News from January 2023

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
Jose Manuel Rosario-Mella, a/k/a Luis Cortes, 55, of Warwick, arrested in August 2020 by Rhode Island DEA Drug Task Force agents following a month-long investigation into his drug trafficking activities, pleaded guilty in federal court today to possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin and being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
A Renton, Washington resident who continued to deal drugs and possess firearms after many of his coconspirators were arrested and charged federally, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to ten years in prison.

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
The FBI; the Lincolnton Police Department; and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives are asking for the public’s assistance to identify the individual who threw a Molotov cocktail at the Crisis Pregnancy Center on June 25, 2022.

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Division seized over5.8 million potentially deadly doses of fentanyl in 2022

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
The FBI Milwaukee Field Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying the individual(s) responsible for an arson at the Wisconsin Family Action executive office, located at 2801 International Lane, Madison, Wisconsin.

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Luis Omar Rosa Cotto (32, Orlando), Alejandro Acevedo Luna (34, Apopka), and Juan Carlos Garcia (38, Apopka) to federal prison for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Uriel Fajardo-Albarran (27, Coleman) guilty of one count of conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and three counts of distribution of methamphetamine.

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
The FBI is seeking the public’s help to identify the individual(s) responsible for a series of attacks and threats targeting reproductive health service facilities across the country.

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
The FBI Memphis Field Office is seeking the public’s help to identify the individual(s) responsible for the arson of the Hope Clinic for Women at 1810 Hayes Street, Nashville, Tennessee, on June 30, 2022.

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
FBI Seattle is seeking the public’s help to identify the individual(s) responsible for the arson of Two Hearts Pregnancy Aid at 3202 Hoyt Ave, Everett, Washington, on June 27, 2022.

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
FBI Portland is seeking the public’s help to identify the individual(s) responsible for arsons at three separate reproductive health centers.

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
The FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office is seeking the public’s help in order to identify the individuals responsible for the arson of a medical building in Costa Mesa, California, on March 13, 2022.

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
FBI Denver is seeking the public’s help to identify the individual(s) responsible for the arson of the Life Choices building at 20 Mountain View Avenue in Longmont, Colorado, on June 25, 2022.As part of a national effort to bring awareness to a series of attacks and threats targeting reproductive health service facilities across the country, the FBI is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the suspect(s) responsible for this crime.

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
FBI Buffalo continues to seek the public’s help to identify the individuals responsible for the arson of the CompassCare Pregnancy Services Center at 1230 Eggert Road, Amherst, New York, on June 7, 2022.

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
The founder and majority owner of a cryptocurrency exchange, Bitzlato Ltd. (Bitzlato), was arrested last night in Miami for his alleged operation of a money transmitting business that transported and transmitted illicit funds and that failed to meet U.S. regulatory safeguards, including anti-money laundering requirements.

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
A Missouri man has been arrested on felony charges, including assaulting a law enforcement officer, for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Saleh Mozeb, 67, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of health care fraud, was sentenced to serve one year probation, and pay restitution totaling $12,619.12 by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr.

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
An El Paso man pleaded guilty in federal court here last week to five counts of wire fraud.

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
Marcus Urelius, 36, from Farnhamville, Iowa, plead guilty January 10, 2023, in federal court to Possession of Child Pornography.

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023
A Maryland man was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for a felony charge related to his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.