News published on Federal Newswire in August 2022

News from August 2022


News Release: More Than Three Dozen Firearms Stolen in Gun Shop Burglaries.


Mescalero woman charged with assault in Indian Country

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced today that Lucinda Ann “Pug" Yuzos was charged by criminal complaint with assault of a spouse or intimate partner...


Albany and Bronx Men Plead Guilty to Fentanyl and Cocaine Charges

News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Ramion Burt, age 45, of Albany, and Marion Frampton, age 43, of the Bronx, New York, each pled guilty today to conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman; New York State Police Superintendent Kevin P. Bruen; and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).


News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Maplewood man was sentenced to 77 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for illegally possessing a firearm as a felon, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.


Beaver Dam Man Sentenced for Production of Child Pornography

News Release: Richard G. Frohling, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on July 21, 2022, Chief United States District Judge Pamela Pepper sentenced Kyle R. Halgrimson (age: 38) of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, to 15 years’ imprisonment for production of child pornography.


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Hartford Police Chief Jason Thody today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging THOMAS RIVERA, 29, of New Britain, with fentanyl distribution and firearm possession offenses.


News Release: United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the July 2022 Federal Grand Jury B.


News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Meyersdale, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that STERLING ROBINSON, also known as “Scooter," age 31, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment on Thursday, July 21, 2022. Ten years of the sentence was for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation...


Rome Donut Shop Owners Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion

News Release: John, Helen and Dimitrios Zourdos Concealed $4.5 Million in Cash Sales and Paid Employees Off the Books.



Federal Jury Finds Man Guilty of Trafficking Narcotics into Southeastern Connecticut

News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal jury in New Haven has found KAREEM SWINTON, also known as “K," 40, last residing in Owings Mills, Maryland, guilty of narcotics trafficking offenses.


News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Sebastian Bien-Aine, age 20, a citizen of Toronto, Canada, was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 26, 2022, for a charge of interference with flight crew.


News Release: Forced Victim at Gunpoint to Steal from ATM.


News Release: Began Romantic Relationship with Inmate while Employed by Public Defenders Office.


News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TORISE BAKER, 39, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to three months of imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release, for a tax fraud offense. Judge Shea also ordered Baker to serve the first month of her supervised release in home detention, and to pay a $7,500 fine.


News Release: Fugitive Apprehended in El Salvador in 2020 Was Ordered Extradited to the United States.


Plymouth Crack Dealer and Armed Robber Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

News Release: ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. - Cortha Matthew McNair, 44, of Plymouth was sentenced today to 132 months in prison for dealing crack cocaine and robbing a gas station in 2020. McNair pled guilty to distribution of cocaine base (crack) and interference with commerce by robbery on April 13, 2022.


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News Release: ANCHORAGE - An Anchorage man was sentenced to six months in prison and three years of supervised release for illegally selling big game guiding services in 2018.