U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
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Andrew Stanton, a 38-year-old resident of Kenosha, Wisconsin, has pleaded guilty to threatening to murder a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officer who was serving on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.
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Kinex Medical Company, LLC, a medical equipment supplier based in Waukesha, Wisconsin, has agreed to pay $6.9 million to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to federal healthcare programs including Medicare and TRICARE.
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David Jones and D Jones Properties LLC have agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the Justice Department that accused Jones of sexually harassing a female tenant in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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A Chicago man, Rumeal Campbell, also known as “Melo,” has been sentenced to ten years in prison for his role in two armed robberies that took place on January 30, 2022.
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A California man has been sentenced to 19 years in federal prison for his role in a multi-state drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy.
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A Milwaukee man has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for armed robbery and illegal possession of a firearm.
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A federal jury in Green Bay has convicted Ricky Q. Chambers, also known as “Goldi,” of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and distribution of fentanyl.
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A Delafield man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in a healthcare kickback conspiracy.
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A Menasha, Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for producing child pornography.
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A Menasha, Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for producing child pornography.
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Dr. Calvin Eriksen, a 47-year-old surgeon from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for distributing child pornography.
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A Milwaukee woman has pleaded guilty to aiding in the preparation of false tax returns, according to an announcement by Brad D. Schimel, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin is participating in National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, joining the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) efforts to address human trafficking and support survivors.
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On January 21, 2026, Donte Patterson, 33, was sentenced to 19 years in federal prison for his involvement in two armed carjackings and an armed robbery that occurred in Chicago and Milwaukee.
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Westmoor Country Club has agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle allegations that it improperly received a loan from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), according to an announcement from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern...
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A Wisconsin man, Clyde Lewis Springfield, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for international parental kidnapping after taking his four children to South Africa in 2021 and failing to return two of them as required by a custody agreement.
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On December 1, 2025, Darryl D. Smith, age 53 and formerly of Keshena, was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison for assault resulting in serious bodily injury on the Menominee Indian Reservation.
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A federal jury has found Markita Barnes, the owner and operator of the now-closed Here for You prenatal care coordination company, guilty on twenty federal charges.
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Brad D. Schimel has been named Interim United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
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Richard G. Frohling, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that Antony Graziano has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for distributing unprocessed poppyseeds used to manufacture controlled substances.