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By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that QUINCY JACKSON, age 31, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced on February 1, 2023 for violating the Federal Gun Control Act, Title 18 United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
Stephen Baird, the former CEO of S-Ray, Inc., was indicted today by a federal grand jury for ten counts of wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Paul LaRocco, 60, of Ocala, Florida, who was convicted of mail fraud, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. LaRocco was also ordered to pay restitution totaling approximately $688,000.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging a former Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) lieutenant with use of excessive force and two obstruction offenses.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury today found Lester Lee Nash (47) guilty of two counts of forcibly assaulting a federal officer causing bodily injury, and one count of possessing a prohibited object (shank) while incarcerated in a federal prison.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark on Tuesday sentenced the former municipal prosecuting attorney for Jefferson County, Missouri to 18 months for having coerced sexual contact with a court defendant and lying about it to the FBI.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
Tyler Michael Thompson, 34 years old, of Lowell, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after pleading guilty to distribution of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
A federal jury has found Rick Coley, 36, of Indianapolis, Indiana and David Duggar, 40, of Greenwood, Indiana guilty on all counts following an eight-day trial. Coley was convicted of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and receipt of a firearm by a person under indictment for a felony.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
A 29-year-old man from Martin County, Florida, German Oliver Jose Martin, has pled guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Shaniek M. Maynard, to production of child pornography.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer stationed in El Paso was sentenced Monday to eight months in jail plus three years of supervised release for receiving a bribe by a public official.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
On February 6, 2023, a Russian cryptocurrency money launderer previously extradited from the Netherlands to face charges in the District of Oregon pleaded guilty in federal court.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Susan Melissa Nickas, age 47, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 240 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion following her conviction after trial for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl within the Middle District of Pennsylvania, resulting in the death of a person.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Miguel Eduardo Rosario, a/k/a “Deuce,” age 36, of Reading, Pennsylvania, was convicted on February 2, 2023, for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances resulting in death and serious bodily injury following a 7-day trial before United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that Michael Allen Farris, age 50, of Bunch, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 135 months’ imprisonment for being found guilty by jury trial of five counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
Four men who were caught in a federal wiretap investigation into methamphetamine trafficking between California and Iowa pled guilty last week in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
Joseph W. Floyd, IV, and William F. Floyd, Jr., brothers from Whiteville, North Carolina, each pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Terrence W. Boyle for conspiracy to sell and deliver unregistered securities in connection with a multi-year, multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme operated under the guise of a purported investment program.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
A resident of Munhall, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms law, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
An Irving woman was sentenced Tuesday to more than six years in federal prison for embezzling more than $800,000 from her employer, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
In 2022, nearly 300 victims in Western PA and West Virginia reported losing $7.1 million in romance scams. It’s likely that many more losses went unreported.
By Press release submission | Feb 17, 2023
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)—Memphis Field Office and the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) are warning Tennesseans about phone calls that spoof the U.S. Marshals Service phone number.
