News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


A former Malden firefighter was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for conspiring to distribute controlled substances including oxycodone, suboxone, Klonopin and Adderall.


Calling all high school students! FBI Norfolk is now accepting applications for its next Future Agents in Training (FAIT) Teen Academy Class.


The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that on Monday, December 5, 2022, Jory L. Bullard, of McCurtain County, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to a Superseding Indictment charging him with one count of Child Abuse in Indian Country.


The FBI San Diego Field Office and the San Diego Police Department are seeking the public’s help with identifying the suspect who robbed the U.S. Bank at 3201 University Avenue in San Diego, on Thursday, December 1, 2022.


Ronnard Williams, 30, of Washington, D.C., has been found guilty by a jury on a federal firearms charge, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).


A South Carolina man was sentenced yesterday to three years in prison on two felony charges for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.


Two brothers have been charged in federal court with robbing more than $1 million from an armored truck and automated teller machine in a Chicago suburb on Halloween.


Shane Smith, 35 years old, of Milford, Indiana was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Robert L Miller, Jr. on his plea of guilty to production of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.


U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee joined Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey today to affirm their commitment to ensuring safe, unfettered access to reproductive health care services in Maine for all who seek it.


U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte today sentenced Sirron Little, age 32, of Washington, D.C., to 10 years in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for sex trafficking of a minor to engage in commercial sex acts.


A Camden man is scheduled to appear in court today on multiple charges of sex trafficking minors, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


A California man has been indicted for laundering money obtained from business email compromises, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.


Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that FRANK OKUNAK, the former chief financial officer of one of the world’s leading global public relations firms, was sentenced today to 52 months in prison by U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel. OKUNAK pled guilty on July 27, 2022, to one count of wire fraud and one count of falsification of the books and records of a public corporation, in connection with a decade-long scheme to embezzle over $16 million from his employer.


Co-founders of the Double Nine Grim Reapers, Jeremy Williams, a/k/a “Dubs,” and Randy Jones, a/k/a “Nickelz,” Among Those Charged


The operators of a $4 million Ponzi scheme were sentenced to prison today, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney ordered Austin Delano Page, 27, of Grover, N.C., to serve 97 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release. Brandon Alexander Teague, 27, of Belmont, N.C., was sentenced to 48 months in prison and two years of supervised release.


The administrator of an online group chat dedicated to the trafficking of child pornography has been sentenced to 22 years in prison, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Dakota Ray Maddy, 33, of Lenoir, N.C., will also be placed under a lifetime of supervised release after he is released from prison and will be required to register as a sex offender.


The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on December 2, 2022, Casian Amir Jackson-Flowers, age 22, of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for drug trafficking and firearm offenses.


Joshua Peters was convicted of firearm and drug trafficking crimes at the conclusion of a jury trial, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


A Comerica employee pleaded guilty Wednesday to embezzling more than $120,000 from the bank, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham announced today.


The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on December 6, 2022, David Reyes, 32, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont, to serve 43 months in prison after his guilty plea to one count of distribution of cocaine base.