U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado
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Two alleged leaders of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Colorado on charges that include conspiracy under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act.
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A Denver man, Avian Mayo, 25, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on 21 counts that include postal robbery, brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
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Federal authorities have charged three Denver residents—Felicia Ortiviz, 36, Joe Elijo Herrera, 51, and Alina Serena Ochoa-Luna, 33—in connection with the distribution of fentanyl that resulted in a death.
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A Denver man, Flozell Beasley, 73, has been sentenced to 210 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release after being convicted by a jury on four counts of bank robbery and one count of robbery affecting interstate commerce.
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A Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to the unlawful dealing of anti-materiel rifles, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado.
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Charlyna Butterworth, a 29-year-old resident of Aurora, Colorado, has been sentenced to 36 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release after pleading guilty to producing and distributing child pornography.
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Nosa Edokpaigbe, a Nigerian national, has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for his role in a COVID-19 relief fraud scheme.
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A former Loveland Police Department officer, Dylan Miller, was found guilty by a jury of violating the civil rights of a minor through sexual assault while on duty.
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James Montoya, a 55-year-old former federal employee from Lakewood, Colorado, has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for defrauding the U.S. government of more than $1 million.
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A federal jury in Durango, Colorado has convicted Lyndreth Hemp Wall, 59, a member of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, on 15 counts related to sexual abuse and abusive sexual contact.
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Fifteen people have been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with what authorities say is the largest methamphetamine seizure in Colorado history.
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William Chadwick, 63, of Akron, Colorado, has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison and one year of supervised release after pleading guilty to money laundering.
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A Broomfield, Colorado man has been sentenced to four years in prison for distributing ibogaine, a psychedelic substance classified as a Schedule I controlled substance in the United States.
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Adetomiwa Seun Akindele, a 37-year-old Nigerian national who had been living in Minnesota, has been sentenced to 71 months in federal prison for defrauding a Colorado woman through an online romance scam.
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Ian Gregory Bell, a 36-year-old Denver resident, has been sentenced to 37 months in prison and ordered to pay over $1.2 million in restitution after pleading guilty to wire fraud and money laundering.
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Simon Meza, a 45-year-old Denver resident, was found guilty by a federal jury on two counts of bank robbery.
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Two former executives have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in a fraud scheme that diverted nearly $2 million from a Colorado-based data management company.
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Michael Sang Correa, a 46-year-old Gambian national, has been sentenced to 67 years and six months in prison following his conviction in the District of Colorado for conspiracy to commit torture and five counts of torture.
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Federal prosecutors have charged Dhal Buk, 18, with carjacking and multiple firearm offenses following an incident in Denver’s Montbello neighborhood.
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Federal authorities have charged 30 individuals, including alleged leaders and members of the Tren de Aragua (TdA) organization, with offenses related to drug trafficking, murder-for-hire, and firearms crimes.