U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho
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Aspen August Schaffer, a 31-year-old resident of Post Falls, has been sentenced to 35 months in federal prison for pointing a laser pointer at an aircraft, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Justin Whatcott.
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Nicole Ann Kettler, a 41-year-old resident of Grayling, Michigan, has been sentenced to 139 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
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Walker Dean Cates, a 39-year-old resident of Fort Hall, has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl.
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Acting U.S. Attorney Justin Whatcott announced the sentencing of two men in separate fentanyl trafficking cases in eastern Idaho.
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Leon Jason Fortner, a 57-year-old resident of Boise, has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for robbing a bank in Mountain Home.
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Andrew Clifford Meyer, 36, from Idaho Falls, has been sentenced to 135 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
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A federal jury in Boise has convicted William Walls, 52, of Nampa, on three counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a child.
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Creston Dale Kindness, a 42-year-old resident of Fort Hall, has been sentenced to over eight years in federal prison for his involvement in fentanyl distribution.
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Santiago Prieto, a 65-year-old resident of Nampa, has been sentenced to 52 months in federal prison for unlawful firearm possession, as announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Justin Whatcott.
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Isaac Augustin Santoyo, a 25-year-old resident of Nampa, has been sentenced to 97 months in federal prison.
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Michael Paul Lacasse, 48, and Venetia Dawn Trischan, 47, residents of Caldwell, Idaho, have been sentenced to 133 and 96 months in federal prison, respectively.
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Danielle Painter, a former City Clerk and Treasurer from Fruitland, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud.
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A significant law enforcement operation involving multiple agencies has led to the conviction of 11 individuals in Idaho on federal drug trafficking charges.
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Evan Nickolai Ernstson, a 48-year-old resident of Boise, has been sentenced to 262 months in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Justin Whatcott.
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Geoffrey W. Ancheta, a 40-year-old resident of Pocatello, was sentenced to nine years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
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Miguel Vittorio, Yessenia Casillas, and Luis Vasquez, residents of the Nampa area, have pleaded guilty to bank fraud charges related to defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), as announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Justin Whatcott.
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Jordan L. Davis, a 34-year-old from Nampa, has been sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for carjacking and unlawful possession of a firearm.
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Hector Aguirre, a 28-year-old resident of Caldwell, has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison.
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Brian Arthur Goodale, a 56-year-old resident of Lake Elsinore, California, has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Justin D. Whatcott.
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Jorge Humberto Caballero-Umana, a 37-year-old Salvadoran national, has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for the offense of being a deported alien found in the United States.