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Repeat Sacramento Sex Offender Sentenced to Over 11 Years in Prison for Possessing Child Pornography

Joshua Klomp, 48, of Sacramento, was sentenced today to 11 years and two months in prison for possession of child pornography following a prior sex offense conviction and while on supervised release for a prior child pornography conviction, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.


Serial Bank Robber Pleads Guilty

James Valentine Siehien, 53, of Tucson, Arizona, pleaded guilty last week to one count of Bank Robbery and two counts of Armed Bank Robbery.


Second Illinois Prison Guard Sentenced to 20 Years of Imprisonment Following Conviction for Civil Rights Deprivation Resulting in Bodily Injury and Death and Obstruction Charges

Todd Sheffler. 54, a former lieutenant at the Western Illinois Correctional Center in Mt. Sterling, Illinois, was sentenced today to an aggregate 20 years’ imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for civil rights deprivation resulting in bodily injury and death and obstruction of justice in connection with the death of Larry Earvin, an inmate at the facility.


Central Illinois Employee Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Maui Jim

A Bradford, Illinois, woman, Erica Hornof, 36, of the 300 block of Enterprise Drive, pleaded guilty on March 20, 2023, to three counts of mail fraud and three counts of wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud Maui Jim, a sunglasses manufacturer.


FBI Conducts Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the FBI Alpine Resident Agency Building

FBI El Paso Field Office along with numerous law enforcement partners and federal, state, county, and city officials participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony to commemorate the opening of its Alpine Resident Agency.



Center Line Resident Sentenced in Unemployment Fraud Scheme

A Center Line woman was sentenced to 18 months in prison today based on her conviction for stealing over $300,000 as part of a wire fraud scheme targeting pandemic unemployment assistance benefits, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.


Former Florida State Representative Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, And Making False Statements In Connection With Covid-19 Relief Fraud

Joseph Harding, 35, of Williston, Florida, plead guilty today to wire fraud, money laundering, and making false statements in connection with COVID-19 relief fraud


Rhode Island Man Sentenced to 14 Months for Cyberstalking

A Rhode Island man was sentenced today in federal court for cyberstalking.


Local man pleads guilty to receiving child pornography via Kik

A 27-year-old McAllen resident has admitted to receiving child pornography approximately nine times, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.


Second ex-U.S. soldier sentenced to prison for plotting murder of Fort Stewart servicemember stabbed to death in installation housing

A former U.S. Army soldier has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to his role in a plot that led to the stabbing death of a fellow soldier in his Fort Stewart barracks.


Virginia Man Sentenced For Assaulting Officers During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

Defendant Was Among Those Who Clashed With Officers on Lower West Terrace


Six Additional Oath Keepers Members and Affiliates Found Guilty of Charges Related to Capitol Breach

Five Defendants Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Obstruct of the Certification of the 2020 Presidential Election


Lincoln Man Sentenced for Unlawful Possession of Ammunition

United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Bukjiok Dobuony, 30, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Lincoln for felon in possession of ammunition. Senior United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Dobuony to 30 months’ imprisonment.


U.S. Attorney Announces Arrest Of Yonkers Man For Threatening To Kill Yonkers Police Officers

Ridon Kola Threatened to Kill Yonkers Police Officers and the Mayor of Yonkers in Online Messages While Expressing His Support for Radical Islamic Extremism and Terrorist Attacks


Kittrell Man Sentenced To More Than 15 Years For Multiple Armed Bank Robberies

Cameron Evans, 27, of Kittrell was sentenced today to 185 months in prison for charges related to two bank robberies in Raleigh and Greenville.


Federal Arrest of an Undocumented Non-Citizen for Assault on a Federal Officer

On March 16, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested a Venezuelan national, 19-year-old Jhon Rincon-Teran for assaulting a federal officer in El Paso, Texas.


Former Memphis Attorney Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Scheme

Former Memphis attorney, Leigh M. Chiles, 49, pled guilty in connection with a scheme to defraud an estate over which she was appointed to serve as executrix


Informational: Federal Court arraignments

The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints.


Rockford Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison for Robbing Banks in Rockford and Belvidere

A federal judge has sentenced a Rockford man to a total of 10 years in federal prison for robbing banks in Rockford and Belvidere in 2021, and for violating his terms of supervised release.