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News Release: MIAMI - A South Florida man pled guilty in federal court today to conspiring to buy and sell more than 2.6 million Medicare beneficiary identification numbers, along with other personal identifiers.
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Raleigh County Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - David Jeffrey Edwards, 46, of Daniels, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl.
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Former Suffolk County Legislator and Co-Conspirator Convicted of Defrauding Mortgage Lender Out of More Than a Quarter of a Million Dollars
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the convictions of GEORGE GULDI, a former Suffolk County legislator and disbarred attorney, and VICTORIA DAVIDSON for defrauding Ditech Financial LLC, a mortgage lender, out of more than a quarter of a million dollars. The jury convicted GULDI and DAVIDSON of all counts following an approximately two-week trial before U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein.
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St. Joseph Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Illegal Firearm
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A St. Joseph, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.
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Rochester Man Sentenced to 70 Months for Distributing Fentanyl
News Release: CONCORD - Justin Smith, 34, of Rochester was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison for one count of distributing 40 grams and more of fentanyl, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced.
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Convicted Felon Indicted for Drug and Firearm Offenses
News Release: BOSTON - A repeat convicted felon has been charged by a federal grand jury in a superseding indictment on firearm and drug offenses.
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Five Members and Associates of White Supremacist Gang Sentenced to Life in Prison for Racketeering, Kidnapping, and Murder
News Release: ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - Filthy Fuhrer, formerly Timothy Lobdell, 46; Roy Naughton, aka Thumper, 44; Glen Baldwin, aka Glen Dog, 41; Colter O’Dell, 30; and Craig King, aka Oakie, 57, were sentenced this week in Alaska to life in prison without the possibility of parole. All five defendants were convicted...
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Two Sentenced in Heroin and Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy
News Release: BOSTON - Two Worcester residents have been sentenced for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving fentanyl and heroin.
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Man Charged with Immigration Fraud for Concealing War Crime Charge in Croatia
News Release: An Ohio man was arraigned today on criminal charges related to his alleged false statements to U.S. immigration and law enforcement officials about his military service and involvement in a politically and ethnically-motivated attack on civilians in Croatia during the civil war in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
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Two Men Plead Guilty to Five-Hour Armed Robbery Spree
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Chesapeake and a Suffolk man pleaded guilty today and earlier this week to their roles in a series of armed robberies of 7-Eleven establishments in the Cities of Newport News, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach.
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Justice Department Announces Charges and New Arrest in Connection with Assassination Plot Directed from Iran
News Release: A federal court in New York today unsealed murder-for-hire and money laundering charges against three members of an Eastern European criminal organization for plotting the murder of a U.S. citizen who has been targeted by the Government of Iran for speaking out against the regime’s human rights abuses.
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Leader of Lawrence Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Prison
News Release: BOSTON - The leader of a local drug trafficking organization (DTO) was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for trafficking fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, carfentanil (a fentanyl analogue) in and around the Lawrence area and for possessing a loaded firearm in furtherance of his DTO’s operations.
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Tucson Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Abuse
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Monday, Orlando Miguel Valenzuela, 28, of Tucson, Arizona, pleaded guilty to Abusive Sexual Contact. Sentencing is scheduled for April 10, 2023, before United States District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson.
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Conshohocken Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute and Possess Methamphetamine
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A former resident of Conshohocken, PA pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
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Rochester Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl and Methamphetamine
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Jennelle Brown, 38, of Rochester, pleaded guilty in federal court today to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.
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Honduran Woman Charged with Illegally Using Social Security Number to Obtain Employment
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ENNA SERRANO-CRUZ, age 31, a native of Honduras, was charged on Jan. 25, 2023 in a one-count bill of information with illegally using a social security number to qualify for employment, in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B).
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Detroit Man Sentenced to Prison for Fentanyl Crime
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Eugene W. Williams, also known as “Bo," 46, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to seven years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of fentanyl.
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Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty To Drug And Gun Charges
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Esteven Matos, 31, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison.
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Maryland Man Facing Federal Indictment for Filing Fraudulent Applications for COVID-19 CARES Act Unemployment Benefits and for Illegal Possession of a Firearm
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging Ryan E. Dales, age 34, of Baltimore, Maryland, with illegal possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon and with wire fraud, relating to the submission of fraudulent applications for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES") Act.
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Mayville Man Charged With Sex Trafficking Of A Minor
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that William A. Quinones, 48, of Mayville, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and sex trafficking of a minor. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum of life.
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