repair company.
