News published on Federal Newswire in August 2022

News from August 2022


News Release: Defendant Accused of Spraying Chemical Irritant at Officers.


Former Illinois Elementary School Teacher Sentenced to 50 Years in Federal Prison for Sexually Exploiting an Indiana Child

News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Pedro Ibarra, 48, of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, was sentenced today to fifty years in federal prison for sexual exploitation of a child and attempted sexual exploitation of a child.


News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced today that it has reached a resolution of a complaint it received under the Americans with Disabilities Act about the accessibility of a Concentra Urgent Care facility in downtown Denver.


News Release: 被告与外国捐赠者一起参加了 2017 年竞选筹资活动并与时任美国总统合影. 今天,布鲁克林联邦法院公布了一份刑事控告书,指控 Sherry Xue Li 和 Lianbo Wang 犯有电信欺诈共谋罪、洗钱共谋罪以及因妨碍联邦选举委员会 (FEC) 实行竞选财务法而犯有共谋欺诈美国政府罪。Li 和 Wang 均是归化美国公民,今天早些时候在纽约牡蛎湾被捕,他们首次出庭安排在纽约布鲁克林的美国联邦法院,由美国治安法官 Ramon E. Reyes, Jr. 法官审判。. 纽约东区美国联邦检察官 Breon Peace;联邦调查局 (FBI) 纽约办事处副主任 Michael J. Driscoll;美国国土安全部纽约国土安全局...


Two Men Plead Guilty to Tampering with Witnesses in a Federal Carjacking Case

News Release: Two Tulsa men have been convicted in federal court for tampering with witnesses who were slated to testify in court proceedings regarding a carjacking, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.


Two New Jersey Men Admit Health Care Fraud Conspiracy Targeting State Health Benefits Programs

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Two New Jersey men pleaded guilty today to defrauding New Jersey state and local health benefits programs and other insurers by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Steven Pennycooke, 36, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine by United States District Court Judge John M. Gallagher for...


News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Edward Anthony Medina, age 60, of Monte Vista, CO, pleaded guilty to burglary of a United States Post Office.


News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - Geryiell Lamont Walker, II has been sentenced to 60 months in prison, and Jeffrey Paul Jackson has been sentenced to 48 months in prison, for their roles in a scheme that illegally straw purchased dozens of firearms over a one-year period, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 48-year-old Mission resident has been ordered to federal prison after allowing drugs into the country, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.


Burlington Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Charge

News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - Jose Luis Escundino Romayor, age 37, was sentenced on July 19, 2022, to 210 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Methamphetamine. Romayor was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release to follow his prison term. Romayor pleaded to the charge in February 2022.


News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On July 13, 2022, Nathan Mason Nosley, age 31, of Montezuma, Iowa, was sentenced to 92 months in prison for assaulting law enforcement officers with a firearm. Nosley’s sentencing followed his earlier guilty plea to that offense.


Burlington Man Charged with Possession of a Firearm as a Felon

News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Fahad Hilowle, 28, of Burlington, Vermont, was indicted on Thursday, August 4, 2022 by a federal grand jury for unlawful possession of a firearm as a felon. Hilowle was arraigned in United States District Court on August 9, 2022 and was detained pending trial following a hearing on Aug. 10, 2022.


News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Pelahatchie woman was sentenced to the statutory maximum of 120 months in prison for using interstate commerce facilities in the commission of a murder-for-hire, announced United States Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Jackson Field Office.


Repeat Domestic Abuser and Convicted Felon Sentenced to 2 Years in Federal Prison for Illegal Possession of a Firearm

News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Anthony Hughes, 37, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Stockton residents Jose Curiel, 35, and Roberto Tostado-Cadenas, 43, charging them with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


News Release: BILLINGS - U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich announced today that a 37-year-old Billings woman was sentenced to two and a half years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for multiple counts of wire fraud, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Additionally, the defendant was ordered to pay $21,045.98 in restitution. U.S. District Judge Susan Watters presided.


South Windsor Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Defrauding Grandparents of $679K

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DOUGLAS SENERTH, 33, of South Windsor, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for stealing approximately $679,000 from his grandparents. Judge Chatigny also ordered Senerth to serve the first six months of his supervised release in home confinement.


General Contractor And Real Estate Developer Arraigned In Connection With Worker Death On Construction Site In Poughkeepsie

News Release: OneKey, LLC, and Finbar O’Neill Arraigned on Charges of Willfully Violating OSHA Regulations Resulting in Death of Construction Worker.


Albany Man Sentenced to 148 Months for Distributing, Receiving and Possessing Child Pornography

News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Christopher Pratt, age 58, of Albany, was sentenced today to 148 months in prison for distributing, receiving and possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).