News from February 2023

By Press release submission | Feb 27, 2023
An Iowa City man was sentenced on February 21, 2023, to 14 years in prison following his plea to two counts of receiving child pornography.

By Press release submission | Feb 27, 2023
Thomas John Mills, 37, of Beckley, was sentenced today to 30 years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for production of child pornography.

By Press release submission | Feb 27, 2023
David Green Edwards, 32, of Cherokee, N.C. was sentenced to 15 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for two counts of sexual contact with a minor occurring in 2014 in Indian Country, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

By Press release submission | Feb 27, 2023
Darren Kalmar of Fayetteville was sentenced today to 188 months in prison for two counts of receipt of child pornography. Kalmar, 58, pled guilty to the charge on May 13, 2022.

By Press release submission | Feb 27, 2023
A Bozeman man who admitted to using an online account to transport child pornography files was sentenced today to 15 years in prison, to be followed by 15 years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.

By Press release submission | Feb 27, 2023
Zachary Cota, age 29, of Castleton-on-Hudson, New York, was arrested today for sexually exploiting a child and receiving child pornography. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), made the announcement.

By Press release submission | Feb 27, 2023
A sixteen-plus year veteran of, and former sergeant with, the Newport News Police Department was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for the sexual exploitation of children and receipt of child pornography.

By Press release submission | Feb 27, 2023
An Ocean County, New Jersey, man today admitted coercing a minor into producing images of child sexual abuse, U.S Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

By Press release submission | Feb 27, 2023
Jason R. Moore, 42, of Milton, Florida, has pled guilty to two counts of “Illicit Sexual Conduct in Foreign Places.” Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the plea today after Moore admitted his criminal activity in federal court in Pensacola.

By Press release submission | Feb 27, 2023
A man who sexually abused a 14-year-old victim and later assaulted his then-girlfriend has pleaded guilty in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.

By Press release submission | Feb 27, 2023
Members of the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) arrested Travis Ingram Jr., 21. Ingram was wanted by the Columbus Police Department for aggravated murder.

By Press release submission | Feb 27, 2023
Yurok Tribe in northern California has been selected as the first pilot location for the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Initiative, as part of the agency’s plans to develop tribally-led collaborative partnerships to proactively examine public safety issues – particularly those involving missing endangered children.

By Press release submission | Feb 27, 2023
Bernell George, 39, of Lafayette, Louisiana, was sentenced today for possession of a stolen firearm, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty sentenced George to 115 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release.

By Press release submission | Feb 27, 2023
U.S. Attorney Mark Totten today announced that Jonathan-Michael Brown, of Flint, Michigan was sentenced to serve 120 months in prison for illegally purchasing 62 firearms from federally licensed firearms dealers in Michigan and Ohio

By Press release submission | Feb 27, 2023
Three individuals were sentenced today and last week to 58 months in prison combined for engaging in a straw purchasing conspiracy.

By Press release submission | Feb 27, 2023
United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Ronnie K. Hongo, Jr., 43, of Many, Louisiana, has been sentenced by United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. to 180 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, on drug and firearms charges.

By Press release submission | Feb 27, 2023
U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced that yesterday Michael Anthony Granado, 32, of Lansing, Michigan was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. District Judge Paul L. Maloney also ordered Granado to spend three years on supervised release after his confinement

By Press release submission | Feb 27, 2023
Charles M. Thomas, 26, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was sentenced today for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and for violating the terms of his federal supervised release, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown.

By Press release submission | Feb 27, 2023
The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces Robert Vandori Johnson, age 40, of Aurora, was sentenced to more than 19.5 years in federal prison after a jury convicted him of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

By Press release submission | Feb 27, 2023
Jesse Wilson, 37, of Evansville, Indiana, was sentenced to 8 years in federal prison for his part in a larger conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Wilson is the last of fifteen members of a large-scale methamphetamine distribution conspiracy based in Evansville.