News from December 2022
By Press release submission | Dec 5, 2022
U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Covington Hernandez today sentenced Christopher Deon Townsel (47, Sarasota) to 15 years in federal prison for unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By Press release submission | Dec 5, 2022
A Minneapolis man has been charged in a federal criminal complaint for illegal possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By Press release submission | Dec 5, 2022
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Justin Heath Griffin (35, Ocklawaha) has entered a guilty plea to an indictment charging him with one count of possessing a firearm and ammunition affecting interstate commerce by a convicted felon.
By Press release submission | Dec 5, 2022
U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher today sentenced Rashaud Nesmith, a/k/a Shaud, age 21, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 40 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for a racketeering conspiracy charge in connection with Nesmith’s participation in a group that conspired to commit multiple armed carjackings and robberies throughout Baltimore City, as well as for a second racketeering charge in connection with his participation in the violent street gang known as Cruddy Conniving Crutballs or Triple C, a group that conspired to commit other violent acts, including attempted murder and murder, in Baltimore City.
By Press release submission | Dec 5, 2022
Andrew Buchanan, 35 years old, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon, after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson
By Press release submission | Dec 5, 2022
U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced today that U.S. District Court Judge Jane M. Beckering sentenced Deshay Malory, age 30, of Kalamazoo, to 120 months in federal prison for possessing a loaded, stolen firearm as a convicted felon in connection with cocaine dealing, one week after he fired at a car with two children inside, and all while he was on parole from an earlier drug conviction.
By Press release submission | Dec 5, 2022
James Leroy Smith Jr., 38, of Pensacola, Florida, was sentenced to 134 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of an unregistered short-barreled rifle, and multiple violations of his federal supervised release conditions.
By Press release submission | Dec 5, 2022
A St. Louis market’s security guard appeared in federal court Tuesday to answer charges accusing him of illegally possessing firearms, including during a shootout in St. Louis in October.
By Press release submission | Dec 5, 2022
Kevin Noel, 40, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 210 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By Press release submission | Dec 5, 2022
Charles E. Posey, Jr., 33, of Pensacola, Florida, was sentenced to 26.5 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to federal drug trafficking and firearms offenses.
By Press release submission | Dec 5, 2022
Yancie Hunter, 34 years old, of Bluffton, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
By Press release submission | Dec 5, 2022
Lorenzo Joshua Johnson, Jr., 41, of Gainesville, Florida, was sentenced to 27.25 years in federal prison after he was convicted at trial of drug trafficking and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon on April 8, 2022.
By Press release submission | Dec 5, 2022
A Chicago man has been sentenced to nearly eight years in federal prison for using a machine gun to rob a law enforcement officer during an undercover firearms transaction.
By Press release submission | Dec 5, 2022
Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Kishaun Brooks, 21, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to four years in federal prison for possessing a handgun as a felon. This prison term will be followed by three years of supervised release.
By Press release submission | Dec 5, 2022
U.S. District Judge Katherine Kimball Mizelle has sentenced Aunyis Cherry (27, Clearwater) to 22 years and 11 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Cherry also has been ordered to forfeit the firearm. A jury found Cherry guilty on June 16, 2022.
By Press release submission | Dec 5, 2022
An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 93 months in prison on weapons and drug charges, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By Press release submission | Dec 5, 2022
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced that a federal jury has found Justin Kelly (35, New Port Richey) guilty of conspiracy to distribute 40 grams of fentanyl resulting in death, distribution of fentanyl resulting in death, three counts of possession/distribution of fentanyl, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By Press release submission | Dec 5, 2022
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that Jonathan Castro, a.k.a. “Jose,” 33, of Springfield, Vermont and Springfield, Massachusetts; Anibal Castro, Sr., a.k.a. “Papi,” 54, of Springfield, Vermont; and Derek Arie, 34, of Springfield, Vermont were indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury sitting in Rutland, Vermont for conspiring to distribute cocaine base and fentanyl from March 2022 to November 30, 2022.
By Press release submission | Dec 5, 2022
A Providence man who acted as a middleman as he bought and sold cocaine as a member of a drug trafficking conspiracy was sentenced today to nearly four years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.
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Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that a federal jury returned a guilty verdict on Rafael Columbie on Dec. 1.
