News from November 2022
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
A California man was sentenced November 17, 2022, to 10 years in federal prison. Wesley Wood, age 43, from San Marcos, California, received the prison term after a May 26, 2022, guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg along with Special Agent in Charge Brian Payne, IRS-Criminal Investigation, Tampa Field Office, and Special Agent in Charge David Walker, FBI-Tampa Division, announces the arrest and extradition from Spain of Alexandru Habasescu (30, Moldova).
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
A Florida resident has pled guilty to wire fraud and money laundering charges, United States Attorney Cindy Chung announced today.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Jerry Cintron Colon (42, Jacksonville) with aggravated identity theft, false representation of a Social Security number (SSN), and fraud involving identification documents.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Rachael Maia Winslow (55, Roswell, Georgia) guilty of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Jerome Bravo, age 39, of Denver, has pleaded guilty to ten counts of bank robbery and three counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KERVIN DIAZ, 39, of Meriden, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 95 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, resident pleaded guilty in federal court today to violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on November 18, 2022 after a four (4) day trial before United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon, GEORGE BENNETT, aka “G,” 39, from the greater New Orleans area, was convicted of three counts of drug trafficking charges.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
Defendants brutally beat victim to near death and put him in a metal dog kennel which they loaded into a person’s truck at gunpoint.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
Thomas K. Tetreau, 48, of Toledo, Ohio, was sentenced on Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, to more than 21 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey J. Helmick after Tetreau pleaded guilty to two counts of receipt and distribution of child pornography.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
Defendant was allegedly in possession of eight “ghost guns,” hundreds of rounds of ammunition and firearm parts
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
Derbie Michel, age 31, of Troy, New York, was charged by indictment today with illegally possessing ammunition as a convicted felon.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
A Riverside County man was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for using hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for personal expenses such as luxury cars after he obtained a COVID-business relief loan for more than $7 million on behalf of his pothole-repair company.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
Dorian Hayden, 26, of Indianapolis, was sentenced to 150 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced a voluntary compliance agreement under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) with New York University (“NYU” or the “University”) to increase the accessibility of NYU’s student housing facilities for individuals with disabilities.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
Scott P. Haines, 50, of Milton, Florida, was sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison, following his previous guilty plea on the charge of making material false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation during an elder exploitation investigation. United States Attorney Jason R. Coody announced the sentence.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
A Mason, Ohio, woman, Amanda Baker, 38, was sentenced on Tuesday to 168 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge David Bunning, for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
A Somerset County, New Jersey, man admitted fraudulently obtaining over $850,000 in federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger, announced today.
By Press release submission | Nov 27, 2022
The owners of Franklin Gun Shop pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to obstruction of justice and making false entries regarding the disposition of firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Mark H. Wildasin for the Middle District of Tennessee.
