News from March 2022

By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
An Inkster resident appeared in federal court this afternoon in Detroit on charges stemming from a bank robbery in Dearborn, Michigan, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.

By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
The contact between a tow and a section of the Melvin Price Locks and Dam in Alton, Illinois, was caused by the pilot of the towing vessel not effectively compensating for a strong outdraft and wind, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.Marine Investigation Report 22/08 details the NTSB’s investigation into the March 19, 2021, contact of the 177-foot-long towing vessel Kevin Michael with the Melvin Price Locks and Dam guide wall.
By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
Timothy Edmunds, the former Financial Secretary-Treasurer of Local 412 of the United Auto Workers union, pleaded guilty today to embezzling $2.2 million in union funds and to money laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Dawn N. Ison.

By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
A Drexel, Missouri, man has been convicted after shooting at law enforcement officers while fleeing a failed bank robbery.Jacob Allen Monteer, 30, was found guilty following a bench trial before U.S.

By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
A Las Vegas man made his initial appearance in federal court on Wednesday for allegedly robbing eight businesses at gunpoint.

By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
Three Las Vegas men pleaded guilty this week to conspiring to and setting fire to a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) patrol vehicle during a protest in downtown Las Vegas in May 2020.Tyree Walker (23), Devarian Haynes (23), and Ricardo Densmore (24) pleaded guilty to one count of civil disorder.

By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that John Perkins, 34, of Philadelphia, PA, was convicted after trial for his involvement in a scheme to kidnap an individual and hold them for ransom, which eventually led to that individual’s injury and death.

By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Michael Bogdon, age 28, formerly of Harvey’s Lake, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by U.S.

By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
An alleged serial bank robber nicknamed the “Razzmatazz Robber” has been arrested.

By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Tampa Field Office and the Washington, D.C.

By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
FBI Oklahoma City Special Agent in Charge Edward J. Gray is pleased to announce the selection of The Dragonfly Home, as the Oklahoma City Field Office’s recipient of the 2020 FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award (DCLA).

By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
Linwood Douglas Thorne, 50, of Washington, D.C., was found guilty today by a jury of multiple counts related to large-scale drug trafficking case in which law enforcement seized five firearms and more than 44 kilograms of heroin, one of the largest seizures of heroin in D.C. history.

By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
A former Inca, or leader, of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings) was sentenced yesterday on racketeering charges.

By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
A Trout Creek woman convicted of embezzling more than $650,000 while working for a Trout Creek company was sentenced today to four years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said.

By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints.

By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
A Cincinnati man who sex trafficked a minor female with his half-brother was sentenced in federal court here today to 188 months in prison and 15 years of supervised release.

By Press release submission | Mar 31, 2022
A Wichita Falls man who called in fake bomb threats was sentenced today to two years in federal prison, announced U.S.