News from February 2023
By Press release submission | Feb 20, 2023
United States District Judge Lance M. Africk sentenced JACOB BANKS, age 32, of New Orleans, yesterday to 111 months in the Bureau of Prisons for violating the Federal Gun Control Act and the Federal Controlled Substances Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By Press release submission | Feb 20, 2023
United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOHN DIGGS (“J. DIGGS”), age 62, of Thibodaux, Louisiana, and JAMES WILLIAMS (“WILLIAMS”), age 68, of Gibson, Louisiana, were both sentenced February 14, 2023 to 10 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Lance M. Africk after they pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, arising out of staged automobile accidents with tractor-trailers occurring in New Orleans.
By Press release submission | Feb 20, 2023
A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 25 years’ incarceration and lifetime supervised release on his conviction for four counts related to the sexual exploitation of minors, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Press release submission | Feb 20, 2023
A Texas man pleaded guilty today to assaulting law enforcement resulting in bodily injury related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jason Hall, 27, Madison, Wisconsin was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to six years in prison for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
Darion D. Jackson, also known as “D,” 23, of Michigan, was sentenced today to two years and six months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
A North Carolina man pleaded guilty today to assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
Defendant Threw Object at Officers in One Incident, Poured Bucket Filled With Liquid on Officers in Second Confrontation
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
Heath Gauthier, 46, of Rochester, New Hampshire, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday and charged with multiple counts of wire fraud, attempted wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Jane E. Young announced today.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
This week FBI Director Christopher Wray visited the FBI’s Norfolk Field Office, which covers the counties of Accomack, Chesapeake, Eastern Shore, Norfolk, Northampton, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution (“FCI”) in Sandstone has been sentenced to an additional 24 months in prison for attempting to obtain contraband in prison, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution (“FCI”) in Sandstone has been sentenced to an additional 24 months in prison for attempting to obtain contraband in prison, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced today that Alexis Riego was sentenced to 70 months in prison and a five thousand dollar fine.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
In honor of National Women’s History Month, the FBI Charlotte Field Office and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) will host a recruitment event for women in law enforcement.Join us on Saturday, March 4, 2023, at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police and Fire Training Academy at 1770 Shopton Road in Charlotte, North Carolina.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Sarah Anne Tischer, 43, Amery, Wisconsin was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 18 months in federal prison for wire fraud.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
The FBI Jackson Field Office, the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi have opened a federal civil rights investigation into a color of law incident involving the Rankin County Sheriff's Office
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
A Laurel woman who admitted to methamphetamine trafficking after investigators seized plastic candles containing the drug was sentenced today to three years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
The FBI Philadelphia Field Office is again warning the public to be on alert for a phone scam that spoofs, or fakes, the FBI’s name and real telephone number on the recipient’s caller ID.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
A former inmate of the United States Penitentiary in Thomson, Ill. was sentenced today to more than seven years in federal prison for assaulting a federal correctional officer.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
A federal grand jury in Chicago, Illinois, returned an indictment on February 15, charging the former Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of a Chicago area hospital with three counts of mail fraud and three counts of money laundering.
