News published on Federal Newswire in January 2022

News from January 2022


Independence Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Illegal Firearms, Drug Trafficking

An Independence, Missouri, man who faces murder charges in state court was sentenced in federal court today on multiple charges of illegally possessing firearms, including stolen firearms, and drug trafficking.


Pine Ridge Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth

United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine was sentenced on January 3, 2022, by Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.


Wagner Man Sentenced for Voluntary Manslaughter

United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Wagner, South Dakota, man convicted of Voluntary Manslaughter was sentenced on January 3, 2022, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.


Helena man admits bank fraud in scheme for $1 million in COVID-19 relief loans

A Helena man admitted to crimes today stemming from a scheme to defraud a bank of more than $1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and to using the funds instead for his personal benefit, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said today.


KC Man Pleads Guilty After Crashing into Federal Deputy Marshals While Attempting to Flee in Stolen Truck

A Kansas City, Missouri, man who injured two United States deputy marshals by crashing into them while attempting to flee in a stolen truck pleaded guilty in federal court today to forcibly resisting federal law enforcement officers.


Las Vegas Man Sentenced To Prison For Three Armed Robberies

A Las Vegas man was sentenced today to 25 years and 9 months in prison for his role in a series of violent armed robberies in September 2019.


New York Accomplice of Former Chestnut Hill Private School Teacher Arrested and Charged with Child Pornography Offenses

United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Kray Strange, 19, of Carthage, NY, was arrested earlier today and charged by federal Criminal Complaint with manufacturing and distributing child pornography, and willfully causing and aiding and abetting the manufacture and distribution of child pornography.


U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects Over $12 Million In Criminal And Civil Actions In Fiscal Year 2021

U.S. Attorney John C. Gurganus announced today that the Middle District of Pennsylvania collected $12,218,096.76 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021.


Rutland Man Indicted for Firearm and Drug Trafficking Charges

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that Lawrence Jackson, aka “Boo-Bee,” 50, of Rutland, Vermont was indicted by a federal grand jury on December 29, 2021.


California Man Admits Role in $50 Million Wire and Securities Fraud Scheme

A California man today admitted conspiring to commit wire and securities fraud in connection with his role in a $50 million internet-enabled fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.


Barbour County man admits to firearm charge

Caleb Andrew Beverly, of Philippi, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


San Francisco Design Company’s Controller Charged In $1.9 Million Dollar Fraud Scheme

Kerry Kit Yee Tang was arrested yesterday and appeared in federal court today to face bank fraud charges stemming from fraud committed upon her former employer, announced United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Tatum King.


Michigan man sentenced to federal prison for producing child pornography

A Michigan man has been sentenced to more than two decades in federal prison after admitting that he produced child pornography while previously residing in Savannah.Bobby Fields, 42, of Lansing, Mich., was sentenced to 310 months in prison after pleading guilty to Production of Child Pornography, said David H.


Operator of Illegal Pharmacy Pleads Guilty

A man who illegally sold thousands of doses of controlled substances and prescription drugs pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids



Hardy County man admits to drug charge

Jesse Michael Ferrell, of Moorefield, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.


Montgomery County Man Pleads Guilty in Connection with Shooting of County Democratic Party Headquarters

United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Anthony Francis Nero, 48, of Norristown, PA, pleaded guilty today to charges of sending threatening communications and cyberstalking before United States District Judge Karen S. Marston.


Man Indicted for Making and Spending Counterfeit Bills

A federal grand jury in Wichita, Kansas, returned an indictment charging a Kansas man with two counts of possession of counterfeit obligations, one count of possession and uttering of counterfeit obligations, and one count of manufacture of counterfeit obligations.


New Haven Man Sentenced to 51 Months for Possessing Gun and Drugs While on Federal Supervised Release

Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RONNELL ROGERS, 28, of New Haven, was sentenced today via videoconference by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall to 51 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for narcotics distribution and firearm possession offenses, and for violating the conditions of his supervised release that followed a prior federal conviction.


Maine Woman Sentenced to 24 Months for Stealing Over $200,000 From Her Employer

Raylene Vaillancourt, 68, of Eliot, Maine sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for wire and mail fraud, United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.